Spine Extraction: Groovy Death Metal (Bands I Follow on Twitter Part 2)

The second installment of "Bands I Follow on Twitter" features one of the first bands to follow me on twitter, North Carolina death dealers Spine Extraction. 

First off I have to mention their name, Spine Extraction is probably one of my all time favorite band names, up there with Dying Fetus and Signal the Firing Squad (check those bands out too, they're awesome!).  With a name as brutal as Spine Extraction you would expect the music to be just as brutal.  Fortunately Spine Extraction lives up to the brutality of their name.

In my opinion Spine Extraction is a death metal band, but they are not your average run of the mill death metal band that plays very fast songs with constant blast beats from the drummer (nothing wrong with that, I am a big death metal fan).  Instead Spine Extraction has crafted this sort of groove based death metal.  The songs will alternate between slow and fast sections, but you can never escape the groups brutal, infectious, and down right catchy grooves.  A good example of this is their song "Eternity Awaits" off of their self titled debut.  The song starts off with a catchy guitar melody line that instantly gets stuck in your head.  Then you're hit with a mid tempo groove that induces head banging right of the bat.  At the forefront of the band's infectious grooves are the brutal lyrics and death growls of vocalist Tripp King (awesome name by the way!).  The ability Tripp has go hit gut wrenching lows and mind blowing highs with his growls only makes the band that much more brutal and allows them to put their own unique stamp on metal music today. 

Here is their video for "Eternity Awaits"

My favorite song by Spine Extraction has to be "Fleshless".  Much like "Eternity Awaits" it starts off with a slow and catchy groove, Tripp's vocals come in to enhance the brutality of the song (he does a low growl around 0:28 that is just flat out awesome!).  The groove continues until around 1:06 when the fun starts.  The sound of a knife cutting something greats the listener, followed by a blistering fast section that would set off a circle pit at any metal show.  The song continues to alternate between mid tempo sections and fast sections while never loosing the catchiness or brutality it introduced in the beginning.  

Here is the video for "Fleshless" 

Above all one of the things I liked right off the bat about Spine Extraction is how nice they are to their fans.  I always see them retweeting messages that people send to them.  They've retweeted me a bunch of times and are always grateful for every nice thing a fan has to say about them.  Its this kind of attitude that makes me root for them.  Early on they were in a contest to play with Devil Driver, I voted as much as I could and hoped that they would win because they deserved it.  Luckily they did and although I wasn't able to go to the show, I was very happy that they got to open for such an awesome band.  Since then I've seen that they were able to open this year's Summer Slaughter when it rolled through NC and they played a show with Six Feet Under and have one coming up opening for Cannibal Corpse.  I really hope that these guys get signed one day and I am very excited to see what they do in the future.  

Overall if you like death metal and are looking for something different give Spine Extraction a listen.  They're combination of brutality combined with great grooves is sure to appeal to a wide variety of metal fans.  They have their debut CD out now that can be purchased from CD baby or iTunes and are working on a new album to be released in 2013 and when that comes out you can definitely expect me to review it!

Thanks guys!
-Zach

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Hammer Horde: Epic Pagan Metal from the Far Off Land of...Ohio? (Artist Spotlight)

Lets be honest when you think of countries where most Pagan/Viking/Folk Metal comes from you think of countries in northern Europe; Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, Iceland, Finland, etc.  I would think one of the last countries a metal head would expect to find a Pagan metal band is the US, until now. 

I stumbled across Hammer Horde while I was browsing for music on iTunes.  I believe I was on a King of Asgard album and saw the little section that showed other albums people bought after they bought the KoA CD.  One of the bands I clicked on was Hammer Horde's Under the Mighty Oath.  I don't remember which song I clicked on first, but I do remember liking what I heard and I decided to do some more research.  I was expecting to discover that this band, like so many other bands in its genre, originated from some where in northern Europe, to my amazement, and excitement I found out that they were from Dayton, Ohio.

I say I was excited because I have always wanted either to start or find a Pagan/Viking/Folk (I gotta find an acronym for that) metal band that came from the US.  I figured the US has a plethora of other metal genres that it was only a matter of time before a band like this surfaced, and now that I think about it the winters in Ohio probably are similar to those you would find in Northern Europe because it would be really weird if a band like this was from Florida.   

