Soulfly "Ritual"

     So we've received two new offerings from Soulfly, "Ritual" and "Evil Empowered". I got to say I wasn't too impressed with the last two albums and I felt they were starting get the lines confused between being soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy. Now with the teste of these two songs we see Soulfly putting the balance back in Groovey riffs and fast thrashing parts.
     One of the surprising things about this latest offering being the 11TH STUDIO album from Soulfly is the lack of rehashing of old material. Yes, they do have the same sound just about as when Soulfly 1 dropped. But it is in no way a doppelganger or a band trying to sound like itself. I really do like the flair added by guitarist Marc Rizzo and his leads mesh perfectly with Max's rhythms.
     On "Ritual" we get rhythms reminiscent of Prophecy or Back to The Primitive era songs. But the song is so much more than that. The beatdown grooves in this song and "Evil Empowered" are probably some of the heaviest I've heard from them. I really feel this album is going to be great. But we'll see soon enough.

Ritual is released on October 19, 2018.

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Ritual: https://youtu.be/z2LHZs7xx-w

Evil Empowered: https://youtu.be/HB7gYzoVUQw

- BIG_WAVH

Behemoth "GOD=DOG"

So Behemoth finally drops a new song and I couldn't be more excited. To me this track is an evolution of the band's sound further. To some, they think the song was a disappointment. To others it was just a mash up of Evangelion and The Satanist and rehashed material. To them I say, FUCK YOU!

There are a lot of layers to this track. One of the key points I feel is Nergal's voice. On the Satanist, there was this fire in his shouts and growls. Way more anger and a demand for him to be heard. The thing I do like about his vocal stylings is that he really does sound more evil than ever and he isn't relying on a ton of over dubs. This is deeper then that.

Next key point is Inferno. His drumming is too notch and honestly, he makes little things go a long way. His use of the snare roll to be precursor to chaos was amazing to me. A simple roll equates such a huge part. It was like I told a buddy of mine, "he's controlling chaos". One little roll and boom! Blasting at the speed of light. It's just awesome.

Seth's moody lead, albeit short and sweet it was really a great touch. I know we'll hear way more from him and Nergal when the album is released. I also really liked the way they used the boys choir. It wasn't the usual scary eerie little kids singing a song but the fact that they were shouting the Prayer and denouncing Jesus Christ was just nuts. People will be bothered and others will hate it. But seriously, who else has the balls to do that?? I'll wait...still nothing?...ok....time's up.

I loved at your Darkest is released on

oooooooo...OOOOOOO...OOOOOO...I SAID "OOOOOOO!!!!!!! DAMN" Open your ears!!!

It's me. Yah me! The one that's been scratching on the walls. Turning on your T.V.'s and Radio's. Whispering your name while nobody is home. Waking you up in the middle of the night dropping shit in your closet, while you are experiencing sleep paralysis. Ha! Passing by like a black shadow flying swiftly in your mirrors. And yah.. I left a grip of ectoplasm in your restroom everywhere. I couldn't make it to the toilet. Bad bewitched taco night and the graveyard. Some yahoo added holy water to the mix.

   Ghost's, Demon's, the supernatural world.  The world that we cannot see, but yet it is tied like white on rice. Spirits that can hurt us, take control of our fleshly bodies or just simply scare the shit out of us.  Now, don't get me wrong there are a good amount of people out there that do not believe in this mumble jumble spooky okiee stuff. That's coo. But, on the DL. THIS SHIT IS REAL!!! 

 I have experienced first hand of the supernatural world. Some of my experiences that I had was already expressed in the begging of this blog. Except the ectoplasm diarrhea. My Mom would be pissed if that really did happened. Majority of these experiences was happening in my childhood home in Whittier. A good 18 years of training with the supernatural in that house. Praise the Lord for giving me the opportunity as crazy as it sounds. Of course, I have more stories that didn't take place there at the house...

There is so much to discuss about this topic. But, I'm defiantly not going to cover it all. There are tons of evidence and real recordings out there that prove the supernatural world exists. Well, I'm going to leave you some links to venture out a bit into the supernatural. You know since it is the 21st century and people do crazy shit on YouTube. So, make sure you set the mood before watching the videos. Get some snacks, put on your headset, have a night light on and a say your prayers for what about to share with you. Well, you will be fine. Just pray to stay in the light of the Holy one. Darkness cannot comprehend the light. God Bless

Urban Ghost Urban Exploration

https://youtu.be/0RcJtY7Xiek

OmarGoshTV

https://youtu.be/2GXfpngegRs

https://youtu.be/QFaWENGEXEU

Whaley House Documentary 

https://youtu.be/-xr0MiXVQd0

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Industrial Hemp

What about Industrial Hemp? It's just another plant that grows on this Earth. No biggie. Damn PoTheaD. Meh!!!!

Well, the joke is on you! Yah, you! the one that is reading this.  Nah, I'm just playing with you.  Industrial Hemp is well...A BAD ASS PLANT!!! This is definitely a God send plant.  Industrial Hemp is known to have over 50,000 different uses.  First off Hemp contains less than 1% THC. So, yah if you were to take a sick ass bong rip.  IT AIN'T going to do shit. Well, maybe you will still cough up a lung or two. But, don't worry it's still eco friendly. 

