Worthless Without - 3&1/2

Today, I decided to browse Purevolume’s Christian Section for free Metal downloads. I tabbed all of the promising ones that were on the first page. I looked at several, and saw a download or, two, but they were not very heavy, and not my style. Then, I stumbled across a “Christian Screamo” band. Hmmm… does that sound a bit contradictory, or is it just me? Well, They had an entire album, plus two other songs up for download, so I decided to check them out, and see if there was one or two I liked. I started to listen to them, and decided that they were mis-labeled. They are not Screamo, they are MetalCore. As most heavy music fans know, they are not at all the same thing. Screamo is sort of punk-metal, while MetalCore (not to be confused with Melodic Metal) has slightly better playing, and has more aggressive vocals. I liked a bunch of their songs, and so I decided to download all available songs. This band is called Worthless Without.(Purevolume)(Myspace) Their lyrics do appear to be Christian, except for the fact that you cannot understand 70% of what they are saying. Overall, I would give this band 3 and a half stars, which is a mediocre rating.
Pros: They have good guitars, and fairly good vocals, for a “Screamo” band. They appear to be well-established, at least in Canada.
Cons: Mis-labeled as a “Screamo” band, they appear to be more of a MetalCore-style band. Their vocals are often really high-pitched, and the songs tend to go from punk, to pure metal, from one to the next.

Check them out, and download their album, if you like that type of music. Hey, it’s free. What do you have to lose?
Oh, and, don’t become too obsessed with them, they just broke up.

How would you like…

If you have ever visited my Music Blog, There is generally one thing you notice right off of the bat:  It’s… well… not.  With a post or two a month, it was not nearly what I had in mind when I created it.  I had originally planned on it being a blog dedicated to Metal Christian artists, with a description, and lyrics, and maybe a link to a free song that I found for that artist on The Free Christian Blog.  That is how it went, for a while.  Then, I got back into this blog, or, rather, this one.  When that happened, I stopped posting on my my music blog, posting only one post, since then.  I recently have decided that keeping it up, without posting anything, is not wise, and merely takes up Blogspot’s server space.  However, I still enjoy writing reviews on topics such as that, and I do not want to give that up.  Therefore, I am probably going to attempt to merge it with this one.  Another idea I have, is creating another WordPress blog, that deals with reviews, with this one being more news-related, and with regular posts, such as the Monday Funnies, and such.  Let me know what you think of it (please!).

In the meantime, I will post a few music reviews, and look at my blog stats, to see how often they are viewed, and what links are clicked, to see how good the idea is.   Of course, it would be a LOT easier, and more productive, it you commented.  *hint hint*

Also, as a side note, if/when I do this, I will not contain myself to Christian artists, but I will never review an artist in a positive manner that has bad moral/religious views, and/or uses frequent strong language, and I will always tell you if they are Christian or not, and how much language they use, if any.

A New Beginning.

As you know, I have just passed the 200th post mark. And yet, in all that time, Almost no one has bothered to check my blog on a regular basis. Using several methods, I have determined that the reason for that is because all I post are either really long posts that no one wants to read, or I post small tidbits about what is going on in the family. Also, it is the lack of regular posts. I do tend to post sporadically. So… I am going to start anew! Next week is Spring Break, and I plan on spending some time then to work on some projects, which I am currently trying to think of ideas for. One thing I am thinking about is creating yet another blog, dedicated to geek news. But, that is only an idea, since I am already trying to maintain two blogs, one of which I really need to post something on. I am brainstorming in my spare time, trying to come up with ideas. I will soon post a poll, or multiple polls, asking for your opinion on these things. What I am going to institute, as of right now, is going to be called “The Weekly Funny,” in which I will post a bunch (not sure how many yet) of funny quotes/lines/pictures/short stories, etc. This will be posted every Monday. Starting Next Monday. And, no, this will not hold only techno-babble, I will post stuff that anyone can understand, and appreciate, along with a geek section (maybe). Please, provide input on all these issues, while I brainstorm over the next week and a half, trying to make my blog more… real. One of my objectives, one of the goals I am trying to accomplish with this, is, when I apply for a technology-oriented job, and they ask for examples of my work, I hope to be able to point them to this blog. This will also most likely involve changing the name AND URL of the blog, if I do not create an entirely new one. Also, I will soon be getting a new desk, which will be a more ergonomic one, which means I can type more efficient posts, instead of having to stop short because my arm hurts. Yes, I am being serious. Most of the posts on were only half as good as I wanted them to be, but I had to stop typing, because my arm/hands hurt because of my small desk, combined with a multimedia keyboard, large CRT monitor, speakers, mouse/mousepad, cupholder, and CD spool.

Note: next post on My Music Blog will be on Apocolyptica, not a Christian band, but a very unique one, without lyrics in any form. It is four cello players, with a drummer.

HELLHATHNOFURYATALL

I am currently working on copying the lyrics from the little booklet with the CD, to a Word Document, so I can be one of the first people in existence to put lyrics to the new CD up on the Net. I don’t want to mput them on here, so I will create another blog soley for that purpose. link will be posted soon. it will most likely be hellhathnofuryatall.blogspot.com, if it is available.