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Blood Drive S01 E02

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Aaaahhhh the second installment of Blood Drive. Where to begin. The crew's pit stop this week is at a town/ diner in Pixie Swallow. A groan inducing name. On first viewing it put me in the mind when Sam and Dean went to Biggerson's: everyone is chowing down in burger eating bliss. In Supernatural, the burger was some weird goo. In Blood Drive, it was long pig. That's right - people. Shock. Horror. But hey, you don't understand the amount of water it takes to keep cows and chickens are extinct. What's a small business to do? Our bright eyed bushy tailed cop gets in touch with his eye candy partner who spends the entire episode shirtless. No complaints. I'm not sure what he did, but he had no shirt on! Oh yeah, he skulled around the basement finding his cell phone and files and wot nots. Without. His. Shirt!   My favourite part of the episode was when the big dude with the tow truck gets angry that some cannibal left his dog in the car with the windows up. He

Blood Drive S01 E01

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A treatise on Blood Drive. I like the grind house feel. The barker for the drive is my favourite character. I just love how he dresses and how he "struggles" to find an accent. The clothes he wears are ZOMG amazing. Give the costume design team a round of applause! I like the idea of the cop getting caught up in it; but HATE the fact that it's the aw shucks average white guy with a heart of gold and stickler for the law archetype. Living in murikkkuh has made he really hate average white guys. It's very one dimensional. His performance is flat and quite frankly, unbelievable! The play that in the future police departments are outsourced to private contractors is intriguing. It gives them a lawless feel, like they have their own rules to follow. They incorporate that PD has a quota of tickets they have to write for certain things (which in real life they most certainly do) and their pay is tied to that. I also like that their body cams have to stay on at all times,

Life of Agony - A Place Where There's No More Pain (album review)

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LIFE OF AGONY A Place Where There's No More Pain Napalm Records Release: 28 April 2017 I'm a long time Life of Agony fan. They are "locals". I've seen them live in Brooklyn (although, I've seen them live more in Germany). They are a solid heavy metal band. The new album on Napalm Records is wicked groovilicious. Yes, I'm biased. But Life of Agony 's A Place Where's No More Pain is gobsmackingly amazing. The songs are harsh; I mean they are like a punch to the gut. The feels. Zomg the feels. The lyrics just make you go, 'God Damn!' (said in Sweet D's voice). There is so much to headbang or pole dance (whatever you predilection). 'Dead Speak Kindly' and 'A New Low' puts me in the mind of Alice in Chains . Ted Jensen 's fingerprints are all in this pie. He worked with Alice in Chains and you can tell. This is a good thing as you are familiar with the overall tone of the music. What I really like about A P

Power Trip Obituary Exodus Dust Bolt Tour Dates

POWER TRIP Tour Dates: 6/18/2017 Yerberia Cultura - McAllen, TX @ Galax Z Fair 7/08/2017 Hard Rock Live -  Biloxi, MS * 9/14/2017 Motorco Music Hall - Durham, NC # 9/15/2017 Shaka's Live - Virginia Beach, VA # 9/16/2017 Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD # 9/17/2017 Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ # 9/19/2017 Music Hall Of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY # 9/20/2017 The Palladium - Worcester, MA # 9/21/2017 Higher Ground - Burlington, VT # 9/22/2017 Imperial Bell - Quebec City, QC # 9/23/2017 Bronson Centre - Ottawa, ON # 9/24/2017 London Music Hall - London, ON # 9/26/2017 Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI # 9/27/2017 Park Street Saloon - Columbus, OH # 9/28/2017 Deluxe - Indianapolis, IN # 9/29/2017 The Forge - Joliet, IL # 9/30/2017 Skyway Theater - Minneapolis, MN # 10/01/2017 Ready Room - St. Louis, MO # 10/03/2017 Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS # 10/04/2017 Aggie Theatre - Ft. Collins, CO # 10/07/2017 Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA # 10/08/2017 The

