Misha Mansoor's writing style is strange and unfamiliar, and that's exactly why it's fun to play his songs. Here's Insomnia.
9.25.2011
9.23.2011
Necrophagist
Necrophagist is a technical death metal band that originated in Germany. The founder, frontman and composer of the group is Muhammed Suiçmez, a Turkish/German guitarist.
He started the band in 1992 and wound up putting together the debut album "Onset of Putrefaction" by himself in 1999. It was quickly embraced by the death metal world for it's blazing speed, intricacy, and classically-infused compositions. Once Necrophagist came out with their second album "Epitaph" in 2004, it was not long after that Necrophagist rapidly gained a large following. After the release of that album, Necrophagist set out on world tours and festivals galore. In fact, they've haven't released any new material since then because all they've been doing is touring. This frustrated many fans, especially because of the fact that the members of Necrophagist do nothing to inform the public of their status. Knowing how much of a perfectionist Muhammed is, I'm sure the next Necrophagist album--when it finally comes out--will be another milestone in the realm of technical death metal.
Enjoy the cover of the solo in Epitaph!
He started the band in 1992 and wound up putting together the debut album "Onset of Putrefaction" by himself in 1999. It was quickly embraced by the death metal world for it's blazing speed, intricacy, and classically-infused compositions. Once Necrophagist came out with their second album "Epitaph" in 2004, it was not long after that Necrophagist rapidly gained a large following. After the release of that album, Necrophagist set out on world tours and festivals galore. In fact, they've haven't released any new material since then because all they've been doing is touring. This frustrated many fans, especially because of the fact that the members of Necrophagist do nothing to inform the public of their status. Knowing how much of a perfectionist Muhammed is, I'm sure the next Necrophagist album--when it finally comes out--will be another milestone in the realm of technical death metal.
Enjoy the cover of the solo in Epitaph!
9.19.2011
Periphery
We began with Defeated Sanity--one of the more obscure, atonally intricate bands in death metal. Now that we've delved into the heavier side of metal, it's time to introduce a melodic approach to modern metal, and one band that represents this is Periphery.
Periphery has been around for the greater half of the last decade, but they released their debut record just last year. This was caused in part by the constant change of band members, and was coupled with their perfectionist work ethic. For the most part, Periphery's music is composed by one of the guitarists, Misha Mansoor, aka "Bulb".
Bulb (as a person) is a leading figure in the DIY scene of today's music. Throughout the 6 or so years that Periphery had not released any albums, Bulb had an account on soundclick (click here to view Bulb's soundclick), on which he uploaded instrumental tracks of all the songs that he wrote. He recorded everything with home recording equipment, never having to rely on a "professional's touch" from a recording studio.
The most important thing to mention here is that Bulb released those instrumental tracks for free. FREEEEEE. His music allowed him to rely on the quality of the content as a way of promoting itself. Sure, it took a few years for things to really kick off. But as soon as the internet started recognizing Misha Mansoor's music and Periphery, record labels began to take interest in signing the band. The members of Periphery went about patiently and diligently in signing to a record label. They knew that most bands get screwed when it comes to creative politics, so they found themselves negotiating a contract with Sumerian Records--a contract that allowed them full creative control and good care on the side of the label. As soon as that was a done deal, Periphery's journey as an official band took off straight away. They've been touring around the world, recording and writing more music--and even doing clinics, guitar sit-downs, lessons, videos, etc.
Talking about the band is one thing, it's time to hear their sound. Here's a song off of their debut, and following that is a video of me playing a cover of the song "Buttersnips".
Periphery has been around for the greater half of the last decade, but they released their debut record just last year. This was caused in part by the constant change of band members, and was coupled with their perfectionist work ethic. For the most part, Periphery's music is composed by one of the guitarists, Misha Mansoor, aka "Bulb".
Bulb (as a person) is a leading figure in the DIY scene of today's music. Throughout the 6 or so years that Periphery had not released any albums, Bulb had an account on soundclick (click here to view Bulb's soundclick), on which he uploaded instrumental tracks of all the songs that he wrote. He recorded everything with home recording equipment, never having to rely on a "professional's touch" from a recording studio.
