Showing posts with label Persefone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Persefone. Show all posts

Monday, December 4, 2017

All Media Reviews Podcast #3 2016-2017 AOTY Part 2



32 minutes. Went okay; maybe a little better than I expected. I do think I will try and put some music in the background on 1 of these soon.

10-1 coming soon, although not sure if this week or not. This week is...well, let's say I will be happy once it's over. I have a job interview on Thursday which the prep is tormenting me every waking hour.

29. Bubblemath - Edit Peptide 28. Childish Japes - After You're Born [EP] 27. The Family Crest - Prelude to War [EP] 26. The Contortionist - Clairvoyant 25. Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Hotel Junk Box 24. Red Planet with Bill Carothers - Red Planet with Bill Carothers 23. Ramona Falls - Coils 22. Mew - Visuals 21. Timmy Sean - Weeks 20. Persefone - Aathma 19. Moonloop - Devocean 18. Umi - World of Color [EP] 17. Bend Sinister - The Other Way [EP] 16. Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar 15. Beck - Colors 14. Subterranean Masquerade - Vagabond 13. Major Parkinson - Blackbox 12. Nordic Giants - Amplify Human Vibration (Soundtrack) 11. SikTh - The Future in Whose Eyes?

Saturday, May 6, 2017

2016-2017 Midseason Albums List

So 2016-2017, while a year that has had a fair number of albums come out, and many more of course anticipated, I guess at this point, being midseason, has only seemed like a luke warm year thus far.

I mean there have been some good albums certainly, if you look at the rankings below. Anakdota, Pain of Salvation and 22 all are albums I have listened to and plan to keep listening to as the rest of the year goes on and further.

Mew as well as those The Reign of Kindo songs, which I'm including just purely on numbers and quality. I suspect the band will put them into some actual, proper release of some kind, and it may ultimately get released after Halloween 2017, per within this years best releases, it won't likely remain. But for now, it seems like it should be included, just purely on how much I've been listening to all 5 of those songs.

As far as the list below it, it's as I point out, a list of records I either have not gotten to checking out, or meant to, but have shyed away per reviews, priorities and expectations. But I would likely have included the albums from Esperanza Spalding and Bent Knee last year into that as well, so I'm not ruling out and/or may still end up spending some time and be surprised.

Then there's the scheduled releases, which to be frank, stuff like Bubblemath and now even Anathema I have heard and do enjoy quite a bit; per they would likely find their way into this rankings mix if they already were released, and quite likely will place pretty high come early November.

And of course the ones I've bolded are currently the biggest hopes for that I'm certain will be released. The Ours album obviously is a big deal to me given my love and appreciation for them.

And of course the anticipation list which has some very likely titles, and then a lot of thinking/hoping will come, but no guarantee even in 2017, let alone by Halloween.

All in all though a decent, but not incredible 1st half of the year, but like pretty much every year, there's both a lot of potential albums that will raise that bar for the entire year. And of course many records I have not spent time with, or enough time, or heard yet as well. It could be from a band I've never even heard of yet of course.

Also to note, like it has been in many recent years, my full attention and ability/interest to listen to a lot of new albums at work has not been what it was at 1 time. It does go through phases, and this current year has been very busy with life things like health, moving, taxes, plus of course listening to older music or of course podcasts, talk radio and youtube audio rips. I guess things may settle down both outside of and at work come July/August/September, devoting a little more time to the new releases may happen for me and some of even the albums on my list below may be seen differently and higher/better, etc.

edit: Also time permitting, I'll try and make a video or 2 about this of course.