Hammer Horde started back in 2007 and released their first album Under the Mighty Oath in 2009.  There sound is very similar to that of Ensiferum and Wintersun, minus the orchestral keyboards.  Thrown over that is a combination of chant choruses and an alternating use of clean and black metal style vocals.  As evident in their song "In the Name of Winter's Wrath".  When I first saw the video for it, I could have told you that Abbath from Immortal was singing on it.  Not that there is anything wrong with that (there isn't), its really cool to hear black metal style vocals over a pagan metal background, because its just something I have not heard a lot in this genre of music.  The rest of the song alternates between the black metal vocals and clean vocals accompanied by choral shouts that you would expect to hear in music of this genre.

Here is the video for "In the Name of Winter's Wrath" 

And no pagan metal band would be complete without a rousing drinking and fun time song.  Give a listen to "Midgardian Revelry".  Fill up your cup with mead, grab some buddies, and enjoy! 

Here is the video "Midgardian Revelry"

Overall Hammer Horde is a Pagan force to be reckoned with.  There sound and technical ability rivals that of any band from Northern Europe.  If you're fans of Ensiferum and Wintersun and bands like that then you need to give Hammer Horde a listen.  You can pick up their new album Vinlander on iTunes.  I highly recommend it for any Pagan metal fan.  

I would like to see Hammer Horde start a movement of US pagan metal bands.  With Hammer Horde as their leaders the world will have to brace themselves for what the US can put out. 

Thanks guys!
-Zach

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Strychnia: East Coast Thrash Metal at its Finest (Bands who followed me on Twitter part 1)

So I joined twitter about a year or so ago and one of the coolest things it has done for me is expose me to all sorts of bands who were using twitter to promote themselves.  They would follow me, I would check them out and give them a listen.  I decided that I should dedicate some blog posts to some of the great bands who I have discovered thanks to Twitter.  The first band I want to start with is the thrash metal band Strychnia.

Lurking in the now flooded metal underground of New Jersey (thanks Sandy!) since 2009 is a creature bent on putting there own unique stamp on the metal of scene today.  That creature is Strychnia (I have no idea actually how to pronounce it, if you have any idea please let me know!).  Strychnia followed me on twitter a few weeks ago and I decided check them out.  I got really excited when they said you can download their debut CD The Anatomy of Execution for free if you went and liked their Facebook page.  Now I wasn't gonna let this awesome discovery influence what I thought of the band, if I didn't like what I heard I would not have put them on my ipod.  What I heard on that CD was down right awesome! It was this perfect molding of ripping thrash metal with brutal low and high death metal growls sung over it.  This was something new to me.

As long as I have been a metal head I have noticed that there are three styles of thrash metal vocals.  There are the raspy yet clean vocal styles of bands of old.  This includes the members of the big 4 (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, and Megadeth) as well as bands like Overkill and Testament.  There is the general kind of harsh, shouting like vocals that bands like Warbringer, Lazarus AD, and Exodus use.  Finally some bands have started using black metal style vocals, Skeletonwitch is the best example.  Strychnia has developed a new and unique style of thrash metal, this excellent combination of death metal and thrash metal.

Now I could just not be well versed in my underground thrash metal and there could be many thrash bands out there that use death metal vocals, but Strychnia is the first band I ever heard do it.  There merging of death metal with thrash metal extends to way beyond the vocals alone.  In their song "Vile Creation" the listener is first hit by a mid tempo death metal crawl (imagine a zombie is crawling on the ground towards you, this is the music that would be played in the background).  Then at around 50 seconds into the song the band switches into an all out thrash assault, fast guitars and raging drums now dominate the listeners ear drums (imagine that zombie from before has now gotten up and is chasing you).

Here is the video for "Vile Creation"

"Vile Creation" along with most if not all Strychnia songs go back and forth between mid tempo death metal to high speed thrash metal very cleanly and effortlessly.  What it all adds up too is the listener alternating the speeds at which they headbang (because it is impossible to listen to these songs without wanting to headbang like a mad man).  If one was to listen to The Anatomy of Execution head bang all the way through they would certainly wake up the next morning with a bang over.  

As far as artists that these guys sound similar too there really weren't too many I could think of.  The one that kept reoccurring in my mind was Toxic Holocaust, because I think that the instrumental part of the band does sound like them but the vocal is style is completely different.  

