I've been play this game for a few days and got to say it is really well done. It has a good sized amount of characters and they aren't just the straight forward everyone knows these characters. Netherrelm studios actually dug deep and pick great characters based on their abilities and how they would work in the game. of course you have your standard Batman, Super man, Joker, Lex Luthor but they also added in Black atom, Shazam, Killer Frost, and Aquaman. (I know, i thought that was going to be dumb to do but they make Aquaman look bad ass.)
They also went and thought out their arenas for the fights and did a good job of picking places people will recognize like metropolis and wayne manor but they also did a nice little touch and throwing in the fortress of solitude and Crime alley. (talk about iconic for us comic readers)
As for the story it ties together very nicely and follows how DC does things within their own universe by linking multiple universe. I don't want to give to much away but it does have to do with two different universes and alternate reactions to various outcomes. Love the way the alternate superman goes about making things happen and also the cause to how everything starts.
lets turn away from the story so i don't give anything away and lets dive into the character set up. This is my favorite part because they designed each character to be different. (I know you are thinking that shouldn't be hard to do but believe me, i thought they were going to make Sinestro and Green lantern have similar fighting moves and style) My favorite thing that i seen and pointed out to others that not everyone thinks about is Joker and his crowbar. I was fighting batman, (i'm joker because i love me a good villain) and i went to do my heavy attack right off the bat and i see joker pull a crow bar out of his coat and proceed to work over batman. I immediately lost it and stopped the match to start one with Nightwing instead of Batman. (Not the Jason Todd but as close as i'm going to get to Robin unless he is released as DLC later on) I then began to reenact the Death in the Family Scene. (Not precisely because this robin fought back) but i work him over none the less.
If i were to give this game a numerical score i would have to say it is a 8.75 out of 10. As with everything it isn't perfect. There are some characters i would of liked to have seen and played as but i'm sure they are coming as DLC later. but if you like fighters i highly recommend this and do feel its worth paying full price.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Please Explode!
Howdy ya'll I just heard some new jams from a band called Columns. Dude it's raw grindy goodness the recording is so raw it almost feels as if you were watching them live! Really good stuff to say the least. On further researchering these dudes I found out the vocalist is none other than Adam Cody formerly of Glass Casket (one of my FAVORITE bands), Zero System, and currently in Wretched. That blew my mind because well I've heard Wretched and never once did it sound like him singing.
To be honest I think the last time I heard of Columns it was 2007 or so? All I remember is them posting some demos on the glorious MySpace Music pages. I do miss those days. :'( As far as this EP is concerned if you don't have 8 minutes to spare I don't know what the hell you're doin, but 8 minutes is like the equivilent of taking a quick shit or changing your clothes or something. Just check it out it's GRIND. With that being said Jason Skipper (drummer) wreakes fucking havoc on his set with spastic stop start beats and just blasts like a freakin mad man. On the song "Drifter Aftermath" you get those slow Slayer groove rhythms. So it's a lot of fun to listen to.
The Bottom Line: If you're a fan of good old Grindcore, thrash, or punk check this shit out. You won't regret it.
Support Columns on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columns/152554091440459
If that's not your thing hit up their tumblr: http://columnsmusic.tumblr.com/
And shit whynot pick up the "Please Explode" on their Bandcamp, it's name your price ;): http://columns.bandcamp.com/
Well I'm outty here's a taste of "Bottom Feeders" Lates! -Wes
To be honest I think the last time I heard of Columns it was 2007 or so? All I remember is them posting some demos on the glorious MySpace Music pages. I do miss those days. :'( As far as this EP is concerned if you don't have 8 minutes to spare I don't know what the hell you're doin, but 8 minutes is like the equivilent of taking a quick shit or changing your clothes or something. Just check it out it's GRIND. With that being said Jason Skipper (drummer) wreakes fucking havoc on his set with spastic stop start beats and just blasts like a freakin mad man. On the song "Drifter Aftermath" you get those slow Slayer groove rhythms. So it's a lot of fun to listen to.
The Bottom Line: If you're a fan of good old Grindcore, thrash, or punk check this shit out. You won't regret it.
Support Columns on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columns/152554091440459
If that's not your thing hit up their tumblr: http://columnsmusic.tumblr.com/
And shit whynot pick up the "Please Explode" on their Bandcamp, it's name your price ;): http://columns.bandcamp.com/
Well I'm outty here's a taste of "Bottom Feeders" Lates! -Wes
Monday, April 15, 2013
If you're wondering....
This isn't just a music blog, I'm just an avid writer of music. Haha that being said I got 3 other publishers on here that will be posting shortly. Stay tuned and you'll read something from them.......eventually?
It's Monday!
And I fucking hate it! Blah! Work's insane and I feel like I'm stuck in quicksand. So I stumbled across a pretty "old" video of an entire set of The Fall of Troy Live at Chain Reaction. They were just one of those bands that called it WAY too fast and they were TOO good! Anyway, check out this set lots of jams and a good soundtrack to whatever you're doing!
On the brightside though Tom (guitarist/vocalist) is in Chiodos now and Craig's back AND they're working on a new album. Call me stoked for their newest release, while I'm at it here's some Chiodos to chill on too!