1. Anakdota - Overloading


2. Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day


3. 22 - You Are Creating: Limb 1

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4. Mew - Visuals

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5. The Reign of Kindo: Patreon Songs

City of Gods 6:13
Human Convention 3:34
One in a Million 4:09
Smell of a Rose 3:50
About Love 4:49


6. Persefone - Aathma

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7. Big Wreck - Grace Street


8. Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar


9. The Family Crest, - Prelude to War [EP]

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10. Tuxedo - Tuxedo II

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11. Blackfield - V

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12. Moonloop - Devocean


13. Rachel Flowers - Listen


14. The Barnum Meserve - When All is Lost

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15. Waaktaar and Zoe - World of Trouble

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16. Umphrey's McGee - Zonkey

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17. Black Map - In Droves


18. Radical Face - SunMoonnEclippse [EP]

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19. Thundercat - Drunk


20. Klimt 1918 - Sentimentale Jugend

Singles:

1. Fjokra - Sick Kids
2. 1000Faces - Sleeping for Dreamers (ft. Jimmy Gnecco)
3. Bend Sinister - Get Along
4. Kimbra and Young Dreams - Oban (Rework/Remix)
5. Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Electric City Rivalry
6. For the Imperium - We Cannot Face It


Listened to Once and was not all that into/Haven't Listened to Yet but mean to/Am shying away from per reviews and general interest in the band's recent music/But may get around to before the end of the year

Cloud Caverns - Collective Memory
Cynic - Uroboric Forms: The Complete Demo Recordings
KXM - Scatterbrain
Mastodon - Empire of Sand
Meridian Incident - Istology
Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
Minus the Bear - VOIDS
Mute Gods, The - …tardigrades will inherit the earth
New Pornographgers, The - Whiteout Conditions
Nova Collective - The Further Side
Peter Silberman - Impermanence
Temples - Volcano

Scheduled Releases:

May
5: At the Drive-In - in·ter a·li·a
19: Bullet Height - No Atonement
19: Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions
19: The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic
19: Scale The Summit - In A World Of Fear
19: Roger Waters - Is This the Life We Really Want?
26: Bubblemath - Edit Peptide
26: Solstafir - Berdreyminn


June
2: SikTh - The Future in Whose Eyes?
9: Anathema - The Optimist
9: Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister - Planetarium
23: Bent Knee - Land Animal
27: Ours - Spectacular Sight



Confirmed Titles:
Antemasque - Saddle on the Atom Bomb
Broken Social Scene - Halfway Home
Chic - It's About Time
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pacifisticuffs
Joey Eppard - Word to the Wise
Dave Kerzner - Static
Fish - Weltschmerz
Sculptured - The Liminal Phase
Textures - Genotype
U2 - Songs of Experience

Confirmed/Likely to be Released (but no Title or Release Date Yet)
Barren Earth
Bend Sinister (2 albums coming, 1 may be an EP, the other full-length)
Flying Colors
For the Imperium
Galactic Cowboys (Fall)
In Vain
Live
Major Parkinson: (I just backed their already successful Kickstarter)
George Michael
Native Construct
Pillorian (John Haughm, ex-Agalloch)
Reign of Kindo, The
Small Leaks Sink Ships
Soundscape
Spock's Beard
Subterranean Masquerade
Tiny Giant
Typhoon

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*speculation/hope*


Bruce Peninsula
Capital Cities
Chromeo
Disillusion
dredg
East of the Wall
Extreme
The Faceless
Fjokra
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Hotel of the Laughing Tree
Jazzkamikaze
Journal
Karnivool
Kimbra
Spencer Ludwig
Mutemath
Ne Obliviscaris
Neverending White Lights
Pepe Deluxe
Ramona Falls
Red Paintings, The
Sigur Rós
System of a Down
Tears for Fears
Steven Wilson

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Persefone - Aathma (2016-2017)

2/23/17 12:30PM

Album stream. Awesome, and probably better than Spiritual Migration. Paul Masvidal of Cynic really works well on "Living Waves."

2/14/17 

"Prison Skin" video


1/21/16 9:31PM

14+ minute teaser, which is extensive clips from every track?

despite a good chunk already there, I'm still looking forward to this.



