Another Month Goes By

Once again another month goes by without any posts by the AMG. Its been a slow time lately for the AMG music with all its main members frantically completing various work and study related assignments.

However, there a few updates that I can type up for everyone. But first I'll throw down the names of four more bands that are worth checking out.

The 4 Bands of the Month are:
1. Arc of Ascent
---a New Zealand stoner doom band that is basically brilliant
2. Quantum Heresy
---another recent djent band that follows the trends that are becoming pretty damn popular
3. Behindert
---a solo project that is somewhere between the sound and styles of Keith Merrow and Chimp Spanner
4. Maigra
---a band that incorporates djent into groove, similar vocals to Devil Driver



Alright, now for the news. Two of the AMG bands have created their own MSN accounts and emails so that you can get in contact with them directly. Perhaps ask them to support at a gig or what have you.

Deconstructed Surface:
------- deconstructed-surface@msn.com

The Blue Devil:
------- the-blue-devil@msn.com

As Paris Hilton would Say "Like, O. M. G."

Yea, its coming dreadfully close to a month since my last little post. Since then the bands of the asylum music group have done practically nothing but drink, smoke and die at the amount of university assignments due.

Thankfully one of these assignments involves a couple of the bands (The Blue Devil & Deconstructed Surface) having proper band photos taken, so some good comes out of it.

Other than that I recording of a live performance by Deconstructed Surface has turned up, and once I get ahold of it, I will upload it to mediafire and multiupload so you can download it for free. However, this is an unofficial recording. Whoever recorded it was in the bar at the time of the gig, so chances are it was done using a cellphone or dictaphone.

Ok so I need to catch up on the bands of the week posts. Screw introductions and descriptions; by now you should know that if I upload them as a band of the week, then they are bloodly good. And you should all go download them with out hesitation. Buy it, but yea, a few offer free downloads. Legend!

So heres 5 bands of the week to make up numbers, plus a bonus. :)

1. Vortice (djent, groove)
2. In-Quest (death, groove)
3. LiquorWorks (djent, progressive, atmospheric) official website
4. Periphery (djent, progressive, metalcore)
5. Proton Kinoun (atmospheric)

A note about Periphery...
The vocals absolute suck. If you can find, download (or buy) the deluxe edition. It has a 2nd cd with the instrumental versions of each song. Blew my mind. Brilliant. Just a shame they had to throw in this emo pussy shit vocals that djent bands seem to be doing.

Band of The Week

God, I'm suppose to do another one of these things. Well I said I would. Anyway, this band has two albums to date, I personally like the earlier album, but the second one is rated best.

They combine deathcore and groove with the intoxication that is djent. What more do I really need to say. If you've read at least one or two other Band of The Week posts you know that these bands are much better than what they are given credit for.

The Band of the Week is...

Mistaken Element

Visit them at:

Official Website

Myspace

Encyclopaedia Metallum

Last.fm

Metal Underground

Band of The Week

Well I've successful missed an entire week of posting, so let me just say, f*cking University assignments.

I think I'll just get straight to the point with these two then.

The bands of the week for the past two weeks are......

Byzantine & Down

Byzantine is a progressive groove metal band from the USA, now broken up, but with 3 albums and a dvd under their belt, these guys are proven legends.




Visit them at:
Wiki
Myspace

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Down, the southern hard rock/metal supergroup with Philip Anselmo on vocals and the rest of the members originating from Crowbar, Corrosion of Comformity, Eyehategod and Pantera, you know its going to be f*cking good.




Visit them at:
Wiki
Myspace
Official Website

Band of The Week

Another djent band this week :). And I've also got some good news, I can finally put an non-band of the week post up today. YAY. Anyway I'll get to that in a bit.

This band is definately worth checking out if you're into Keith Merrow, Meshuggah, Uneven Structure etc etc. I dont really know what to say about him to be honest: instrumental (well except for one song), fucking brilliant (especially seen as hes, what, 16 years old?).

You've got to check it out. The album is free. Great stuff!

The band of the week is...

Drewsif Stalin's Musical Endeavors

Visit them at:

Myspace

Facebook

Metal4Share

Last.fm

Download the free album here

Band of The Week

Well it seems that the 3rd post in a row will be the band of the week post. This is why University sucks. Cant get your music done. Although this Saturday coming up the new band on the Asylum blog should have a recording to be posted up. Hopefully.

