#The Summer Slaughter Tour 2017

[confessionsofanangrymetalhead]

I knew I needed to go to this as soon as I heard that Shadows Fall, who had regrouped in 2021 after an indefinite hiatus that lasted seven years and saw drummer Jason Bittner join Flotsam and Jetsam and eventually Overkill, and lead guitar GOD Jonathan Donais join Anthrax, intended on performing their 2004 CLASSIC, The War Within in its entirety. That was fucking huge news! But for those of you who might be clueless, let’s discuss why! The Importance of The War Within The War Within, the band’s fourth album and third with vocalist Brian Fair, is the most important album in the band’s entire catalog. It was released on the heels of their previous album, 2002’s The Art of Balance, which went on to sell over 100,000 copies in a time when album sales were steadily declining. You bet your ass I was one of those 100,000 people who actually bought the fucking record! I even saw Shadows Fall live for the first time a year later during an Ozzfest off-date. Having come from the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene that was largely based in the Northeast and spawned bands such as Aftershock and Overcast – those two bands being the roots of Shadows Fall and especially Killswitch Engage – alongside All That Remains (Phil Labonte was actually the vocalist on Shadows Fall’s 1997 debut, Somber Eyes to The Sky), God Forbid (more on that band later!), Mastodon and Lamb of God, the sound was largely a mix of Hardcore breakdowns and Metallic intensity. Unfortunately, this became Metalcore. But Shadows Fall were different. Via Brain Fair’s roots in Overcast, especially after he joined Shadows Fall for their second album, 2000’s Of One Blood, the hardcore influence could be heard. But thanks to those riffs that scream Iron Maiden AND Morbid Angel, along with Jon Donais’ Randy Rhoads meets Zakk Wylde lead guitar style, they were far more Metal than Hardcore. By the time The War Within was released, the press at large had been calling them the next Metallica for two years, thanks to The Art of Balance. With TWW, the guitars were even stronger than on the last album, the drums were harder hitting, the production was clearer, and the song writing was even stronger. The album had debuted at #28 on the Billboard charts. I was a first day buyer, taking to bus to Sam Goody right after I finished with class for the day. It’d earned them sales of almost 400,000 copies – a FIRST for Century Media Records! – their first main stage slot on the next year’s Ozzfest (the last time I saw them live), and eventually, a major label deal with Atlantic Records. I still remember driving from Staten Island to Starland Ballroom to see Mastodon in May of 2005. I was on Rt 9, driving over the water, WSOU (more on them momentarily) on the radio, when the DJ announced that The War Within had sold 200,000 copies. The was incredible to hear; it meant a lot to the fans, I’m sure, and it meant a lot to the underground Metal scene, especially with Lamb of God releasing their major label debut nine months prior, and Mastodon very close to signing their own major label deal. The Show The show, I’m pretty sure was organized by WSOU, the top college station in terms of playing underground Heavy Metal for DECADES. My first exposure to WSOU in the early months of 1997 happened by mistake. I was looking for another station when I came across this one station that happened to be blasting Death Metal, the likes of which my 7th grade, dumbass self had never heard before and I’d assumed that this had to be the station. It wasn’t, but I clearly still listened up until they were forced to change their format right at the beginning of 2002. They eventually were able to revert back to their prior format; but they had to fight hard to make it happen. It’s been my first show at Starland since I saw Zakk Sabbath in 2017. And before that, the last time I’d been there was most likely the 2008 Summer Slaughter tour, with such a shitty lineup that I totally forgot that it was the last time I saw The Black Dahlia Murder! But I spent a good thre...

[puremichiganmetal]

The Summer Slaughter Tour is here! Featuring The Black Dahlia Murder, Dying Fetus, The Faceless and more! At The Majestic Theater in Detroit (08/25/17) 

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VIVIANKRIST “Cross Modulation: Bootleg Remixes” out April 24th

It was only a matter of time before we welcomed Viviankrist into the Ritual Productions family. This year saw her host an incredible performance at Woodland Gathering, including a live collaboration with labelmates 11PARANOIAS, and she was no stranger to sharing stages with Ramesses in her previous incarnation as Gallhammer’s bassist/vocalist Vivian Slaughter.

Before departing Gallhammer in 2010, Eri Isaka Fuzz-Kristiansen (Viviankrist), released three full-length albums (Peaceville Records) and extensively toured Europe with the band. Post-departure marked a shift in pace with Eri moving to Oslo, Norway and taking a musical hiatus...until Summer 2017, when Viviankrist came into being.

With Viviankrist, Eri has delved deep into her love for analog synths and improvised music, switching effortlessly between cinematic, hypnotic and affecting grooves and Cross Modulation - Bootleg Remixes is an extension, a modification and a transformation of her debut LP.

Side A: Behind Mirror | Behind Glass - Tucan / Blue Iron | TBA - JK Flesh / Midnight Sun | rLr roLer - Richard Russell / Nails | Witch's Mist - Viviankrist

Side B: Tear | IM NORDEN - Robert Hampson / CHASM / Blue Iron | Melmetallic Joseph Conrad Void - Maniac / Insects | Remember When - Andrew Liles / Eleventh | Paranoid Albedo - Adam Richardson

LP: link CD: link

[chicagorebelradio]

Click this link (http://bit.ly/SummerSlaughter2017) for Tickets NOW!

Click this link (http://rebelradio.com/event/summer-slaughter-tour-2017-concord) to learn more about the bands playing.

