Presenting Music Beyond No Borders Vol. 2

The News Review:

- Presenting Music Beyond No Borders Vol. 2
- Detroit Metal City Lands on DS
- Southern church forges unity with song

Presenting Music Beyond No Borders Vol. 2
Jakarta Post – Jun 1, 2008
Recently on May 25 the supercool and peachy keen guys at YNM have released their second annual compilation called Music Beyond No Borders Vol. This compilation works as a decent sampler of music YNM has still is and will be releasing. 2 works off one very vast platform which is "rock music". The bands compiled in Vol. 2 provide various examples experimentations and explorations of that genre and beyond; be it surf rock drone metal death metal meets 8-bit chiptuning electro-deathrock down to your basic old buddy: the college indie-rock song… 2 works off one very vast platform which is "rock music". The bands compiled in Vol. 2 provide various examples experimentations and explorations of that genre and beyond; be it surf rock drone metal death metal meets 8-bit chiptuning electro-deathrock down to your basic old buddy: the college indie-rock song. Here’s a track-by-track breakdown and quick bites to give you hints on what to expect of the compilation: "Gravedigger 69" by Gravedigger A powerful kick-start to this compilation featuring roaring and rolling thunderous guitars steady drumbeats over a cloud of effects and distortions and punk-esque lackadaisical vocals. "Wild Seahorses" by Southern Beach Terror A too cool for school surf-rock anthem filled to the brim with all the requirements of a good surf rock tune: calm cool swaggering guitars that stroll on like a gunslinger through swinging saloon doors looking for a fight flirtatious drum beats and cymbal play and plenty of crowd-rousing yells. "Hymn for a Friend in the Sky" by J.

Detroit Metal City Lands on DS
Cubed3 – May 31, 2008
The series follows the life of Negishi Souichi a young chap who leaves his family for the bright lights of Tokyo. He swaps his love for pop music for hardcore death metal. Detroit Metal City arrives in August 2008 in Japan be sure to check out the screens album below for a whole host of bizarre shots.

Southern church forges unity with song
Deseret News – May 31, 2008
The church interior is unadorned. Plain metal fans and naked bulbs dotting the pine ceiling. Feet keep time as well. Everything here is about time. Man’s journey through life… The songs culled from an 1844 hymnal The Sacred Harp were updated in 1991. The music is a style of shape-note singing also known as fasola in which the notes are printed in special shapes that help the reader identify them on the musical scale. The songs center around death and resurrection sin and repentance minor keys lending a sad poignancy. Despite the name there is no instrumental accompaniment. “Sacred harp” refers to what followers say is a God-given instrument — the human voice. Singers face one another in straight-backed wooden chairs forming a hollow square — men on one side women on the other — altos basses tenors and trebles holding songbooks they no longer need to read.