12/2/16 6:42PM

"Sneak Peak"



9/6/16 12:32PM
New Persefone album coming on February 24, 2017. Campaign, etc.

Sounds sweet. Spiritual Migration was surprisingly really good, so I have pretty high hopes for this one as well.



Facebook

Almost four years have passed since Persefone unleashed to their highly acclaimed album “Spiritual Migration”. An impressive album that took both the press and the listeners by storm (1,2 million clicks on Youtube!). When the calendar shows February 24, 2017 it´s finally time to experience the evolution of Persefone with their new album “Aathma”!
The album will contain 10 new songs and it´s mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street. The artwork is once again created by Travis Smith.
“Aathma” will for sure set the standard for progressive metal in 2017!

Persefone´s own words about “Aathma”:
"It’s only once in every three, four years that we can express ourselves with freedom as musicians, by making music under the name of Persefone. Each album is a picture of our lives and the way we're experiencing this journey. It’s the first time we feel there’s someone out there, waiting for the album and we are doing our best to make honest music that shows the spirit and essence of the band. It’s not about releasing albums. It’s all about the music."
“Aathma” will be released on CD, 12” double vinyl, a limited digipak edition and of course as digital download.
Persefone is releasing a crowd-funding campaign in conjunction with these news, in order to finance the album, and keep people informed and on-track towards the big date in 2017. The crowd-funding campaign can be viewed here:
http://www.verkami.com/locale/en/projects/15684
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TOUR NEWS:
Intromental, Vicisolum and Metalized present:
PERSEFONE European tour 2017:
Persefone is the new rising star on the European progressive melodeath scene. Having released 4 critically acclaimed albums, and about to deliver the 5th album of extreme technical skills and fantastic songwriting, this band has climbed from being an unknown band from Andorra to claiming headliner status in Europe.
Persefone has previously toured the continent, as support for Obituary and Leprous, until they - in 2015 - co-headlined alongside Loch Vostok. The 2015 tour proved to the band, that it was high time, to do their own headliner tour, and with the new album in the luggage, they are more ready than ever, to shred the stages to a pulp.

As support, Persefone is bringing along the most interesting band to emerge from Greece for many years: The progressive sensation Poem. The band has released 2 albums, and 2016's "Skein Syndrome" is a tour de force in how to combine Tool, Pain Of Salvation and Opeth to perfection.
Poem toured all over Europe in the spring of 2016, as support for mighty Amorphis, with loads of new followers.

The 2017 Aathma tour schedule is as follows:
07/4: ES - Barcelona, Razzmatazz www.salarazzmatazz.com
08/4: ES - Madrid, Changó www.changoclub.es
09/4: ES - Murcia, Garaje www.garajebeatclub.es
11/4: IT - Milano, Barrio's Cafe www.barrioscafe.it
12/4: DE - München, Backstage www.backstage.eu
13/4: TBA
14/4: FR - Paris, La Boule Noire www.laboule-noire.fr
15/4: FR - Nantes, La Ferrailleur www.leferrailleur.fr
16/4: UK - London, Underworld Camden www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk
17/4: DE - Essen, Turock www.turock.de
18/4: NL - Hoofddorp, Podium Duycker www.duycker.nl
19/4: NL - Nijmegen, Merleyn www.doornroosje.nl
20/4: DE - Hamburg, Markthalle www.markthalle-hamburg.de
21/4: DK - Copenhagen, Forbrændingen www.forbraendingen.dk
22/4: SE - Stockholm, Göta Källare www.gotakallare.com
Persefone line-up:
Marc Martins: Vocals
Carlos Lozano: Guitars
Miguel Espinosa: Keyboards
Tony Mestre: Bass
Sergi Verdeguer: Drums
Filipe Baldaia: Guitars

Track (from Spiritual Migration - 2013 ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33iPIizR6tI
Video (from Spiritual Migration - 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6_sRDFideY