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THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR ANNOUNCES LINEUP AND TOUR DATES! Tour to Kickoff July 27 with Headliners The Black Dahlia Murder & Dying Fetus as Co-Headliner

THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR, presented by the upcoming film AMERICAN SATAN, is pleased to announce the full lineup of bands and dates for this summer’s particularly heavy edition of the long running tour now in its 11th year. Headlining the most extreme tour of the summer is Michigan’s very own melodic death metal monsters THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER who will release their new untitled album in fall 2017 via Metal Blade Records and will be playing their album Nocturnal in its entirety in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the release. Joining TBDM as co-headliners is Maryland death metal trio DYING FETUS whose new album Wrong One to Fuck With comes out on June 23 via Relapse Records. Rounding out the rest of the lineup are THE FACELESS, OCEANO, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL, ORIGIN, RINGS OF SATURN, BETRAYING THE MARTYRS, LORNA SHORE, and more acts to be announced. Tickets and VIP Packages for THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR 2017are available for purchase HERE.

THE SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR 2017 Presented by American Satan

Featuring Headliners The Black Dahlia Murder, co-headliners Dying Fetus, and support from The Faceless, Oceano, Slaughter to Prevail, Origin, Rings of Saturn, Betraying the Martyrs, Lorna Shore, + More TBA!

7/27 - Reading, PA @ Reverb

7/28 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

7/29 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

7/30 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall

8/02 - Knoxville, TN @ The International

8/03 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

8/05 - Austin, TX @ Come & Take It Live

8/06 - Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Live!

8/07 - Houston, TX @ House Of Blues

8/09 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater

8/10 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee

8/11 - Anaheim, CA @ Grove of Anaheim

8/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo

8/13 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

8/15 - San Francisco, CA @ The UC Theatre

8/17 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven

8/19 - Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall

8/21 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze

8/22 - Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall

8/23 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's

8/25 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater

8/26 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre & Ballroom

Follow The Summer Slaughter Tour: thesummerslaughtertour.com facebook.com/SummerSlaughterTour @thesummerslaughtertour twitter.com/summerslaughter @summerslaughter instagram.com/summerslaughter @summerslaughter Follow The Black Dahlia Murder: tbdmofficial.com facebook.com/theblackdahliamurderofficial @theblackdahliamurderofficial twitter.com/bdmmetal - @bdmmetal  @trevortbdm  @alanblastidy  @maxlavelle  @brandonellisgtr youtube.com/blackdahliamurdertv instagram.com/theblackdahliamurder_official Follow Dying Fetus: facebook.com/DyingFetus twitter.com/DyingFetusBand DyingFetus.Bandcamp.com @DyingFetus

[nuclearblastuk]

IMMOLATION ANNOUNCE 'THE LAST ATONEMENT TOUR 2019' FOR UK AND EUROPE THIS MONTH!

New York death metal giants IMMOLATION are pleased to announce that they'll be returning to the UK and Europe this month, for a 21 date tour titled 'The Last Atonement Tour 2019'. Support on this run is set to come from Ragnarok, Monument of Misanthropy and Embryo. The UK leg will consist of 2 shows; in Manchester on November 21st, and London on November 22nd.       Tickets are on sale now! The dates read as follows:       The Last Atonement Tour 2019 w/ Ragnarok, Monument of Misanthropy & Embryo 07.11   DE  Münster, Sputnikhalle 08.11   NL  Amersfoort, Fluor 033 09.11   NL  Tilburg, Theater De Nieuwe Vorst 10.11   NL  Enschede, Metropool 13.11   IT  Milan, Slaughter Club 14.11   IT Rome, Traffic 15.11   IT  San Dona' di Piave, Revolver Club 16.11   CH  Sion, Le Port Franc 17.11   DE  Trier, Mergener Hof 18.11   FR  Niort, Le Camji  19.11   FR  Paris, Backstage 21.11   UK  Manchester, Rebellion 22.11   UK  London, The Dome 23.11   NL  Rotterdam, Baroeg 24.11   BE  Namur, Belvédère 26.11   DE  Munich, Backstage 27.11   CZ  Prague, Nova Chmelnice 28.11   PL  Bielsko-Biała, RudeBoy Club 29.11   PL  Łódź, Magnetofon 30.11   DE  Berlin, Lido 01.12   PL  Poznań, Klub u Bazyla 

IMMOLATION's latest studio album Atonement was released in 2017 via Nuclear Blast. It was recorded at Millbrook Sound Studios in Millbrook, NY with longtime producer Paul Orofino, and mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Suffocation). Cover art was created by renowned artist Pär Olofsson (Immortal, The Faceless, Exodus), along with additional artwork by the very talented Zbigniew Bielak (Ghost, Enslaved, Paradise Lost).       Order a physical copy of Atonement here: nblast.de/ImmoAtonementAMZ       This summer, IMMOLATION released an official video for album track 'The Distorting Light'. Watch the video here: youtu.be/YFReL3uMV7A       More on Atonement: 'When The Jackals Come' music video: youtu.be/1u7wZFkmaVA 'Destructive Currents' 360º video: youtu.be/lOUh2ctYZFE 'Fostering the Divide' visualizer: youtu.be/dJDMVRMYgfI

IMMOLATION is:

Ross Dolan | Bass & Vocals Robert Vigna | Guitar Steve Shalaty | Drums Alex Bouks | Guitar

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BELPHEGOR: THE MIGHTY AUSTRIANS PAIR WITH MELECHESH FOR A  SUMMER TOUR!

