Limp Bizkit - Gold Cobra (Review)

So say what you will about Limp Bizkit I really liked them when they first stepped on the scene. I personally love rap metal. It fuses two of my favorite genres together and gives you something you something you can both groove too and thrash in a pit. Now they trailed off a few years back, lost Wes Borland, got him back, and now the whole band is back together for this album. I was looking for this to come out and be brutal as hell tryin' to get back to the Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ days. The music kicks in and I'm thinking "fuck yeah the boys are back!" But then Fred starts in and all momentum is gone. What the fuck? Are you kidding me? People have been talking shit about you since 2003, (most don't know they put out an EP in 2005) and you don't have any pent up rage? You should have come out screaming "fuck everyone! Suck a cock and die LB is back and we are going to kill everyone of you nay sayers!!" But that's not what happened. What happened was a whole lot of shit. Some of the worse rapping I have ever heard. Now don't get me wrong Fred does say "We don't give a fuck" in almost every song, but it's not an aggressive thing.. just an off the cuff remark. I wanted anger and heavy riffs. I have always said Wes, Sam, John and DJ Lethal are awesome, but Fred is all over the place. Sometimes he's great and sometimes you just have to hit "next" on the ipod.

So this is what I think. Give it a try, preview before you buy it. Depending on your expectations you might regret it. Or it might be exactly what you are looking for. For me.. I'm going to go listen to Counterfeit.

Tracks to check out:
- Shark Attack
- 90.2.10
- Walking Away

~Dog

Texas In July - One Reality (Review)

Great metalcore band and a really well done album. Not as put together as the ABR record but still awesome. I'm just getting into these guys, the have another record so I'm going to check it out and will prolly throw something on here. I don't know if it's a summer thing picking bands that have July and August in their names but whatever. Really good, fast, heavy. Enjoy. Crank this shit loud and bang your fist!

Tracks to check out:
- No Greater Love
- Magnolia
- 1000 Lies

~ Dog

August Burns Red - Leveler (Review)

So you guys ready to rock? This album is amazing. I have always liked ABR, but this album has surpassed what I was hoping for. This has some heavy, fast shit mixed with amazing jazz guitar. I don't know if they boys have a jazz background or not but some of the fills and sweeps are fucking great. So yourself a favor and get the deluxe edition. It has a wicked acoustic version of "Internal Cannon".. soo good. And they threw in a midi version of "Empire". Sounds like a Nintendo game on speed. Definitely get this one guys and gals!

Tracks to check out:
- Cutting the Ties
- Leveler
- 1/16/2011
- Carpe Diem

~Dog

Plenty of Syph - You read that right!

SO there's a website out there.. and well.. click here. So the Alberta government has sunk $2M into a fake website directed toward bringing awareness of the STD (STI) Syphilis, because Alberta is the most infected province in the country. And.. JESUS CHRIST! What is going on out here in Alberta? I would like to know how our condom sales are in reference to the rest of the country. I can't believe there are still people out there that are in no hurry to wrap that shit! C'mon guys. Sex is fucking awesome! Why ruin it for yourself and everyone else by spreading this shit around? You can go to any clinic I'm sure and get some free Jimmy-Hats, so don't give me any shit about the cost.

Personally I think the website is fucking hilarious! It's a total rip on those dating sites you see out there. Which in turn is why the site http://www.plentyoffish.com/ are kinda pissed off about it. They are saying that it is giving sites like that a bad name, like all their users are disease riddled whores or something. I can see how some people would confuse the two, but not for very long I'm sure. It's an honest approach to awareness and I think this is something that the government actually did right. Don't tell them I said that, I will kill you!

Check out the site for some good laughs with your buddies. If you don't have buddies use plenty of fish to find some like minded individuals and have a party while laughing. Maybe share an STD or two.. who knows. Have fun, and just be safe assholes.. all I ask.

~Dog

Vancouver riot supporter FIRED!