Hemp can feed us, cloth us, shelter us, fuel our vehicles, take care of our hygiene, medicate us, feed our animals, even protect us from radiation. "HEMP IS THE SHIT"! I can't shake this feeling that this will be a part of our future to help rejuvenate the World. 

The fibers can be use to make clothes from head to toe, insulate our homes and keep it cool in the summer times and warm in the winter, make and replace almost all molded plastics and fiberglass, Canvas, ropes and more..

The Hurds of the plant can replace paper products, animal beddings and soil amendment, can also be made into to concrete (Hempcrete), even can be converted into gasoline, etc...

Seeds and oil can be made into our everyday home products from our hygiene, cleaning supplies, provides internal and external health benefits.  

There is soo much information on this miracle plant that can be discussed about.  But, it is the 21st century. I'll just leave a couple of links and YouTube videos at your disposal. 

How far will you go down the rabbit hole of Industrial Hemp?

Web Information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp

Industrial Hemp:

https://youtu.be/ZavHPQ8ZCLE

Health Benefits:

https://youtu.be/AA2DVMj33Fc



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Fantastic beasts and where to find them

Hey guys, Joe here.
I just seen Fantastic Beasts and where to find them. Fair warning this review is going to have some spoilers. I will do my best to keep them minimal.
First off this was a good movie. It wasn't great and doesn't quite live up to the past movies.
I feel like we don't get to spend enough time with Ezra Millers character. For as important as he is and becomes to the plot you don't get to know who he is and you don't feel for him at the end when he is attacked.
Colin Farrell does a alright job but it is very predictable as to what is going on with his character. Although there is a twist that i didn't see coming it felt like a bit shoe horned in.
Eddie Redmayne did a wonderful job in his roll but it was very 2 noted. There is the "awe look, magical creature." and "people, i better become introverted and hope they befriend me." I think they need to work harder on bringing out more of his character and evolve him more.
As for the side characters i hope that we get to visit them in the next 4 movies. They were the driving force for the movie sadly.
Lastly i want to talk about a character that they hinted at. if you haven't heard any of the stories around Grindelwald then don't read further. Ok, So Johnny Depp plays Grindelwald and he is only in it for a few seconds. He will of course play a huge rolls though out the rest of the movies. It will be very difficult to get a read on how well he will do just on this. But the look they went with is a bit over the top and so is the accent that he chose to go with. Only time will tell how he will be.

Over all score for this one is a 8/10. So go give this one a watch and enjoy.

Between the Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic

What's up? I'm coming with some prog for you.

Between the Buried and Me's "Coma Ecliptic"

Now I know what you're thinking, "It's BTBAM! It's fucking great!" Yeah alright sure, you probably think I'm going to verbally blow them with this review but honestly this album doesn't grab me at all. I've listened to them when "Aspirations" and "Naked by the Computer" were the bangers. I'm not saying it didn't grab my attention because it wasn't heavy either. Being heavy is one thing but Between the Buried and Me aren't super heavy, they're great musicians.

One thing that has bothered me about their albums after "Colors" they all kind of follow a formula. But "The Great Misdirect" is my favorite album. Again, not really super heavy. But I feel like ever since Mike Portnoy showed them love the band just tries to stay in the same place. Just merely changing and adapting the songs a little but following similar formulas.

So when I read what Dan Briggs had to say about the album saying it drew influence from The Who’s Quadrophenia and The Wall by Pink Floyd, I was really wondering how they were trying to accomplish their "Rock Opera" goal. But as I listen through the album I don't see the connections and I don't feel the music "working together". If anything Parallax 1 & 2 were excellent in achieving these points. Parallax 1 was the set up, Parallax 2 gave you the entire picture and kept reoccurring musical themes and phrases. Though slightly different and morphed these melodies gave you the sense of the connection, the feeling that all this music was telling you a story beyond words.

I mean there's a lot for the album to offer but it never keeps me intrigued. I'd suggest Dream Theater's "Scenes from A Memory" if you want a great recent rock opera.

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Suicide squad movie review

Just finished watching the suicide squad movie and i actually really liked it. Im going to go ahead and give you my score up front and say its a solid 8 out of 10 movie. I cant understand why the critics hated on it so much. Now despite how much i liked it i do have a few issues with it. The first is the biggest issue i have and that is we dont get an ensemble movie like in avengers. We get a harley quinn and deadshot movie that happens to have a few other character. I would of liked to get more time with killer croc, katana, el diablo, captain boomerang and Slipknot. Especially since the first death from the squad happens kinda early it would of been nice to have more background to make us either feel bad for them or feel happy to see them go. Another problem i have was the joker. The performance i didnt have a problem with and i can look pass the tattoos evem. But with how they portray him i dont know if they can use him for a major villain in a batman movie. I feel like he can be a background character. Harley Quinn was actually well done and i look forward to seeing more of her. One of the even greater things of the movie was the soundtrack.

-Joe