Beware Europe: the Totenritual rampage  will continue over the summer to bring havoc and devastation! 

Death/black titans BELPHEGOR  are back  with an array of unmissable live shows  to support their latest opus, Totenritual which was released via Nuclear Blast Records on September 15th 2017. BELPHEGOR will be joined by label mates MELECHESH! Here is the full tour schedule:

14.06.              D         Ferropolis - With Full Force (only BELPHEGOR) 15.06.              NL        Groningen - Vera 16.06.              D         Osnabrück - Bastard Club 17.06.              NL        Amstelveen - P60 18.06.              UK       London - The Dome 21.06.              CH       St. Maurice - Le Manoir 22.06.              CH       Winterthur - Gaswerk 23.06.              I           San Donà di Piave - Revolver 24.06.              I           Rome - Traffic Live Club 25.06.              I           Paderno Dugnano (MI) - Slaughter Club 27.06.              H         Budapest - Blue Hell 28.06.              SK        Bratislava - Randal Club 29.06.              PL        Katowice - Mega Club 30.06.              PL        Poznań - u Bazyla

Tickets for the London show on 18.06 are priced £22.15 and are available  for purchase from the following link

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/belphegor-melechesh-at-the-dome-london-tickets-45141562629?aff=efbeventtix

BELPHEGOR will then continue their Totenritual crusade across the globe, as they will return to Australia and New Zealand before  taking over several summer festivals:

05.05.              AUS     Sydney - Direct Underground Fest 06.05.              AUS     Melbourne - Direct Underground Fest 07.05.              AUS     Brisbane - Crowbar 09.05.              NZ       Wellington - Valhalla 10.05.              NZ       Auckland - Whammy Bar 13.07.              S          Gävle - Gefle Metal Festival 25.07.              SLO      Tolmin - Metaldays 02.08.              D         Wacken - Wacken Open Air 04.08.              RO       Rasnov - Rockstadt Extreme Fest 09.08.              E          Villena - Leyendas del Rock 11.08.              CZ        Jaromer - Brutal Assault 25.08.              A         Spital am Semmering - Kaltenbach Open Air

BELPHEGOR recently released a lyrical performance video of The Devil's Son, a song dedicated to legendary Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini (1781-1849), whose playing skills were so unique that he was told to have made a pact with the devil... 

You can watch the video clip here: https://youtu.be/PSipEak-WMw

You can get your copy of Totenritual  from the following link:

http://nblast.de/BelphegorTotenritualNB 

More about Totenritual:

Baphomet uncensored music video: https://vimeo.com/234694061 Apophis - Black Dragon' [LYRIC VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXT7t2yKAZQ Baphomet (live video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceRv2X5UEK0 www.belphegor.at www.facebook.com/belphegor www.nuclearblast.de/belphegor

[staffpaperandbaconsandwiche-blog]

On Playing Modern Metal

So this has been a long time coming and I’ll have to split it up into 2 bits. This is more of a mission statement and demonstration of the techniques, then the practicum, benefits and drawbacks, and the why. Enjoy!

In modern heavy music, blast beats have become a ubiquitous, aggressive backdrop for most if not all modern groups. There are many different types and applications of blast beats; they’re normally preformed by orchestrating variants of single stroke rolls or by playing all limbs together creating a wall of frantic sound. 

This is all well and good, until we begin to see the borderline ridiculous tempo marks that modern projects are asking drummers to play such patterns at. Naturally there are many causes for this, including the tendency for bands to gain widespread notoriety by playing faster and more intricately than anyone else, see the success of Animals as Leaders and most Deathcore bands. The full discussion of such trends however can wait until a later date. The effects of these trends however, are very noticeable indeed. To my humble ears, in terms of the actual music, we actively cultivate an environment in which the need for greater technical ability surpasses a need for musicality, and we are left with the sum total of the Metal equivalent of, if you’ll excuse my use of the term, Berkleefunk. 

What that means for the technique of the modern drummer is: the higher the tempos get, the more of your practice time you have to devote to achieving these patterns at high speeds, and the more time is diverted away from being a more well rounded musician. Naturally there exceptions, but sit most Metal drummers down in front of an orchestral snare drum etude and they will invariably fall on their face by the end of the second line (and that’s being generous). Sit most Metal drummers in front of a big band chart and they’ll give you a look that says, “how the hell am I supposed to read this?” or worse yet “I have no idea how to read sheet music or charts.” I actually had a hardcore drummer in the studio that hit me with that exact line. Nobody’s perfect in this way and Lord knows I stand accused. In fact, I was like that myself for many years. Allow me to clarify this by saying you don't need to be able to read sheet music, or even know advanced chord scale based music theory to be great, but I’ve never once met a drummer or any musician for that matter from any genera that’s seriously said “gee, I really wish I knew less theory” or  “gee, I wish I couldn’t read music.” (Granted I’ve met very few people who will seriously use the term “gee” in conversation but that’s beside the point). In fact, in the vast majority of cases the correlation goes the other way, and (especially with reading) the more one practices it, the better one becomes. 

Lets be honest here, as a Metal musician you aren’t going to be making music on most people’s “easy listening” playlist and, because the metal industry has been rather gentrified and watered down to a very few first call musicians in recent years, it’s practically a silver bullet if you can make a living out of playing exclusively metal. If you want to make a living out of music, and music alone, you need to be able to play everything, and play it well. The name of the game is to be a chameleon. This includes Metal, and almost every genera and subgenera ever put to paper. As much as it pains me to say it, you’ve got to be ready for that call from Jason Aldean, as much as you’ve got to be ready for that call from Dave Mustane, 2Cellos, or Chick Corea. 