On the brightside though Tom (guitarist/vocalist) is in Chiodos now and Craig's back AND they're working on a new album. Call me stoked for their newest release, while I'm at it here's some Chiodos to chill on too!
Happy Monday!
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Bored to Deth?
Feeling a little bored? Megadeth is previewing a new song on their website and you can even play a little match the album arts to uncover their new cover art for "Super Collider". Go hit up http://megadeth.com/
and get to clicking!
Oh yeah, if you didn't hear yet. Iron Maiden and Megadeth will be playing a few shows together in September, and us lucky Californians get this gem of a show. Be jealous ;) Tickets go on sale tomorrow 4/12/2013 @ 10:00 AM PDT. I got you covered, buy tickets here: http://concerts.livenation.com/event/09004A82D1477924?crosssite=TM_US:735341:73734
-Wes
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
It's Just Not Black Enough For My Taste...You Got Any Everblack?
No review or anything just a new Black Dahlia Murder track "Into the Everblack"! Sounds a little different recording wise and I for one am pretty happy about that. New tones are new tones! This albums has some sick artwork from the looks of it. I wonder what the booklet's gonna look like? Hmmmmmm. Well I'll shut up and let you hear the jam!
Everblack tracks:
01 – “In Hell Is Where She Waits for Me“
02 – “Goat of Departure“
03 – “Into the Everblack“
04 – “Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn“
05 – “Phantom Limb Masturbation“
06 – “Control“
07 – “Blood Mine“
08 – “Every Rope a Noose“
09 – “Their Beloved Absentee“
10 – “Map of Scars“
02 – “Goat of Departure“
03 – “Into the Everblack“
04 – “Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn“
05 – “Phantom Limb Masturbation“
06 – “Control“
07 – “Blood Mine“
08 – “Every Rope a Noose“
09 – “Their Beloved Absentee“
10 – “Map of Scars“
Everblack drops on June 11th here in 'Merica and June 6th and 7th everywhere else...damn Europeans!
If your panties are all sopping wet you can pre-order below.
Pre-orders: http://www.metalblade.com/bdm/
-Wes
You Don't Have a Home? Oh Fallujah, you're so Nomadic!
The Bay Area Melo-Tech heads make their return with "Nomadic" a digital EP released on 4/2/2013. If you've never heard of Fallujah that's already strike one in my book. They blend different elements of atmosphere, melody, technical riffage, and some good ole' fucking death metal, and with this EP I feel they are discovering what they truly have to bring to the table.
On their Unique Leader debut "The Harvest Wounds" they had shown more of a Blackened Tech-Death style with touches of Atmospheric musings, but seriously those leads, the guitar work was just beautiful. The first time I heard that album I was sitting at my computer with my mouth open looking like Eli Manning mouth breathing and all. That being said, yes I have known about Fallujah for a while now since the "Leper Colony" days, trust me if you listened to "Leper Colony" and then listened to "Nomadic" you'd think I was fucking with you. So for me to hear "Harvest Wombs" I was blown away all together. So when I heard Fallujah was releasing a new EP my inner fan-boy got me all giddy. So lets break this bad boy down!
The Dead Sea - Starts off in true Fallujah fashion building growing and boom you get hit with the drums. Lots of choppy guitar rhythms and heavy hitting riffage. The Melodic leads soon lead you through into a great atmospheric break. Fallujah does a great job of keeping life in the atmosphere and not just making reverberated drones like most have come to expect. The layering of guitar work is genius nothing is overpowering and everyone is balanced in the mix.
Silent - Is an Instrumental track that fits like a bridge between the songs. I found it a fitting track to give you a breather and reflect on what you just heard and kind of catch up as this is only a 3 songer and "The Dead Sea" and "Venom Upon the Blade" are two totally different animals.
Venom Upon the Blade - The final track of the EP and my personal favorite. There's so much depth to the writing and composition of this song I could go on for days! The track starts off BIG with heavy riffing, a wailing lead, and hard hitting drums. The guitars put in a massive amount of work in the beginning of the song and don't quit. The leads on this song are just tastefully done, and one thing I can say about this recording is the guitars don't have that weird overactive noisegate punch tone to them. So it sounds like real playing versus some real studio magic where they had to half-time record some parts (cough cough Rings of Saturn. Controversy I know right?) and the drums don't sound fake at all, triggers alright I'll give you that, but no programming here. Now when they drop you into another atmospheric part here is where I flipped out the most. This part is just beautiful, again the headroom on these parts amazes me. It sounds like I'm in the middle of their recording. The only question I have is, was that singing or guitar effects? As for the singing it almost sounds female and if not maybe it's a little nod to Cynic with the use of a vocoder. Anyway as I pull my pants up now, the drums just fuck you up and go hyper speed like, "Yeah that was pretty. But watch this." and boom they're off! So good.
The Final Word: For this being a 2-3 song EP it is amazing, engaging and thought provoking through and through. The overall quality of recording and feel of the music is just stellar. I still can't wrap my head around how good this sounds and how they got the recording to have so much headroom. It feels like I'm fully encompassed by the music. Great music by great hardworking musicians, do yourself a favor and pick up this EP. I leave you with a little "Venom Upon the Blade".