Overall I will say that if you like great thrash metal and are looking for something new, then you need to give Strychnia a listen.  Follow them on twitter (@Strychnia), check them out on facebook and download there album (its free for crying out loud!).  You will not be disappointed! I really think these guys have a chance to create a new breed of thrash metal band.  So labels listen up! Go sign these guys!  

I'm not entirley sure if this is the album cover for The Anatomy of Execution but its the one I use. 

Thanks guys! 

-Zach

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Review: Aeon-Aeons Black

Hey guys! I hope your Thanksgiving break was good, today I will be reviewing Aeon's new CD Aeons Black (Metal Blade). 

Before I begin I would like to say that yes I know this album came out last week, but I really wanted to review it and could not get my hands on a copy before I went away on break, so here is the review post break. 

I will admit before this year and this album I had never heard of Aeon until the video for "Aeons Black" came on my youtube feed.  I will say that I wasn't particularly blown away at first listen, but I did some more research on them and listened to some more songs and then I was hooked.  I ordered one of their older albums, Rise to Dominate (Metal Blade), and went on a hunt for this new album.  After a few days of searching I finally found it in a store called 2nd Avenue Records in Portland OR.  I was really hoping that this album would be worth all the trouble I went through to get it.  And boy did it deliver.  

Aeon has always had a reputation of being a rather blasphemous death metal band, writing songs bashing on the church and Christianity (think of them as the Swedish version of Deicide, at least I do).  Aeons Black does not let up that trend.  It is a CD packed with 15 tracks of brutal, thrashing, and down right evil death metal.  

Each song packs the punch of a twenty ton hammer, regardless of the tempo.  Most of the songs on the album are played at high tempos, "Nothing Left To Destroy", "Sacrificed", and "Still They Pray" are all prime examples.  But one of the more powerful and brutal songs on the album is the slow tempo title track "Aeons Black".  The tempo of this song does not subject the listener to want to head bang at break neck speeds but instead bang your head along as Aeon spreads the message of their dark gospel.  Its almost as if the listener is tied to a chair and the lead singer is screaming the lyrics in your face: "Where's your savior? Where's your god?" There is nothing you can do as you are forced to listen to every evil word the band has to say.

That brings me to their singer, Tommy Dahlstrom, the evil priest of the church of Aeon.  As far as death metal singers goes he is one of the best.  Even though Tommy produces great low death growls the diction of his voice is very clear.  Much like the band Ghost, who's vocalist sings in a clear voice that makes their evil message even creepier because you can understand it, Tommy has refined his vocal style to a point where you can listen to an Aeon song and know what he is saying without the use of a lyric sheet.  This makes the message Aeon is spreading even more evil.  There is no need to look through the lyric book to find out what he is saying, its clear and it is sinister. 

Overall Aeons Black is a great package of dark and evil death metal, each song more sinister than the next.  Even though the CD has 15 songs it kept me interested and never looses its intensity.  More importantly it left me wanting more.  There aren't too many 15+ track albums I can say that about.  If you are a fan of dark and brutal death metal a la Cannibal Corpse and Deicide, then there is no reason not to have Aeons Black in your collection.

Rating: 9/10 

Thanks guys!
-Zach

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Thanksgiving Update

Hey guys just letting you all know that I will not be posting these next couple of days because I am away with my family for Thanksgiving.  I will start up again next week.  I'm excited because I am going to Amoeba Music on Saturday so I will have lots of albums to review as well as many more artists to talk about.

Enjoy your holiday and from my family to yours Happy Thanksgiving! See you guys soon!

-Zach

Mount Your Horse and Ride To North with King of Asgard! (Artist spotlight)

Are you a fan of viking themed metal? Like Amon Amarth and Ensiferum? Looking for new musical accompaniment as you ride your noble steed to meet your viking friends to feast and drink lots of beer together? Then look no further than Sweden's King of Asgard!

I first heard this band when their video for "The Nine Worlds Burn" appeared on my Youtube feed.  I was instantly hit with the sound of loud guitars and royal horns.  Once the song kicked in I was headbanging along to a heavy yet very catchy guitar line.  Once the song was done I found that the opening guitar theme was stuck in my head and I could not help but sing along.  I downloaded their first CD Fi'mbulvintr (Metal Blade) to hold me over until their new CD came out.  Once the release day came I ventured to my local CD store hoping that they would have this CD.  To my luck they did (big props to Spec's Music in Miami, Fl for that one!).  Their new CD ...To North (Metal Blade) is a must for any viking metal fan. 