For this to happen, you’ll need to practice an awful lot. Sorry in advance. This means that the higher Metal tempos get, the more time you have to devote to playing Metal and thus the rest of your broader musical development is in effect stunted. It happened to me so it can definitely happen to anyone reading this. Make no bones about it; it takes real dedication and stamina that not everyone has to play Metal at a professional level. In order to develop those qualities you need to devote time to it as with anything. The harsh reality is there are only 24 hours in a day and at least 8 of those you need to spend sleeping. 

So what do we do about this? We can't put the cat back in the bag and only write music playable by everyone. Either we take the conventional route and plan a structured practice regimen that works about as well as a new years resolution to go to the gym, or we find a more ergonomically sound way to play at high tempos that doesn’t involve hammering out singe strokes for weeks on end for the payoff to be a rise of a meager 10 BPM. Sure there are lots of weeks you could spend doing this but discouragement aside, time is money and you have to say yes to that call. 

I wrestled with this when I was developing my double bass technique, and talking to other musicians both at Berklee and online. After watching extreme bands, researching, and playing in equal measure, and getting a new one ripped for me by Buddy Rich’s lead trumpet player of 15 years on and off, I found a solution that worked and one I want to pass on to drummers who turn their ambitions to heavy Metal. Namely, a rudimental approach to blasting. 

Origins: 

Rudiments are like scales. You say that magic word and students run faster than you thought possible. Rudiments all for the most part sport some kind of quirky onomatopoeic name and seem to have some kind of mystery around them. At the end of the day though, they are amalgamations of single strokes, double strokes, and flams. That’s it. No one likes them because they’re normally practiced on a pad, to a metronome, and you only do it if you’re in marching band or when someone is checking you know them. Simply put it’s boring. Very little emphasis is put on actually applying the damn things in interesting ways around the kit. But as soon as you, do you come up with very interesting fills and grooves. Metal however tends to favor speed over substance, and by extension it loves single strokes like dogs love peanut butter. However in recent times, people have begin to change the genera by adding more influences to their diet and thus rudiments have made a tentative comeback, both in grooves and in blasting wherein lies our concept. 

The first person I ever saw execute something along these lines was one Dirk Verburen formerly of the band Soilworks, who as I write this plays for Megadeth on tour. Figure one is the so called “dirk blast” that involves a rudiment known as the flam accent to play a triple feel hammer blast*

Fig 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjeY4RG6b3A

This concept will be revisited later but a few years down the line I attended Summer Slaughter 2017 and one Aaron Stechauner was playing with Rings of Saturn a noted extreme deathcore band. He employed a similar concept exempt in a duple feel with a flamadiddle (a.k.a  flam paradiddle)

Fig 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H24UAPsPW6w

As you see in the song, he uses this idea more as a chop rather than to carry out a whole section’s worth of blasting. Later on he reverts back to a traditional blast. The only place where he uses it the way I saw the opportunity to is around the 3 minute mark where there’s a melodic section that warranted a blast and uses it over any other kind of blast to conserve energy. 

I thought about it and I saw how I could use it in conjunction with the Dirk Blast to create really interesting patterns that take borderline no effort to play, make audio engineers hate blasting (especially at high tempos) a little less. 

[strangersihavedrawn]

170ish albums/EPs you should have bought in 2017.

This year has been a strange one. After a pretty desperate 2016, our bubbles remain burst, our political systems are still in shambles, the planet is slowly dying. It’s business as usual pretty much, except this time all of our heroes are sex pests (Cue a bit of guesswork as to which album has been redacted from this list). Fortunately, business as usual means there’s too much good music to even keep track of, but I’ve done my best. So, without further faff, here’s my annual list in chronological order, with my featured album from each month in a doodle, as I am want to do.

January

04/01 Pink Guy - Pink Season (Self-Released) 13/01 Code Orange - Forever (Roadrunner) 13/01 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Roman Lips (ORL Projects / Ipecac) 13/01 The xx - I See You (Young Turks) 20/01 As It Is - okay. (Fearless) 20/01 When We Team Up - Shut Up and Fly (Self-Released) 20/01 WSTR - Red, Green Or Inbetween (No Sleep) 21/01 Palladino - Supersymmetry (Hembleciya) 27/01 Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life (Anti-) 27/01 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Zen Thrills (ORL Projects / Ipecac) 29/01 On a Hiding to Nothing - Formaldehyde (Umlaut) 31/01 Push Over - Demo EP (Esque)

February

03/02 Less Than Jake - Sound The Alarm (Pure Noise) 03/02 The Menzingers - After the Party (Epitaph) 03/02 Smile and Burn - Get Better Get Worse (Uncle M / Grand Hotel Van Cleef) 10/02 Homebound - The Mould You Build Yourself Around (Rude) 10/02 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Chocolate Tumor Hormone Parade (ORL Projects / Ipecac) 13/02 Glowbug - Fantasma Del Tropico (Self-Released) 24/02 Broadbay - Five Year Plan (Hanger / Copper Top) 24/02 Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy (Ipecac) 24/02 Decade - Pleasantries (Rude) 24/02 Guillotine - Sapphire (Failure By Design) 24/02 Nightlife - Salt & Acid (Speaking Tongues) 24/02 Thundercat - Drunk (Brainfeeder)