** Full story here **

SO a 22 year old kid named Connor Mcilvenna made some remarks on his personal facebook page about the riot that happened recently in our lovely country. Now, I don't agree with the remarks he made. I can see how it could be taken as crude humor, but with $1.3M worth of damage.. I can see how no one is laughing. But being fired for posting something on his personal facebook. I don't think that's kool. Maybe a stern talking to from the boss. Maybe ask him to remove the company's name and information from his social media outlet. But losing your job for having an opinion with your friends. Who's the ass that sold him out? The only people he should have on there are people he knows. Unless he's one of those jackasses that adds everyone he ever comes into contact with. If you are going to do that you need to have two. One where you can talk with your actual friends about feelings and and opinions, and then one where you are a professional. Right? Wait that sounds idiotic too.

I try to keep only close friends, family or people that I actually talk to on facebook. I have people from highschool add me from time to time. I add them cuz what the hell I knew them at some point. But if they haven't talked to me or commented on any thing for a month.. you gotta go. I wanna chat with people, wait wait.. sorry.. got off topic.

So back to young Mr. Mcilvenna.. like I said above. I say hire him back if he is a good employee, give him a stern talking to, remove business info from his facebook so there is no online association, and I'm sure dude has learned his lesson. If he's a shitty employee then.. fuck him I guess he had it coming, next time don't go down to watch a city get destroyed dipshit.

But what do you guys think? Where does your place of employement rights end and your personal time start? Hit me back.. thanks!

~Dog

Children of Bodom - Relentless Reckless Forever (Review)

Children of Bodom are a melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland. The dudes are amazing. I have seen them live and they shred like crazy assholes man. BUT.. personally I don't think it can be captured on an album. At least not on this one. It's good, but wasn't my thing. There was nothing that really popped out at me. I'm sure live this would be insane.. but listening to it in the car.. nadda. Like I said they are fucking amazing musicians, but compared to the last couple albums I have reviewed, there is something missing. They do however have a good version of Eddie Murphy's "Party all The Time". Check it out.

~Dog

Exorcismus : The Possession Of Amy Evans (Review)

I love movies about possession. This one.. not so much. I find a lot of movies now a days have really good ideas, but the follow through sucks. Don't get me wrong this one is watchable. But if you loved "The Exorcist" it's not comparable. Which I know there will not be another like it. I watched "The Last Exorcism" which was a huge turd too. It had some great ideas, but didn't transpire to film. Which really sucks cuz Eli Roth was involved and he's awesome.

** SPOILER **

SO the gist is that a trouble teen that gets possessed by the devil. Turns out her uncle the priest pointed her in the direction for it to all happen.. blah blah blah. My issues with it... it's the fucking devil. If someone actually got possessed by the devil shit would get fucked up real quick. I think it was way too down played. Unless I missed it and there was a spirit playing the devil. I dunno. Either way it was OK, but nothing special. If you're bored and there's nothing on cable.. check it out.

~Dog

Sepultura - Kairos (Review)

This one I was hesitant on. Not gonna lie. I liked Sepultura with Max Cavalera. And after he left I didn't pay a lot of attention to the goings on of Sepultura. But someone told me I needed to check this out and I'm glad they did. To me.. and again, this is just me, you might hear something else. But this album came off sounding like Slayer being fronted by Dez Fafara (Devildriver/Coal Chamber). Now that I think about it, that sounds fucking awesome!

But yeah this album is really good, it's not out yet, but you should give it a good listen when it does. There are some tunes that I thought they should have done things a little different and would have gotten a better result. I think it was Embrace the Storm, where had they chased the double kick instead of palm muting over it I think it would have sounded a little clearer and gave it more of a punch. They have Just One Fix which is a Ministry cover that is fucking great. The track Kairos that the album is named after is absolutely solid as well.

Hit this shit when it comes out you will not be disappointed!

Track You Must hear:
- Kairos
- Just One Fix
- Relentles

~Dog

In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading (Review)

Another one that isn't out until next week and is very much one you need to go buy when it drops as well. The new In Flames disc is AWESOME! Now I have always been kind of a selective In Flames fan. Some tunes I liked some I didn't.

This album start to finish is actually my favorite so far. It's not nearly as heavy as some of their other albums, but it's still very much metal. It's almost Heavy/Rock Metal. If that makes any sense. The guitars have a lot more rock element to them and there is a lot more of a sing scream then most die hards might be used too. It's still heavy as shit, lots of low end, sounds awesome blaring in your car. But it's more open to a wider audience, and with the right push I can see them building on their already huge fan base. It's the first record without Jesper Strömblad who was their founding guitarist, which probably accounts for the changes.