King of Asgard's video for "The Nine Worlds Burn".  The song kicks in around 0:35.  

When I first heard King of Asgard the first thing I thought of was Amon Amarth, as they are the most popular band that mixes viking themes with extreme metal.  But this band is not a carbon copy of Amon Amarth.  Sure you can site influences in some of their songs.  Like the song "Einharjar".  The rhythm of the guitars along with the steady double bass attack from the drums, will remind any Amon Amarth fan of one of their songs.  But I will not go as far as to label King of Asgard as 'the poor man's Amon Amarth' because they're not.  They are there own epic entity.  

 King of Asgard's video for "Einharjar" 

Another band I kept hearing influences of was Ensiferum.  While King of Asgard may not use keyboards to replicate Celtic instruments songs like "Gap of Ginnungs" and "The Last Journey" reminded me of Ensiferum.  Also on "Gap of Ginnungs" the combination of harsh vocals with clean group vocals created a haunting atmosphere that put me in a thick viking coat in the middle of a snow covered forest some where in Sweden. 

I also found that while King of Asgard doesn't write epically long songs, all their songs sound epic as hell.  The band has some amazing ability to cram obscene amounts of epic music into a 4-5 minute song.  That's 4-5 minutes of the listener being transported into a viking world, where while you may be out in the cold trying to escape a hungry wolf, you make it home safely where a tall glass of beer makes it all better.  Once the song is over the listener is quickly transported back to reality, that is until the next King of Asgard song begins.  

One thing that sets apart King of Asgard from other viking themed bands, in my opinion, is their vocalist Karl Beckman.  As I was listening to their songs I was trying to figure out who his style of harsh vocals reminded me of and I couldn't think of one vocalist who he sounded like.  Are there instances where he sounds like Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth? Yes, but those moments do not last for long.  

Also one added bonus is Karl Beckman does sing in English on their songs, so no translations needed for lyrics.

In conclusion if you like viking themed extreme metal and are looking for band that sings in English, or doesn't use any Celtic instruments, then you will really enjoy King of Asgard.   

You can pick up King of Asgard's latest release ...To North out now on Metal Blade Records. 

Thanks guys!
-Zach

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Review: Green Day- Dos!

Hey guys! For today's post I will be reviewing the new Green Day album, Dos!. 

Green Day presents their second installment of their ambitious three album release thing that they're doing this year.  I am personally impressed that they are able to have this much material to release three albums in a year, but I am also glad they didn't decide to release all the tracks from these three albums on one ginormous 3 CD extravaganza package.  Personally that would be too much Green Day for me to handle at once.  By putting about a month in between releases, Green Day gives their  fans enough time to listen and enjoy one CD and then not have to wait another two or three years for another CD.  Also by releasing one album at a time instead of three at once it gives their fans a chance to enjoy each album individually rather than having to process three albums worth of Green Day at once.  

On Dos! Green Day continues the formula they presented on Uno!  There is an obvious return to their roots with these two albums and one can expect that this style will continue on the third and final installment, Tre! which comes out December 11th.  A lot of the songs on Dos! will definitely remind the listener of their albums Dookie and Nimrod and on some of the songs you can even here some influence from The Clash.  If there were any fans who were disappointed in the direction Green Day went with American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown then you will rejoice in the band returning to their roots.  

With this album, as with their previous albums, Green Day does what they do best.  Which is writing simple, catchy, and great pop punk songs.  

Overall if you are a fan of Green Day old or new, and were a fan of Uno! Then you will certainly be a fan of Dos! 

Rating: 8/10

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Thanks guys!

-Zach       

Review: Motionless in White- Infamous

Hey guys! For today's post I will be reviewing Motionless in White's new album Infamous. 

I always liked to think of Motionless in White as the bastard child of Bleeding Through and Marylin Manson.  Simply because I thought they had the intense metalcore that Bleeding Through has, the keyboards didn't hurt either, and the make up plus Chris Motionless's vocal style sometimes reminded me of Manson.  I also thought that their previous album, Creatures, reminded me of Bleeding Through with a hint of Manson.  Infamous builds upon that original model but adds a bit more Manson-esque musical style to the mix. 