Summer Slaughter Tour Dates

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: The Summer Slaughter Tour w/ Fetus, Oceano, Origin, Slaughter To Prevail, Rings Of Saturn, Betraying The Martyrs, Lorna Shore: 7/27/2017 Reverb - Reading, PA 7/28/2017 Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ 7/29/2017 The Palladium - Worcester, MA 7/30/2017 Webster Hall - New York, NY 8/02/2017 The International - Knoxville, TN 8/03/2017 The Masquerade (Heaven) - Atlanta, GA 8/05/2017 Come And Take It Live - Austin, TX 8/06/2017 Gas Monkey Live! - Dallas, TX 8/07/2017 House of Blues - Houston, TX 8/09/2017 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM 8/10/2017 The Marquee - Tempe, AZ 8/11/2017 City National Grove of Anaheim- Anaheim, CA 8/12/2017 The Novo - Los Angeles, CA 8/13/2017 House Of Blues - San Diego, CA 8/15/2017 The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall - Berkeley, CA 8/17/2017 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA 8/19/2017 The Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO 8/21/2017 The Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN 8/22/2017 Concord Music Hall - Chicago, IL 8/23/2017 Bo

Rapheumets Well - Enders Door (album review)

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Rapheumets Well Enders Door      Test Your Metal Records Release: 26 May 2017 Full disclosure. I reviewed Rapheumets Well 'The Exile' last year and it was awesomeness!  Rapheumets Well - Exile   So now I bring you the newest offering from Rapheumets Well entitled 'Enders Door'.  The band's fifth album and nothing has diminished. 'Enders Door' is just as heavy and scary as the previous albums. There is a delicious wickedness that oozes from every track.  'Endors Door' is thirteen tracks scintillating in at an hour and two minutes long. I really like how they blend some many musical styles into their atmospheric doom contemporary dance metal opus. That being said. I can have my opinions on the music, but here is what is really happening:  In the fifth era of the Avomenian Empire, amidst the planetary ruins of Vaath, a rogue traveler would discover an artifact that would forever change his place in the cosmos. Upon arriving to retrieve the artifact,

Dead Register - Fiber (album review)

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Dead Register    Fiber Throne Records Release: 9 June 2017 All the heaven that is Dead Register is back with the vinyl version of   Fiber . As usual, Dead Register puts you in a different dimension of sound and feeling. Everything about the debut album  Fiber is to die for love. Just the over all tone of the album weaves it way into your heart and soul and takes over. The guitar work is ethereal yet strong. The vocals are haunting and unforgettable. Dead Register are M. Chvasta (vocals, bass, bass vi), Avril Che for her bass synth, textures, keys, and background vocal accompaniment, and Chad William on drums. It's the perfect tri-fecta. Fiber makes you want to get up and dance. It's aurel movement. You really can't help but embrace the tracks on Fiber. I reviewed Dead Register's Fiber last year for the 2016 release:   https://thekalidiaries.blogspot.com/2016/05/dead-register-fiber-album-review.html Please, please do yourself a favour. You can pre-orde

Tour Dates

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ALL OUT WAR: 6/16/2017 Gold Sounds - Brooklyn, NY 7/05/2017 Kavka - Antwerpen, BE 7/06/2017 Magnapop - Krefeld, DE 7/07/2017 Le Gibus - Paris, FR 7/08/2017 Resurrection Fest - Viveiro, ES 7/09/2017 Jardin Moderne - Rennes, FR 7/29/2017 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA @ This Is Hardcore 8/18/2017 Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton, NY 8/19/2017 The Loft - Poughkeepsie, NY AMENRA: 7/28/2017 Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets] 7/29/2017 St Andrews - Detroit, MI w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets] 7/30/2017 Rex Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets] 8/01/2017 Metropolis - Montreal, QC w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets] 8/02/2017 Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets] 8/03/2017 College St. Music Hall - New Haven, CT w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets] 8/04/2017 Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY w/ Neurosis, Converge [SOLD OUT] 8/05/2017 Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY w/ Neurosis, Converge [tickets] 8/06/2017 Royale - Boston, MA w/ Ne