More Flyleaf!

Some amazing Flyleaf I've been obsessed with of late....I know it's old but it's still great!

Flyleaf- Something I Can Never Have (Nine Inch Nails Cover)

Flyleaf- Much Like Falling

Flyleaf- Broken Wings (fan made video basically a mash up of flyleaf vids)

eNjOy!

-Emily-

World Record

Thirty Seconds to Mars has won the title for Guiness Book of World Records for the largest amount of shows performed within a single album cycle meaning This Is War. 300 SHOWS!!!!! Congrats guys you deserve it!

I AM PROUD TO BE AN ECHELON

-Emily

Shannon Leto...the best?

Shannon Leto is my rocker god. He's an amazing drummer who literally came from nothing. Him and his younger brother Jared formed 30 Seconds to Mars as a way to further their creativity in a way that changed music entirely. Though he's not in the spotlight, Shannon is definitely a well known presence at the bands shows. Known for tattoos, wise quotes, sweat, being wild yet quiet, and sticking out his tongue. I love his work he kicks ass. Enjoy these complimentary pics of the Shannimal!!!

ENJOY!

-Emily

Drummers :)

Not everyone notices that gleaming set of metal mayhem in the back of the stage. It's only the very beat the band thrives on! So lets pay our respects to some of the greatest rock and metal drummers :)

Avenged Sevenfold

Jimmy "the Rev" Sullivan

RIP 1981-2009

Bring Me The Horizon

Matt Nicholls

Slipknot

Joey Jordison

AFI (A Fire Inside)

Adam Carson

30 Seconds to Mars

Shannon Leto

Good Charlotte

Chris Wilson

Neon Trees

Elaine Bradley

Skillet

Jen Ledger

Just a few of my favorites though I could never choose just one :)

-Emily

PARAMORE!!!

There really is no need for full capitalization in the blog post title but live with it. It just makes it that much more exciting to see what fun stuff I put in this post. I've been on a bit of a Paramore kick. When I get ready in the morning, Paramore. When I take a shower, Paramore. When I go for a walk around the loop, Paramore. When I go to class, Paramore. My ipod has some scattered songs such as, All We Know Is Falling, Decode, Monster, Ignorace (Acoustic), Misery Business, Crush Crush Crush, even a cover of You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man. As far as albums go I have The Final Riot! and Brand New Eyes. To be honest I used to hate Paramore. I thought Hayley Williams was a pretentious bitch, which I now know she's just got a little touch of the "I'm in charge, not you" flu, typical but not enough for me to dislike her. In my opinion Paramore sounds like a more popular pop rock version of Flyleaf, or Flyleaf is a less pop rock version of Paramore. However you want to look at it is fine. Paramore's songs are perfect for the average teen breakups and quite suitable for a vampire flick. I'm sure you've all heard of Paramore, probably even been to a show or too but if you haven't yet heard or seen the video for Monster you really should because it's a great song and the video is pretty cool and a little different. And yes you'll notice the band now has 3 members (google the drama if you missed out, its not worth talking about on here) but they still sound incredible :)
*Monster
*Where the Lines Overlap
*Emergency (live version is the best)

Monster

-Emily

AVA

Angels and Airwaves drummer Atom Willard has officially left the band and we wish him all the luck in life. Atom you're a great drummer and you will be missed. The band is a great combo of pieces of other bands, Blink 182, 30 Seconds to Mars, a no name punk band, and Boxcar Racer. They're music is tough to describe other than epic. They use a lot of synth and pop/punk rock and when it combines its like an explosion. Something you should really look into because it's great. Their newest album is Love Part Two set to be released 11.11.11 on the bands website. Definitely listen to them, old stuff new stuff, its all GOOD!

Do It For Me Now

Everything's Magic

Anxiety

I gave you a mix, enjoy :)

-Emily

I push my fingers into my eyes....

I have loved Slipknot since junior-high school. listening to them made me feel like the most hardcore goth kid known to man. Little did I know I was one in a million. Everyone from goth kids to punk rockers to indie/ska college kids knows who Slipknot is. How can you knot (get the pun?) know the masks of Slipknot. Drums like incredible thunder, guitars like no other, and vocals that in reality can never be matched. Of course you can see a lighter side of Corey Taylor in Stonesour, another amazing band by the way. Slipknot has changed over the years from Wait and Bleed to Spit it out to Duality to Vermilion to Psychosocial and Sulfur. All of these songs show the progression Slipknot has made, every song and album better that the last of course they're all great. If you listen to more of their recent music off of the album All Hope Is Gone their sound is more together yet still crazy as Slipknot can ever be. If you like Mushroomhead or Stonesour you will no doubt like Slipknot. Here's my most favorite video, Psychosocial by Slipknot.

Rest in Peace Paul Gray (bassist)

PS... Joey Jordison is the greatest metal drummer, he has played full kit upside down. definitely look into it, its awesome.

Enjoy :)

-Emily

Blogging at 2:20 am

After a long day I'm going to bed at last but I want to leave you with a great song and video I found earlier today. I really like the band and their sound you probably will too. This is Suicide Silence with You Only Live Once. I'll be sure to post a longer blog on this band soon but for now here's a little 2:20 pick me up :)

Goodnight, good morning...wherever you are in the world...

-Emily

In This Moment...

It's funny how things can happen sometimes. I live in northeastern NY, way past Albany (I believe I've said this before) but my mom worked in Schenectady for a long time. Some of you may know this but Maria Brink, lead singer of In this Moment is in fact from Schenectady NY (About an hour from my home, just cool how things happen like that). Personally I love the band, when they first got big I dreamed of being Maria Brink she was my idol and still is. She has a son, she's in a metal band, touring, playing shows non stop, recording song after song...she's super mom. It's just strange to take a step back and see that you can be a nobody and still make it to be a somebody. If you have never heard Maria Brink sing you're missing out. She has this gorgeous voice but she can growl and I mean really growl and scream like no other. Compared to Flyleaf, her vocals are more matured but same concept, not to mention Brink is gorgeous. I've seen In this Moment live, up close and personal. At the concert I went to they filmed Beautiful Tragedy live and my friends were in the video in the crowd. I had literally just left the pit so I was not in the video. But I'm okay with that. Maria has a ton of energy, the whole band does. There is no way that someone could go to one of their shows and not jump, clap, scream, mosh, crowd surf. It's just not possible to avoid all those things at their shows. As far as their relationship with fans, they love us. They say time and time again that they would not be here today without their fans. They always return the love.

The band is heavy, I only compare the vocal technique to Flyleaf not the overall sound of the band. If you like The Agonist or Otep just imagine them with a more feminine twist to it and that will give you In this Moment.

Albums:

Beautiful Tragedy 2007

The Dream 2008

A Star-Crossed Wasteland 2010

Some of my favorites songs:

Album Beautiful Tragedy 

-Beautiful Tragedy

-Daddys Falling Angel

-Legacy of Odio

Album The Dream

-Forever

-Call Me

Album A Star-Crossed Wasteland

- The Promise

- Gun Show

Here are the bands webpages give them a listen! I'll even give you two videos because I cannot just pick one :)

http://www.myspace.com/inthismoment

http://www.facebook.com/officialinthismoment

The Promise

Beautiful Tragedy

-Emily