March

03/03 Converge - Jane Live (Deathwish, Inc.) 03/03 Minus The Bear - Voids (Suicide Squeeze) 10/03 Can’t Swim - Fail You Again (Pure Noise) 10/03 Self Defense Family - Bastard Form b/w Maybe You Could Explain It To Me (Alternatives Label) 11/03 Atta Girl - Betty’s Begonia (Trrrash) 13/03 Traits - Limits (Self-Released) 17/03 Pulled Apart By Horses - The Haze (Caroline International) 17/03 Sorority Noise - You’re Not As ____ As You Think (Triple Crown / Big Scary Monsters) 17/03 Stolas - Stolas (Equal Vision) 17/03 Western Addiction - Tremulous (Fat Wreck) 24/03 Catch Fire - A Love That I Still Miss (Rude) 24/03 Coast To Coast - The Length of a Smile (Fox) 24/03 Creeper - Eternity, In Your Arms (Roadrunner) 24/03 Fucked Up - Year Of The Snake (Tankcrimes) 24/03 Great Cynics - POSI (Specialist Subject / GUERRILLA ASSO / Lame-O) 24/03 Lotus Eater - Lotus Eater EP (Self-Released) 31/01 Mastodon - Emperor of Sand (Reprise)

April

07/04 Blood Youth - Beyond Repair (Rude) 07/04 Father John Misty - Pure Comedy (Bella Union) 07/04 The Flatliners - Inviting Light (Dine Alone / Rise) 07/04 The Smith Street Band - More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me (Specialist Subject / Pool House / Side One Dummy) 14/04 Loathe - The Cold Sun (Sharptone) 15/04 Lost Avenue - Best Friends (Rustys Rekords) 16/04 Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (Aftermath / Interscope) 20/04 Eternity Forever - Eternity Forever (Esque) 21/04 Bear Trade - Silent Unspeakable (Everything Sucks / Dead Broke / Waterslide) 21/04 Have Mercy - Make The Best Of It (Hopeless) 21/04 Self Defense Family - BBC Session (Deathwish, Inc.) 21/04 what gives - feels good (Skeletal Lightning) 21/04 The Winter Passing - Double Exposure (Big Scary Monsters / 6131) 28/04 Gorillaz - Humanz (Parlophone / Warner Bros.) 28/04 He Is Legend - few (Spinefarm) 28/04 New Found Glory - Makes Me Sick (Hopeless) 28/04 Thurston Moore - Rock N Roll Consciousness (Ecstatic Peace!)

May

01/05 X-TV - EXIT (Self-Released) 05/05 At The Drive-In - in.ter a.li.a (Rise) 05/05 Gnarwolves - Outsiders (Big Scary Monsters / Tangled Talk) 05/05 Mac Demarco - This Old Dog (Captured Tracks) 09/05 Self Defense Family - Wounded Masculinity (Triple B) 12/05 Gun Shy - The Long Dance (Wrong Way Round) 15/05 Jordan Mackampa - Tales For The Broken (Self-Released) 19/05 Employed To Serve - The Warmth of a Dying Sun (Holy Roar) 19/05 Higher Power - Soul Structure (Venn / Flatspot) 19/05 Miss Vincent - Somewhere Else (Uncle M) 19/05 Tigers Jaw - Spin (Black Cement) 26/05 Create To Inspire - Sickness (Basick) 26/05 Frenzal Rhomb - Hi-Vis High Tea (Fat Wreck) 26/05 Pet Symmetry - Vision (Polyvinyl)

June

02/06 ‘68 - Two Parts Viper (Cooking Vinyl) 02/06 Dystopian Future Movies - Time (Oak Tree) 02/06 Grove Street Families - VOL 1.0 (Venn) 02/06 Mutoid Man - War Moans (Sargent House) 02/06 Rainfalls - Creep (Self-Released) 05/06 EAT DIRT. - I (Self-Released) 08/06 Bares - Salty Kiss / In Lieu (Self-Released) 09/06 BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION (BROCKHAMPTON / EMPIRE Distribution) 09/06 Donnie Willow - Exhibition (Sunbird) 09/06 Kamikaze Girls - Seafoam (Big Scary Monsters) 16/06 Broadside - Paradise (Victory) 16/06 Chon - Homey (Sumerian) 16/06 Color Film - Living Arrangements (Epitaph) 16/06 Faux - Faux (Speaking Tongues) 16/06 Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (Nonesuch) 16/06 Harbinger - Human Dust (Basick) 16/06 Portugal. The Man - Woodstock (Atlantic) 16/06 Single Mothers - Our Pleasure (Dine Alone / Big Scary Monsters) 23/06 Aviator - Loneliness Leaves The Light On For Me (No Sleep)  23/06 Rozwell Kid - Precious Art (SideOneDummy) 23/06 Slowlights - I Try So Hard (Killing Moon)