Persefone online: www.persefone.com
www.facebook.com/persefoneband
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Poem video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5Rj6b4rTg
Poem online:
www.poemband.com
www.facebook.com/poemofficial

Sunday, February 19, 2017

2016-2017 New Releases Calendar (W/ Frequent Updates in 2017)

2/19/17

March 24
Moonloop - Devocean

2/3/17 12:00PM

March 3
Minus the Bear - VOIDS

March 24
22 - You Are Creating-Limb 1


1/25/17 9:10PM





April 28
Mew - Visuals

March 31 
Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

June 27
Ours - Spectacular Sight

12/30/16 12:30PM-1/1/17

Added

Confirmed Title:
Barnum Meserve, The - When All is Lost FB link
February
24: Waaktaar & Zoe - World of Trouble



12/17/16 6:03PM

Okay, so this Year, I've decided to do things a little differently.

This entry is going to include CONFIRMED Titles and preferably Release Dates (and artwork, etc).

This will be updated/bumped regularly. I would date it October 31, 2017, except I don't like having a stickied entry hurting other new entries attention.

As far as the stuff to anticipate/speculate, etc. I will link soon another new entry there, That entry is almost ready to be published as well. And like this entry, it will obviously also be bumped/updated regularly.

It's a bit of back and forth, I know, but at least this more officially confirmed scheduled entry won't seem so cluttered at the bottom with dozens of names and often never edited/confirmed. It will mean I'll have to try to be more dedicated about doing this stuff, but at worst, I'll try and update it once every week or 2 at the least.

But, okay as far as the stuff on the Calendar right now, Anakdota and Klimt 1918 are the biggest release already out.

Then Pain of Salvation, Big Wreck, 22, Blackfield and Persefone are among my biggest anticipations.

It's already a pretty good list, but of course there's a lot more coming soon. I guess just from an early speculation, Anakdota, Pain of Salvation, 22 and Blackfield are all bluechips of a kind.

Unfortunately, I can't say that much about the Klimt 1918 album, but I need to give it more time.

And just among the confirmed titles below, Ours new album III is of course a huge release for myself and all Ours fans out there. The Sculptured album and Textures also are pretty high, especially Sculptured given like Klimt 1918 and 22, its been so many years since their last album (2008).

Blurbs? dunno, unlikely. But I will be making a Video or 2 about the new year, that in now thinking about it, 1 Video might be the list below, and the other is a likely/speculation/hope video.

November


4: Anakdota - Overloading

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11: Umphrey's McGee - Zonkey

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18: Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct


25: Rachel Flowers - Listen

December

Klimt 1918 - Sentimentale Jugend - Book + Shirt Bundle
2: Klimt 1918 - Sentimentale Jugend



4: Cloud Caverns - Collective Memory

January

13: Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day

February

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3: Big Wreck - Grace Street

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10: Blackfield - V

Mute Gods: Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth
24: The Mute Gods - …tardigrades will inherit the earth

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24: Persefone - Aathma

Cover art by Zan Goodman and Justin Hollar
24: Peter Silberman - Impermanence

24: Waaktaar and Zoe - World of Trouble

March

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3: Minus the Bear - VOIDS

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10: Nova Collective - The Further Side




24: 22 - You Are Creating-Limb 1
Bandcamp Preorder 

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24: Steve Hackett - The Night Siren


Moonloop - Devocean


31: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand

April

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7: Deep Purple - Infinite

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28: Mew - Visuals


June


27: Ours - Spectacular Sight

Confirmed Titles:
Barnum Meserve, The - When All is Lost
Joey Eppard - Word to the Wise FB 3's FB  3's Tw
Dave Kerzner - Static FB Tw
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Moonloop - Devocean FB Tw (Spring)
Ours - III  FB Tw (Spring)
Radical Face - SunnMoonnElippse [EP] FB Tw
Sculptured - The Liminal Phase (Early) FB
Textures - Genotype FB Tw
U2 - Songs of Experience FB Tw