Anyway this band of the week is a rather rare band. Extremely hard to find any information on. You can however download their albums from good old futuristic metal or as I've just found out, the links are on their myspace page. Anyway they are a Russian band that play a mix of death & djent with some wicked samples in the mix. I'd definately recommend them to any metal fan, especially if you like Meshuggah, Fear Factory and/or Cannibal Corpse.

The band of the week is...

HI-TECH

Visit them at:
Myspace

Band of The Week

Ok, its back into work for us, so the practices are going a little slow. But hopefully there will be a release soon. Anway, this band of the week is another djent style band. One of the best really. Great tone and perfect execution. You able to download their debut album from their website so that pretty sweet. As usual all the links are below.

The Band of the Week is...

Uneven Structure



Visit them at:
Myspace
Official Website
Facebook
Got Djent
Last.fm

Band of The Week

Well seen as I've already decided what the band of the week this week is going to be, I thought I might as well do it now. It's not like I've actually done the majority of them on the 'proper' day anyway. Oh yea, by the way thats Sunday. Ha, think theres ones on Friday, Monday, Tuesday, probably even a Wednesday in there too.

So the band of the week this week is another instrumental, one man band. Surprisingly unsigned - so if any of you record label types are reading, make him a bloody offer (email below). You'd be a fool not to. Coming from Columbus, Ohio he has four releases to the name, all of which are offered for free download. How freaking sweet is that.

In the style of some good old progressive djent music, this band is similar to Chimp Spanner, Tesseract, Keith Merrow and Vildhjarta. So just from that list you know its gotta be good - I mean 3 out of 4 of those have been the band of the week in the past.

Anway without further wasting your time, the band of the week is....

Cloudkicker





Visit him at:
Facebook
Myspace
Google Pages
Last.fm
Prog Archives

Email: cloudkicker.uk@gmail.com

Band of The Week

Ok this band here has made it to band of the week despite not even releasing an album yet so you know theyre good.

Djent style music, of course, this bands name is Swedish, meaning Wild Heart and the teaser for their upcoming album can be found on youtube, or if you want to download their stuff thats been released so far you can try either Last.fm or Futuristic Metal.

So without further pissing around, the band of the week is....

Vildhjarta







Visit Them:
Myspace
Official Website
Last.fm
Last.fm User Profile
Youtube Profile
Facebook

Band of The Week

Okaly dokaly, the band of the week for this week is going to be a little different that normal. They are mainly the band of the week this week because they have an upcoming gig in Auckland and I'm just encouraging people to go along to see a fantastic band.

More towards the rocky side of metal this band has some of the strangest yet funniest lyrics I've heard, so if not for any other reason you should check them out based on that. But the riffs and beats throughout their songs are solid and brilliant. Get you caught up in the music regardless of whether you actually like them or not.

So by all means go and check these guys out and go support them, its $40.

The band of the week this week is....

Clutch








Visit them:
Official Website
Wiki
Myspace

Band of The Week

Alright another band of the week. Sticking with the usual, heavy djent style music, this weeks band of the week is another one man band, heavily influenced by Meshuggah. The instrumental style however allows for the artist to give them music a slighly more progressive twist.

Definately worth checking out.

The band of the week is...

Keith Merrow





Visit him at:
Myspace
Last.fm
Google

Band of The Week

Just realised that I never put up the band of the week for the Sunday just been. So I guess I'll kill two birds with one stone, do both last weeks and this weeks in one post.

So the band of the week last week is one of the pioneers in stoner, doom and drone metal. The latest album they have released is pure brilliant. Very ambient sounding and very well just listen to the thing, its great.

The band of the week last week is....

Earth



Visit their:
Wiki
Myspace
Official Website

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The band of the week this week is another New Zealand band, and in my opinion they have come a long way since their first album. The music has become a great deal more refined and given a groove element that pokes through the crushing death metal riffs to give it an extremely powerful headbangers dream.

The band of the week, this week is....

Dawn of Azazel





Visit their:
Website
Myspace

Band of The Week

This week we're back to the normal band of the week stuff again, so you know its good old djent, Meshuggah style. Oh and by the way you can get any of the Bands of the Week (minus the odd, random ones) from Futuristic Metal.

