Human: Cadaver Academy – April NZ Tour 2008

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- Human: Cadaver Academy – April NZ Tour 2008
- The greats of Goth
- Shining in its Evil Splendor
- Run-DMC | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
- Getting to Know: Black Mountain

Human: Cadaver Academy – April NZ Tour 2008
Scoop.co.nz – Scoop.co.nz (press release) – Mar 20, 2008
Since then they haveproduced a massive back catalogue of original music touredseveral times over released several music videos receivedairplay all over the world and played alongside metallegends the likes of Pungent Stench and Dragonforce. Theyhave gained a large following in the metal underground sceneand have earned a reputation as a live act to be reckonedwith. Having a crazy Monty Python meets Napalm Death side totheir music has both die hard fans and first time listenerseagerly anticipating the band next movements. Unpredictability is a handy weapon to have in any band’sarsenal – and this group has got it inabundance. ‘Cadaver Academy’ is the working title forHUMAN’s next album due to be released sometime in 2008… Since then they haveproduced a massive back catalogue of original music touredseveral times over released several music videos receivedairplay all over the world and played alongside metallegends the likes of Pungent Stench and Dragonforce. Theyhave gained a large following in the metal underground sceneand have earned a reputation as a live act to be reckonedwith. Having a crazy Monty Python meets Napalm Death side totheir music has both die hard fans and first time listenerseagerly anticipating the band next movements. Unpredictability is a handy weapon to have in any band’sarsenal – and this group has got it inabundance. ‘Cadaver Academy’ is the working title forHUMAN’s next album due to be released sometime in 2008.

The greats of Goth
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 20, 2008
Carl McCoy Along with the Mission’s Wayne Hussey Fields of the Nephilim front man McCoy brought a new aesthetic to the goth male look – that of the long-haired dusty cowboy complete with jackboots leather trousers and waistcoats. His lyrics were inspired by Aleister Crowley while his fans were inspired to make strange windmill arms in the air. Marilyn Manson In the Nineties goth music morphed into industrial death metal and even emo. Manson’s American take on the genre was a million miles away from Bauhaus and the Banshees but his look took the basics from everybody and ran with it.

Shining in its Evil Splendor
PopMatters – Mar 20, 2008
“This album is almost like a sample platter of everything that we’ve done through the years and in that it’s less focused if you will but that’s a good thing I think” explains Haake on the phone from Sweden where the band is rehearsing for its upcoming North American tour in support of Ministry. “Focus can easily turn into something too linear as well like the Nothing album in retrospect it’s kind of mid-tempo all the way through but I think that album is more focused because of that. ”More preoccupied with the sheer physicality of the music than the lurching convoluted guitar melodies of Catch Thirtythree the ferocity of obZen from the songs’ structures to the taut performances to the absolutely crystalline production sounds like such a breath of fresh air especially coming in the wake of the rather stilted and mildly disappointing Catch Thirtythree. But the key ingredient that the last album sorely missed however was Haake himself who opted to record the extremely complicated album using programmed drums which had many metal fans up in arms. “For what that album was even though each of our albums is to some extent an experiment Catch Thirtythree was just so much more of that” he says. “We also noticed pretty early on that for what we wanted with a more guitar-driven album the programmed drums really worked well. So we just went ahead and did it.

Run-DMC | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
MTV.com – Mar 20, 2008
are responsible for the sound and style of the music. As the first hardcore rap outfit the trio set the sound and style for the next decade of rap. With their spare beats and excursions into heavy metal samples the trio were tougher and more… nly 37 years old the news of his passing spread quick and hip-hop luminaries like Big Daddy Kane and. Possibly the most visible DJ in the history of hip-hop his death was truly the end of an era and unfortunately perpetuated the cycle of violence that has haunted the genre since the late ’80s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine All Music Guide.

Getting to Know: Black Mountain
Filter Magazine – Mar 20, 2008
Until recently he and his Black Mountain bandmates hadn’t toured for a while; but having packed themselves into a 15-person “Ford or Chevy or something” passenger van on the road to Philly they’re finding themselves in proper stride—that is playing nightly shows and drunkenly wandering the streets of any given metropolis. “This is not really the album tour” starts McBean pausing for a moment. “We’re just traveling and playing music. It’s kind of this in-between time so we don’t feel…” He trails off then starts anew thinking about playing the band’s second full-length record. Comprised of 10 psychedelic haymakers and titled In the Future McBean presently has a few months until its release. And so Black Mountain has had the opportunity to do things like play In the Future’s 17-minute epochal mind-fuck “Bright Lights” to virgin audiences. “That’s one of the most fun ones” he says “unless people start throwing bottles and stuff… ’ I was into Slayer. But the way that first groove comes in it’s as if they’re fighting for their survival. It’s either this or death in the factory. There are these bands that come out of a certain place where people are struggling. It’s a desperation you’ll hear in people’s voices that can’t be recreated in another time. ” Considering the notion of societal forces birthing specific sounds it’s worth noting that Vancouver—from where the band hails—is the heroin capital of Canada (“Black Mountain” anyone?). It’s also worth noting that some of the band members lend a hand at a rehabilitation and counseling clinic called Insite.