Filed under: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Metalcore, Nu Metal, Uncategorized | Tags: cannibal corpse, children of bodom, creed, daughtry, killswitch engage, limp bizkit, opeth, trivium, underoath
According to absolutepunk.net, Killswitch Engage are heading back into the studio to record their fourth album and will be embarking on a pre-release tour shortly thereafter. This is great news considering most of what I have heard about 2009 regarding music has made me want to vomit (i.e. – Creed reunion, Limp Bizkit reunion and a new Daughtry album). 
As I did in today’s earlier post, I want to take a second to rant some more about the current state of metal. There are a lot of people who consider bands like Killswitch Engage, Trivium and Underoath to not be REAL metal, because they have enough talent to incorporate catchy melody into their songs. I like to call these people inbred, white trash retards. They tend to HATE bands like this and LOVE bands like Children of Bodom, Cannibal Corpse and Opeth. The basically consider metal with clean guitars, clean vocals, melody and any drumming rhythm other blast beats to not be “real metal”. If thats the case, I guess I don’t listen to real metal, I listen to GOOD metal.
Bring on the hate mail!
Filed under: Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal, Hip Hop, Pop, Rock, Teen Pop, Uncategorized | Tags: adele, all that remains, bullet for my valentine, coldplay, dragonforce, duffy, haste the day, jazmine sullivan, jonas brothers, judas priest, kid rock, kings of leon, lady antebellum, lamb of god, lil' wayne, metallica, ministry, norma jean, protest the hero, raconteurs, radiohead, shai hulud, slipknot, trivium, underoath, walls of jericho
The Grammy nominee announcements once again proved how out of touch the more-than-likely 85 year-old voters are with whats really going on in music. However, I will say that this years nomination leaders are a just a little better than usual (Lil’ Wayne, Coldplay and Radiohead). But let’s focus on a few specific categories here.
First, lets start with New Artists, because this award ALWAYS disappoints. This years nominees are:
- Adele
- Duffy
- Jonas Brothers
- Lady Antebellum
- Jazmine Sullivan
Ok. Its really sad that the only artist on this list whose name I recognize is the Jonas Brothers. Who the hell ARE the rest of these people? After doing some quick internet research (i.e. – going to Wikipedia and checking these artists numbers for the past year), I found that the only one of these artists that’s really done well in THIS COUNTRY (the country where the Grammys take place) are the Jonas Brothers. Which would be the reason why they are the only ones I have heard of. It amazes me that a decent amount of people in this country still watch the Grammys every year given the majority of nominees aren’t even popular here. Not that I am saying only popular music should be nominated, but something’s not adding up here.
Lets move on to something I am more at liberty to talk shit about: the rock category nominees. Here are the nominees for Rock Album of the Year:
- Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
[Capitol Records] - Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
[Atlantic] - Only By The Night
Kings Of Leon
[RCA Records] - Death Magnetic
Metallica
[Warner Bros.] - Consolers Of The Lonely
The Raconteurs
[Third Man/Warner Bros.]
Ok, now I have to give them props for the nominations of Coldplay, Kings of Leon and the Raconteurs. Three bands I have absolutely no problems with. HOWEVER, its clear that two of these artists do not belong here. Kid Rock???!!!! Do people even still listen to this guy? Nominating Kid Rock for a Grammy is like nominating George W. Bush for a “World Leader of the Decade” award. And don’t even get me started on Metallica. Death Magnetic is (as I predicted before its release) the most god-awful piece of shit I have ever heard. The fact that it was even CONSIDERED for being nominated is a tragedy.
While we’re talking about Metallica, let’s talk about the category that pissed me off the most: Best Metal Performance:
- Heroes Of Our Time
DragonForce
[Roadrunner Records] - Nostradamus
Judas Priest
Track from: Nostradamus
[Epic] - My Apocalypse
Metallica
Track from: Death Magnetic
[Warner Bros.] - Under My Thumb
Ministry
Track from: Cover Up
[Megaforce Records] - Psychosocial
Slipknot
[Roadrunner Records]
Wow. If I had to pick one category that these voters DEFINITELY know nothing about, it’s metal. However, I once again have to recognize that they did pick Dragonforce and I don’t care what anyone says about that band….YOU try playing “Through The Fire And The Flames” on Guitar Hero 3. But seriously, SlipKnot???? I can name about 10 other metal bands that released music this year that should have gotten Grammy noms over these ‘tards. in fact, here they are:
In any case the bottom line is, the Grammys are still lame. I won’t be watching them. But here is a list of the rest of the nominees if you wanna check it out.