They dropped "Deliver Us" May 7 as the first single. If you check it out you'll see what I'm talking about. I don't know if you guys know the band Threat Signal. If not you fucking better get on that shit too. Fucking awesome Canadian Metal.. anyway the reason I bring up TS. I find some of the vocals very similar to Jon's, which might be another reason I really liked it. Either way, really great disc go get it when it drops next week and bang your head!

Also I just want to take a second and say that the cover art is fucking amazing. I dunno why, but I love it. I think it fits the record 100%, it's great to look at, and the color is perfect. Wiki says it's by artist Dave Correia. Good damn job man!

Tracks You Must Hear:
- Sounds of a Playground Fading
- Deliver Us
- Where the Dead Ships Dwell
- Darker Times

~ Dog

Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel (Review)

OK.. so people are passing me music left and right and I love it. Some hasn't even hit the stores yet. So I feel a little guilty listening to it, but maybe it will help sell a record or two if I review it.

Bad Meets Evil.. Royce da 5'9" and Eminem... enough said. This fucking album is pure goddamn fire. I just blasted through the whole disc, or at least what i currently know is the full disc. It's not set to come out until next week, so things could change. But YOU NEED TO GET THIS DISC when it drops.

If you liked Recovery, you haven't seen anything yet. Eminem is on a tear this whole album. Him and Royce are spitting like they need to get as many words out as possible before they explode. It's insane. It's been a long time since I have come across something I can listen to start to finish. There is no bad tracks as far as I can see, nothing outta place or something to cause your ears to skip a beat. In all honesty I hadn't really heard of Royce before this other than he was on "Bad Meets Evil" on The Slim Shady LP. And yes I know I have a man-crush on Slim, but not cuz I think he's good looking, but I think he is the most talented dude rapping and no one is close to him in this game. That's until I heard Royce, dude totally holds his own and it makes the disc fucking great. Like I said check it out, and BUY this shit. You can bump it while you are driving down the street smacking bitches off your Tahoe.

Tracks You must hear:
- The Reunion
- A Kiss
- Lighters [Feat. Bruno Mars]
- Fastlane

~ Dog

Venting to the Intra webs

So the past week or so I have been really raging out around the house. Well maybe rage is the wrong word. There are a lot of things going on that are driving me crazy at the moment. I'm sure they will pass.. but to the time being right now I find myself kind of an asshole to be around.

- My job is driving me crazy. Not so much where I work, as much as the people I work for. Honestly, my boss a fucking idiot and I think she knows I could do her job 1,000,000 times better than her. I didn't come into this thinking "I'm going to screw her over and take her job." And it's still not my mentality. I just want to work somewhere that I don't hate going to, or get anxious EVERY FUCKING DAY I have to go in. I always wonder, "what are we going to argue about, what will she have to say about this or that." And sometimes I go in and she treats me like an equal and we get along great. It's such a mind fuck though. Plus no matter what goes on they fuck my schedule up EVERY week. I have kids and can't work certain hours. She knows this, but still tries to push me into things. It really sucks because I have become very jaded at work. I hate it. The first couple months were great and I loved going into work.

- My kids are having some hard times right now. What I mean is my son is potty training, which is stressful. I don't want him to wet himself and be embarrassed and at the same time I don't want him to wiz on my floors. LOL. So it's just taking time and trying to make it fun. My daughter on the other hand is trying my patience left and right. I know she is just testing me, and I should ignore it. But with work troubles putting me in a weird place I find myself having a short fuse and it's making things difficult at home. There are times I feel it hard to breathe and a tightness in my chest when I'm trying to hold it all in and not lash out a my poor girl who is just trying to figure things out and try her boundaries. We all did it/do it growing up. But I know those signs are my body telling me that I had better start calming down before it's too late and I have a heart attack or something crazy.