Follow Fallujah on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fallujahofficial
or check out their tumblr: http://fallujah.tumblr.com/
and if you really don't want to do that buy Nomadic here: http://fallujah.bandcamp.com/
-Wes
On their Unique Leader debut "The Harvest Wounds" they had shown more of a Blackened Tech-Death style with touches of Atmospheric musings, but seriously those leads, the guitar work was just beautiful. The first time I heard that album I was sitting at my computer with my mouth open looking like Eli Manning mouth breathing and all. That being said, yes I have known about Fallujah for a while now since the "Leper Colony" days, trust me if you listened to "Leper Colony" and then listened to "Nomadic" you'd think I was fucking with you. So for me to hear "Harvest Wombs" I was blown away all together. So when I heard Fallujah was releasing a new EP my inner fan-boy got me all giddy. So lets break this bad boy down!
The Dead Sea - Starts off in true Fallujah fashion building growing and boom you get hit with the drums. Lots of choppy guitar rhythms and heavy hitting riffage. The Melodic leads soon lead you through into a great atmospheric break. Fallujah does a great job of keeping life in the atmosphere and not just making reverberated drones like most have come to expect. The layering of guitar work is genius nothing is overpowering and everyone is balanced in the mix.
Silent - Is an Instrumental track that fits like a bridge between the songs. I found it a fitting track to give you a breather and reflect on what you just heard and kind of catch up as this is only a 3 songer and "The Dead Sea" and "Venom Upon the Blade" are two totally different animals.
Venom Upon the Blade - The final track of the EP and my personal favorite. There's so much depth to the writing and composition of this song I could go on for days! The track starts off BIG with heavy riffing, a wailing lead, and hard hitting drums. The guitars put in a massive amount of work in the beginning of the song and don't quit. The leads on this song are just tastefully done, and one thing I can say about this recording is the guitars don't have that weird overactive noisegate punch tone to them. So it sounds like real playing versus some real studio magic where they had to half-time record some parts (cough cough Rings of Saturn. Controversy I know right?) and the drums don't sound fake at all, triggers alright I'll give you that, but no programming here. Now when they drop you into another atmospheric part here is where I flipped out the most. This part is just beautiful, again the headroom on these parts amazes me. It sounds like I'm in the middle of their recording. The only question I have is, was that singing or guitar effects? As for the singing it almost sounds female and if not maybe it's a little nod to Cynic with the use of a vocoder. Anyway as I pull my pants up now, the drums just fuck you up and go hyper speed like, "Yeah that was pretty. But watch this." and boom they're off! So good.
The Final Word: For this being a 2-3 song EP it is amazing, engaging and thought provoking through and through. The overall quality of recording and feel of the music is just stellar. I still can't wrap my head around how good this sounds and how they got the recording to have so much headroom. It feels like I'm fully encompassed by the music. Great music by great hardworking musicians, do yourself a favor and pick up this EP. I leave you with a little "Venom Upon the Blade".
Follow Fallujah on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fallujahofficial
or check out their tumblr: http://fallujah.tumblr.com/
and if you really don't want to do that buy Nomadic here: http://fallujah.bandcamp.com/
-Wes
Friday, April 5, 2013
Evil Dead Movie Review
In a world where everything that has ever been done, hollywood has turned to putting out remake after remake. Hell, there have been remakes of remakes. And hollywood has dropped the ball time and time again. And as a fan of the evil dead franchise i was worried. Then seen the red band trailer and gained some hope but still was reluctant. Then i heard that sam Raimie and Bruce Campbell were producers on the film and that they were very happy with the movie as well. I then found hope once again in hollywood.
I went last night to watch this movie and was happy to say the least. Even though they had removed the Ash character the movie had plenty of little nods towards the past films and did a wonderful job not to make a mockery of itself much like others have done in the past. (I.E. nightmare on elm street, Friday the thirteenth, and My Bloody Valentine. Although i will be the first to say that Nightmare on elm street would of been good if not for the originals and Robert Englunds performance as Freddy Krugger.) Evil Dead is a wonderfully done horror movie and i feel can stand up to the originals.
If you are a fan of this franchise or a fan of horror movies in general i highly recommend you see this movie. Even though I am praising Evil Dead for being great there are a few problems i have with it. For one thing the movie is a bit short running for A hour and a half. Although i understand they had to cut out a fair amount of footage to keep the rating a R. If not then they would of gotten a NC-17 which would mean that no major franchise theater would show it. (Just wait for the BlueRay version of it and watch the Directors cut.) Also at times when there is a serious moment they had plugged in a slight joke to break the tension. Its my personal opinion that they should leave the jokes for the beginning of the movie so that the feeling of dread, terror and hopelessness that is being conveyed in the movie be put out there better.
Aside from those two small short comings i feel this was a amazing flick and recommend to all. it disturbs and frightens as all horror movies should.
P.S. Don’t forget to stay after the credits to see a nice surprise.
http://youtu.be/pvDLWlxxcak
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