For the fans who loved Creatures, I being one of them, there are still songs reminiscent of that album.  The first two songs "Black Damask (The Fog)" and "Devil's Night" along with "Puppets 2" and "If It's Dead, We'll Kill It" (featuring Brandan from Bleeding Through) are examples of songs that still have that awesome and intense metalcore punch that made the mirrors in your car shake and you stop whatever you were doing and immediately start headbanging.  Other songs like "America", "Hatefuck", and "The Divine Infection" are clearly influenced by Marylin Manson (all through the song "America" I kept thinking about Manson's song "We're from America").  While still clearly influenced by Manson on these songs MIW still manages to put their own unique stamp on their songs, a stamp which separates them from some of the cookie-cutter metalcore bands you hear now a days.  

Overall Infamous is a collection of intense, awesome, dark, evil, and lets face it catchy (the chorus of "The Divine Infection" being one of many examples) songs.  I urge fans of the band to go into this album with an open mind and not immediately write it off because its not Creatures 2.  Because Motionless in White didn't make Creatures 2, they made something better.   

Rating: 9/10

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Thanks guys! 

-Zach

Abiotic: Bringing the heavy from South Beach (Artist Spotlight)

Hey guys! For today's artist spotlight will feature the death metal/deathcore band, Abiotic from Miami, Florida.  Now when you think of Miami, the first thing that probably pops into your head are beaches and gorgeous women walking around said beaches in bikinis and not brutal, thrashing metal.  Abiotic has emerged from the sun and sand to take on the metal world bringing with them an intense and just plain brutal sound.
I first heard this band on Summer Slaughter 2012 when the tour hit Ft. Lauderdale.  I had never heard of these guys before but they put on one kick ass live show.  They were full of energy and possessed the ability to play their extremely technical music with accuracy while they were headbanging like the madmen they are.  Even though this was my first time hearing them, I was very happy when they announced that they had been signed by Metal Blade Records, one of my favorite metal labels, and were going to release an album later in the year.  I couldn't wait for the album to come out though so the day after the show I bought their EP A Universal Plague from iTunes to fulfill my Abiotic fix until the album came out. 
The band is a quintet featuring:
Ray Jimenez who's vocals reach banshee like highs and gut wrenching lows, almost like he is in a shouting match with the devil and the devil is losing badly. 
John Matos and Matt Mendez who's twin guitar attack produce impressive technical lines as well as room shaking chords. 
Andres Hurtado who's drumming ability would make any drummer consider burning all his sticks and give up the instrument all together. 
Alex Vazquez who wields his bass as if it was a guitar, playing incredibly technical lines that mirror what the guitars are doing.  At some points its almost as if the band has three guitarists instead of two. 
One of my favorite things about this band are there breakdowns.  Abiotic has the ability to produce this wall of sound that just punches you in the gut every time. The best example of this is in their song "Vermosapien" 

At about 1:00 the breakdown starts and you get nailed with this wall of brutal breakdown awesomeness that will make anyone immediately start headbanging.

I would highly recommend this band to anyone who likes good death metal or deathcore.  I know there are some metal elitists out there who won't touch deathcore with a 10 foot pole, but a believe Abiotic is one of those bands who, along with Rings of Saturn, have enough of each genre to appeal to the death metal crowd and the deathcore crowd.  

I am so excited to see a heavy band like Abiotic come out of my home town Miami.  Most of the time when you talk about Florida metal you talk about the death metal bands who came from the more northern part of the state.  Now with Abiotic added in the mix it puts Miami on the map as a city that can produce heavy as fuck bands.  

If you like good, heavy, brutal, thrashing metal then I highly suggesting picking up Abiotic's debut Symbiosis out now on Metal Blade Records, you won't regret it.  

I am excited to see what these guys do in the future because I believe they have the ability to become a major player in the future metal scene. 

Thanks guys! And as always if you have suggestions for albums I should review or artists I should talk about leave a comment or tweet me @zachktheanimal
-Zach

Kontrust Spreading the Word About The Blog!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Hey guys! So yesterday I did my first artist spotlight on the band Kontrust, I tweeted about it and mentioned the band in my tweet.  Went to bed that night and woke up this morning to find this on my twitter feed:

When I clicked on the link it took me to the post I did about the band! I could not believe it! This is definitely one of the coolest things to happen to me and I would like to thank the band for supporting my blog, even though its only two days old.  