July

07/07 Melvins - A Walk With Love and Death (Ipecac) 07/07 Puppy - Vol. II (Spinefarm) 12/07 Baggage - The Good That Never Comes (Self-Released) 14/07 Bad Sign - Live & Learn (Basick) 14/07 Fights and Fires - Live Life Like a Tourist (Lockjaw) 14/07 The Gospel Youth - Always Lose (Rise) 19/07 Listener - Being Empty: Being Filled I (Truth Seeker / Black Bassett / Smiths Food Group DIY) 21/07 Energy - The Witching Hour (Self-Released) 21/07 Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy (Columbia) 21/07 Wot Gorilla? - Angel Numbers (Self-REleased) 21/07 Young Hunger - Wear Me Down (Self-Released) 25/07 Converge - I Can Tell You About Pain (Epitaph / Deathwish, Inc.) 27/07 MC Lars - The Jeff Sessions (Horris Records) 28/07 Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (Caroline International) 28/07 Milk Teeth - Be Nice (Roadrunner) 28/07 Oceans Ate Alaska - Hikari (Fearless)

August

04/08 Dale Crover - Fickle Finger Of Fate (Joyful Noise) 04/08 Dead Cross - Dead Cross (Ipecac) 11/08 The Cribs - 24-7 Rock Star Shit (Sonic Brew) 11/08 Mush - Protect Your Brand (Skeletal Lightning) 18/08 Everything Everything - A Fever Dream (Sony RCA) 18/08 Wallflower - Where It Fell Apart (Self-Released) 24/08 Fizzy Blood - Summer of Luv (Killing Moon / Ayla) 25/08 BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION II (Question Everything, Inc. / EMPIRE Distribution) 25/08 Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains (Matador) 25/08 Turnover - Good Nature (Run For Cover)

September

08/09 Comeback Kid - Outsider (New Damage / Nuclear Blast) 08/09 Death From Above - Outrage! Is Now (Last Gang) 08/09 Stray From The Path - Only Death Is Real (Sumerian) 08/09 Such Gold - Deep in a Hole (Bird Attack) 08/09 Angelo Badlamenti - Twin Peaks: Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack (Rhino) 08/09 Various Artists - Twin Peaks: Music from the Limited Event Series (Rhino) 15/09 The Apology Tour - This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Save Your Generation) 15/09 Arcane Roots - Melancholia Hymns (Easy Life / Red Essential) 15/09 Beaumont - Honestly (Reclaim Music) 15/09 Hot Water Music - Light It Up (Rise) 15/09 Seaway - Vacation (Dine Alone / Pure Noise) 22/09 The Bronx - V (Cooking Vinyl) 22/09 Caracara - Summer Megalith (Flower Girl) 22/09 Circa Survive - The Amulet (Hopeless) 22/09 Mastodon - Cold Dark Place (Reprise) 22/09 Metz - Strange Peace (Sub Pop) 22/09 Prawn - Run (Topshelf) 29/09 Primus - The Desaturating Seven (ATO) 29/09 Propagandhi - Victory Lap (Epitaph) 29/09 The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Always Foreign (Epitaph)

October

06/10 Citizen - As You Please (Run For Cover) 13/10 Beck - Colors (Capitol) 13/10 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice (Matador / Marathon / Milk!) 13/10 The Front Bottoms - Going Grey (Fueled By Ramen) 13/10 Iron Chic - You Can’t Stay Here (SideOneDummy) 13/10 Knuckle Puck - Shapeshifter (Rise) 13/10 Roam - Great Heights & Nosedives (Hopeless) 17/10 FUCK *(It’s Pronounced SHIT!)* - It’s Still Pronounced SHIT! (Self-Released) 20/10 Movements - Feel Something (Fearless) 20/10 Muskets - Chew (No Sleep) 21/10 Listener - Being Empty : Being Filled Vol. II (Black Basset) 27/10 Gold Key - Hello, Phantom (Venn) 27/10 Heavy Hearts - On a Chain (Failure By Design) 27/10 Jamie Lenman - Devolver (Big Scary Monsters) 27/10 Slaughter Beach, Dog - Birdie (Lame-O / Big Scary Monsters)

November

03/11 Converge - The Dusk In Us (Epitaph / Deathwish, Inc.) 03/11 Lifetight - Self-Tightled (Crooked Noise) 10/11 Listener - Being Empty : Being Filled Vol. III (Sounds of Subterrania) 10/11 Quicksand - Interiors (Epitaph) 10/11 Versus You - Birthday Boys (Noiseworks / G Chord) 17/11 Milk Teeth - Go Away (Roadrunner) 17/11 Onsind - We Wilt, We Bloom (Specialist Subject) 17/11 Valliers - Lost In Familiarity (Dream Atlantic) 24/11 At The Drive-In - Diamanté (Rise) 24/11 Björk - Utopia (One Little Indian) 24/11 Lightcliffe - For a While (Failure By Design) 24/11 Rain - Abstract Vision (Venn)

December

01/12 The Dear Hunter - All Is As All Should Be (Self-Released) 01/12 Glassjaw - Material Control (Century Media) 15/12 BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III (Question Everything, Inc. / EMPIRE Distribution) 15/12 Gun Shy / THE EAST / summerbruise / Superdose Gangway - BSR / OPR 4-Way Split (Beth Shalom / Old Press) 15/12 Lemuria - Recreational Hate (Turbo Worldwide / Asian Man / Big Scary Monsters) 15/12 N.E.R.D - No One Ever Really Dies (i am OTHER / Columbia) 21/12 Original Sharks - Hundred Grand to the Man (Self-Released) 26/12 Scum Couch - Ignorant Bore (Self-Released) Okay, that’s your lot. Now go away.

[wknc881]

The Saw's Favorite Songs of 2017

It’s that time of year again, where we count down our favorite things of the year while welcoming in the new year! I will be counting down my top 10 favorite songs that I have been listening to all year long. 2017 was a great year for metal, a lot of bangers and heavy hitters were released this year. Did any of your favorites make the list?