The most important thing to mention here is that Bulb released those instrumental tracks for free. FREEEEEE. His music allowed him to rely on the quality of the content as a way of promoting itself. Sure, it took a few years for things to really kick off. But as soon as the internet started recognizing Misha Mansoor's music and Periphery, record labels began to take interest in signing the band. The members of Periphery went about patiently and diligently in signing to a record label. They knew that most bands get screwed when it comes to creative politics, so they found themselves negotiating a contract with Sumerian Records--a contract that allowed them full creative control and good care on the side of the label. As soon as that was a done deal, Periphery's journey as an official band took off straight away. They've been touring around the world, recording and writing more music--and even doing clinics, guitar sit-downs, lessons, videos, etc.
Talking about the band is one thing, it's time to hear their sound. Here's a song off of their debut, and following that is a video of me playing a cover of the song "Buttersnips".
9.14.2011
more Defeated Sanity
Defeated Sanity have recently reissued their first two albums, "Prelude to the Tragedy" and "Psalms of the Moribund", with Grindethic Records. Both of these reissues include bonus tracks that were recorded in Queens, New York at Colin Marston's studio, The Thousand Caves.
If anyone is looking to support this fantastic band, you can do so at the Grindethic website.
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http://www.grindethic.co.uk/
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The third album, not included in the picture above is "Chapters of Repugnance".
This is the latest Defeated Sanity release, with vocalist AJ Magana of Disgorge. The music is still hard to digest, yet the band has reached a more refined sound with better production, seamless compositions, and powerful execution.
Here's a cover of the track "Blissfully Exsanguinated". A big thanks goes to the members of Defeated Sanity for producing official guitar tablature for this song.
If anyone is looking to support this fantastic band, you can do so at the Grindethic website.
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http://www.grindethic.co.uk/
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The third album, not included in the picture above is "Chapters of Repugnance".
This is the latest Defeated Sanity release, with vocalist AJ Magana of Disgorge. The music is still hard to digest, yet the band has reached a more refined sound with better production, seamless compositions, and powerful execution.
Here's a cover of the track "Blissfully Exsanguinated". A big thanks goes to the members of Defeated Sanity for producing official guitar tablature for this song.
Defeated Sanity
First band we're going to get into is Defeated Sanity. They're a brutal death metal band from Germany, and the current line up looks something like this:
DS were formed in 1994 by a son and his father--the drummer and original guitarist, Lille Gruber and Wolfgang Teske. In 2010, Wolfgang died of cancer at the age of 57. Despite being sick, Wolfgang was active in the band and went on for as long as possible.
He was an integral part of the group and helped redefine the standards of death metal. Defeated Sanity are known for their experimentation with atonality within the musical frame of death metal. Initially, hearing this kind of music can be off-putting and abrasive due to its overwhelming and unfamiliar nature.
Defeated Sanity have three full-length albums released, their latest one being titled "Chapters of Repugnance". Despite having slightly more distinguishable production, the listening experience is just as challenging mentally. In order to fully appreciate what Defeated Sanity has to offer, here's a video I made of myself, playing the song "Salacious Affinity" on guitar.
I'll post another video highlighting the guitar work of Defeated Sanity soon. For now, here are some reference links:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DefeatedSanity
Bandcamp:
http://defeatedsanity.bandcamp.com/
DS were formed in 1994 by a son and his father--the drummer and original guitarist, Lille Gruber and Wolfgang Teske. In 2010, Wolfgang died of cancer at the age of 57. Despite being sick, Wolfgang was active in the band and went on for as long as possible.
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| RIP Wolfgang Teske |
He was an integral part of the group and helped redefine the standards of death metal. Defeated Sanity are known for their experimentation with atonality within the musical frame of death metal. Initially, hearing this kind of music can be off-putting and abrasive due to its overwhelming and unfamiliar nature.
Defeated Sanity have three full-length albums released, their latest one being titled "Chapters of Repugnance". Despite having slightly more distinguishable production, the listening experience is just as challenging mentally. In order to fully appreciate what Defeated Sanity has to offer, here's a video I made of myself, playing the song "Salacious Affinity" on guitar.
I'll post another video highlighting the guitar work of Defeated Sanity soon. For now, here are some reference links:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/DefeatedSanity
Bandcamp:
http://defeatedsanity.bandcamp.com/
9.13.2011
Welcome
Heyyy, this is my blog for Social Media Marketing. It'll consist of music recommendations, additional resources adhering to the music, and videos of me playing songs. I've always enjoyed watching guitar covers and I feel like it's a good way to promote the musical content. The music that will be hosted will be among genres that are relatively underground. Hopefully, this blog will help promote the artists that I will reference.
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