My reviews should be pretty easy to find underneath all this blog crap, so I won't bother going through a big list in usual format. I did a poor one of Biggie's "Ready To Die" classic, Soilwork's "Predators Portrait" (brilliant melodic death), Devin Townsend's "Terria" (great proggy concept), Bone Thugs' "Creepin on ah Come Up" (first record by them, not so great..) and some others I can't remember, but I'm sure you could find if you're that bored or interested.

When I first heard the song they did with Fallout Boy's singer, "Cupid's Chokehold", I didn't dig it...but like most songs I initially hate, it grew on me. Then I decided that the mix of hip-hop/rap vocals with an actual band was a promising concept, so I got their discography. I gotta admit for a bit of a poppy sound, this band is genuinely impressive. If you're bored of the same old stuff, this might be a pleasant change if you can get into it.

I've spun up a few recently from varying genres that might be worth looking into (the music/album i mean, not my reviews):

Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot - the first outting from these guys is simply ridiculous...if you're into progressive instrumental stuff, you'll enjoy this.

Devin Townsend - Physicist - not nearly as great as some he'd put out after it, but it lays some good groundwork.

She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge - this band has a real 80's vibe to them, but some songs are pretty infecticious.

New Bone Thugs and Rush is out (has been for a little while I guess) and both are pretty good records. I haven't really gotten into Snakes & Arrows yet, but from the few songs I've heard it seems like it'll be alright. As for the new Bone Thugs-N-Harmony...its pretty damn slick. Check them out for yourself if you're a fan of either

Yeah, I know it's not officially released before I hear any of that nonsense, but it's finally leaked. Wow: prolly the best word to describe it. Whereas other bands in the same vein (personal fav In Flames, Soilwork...) last records were subpar, Fiction is a fairly amazing recording. The band doesn't seem to be losing any speed in their lengthy career and has another top notch album to put in their discography.

Haven't really bothered with much new stuff cause I'm still muckin around with my library, but if you're looking for a bit of older experimentally metal, check out Devin Townsend's Infinity.

Anyways, just preaching about DT, looking forward for the official release forsure.

I just did a few reviews after checking out some albums in their entirety. This may save you some time or just take up more of it...
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Trivium - The Crusade : Now I got a feeling I'm going to piss off a lot of Trivium fans here, but I was pretty disappointed with this record. I'm not too sure what the band was thinking really. Don't get me wrong, it had a couple really good songs on it, but the attempt at being Metallica is just too much to bear throughout 13 tracks or so. I thought Ascendancy was better personally, then again I'm not that big a fan of this band.

Dark Tranquillity - Exposures: In Retrospect and Denial : I'm restating myself yet again, but if you're a fan of this band, this is a must have for a collection. There really isn't a bad track on here, and chances are its something you haven't heard yet.

In Flames - Black-ash Inheritance : Yeah...I was bored, so I figured I'd add this to my review collection. Just a few tracks on this EP, but it's a good one.
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That's about it for now, I've been transfering a lot of music from an old harddrive to a new one (still) and it's been a slow process with everything I've been trying to do with it, so it's kept me listening to older stuff and refraining from checking out new stuff. I'll try to hit up some more obscure albums for reviewing later.

-ZeeDeevel

Just did up a few album reviews and one artist (not sure if I made mention of that before)

Reviews:

- Gary Jules - Trading Snakeoil for Wolf Tickets: after a lot of hype surrounding this guys cover of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World" that was made a hit in Donnie Darko, I finally got around to checking out the rest of his material. Though the record is decent, it's important to get rid of any expectations formed around the "Mad World" track...though it shows up on this disc, the rest of the album has a completely different feel to it. A little too folky for my current tastes, but it was decent.

- Grateful Dead - American Beauty: This album is a Dead classic (despite the fact that I'm not the biggest fan at the moment of the record) and is good if you're in a mellow mood.
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I've been listening to a lot of Moonspell lately, so if anyone is familiair, what the hell is wrong with Memorial? I just don't understand this record, it seems like such a far cry from wicked Moonspell records.

-ZeeDeevel

Not to say that I was exiled from the site mind you...I just haven't been here in a while, just dropping by on the odd occurance that I need to double check an album date or something like that...so I dunno what's really new (if anything) or what's been going on.

I finally got a new computer, and thankfully it's a signficant step-up from my old 40gb harddrive that just couldn't seem to hold my music library like I had hoped. My new-found free space has sort of thrown me into an album spree, but I'm running low on ideas at the moment as I'm also trying to transfer all my old music over from my old harddrive and rediscovering bands on there I hadn't heard in ages.

Anyway, sometime during this downloading surge I came across that new Muse record, something I'd been putting off purposely for a long time. My buddy (and credible taste with all forms of music) recommended I give them a try, and I've got to say that now that I have, the album is actually a pretty good one. I rememeber Muse's old single from a previous record, and I hated it with a passion...but there are one or two tracks on this record I don't care for. There seems to be at least a little something in everything else on there.

I plan to get back to some reviewing shortly (not that anyone cares) but I've been a bit too busy for that lately and feel like I'm repeating myself too much. I would like to print a bit of a retraction in this blog while I'm at this tho....a while back, when I first started writing reviews for this site, I had a bad habit of hearing a certain album once then passing my judgement on it. I learned after many albums that you simply can't do this and have a good idea of what the record is about at the same time...so, for Dark Tranquillity's Character record (their latest) I retract virtually everything I said about the record, as I clearly wasn't thinking straight.

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-ZeeDeevel

I got (downloaded) a couple albums to pass my time/entertain me while studying in the last week and a half or so, and all seem to warrent a similar reaction. They all had good qualities to them, but they all disappointed me in some ways.

First I checked out Boy Hits Car - The Passage, as it's the bands newest release and the first in a few years. They seem to have lost their aggressive edge, lumping them in with legions of bad, Three Days Gracey type bands.

I moved to HIM - Uneasy Listening, Vol. 1, which is no new album at all (hopefully this isn't why they cancelled their tour) but rather a bunch of demo releases mixed with new dubs and remixes...it was disappointing, although some tracks did benefit from the touch ups.

Finally, I'm still working through Incubus - Light Grenades. Not too sure what to make of this one yet, I was impressed with their last outing, but this one...I dunno, something just doesn't feel right; mind you, it is growing on me and is going to take a few more listenings to wrap my head around it.
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Any suggestions on what to check out next? I'm getting insanely bored with my music these days.

-ZeeDeevel

I haven't been all that busy with the updates and random noise goin' on around mp3.com, so I've only posted a pair of reviews.

The first, All That Remains - This Darkened Heart is a precursor to the bands better (IMO) record, The Fall of Ideals. It seems to lack that certain something, but it's still a decent listen.

The second is something a little more special. Mr. Bungle - California is prolly one of the weirdest things you'll listen to, but you'd be doing yourself a favour by checking out this record. It was unfortuneately the band's last outing, but boy did they end on a high-note.

I don't got a whole lot else, bored outta my mind and going to check out the Trey Parker movie Orgazmo.

-ZeeDeevel