IMPORTANT!!!! I play these songs, along with many others, during my set on WKNC!! Come head bang with ya girl on Friday nights from 10pm-midnight! To listen online, go to WKNC’s website and click on “MP3” in the “High Quality” section. Don’t be lame, come hang out with The Saw!

10. Attila – Three 6

I’m back at it with my Attila jams. Okay, so this song came out on Halloween and I was ~~~SHOOK~~~ Attila is that band where party metal is acceptable. I honestly feel like I need to go to a rave or something after seeing them. This song goes back to their “heavy s***” as Fronz likes to put it, and I agree with him. This song is more of a banger because the anthem is so catchy. “If you’re down with the devil say hell yeah, I’m burning down your church like 666.” It reminds me of their song Party With The Devil and I’m vibing with it. The riffs are super chunky and that is a 10/10 in my book. Ever since I heard this song I instantly considered it a bop. Say what you want about Attila, they put out some really catchy music.

They seriously need to tour with BROJOB. I would love to see that, it would be super weird but very entertaining.

9. Make Them Suffer – Vortex (Interdimensional Spiral Hindering Inexplicable Euphoria)

This song is off Make Them Suffer’s newest record, Worlds Apart, and this is my favorite song off that record. It has that metalcore aspect that I like with the clean vocals but with riffs that still make it heavy. You just want to mosh it up and jump around when this song kicks in. The singer also throws in some “BLEIGH” that we all know I go insane for. Honestly how can you not get hyped when they start randomly growling weird things in the mic. Is it just me? Okay, moving on. The vocals are really great, you can hear the highs and lows, along with the harmonizing with the keyboardist. They incorporated a lot of different aspects in this song and they pulled it off. It is such a bop. I love it so much.

8. Code Orange – Forever

Code Orange snuck up on me this year. I’m really digging this band recently. I didn’t get to see them when they came through North Carolina… stupid finals. BUT this song is a banger, the opening riff just makes you want to bang your head. If this song was on a “try not to headbang” challenge… yeah, I would lose immediately. Jesus Christ the riffs in this song are just great, I listen to it almost every day because I love how chunky this song is. Their new record is such a bop 10/10 would check it out if I was you.

7. Volumes – Finite

Now this song is kinda mellow for me, but hey, it’s a bop. It is like my party song because I sing it when I’m in the shower. It's so groovy and I do some really weird dance moves when I play it. Honestly, Finite is just so catchy and the guitars really make it a bop. I feel like this song would be in some YouTube sorority recruitment video because it just makes me want to run around with my girlfriends and awkwardly smile and do hand symbols at the camera. But that wouldn’t happen because 1) I am not in a sorority and 2) they wouldn’t play this song in one of their videos.

6. Wage War – Stitch

You know I gotta put my boys in Wage War in here! This is the first song I heard off their new record “Deadweight” and if you’re sleeping on this band, you are definitely missing out. This band is going to be BIG; just wait. So again, going along with my theme of literally every song that made this list, the riffs are great. Briton’s voice is amazing and his deep growl that he does on the end makes me want to throw chairs around and mosh. You just want to bounce and headbang when this song comes on. They are literally one of the best metalcore bands that I have ever seen and heard. This entire song is so catchy and really shows how they are developing their sound. 

5. Arch Enemy – First Day in Hell

This is literally one of my favorite Arch Enemy songs of all time. Alissa’s voice in this song is really powerful and I love the eerie vibe that I get from the beginning. The reason I like this song so much is because of the chorus and how there is a breakdown after it. It’s a banger and will literally make anyone bang their head. Like I said before, if this song was on a “try not to headbang” challenge, I would totally lose. The guitars’ harmony is really beautiful and really make this song complete.   

  4. FRCTRD – Negative

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. FRCTRD is a new deathcore band from France and I am so happy that I discovered them. The guitars are really chunky in this song have some type of electronic sound in the background and it sounds so cool. The singers voice is very thick and his pig squeals are a major key. He can pig squeal and then transition to deep growls flawlessly. Now what makes this song so great is the ending. The breakdown at the end has me ~~~SHOOK~~~ it is an offbeat sound with chunky riffs that just make you want to go into total mosh mode. This band is something else, I love them.

3. Thy Art Is Murder – Puppet Master

This song is such a heavy hitter - oh my god. CJ’s voice is incredible and I can always tell when Thy Art is on because he has such a strong, distinctive voice. The drumming technique is amazing and really brings this song together. How this guy drums is awesome, I don’t know how he sits there with a straight face and pounds away. This song has a bouncy vibe to it that you can’t help but jump to. And when the breakdown hits, oh boy, its’s great. I can’t help but start jamming out when the breakdown hits. Puppet Master really sets the vibe of how their whole record goes.  

2.  Miss May I – Swallow Your Teeth

Obviously, I had to put one of my top favorite bands on this list. This song is a complete anthem and makes me want to bounce. The riff that starts in the first few seconds of the song reminds me of “Hero With No Name.” This is a sing along song that I really enjoy. The chorus is very catchy and has great harmony from Levi and Ryan. Speaking of Ryan, when he sings his clean vocals before the breakdown hits, oh my lord, it is beautiful. Then Levi comes in with an “OHHH” and BAM breakdown begins. I absolutely love it. The song basically talks about the fact that you shouldn’t put up with anyone’s crap and that people just need to learn when to shut up sometimes. It has a mainstream vibe to it that I can see being played on the radio (minus the cussing), but all in all, it's a banger and you should check it out.