Like I said all this will pass. I'm sure work will figure itself out or I will move on to something that suites me better. The kids, they are just being kids and soon enough things will chill. I'm going to try to take all the pent up energy and put it into writing music and working out. Put it to use instead of harm. Thanks for listing all 10 of the people that follow me. Love you guys and it's nice to know people out there want to hear what I have to say.

I have a couple new albums I'm going to listen to and get some reviews on. If there is anything you want to know or you want reviewed or opinions on just let me know. I want to interact as much as possible. Thanks

~Dog

Wii U - Annouced

So yesterday at E3 it was announced that Nintendo is throwing their hats in the ring with Xbox and PS3 with their new home console. The Wii U was announced and it looks freaking sweet! They showed the preview video and some of the things you can do with their new controller is phenomenal. I have no idea at this point what kind of price point it will have, they are looking at a 2012 release. It is going to be backward compatible with all things Wii that we know and love right now. It will now however have 1080p high-definition graphics and the new controller has a touch screen built in. It's almost like having a tablet in the middle of your controller. Can't wait. I have no idea if I will pick it up, we'll see about the price. I already have all the Wii -motes, and games.. we'll see. Also will it come with only one of the new controllers? How much is a second?




~Dog

Paul - Review

I was able to check out Paul . It was super funny. I have so say I almost love everything that Seth Rogan does. I didn't like Green Hornet, but that's another story. With Paul there are a lot of laughs and Paul himself looked really well done. The only thing that soured it a little for me was that sometimes it seemed like they were doing over the top swearing just for the sake of doing it. It was like trying to bed Super Bad with an alien. I'm not saying it's entire a bad idea, but I know that if someone like me was getting a little tired of it, that there is a much greater viewing audience that will hate the flick.

But fuck them! Some great ideas are on here. There have been a lot of flicks lately that have aliens being the reason for the a lot of the advancements in our own technology. I think that's awesome. Why not, what if? Seth is great, the two guys from Shaun of the Dead were pretty funny but it was Kristen Wiig that completely rocked it! Some of the shit she said was dumb, but overall she picked up as many laughs as Seth some even bigger.

Honestly check it out. It's not for everyone, but its worth at least one watch.

~Dog

Battle: Los Angeles - Review

So last night Steve and I sat down and watched Battle: Los Angeles. It was OK. Steve couldn't get over it's comparisons to the Will Smith movie Independence day. Which.. OK, there are some parts that were really close. It's tough to make a movie that hasn't already happened. Invasion movies are usually the same. Aliens come, they want something we have, We have to figure out how to get past their amazing technology advancements to kill them, and in the end humans win. For the most part that's the way it goes down.
To me.. and I LOVE Independence Day, but this one felt a lot more real. ID had a lot of comedic parts, but that's the actors they had. This one is really dark, much more realistic vibe to it. Plus it was more like military VS alien military. The aliens used a lot of war tactics that humans have used / would use, such as high ground, scouts, grunts, air and ground support. They didn't have laser guns (as far as I could tell it was closer to our weapons but upgraded. I would love a COD styled game like this. They already have zombies.. why not an alien round. Just saying.

Also Battle:LA had Ne-Yo in it. And I don't know if it was because I had a couple drinks, but through the whole movie whenever he was on the screen Steve and I broke into his song "Single", which really added to the feel of the whole taking over the world thing. No.. really.. it didn't.

So all in all I liked this flick, and recommend it. If you have a chance go to the theater and check it out, or if you have a good set up at home this will be one to grab on Blue Ray I'm sure.

~Dog

UFC 137 - Announcement

Whats up kiddies? So today some big news came out that there will be a bout October 29, 2011. There are people that are all over this because GSP is going to kill him. Which I agree. Honestly i have never liked Diaz or his dipshit brother. So i personally am looking forward to the fight. I think he will stomp Diaz out.

The other group of folks are pissed that this fight was announced because it means the Silva vs GSP super fight will not happen for some time. I don't think that this fight will ever happen. Dana doesnt want his two glory boys going against each other until he really needs some money or people in the seats. If or when it happens oft will be the biggest fight in mma history and the winner (GSP) will be set for life and prolly retire.. Lol.

Who knows we'll see. I just like fighting so.. LETS GET IT ON!!!

~Dog