diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral

I have recently rekindled my love for the slower forms of metal and thought I would share one of the gems of the 90s death doom metal scene with my friends. DiSEMBOWELMENT was an Australian death/doom metal band in the late 80s-90s that was very influential in creating the sound that would later be known as death doom metal.

A little bit about their style from wikipedia:

"The band played very slowly (and occasionally with great speed), and relied equally on the atmospheric effects of droning guitars and constant riffing. Disembowelment is credited by many other doom metal groups as being the originators of death/doom, along with the band Winter. The band was known for its atmospheric chanting, slow riffs and spiritual dark elements present in their symphonic, heavily distorted style."

So here for your listening pleasure is diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral (1993).

Dream Theater Is A Joke

They write their entire new album in approximately a day which just adds to my and a lot of other peoples theory that at this point they are only in it for the money. This is my impression of Dragon Theater writing process.

petrucci - Hey, check out this solo its totally awesome
portnoy - Holy shit that's good alright lets just throw on 70 mins of rehashed music from 60s-70s bands around this solo. Anyone got any ideas for lyrics?
petrucci - I wrote some poems in middle school lets just use those
portnoy - Good idea our fans are retarded and will buy it anyway. Everyone search your houses for old grade school writings.
labrie - Awesome this means well be on tour soon and can charge our fans $400 to take pictures with us!
rudess - Hey, I'm just in this band because you guys were stalking me.

FUCK Dream Theater and to think I used to like this band.

Jump Kicks Are Always Necessary

FUCK WMBC

I wanna do this to the sound monitor at WMBC.

Let The Right One In

Let The Right One In on imdb

The best movie of 2008 hands down. I recommend this movie to anyone that likes a good story with character building. If you were disappointed by the hype surrounding The Dark Knight definitely check this movie out.

Basically the plot is an awkward bullied kid named oskar ends up meeting a strange girl that moved into the same apartment complex as him. He falls in love with her but doesn't know she is a vampire (I didn't spoil anything the viewer knows this from the 2nd scene). I loved this movie because it gave Eli (the vampire) a back story and a conscience which is how a vampire should be. Not some mindless killer like how they are portrayed in a lot of American horror films. I think American horror directors get zombie and vampire confused or are just in it for the money. If you like movies that make you think and don't have a black and white portrayal of good vs. evil then definitely check this movie out if you can find it.

In case you are wondering there is already a Hollywood remake in the works...

Also in other news, WMBC studio is working again so I will be posting my most recent recording soon. In Addition here are some links from stuff that was mentioned in the show.

Mind Of Asian playing Towson on Saturday (I will be there)
Mind Of Asian

Korean woman performs her own plastic surgery
Not for the weak of heart

Next weeks show is going to be a history of hardcore starting with punk rock and going into at least early 90s post-hardcore. There will be modern stuff if time allows.

Voting Machine Overturns 2008 Election

Peace In The Middle East

This Tuesday, election day, on wmbc radio Hasan Ali and Mark Max will be putting aside their religious differences to bring peace to the middle east through music. That's right, an election day special show full of politically charged music. You'll get to hear some anarchist grind/crust from hasan and randomness from yours truly. Tune in for some political relief on a stressful day for those who care about this sort of thing. Now for George Carlin on voting