This weeks artist is a one man band, reportedly similar to the styles and sounds of Devin Townsend, DT, Meshuggah and Periphery. However he is extremely unique.

The Band of The Week is....

Chimp Spanner


Visit Chimp Spanner:
Myspace
Official Website
Sound Click

Band of The Week

Its time for another band of the week. However this week I've decided to do something special. Being the first Sunday of the new year, well actually the first Sunday of the new decade, I've decided to do a special edition of Band of The Week.

So this week instead of giving one band, what I'm going to dois list the best album for each year between 2000 and 2009. Obviously this is all going to be in my opinion. And I know many of you wont agree. But as usual, if you dont have them/it then its definately worth a listen.

2000: Pantera - Reinventing The Steel

2001: Slayer - God Hates Us All

2002: Down - Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow

2003: Devildriver - Devildriver

2004: Necrophagist - Epitaph, Lamb of God - Ashes of The Wake

2005: Four Question Marks - Aleph

2006: Meshuggah - Nothing (reissue - the original release is 2002)

2007: Swim In Styx - Zero Kelvin, Down - Over The Under

2008: Seven - Cymatics, Byzantine - Oblivion Beckons

2009: Cilice - Deranged Headtrip, Chimaria - The Infection

Band of The Week

Alright this weeks band of the week is definately for those that are fans of Meshuggah. Granted there are alot of bands out there that are influenced heavily by Meshuggah, such as Fellsilent, The Safety Fire, Mistaken Element or New Zealand band Set To End, but they never come close to the wonder that is Meshuggah. However this band seems to get the sound perfectly, including the vocal style.

Yea yea, at first when I heard these guys I thought it was Meshuggah and then when I found out it wasnt I labelled them as unoriginal and riding on the success of Meshuggahs greatness but once you actually get listening to them you can see their own style coming through. A different take on the djent style playing of Meshuggah.

Anyway, point being.... Check 'em out. They are good.

The band of the week is....

Swim In Styx





Visit The At:
Myspace
Offical Website
Metal Storm
Last.fm
Ecyclopaedia Metallum

Band of The Week

Screw this, lets just get straight into it this time. This band comes from Australia, and is considered Math Metal. They are extremely original and bloodly brilliant. They give off an awesome live performance and great sound. Krank and Marshall is a great mix!!

Anyway the four piece band formed in Melbourne in 2004, and since then have released 2 albums and are currently working on a third. Personally I think they should do a live album while touring after they release the up and coming release due around April 2010.

The band of the week is....

Five Star Prison Cell

Visit them at:
Myspace
Wiki

Band of The Week

Alright its time for another band of the week post, and this week its actually going to be on time. Ha.

This band is a New Zealand band, who when they first came out I honestly didnt think twice about them, but after a few member changes and a bit of experience they have surely come a long way. This 5 piece metal band is definately worth checking out, especially their latest album: Carved & Created.

The Band of the Week is...

Tainted





Visit them on:
Muzic.net
Bebo
Myspace

Band of The Week

Right, band of the week time. Seems to be slack with posting lately. Oh well, so much to do and so little time.

Ok this band isnt exactly unknown but purely because I was at their gig last night and they were bloody awesome, I am going to put them as the band of the week for the week ending last sunday.

Their supporting act - Subtract - has been my band of the week earlier on, but today its a groove metal legend, and a band that every metal head should know and own all their albums.

So the band of the week is....

Lamb of God
from Richmond Motherf*cking Virginia







Visit them at:
Official Website
Myspace
Wikipedia
Last.fm
Encyclopaedia Metallum

Band of The Week

Ok its time for another band of the week. First of all I'd just like to mention that the past month has been relatively slow for the bands of AMG, it being exam time and all. But now uni is over and were all on holiday until March.

So.... anyway the band of the week ending Sunday 29th November is described as progressive, ambient, math metal. I'll just call them f*cking awesome. I would recommend them to anyone who is a fan of Meshuggah, Tool or Deftones.

This unsigned Illinois band successfully cross the bridge between the heavy dominating riffs of Meshuggah & Keith Merrow with the softer vocsal style found in bands such as Deftones. But dont miss understand me, there is screaming.

The band of the week is...

Seven

Visit them at their:

Myspace
Official Webpage