So yeah just thought I should share that because its so freaking cool! I'll have another post tomorrow when I discuss the death metal band Abiotic and then the first CD reviews will probably be posted on Wednesday and Thursday.  

Thanks for the support and if you have any bands you would like me to talk about or and CDs you would like me to review leave a comment or follow me on twitter @zachktheanimal.  

Thanks again guys!

-Zach

The Best You've Never Heard Of But Seriously Need To Check Out/ First Artist Spotlight

Hey guys! For my first artist spotlight I would like to talk about a band that I have deemed "the best band you've never heard of, but seriously need to check out".  I am talking about the Austrian band Kontrust. 
I first found out about this band earlier this year when their video for the song "Sock n' Doll"(there is a link to the video at the end of this post) appeared on my Youtube feed.  I clicked on the link and was blown away by this band.  This band is one of the reasons why I love Napalm Records, the label to which they are currently signed, because they have a knack for finding unique and original bands and Kontrust is a perfect example.  They are heavy but poppy at the same time and I feel like they can appeal to a wide audience.  After the video finished I immediately replayed the it, I was hooked on this band.
The band is a septet with two vocalists, two guitars, bass, drums, and percussion.  I really like how the drums and percussion work together.  Its not like they have a drummer who records some percussion on the album, they have a separate drummer and a separate percussion player, this adds a lot of color to the band because it allows the drummer to keep a steady beat and the percussionist fill over him adding more depth to the band's sound.
The most unique thing about this band has to be their use of two vocalists.  Now I know what you're thinking, "Zach how can this be unique? Lots of bands use two vocalists."  You're right but I've never heard two vocalists be used as unique as this.  The band's vocalists are Agata Jarosz and Stefan Lichtenberger, now most bands with a male and female vocalist will usually have one sing the verse and one sing the chorus or they will trade back and forth during either of those, but I've noticed that Kontrust uses their vocalists as actual instruments.  What I mean by that is when either Agata or Stefan is not singing the lyrics to the song they will sometimes sing a melodic line in the background to go along with the melodyhttp://www.kontrust.info/en/.  The first time you hear it you think are they using electronics in the song? The answer is no, its one of the vocalists singing in the background, it just sounds like their using electronics.
The best example is in their song "Sock n' Doll" at 3:33 Agata sings a melodic line a capella, once the rest of the band comes in around 3:35 she continues to sing that same line.  It creates the impression that there is a synthesizer playing in the background when really it is Agata.

Here is the video for "Sock n' Doll"(I know I said earlier that the band was a septet and there are only six members on stage, they added another after this video and use him in live shows, also sock puppets? Freaking awesome!)

Now technically Kontrust is labeled a crossover band (I just call them a rock band), meaning they will use different styles in their songs which I think is really cool.  In "Sock n' Doll" they have instances of Rock, Reggae, and Pop. 

In conclusion Kontrust is a delightful mix of Rock and Pop, their songs are super catchy and are best played at loud volume while driving in your car (as are most songs).  I think can appeal to a wide audience, so I will say that if you are a fan of good music then you will like this band.  Sometimes their lyrics can get a little weird, but when you get past that you have a band that, in my opinion, needs to be wider known because I can totally hear some of their songs being played on the radio. 

If you would like to find out more about this band you can visit their website at http://www.kontrust.info/en/ and pick up their new album Second Hand Wonderland which is currently out on Napalm Records.  

Also check out some more videos from them below:

Video for the song "The Butterfly Defect" off Second Hand Wonderland

Video for the song "Bomba" off Time to Tango (yes I know they are dressed in lederhosen its apparently what they wear when they play live)

Enjoy guys and I'll talk to you next post.  Remember if you have any requests of a band you want me to talk about or an album you want me to review, leave a comment or tweet me @zachktheanimal

Thanks!

   

First Post/ Overview

Hello everyone! Welcome to Mostly Metal, a blog where I review CDs that I buy and talk about any new artists that I find. 
I wanted to start this blog because I love to buy CDs and discover new artists.  I also wanted a way to tell other people about new and interesting bands that I find and what I think about CDs that are released during the year. 
I will try to update this blog as much as I can.  I hope to have CD reviews whenever I get the chance as well as have a weekly artist spotlight, where I talk about a new artist that I have discovered.  If you have any requests as to a CD you would like me to review or an artist you would like me to talk about feel free to request it by leaving a comment or tweeting me @zachktheanimal.