Dying Fetus – Fixated on Devastation

If you listen to my DJ sets on Friday nights, then this song shouldn’t be a surprise (and if you don’t listen to my set, what’s up man? You’re really missing out). This song starts off like a typical death metal song but then it gets groovy. AND I LOVE THE GROOVE TO THIS SONG!! I do some weird dance move with my hands that I can’t really describe but it’s great. They played this live when I saw them at Summer Slaughter and I automatically fell in love with it. If you could dance to death metal, this would be the song. It has components of death metal that are very traditional but then they start jamming with a groovy breakdown that I have never heard another band do. Around the last few minutes of the song, they start to groove again and bring in a slow breakdown that just makes me lose my mind. When the groove starts with the guitars, and the deep growls, it is impossible to stay still. This song is an automatic bop. If you are trying to get into Dying Fetus start off with this jam, you won’t regret it.

  The Saw  

[harrisnovick]

I just finished touring with The Faceless for Summer Slaughter! Here's some drum videos I filmed at home!!! 

IkenReed posted this to r/progmetal at 2017-09-03 22:16:38 UTC

[segasts]

DIRECTORY

each game is sorted left to right, top to bottom in the archive. Each date contains the following ranges:

2017/4: 3 Ninjas Kick Back - After Burner II

2017/3:  Air Buster -  Corporation

2017/2: Cosmic Carnage -  Flicky

2017/1:  Forgotten Worlds -  Madou Monogatari I

2016/12:  Magic Girl -  Pro Striker Final Stage

2016/11:  Psy-O-Blade -  Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage

2016/10:  Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety -  Thunder Force III

2016/9:  Thunder Force IV -  Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair 

2016/8:  Wonder Boy in Monster World - Zoop 

Browse games by year of release:

1988: 4 games

1989: 24 games

1990: 62 games

1991: 115 games

1992: 111 games

1993: 126 games

1994: 126 games

1995: 63 games

1996: 13 games

1997: 1 game

1998: 1 game

Additional tags:

#underrated: it’s not even necessarily a great soundtrack, but it’s better than you think. and you probably haven’t heard it before.

#good: it’s not perfect, but it’s still pretty darn good.

#rec: the best of the best. 

As this was my first project, I missed quite a few games that didn’t have their soundtracks ripped. Below the cut is a list of those, plus some recommendations based on what I have heard.  

key: 👌 = good 👍♥ = rec

16 Zhang Mahjong (MD, unl, nsfw)

688 Attack Sub (MD)

A Dinosaur's Tale (MD, sound test 48...50....too many good tunes to ignore.) 👌

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (MD)

Adventurous Boy: Mao Xian Xiao Zi (MD, unl) 👌

Andre Agassi Tennis (MD, might only have two songs?)

Aq Renkan Awa (MD, unl)

Art Alive! (MD, might only have a single song?)

Australian Rugby League (MD, weirdly trying to be dancey but not quite working. fascinating really.)

Awesome Possum Kicks Dr Machino's Butt! (MD)

Aworg (MD, seganet) 👌

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (MD)

Baby Boom (MD, prototype) 👌

Baby's Day Out (MD, prototype)

Barbie Super Model (MD)

Barbie Vacation Adventure (MD, unreleased)

Barkley Shut Up and Jam 2 (MD, interesting tunes but not necessarily a rip priority.)

Bass Masters Classic (MD)

BC Racers (32X)

Beastball (MD, unreleased)

Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest(MD)

Beauty and the Beast: Roar of the Beast (MD)

Best of the Best: Championship Karate (MD)

Bill's Tomato Game (MD, unreleased) 👌👌

Bill Walsh College Football (MD) 

Bill Walsh College Football 95 (MD) 

Blackthorne (32X)

Bomboy (MD, unlicensed)

Bonkers (MD)

Brian Lara Cricket (MD) 

Brian Lara Cricket 96 (MD) 

Brutal: Above the Claw (32X)

Bubsy II (MD)

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (MD)

Budokan: The Martial Spirit (MD)

Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs (MD, also one for the lakers but it appears to be the same music-wise)

Burning Fists: Force Striker (Sega CD, prototype, has some FM tunes as well)

Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball (MD)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers (MD)

Centurion: Defender of Rome (MD)

Champions World Class Soccer (MD)

Championship Pool (MD, not great but ez to rip, including titles)

Chao Ji Da Fu Weng (MD, unl)

Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales (MD, fast and silly, the GEMS quality is outshone by the fun) 👌

Clay Fighter (MD)

Cliffhanger (MD, seems to be pretty good and dancy afaict) 👌

Clue (MD)

College Football USA 96  (MD, sound test 65-124. the first is 👌👌 but the rest, not so much...)

College Football USA 97 (MD, sound test 65-124. the first two are good anyway...)

College Football's National Championship (MD)

College Football's National Championship II (MD, same as the first)

College Slam (MD, not bad)

Cosmic Spacehead (MD)

Crystal's Pony Tale (MD)

CutThroat Island (MD)

David Crane's Amazing Tennis (MD)

David Robinson's Supreme Court (MD) 👌

Davis Cup Tennis ~ Davis Cup World Tour

Death Duel (MD)

Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (MD)

Dial Q o Mawase! (MD, unl) 👌

Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops (MD, not bad actually...)

Doom (32X)

Double Clutch (MD)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (MD)

Dragon's Lair: The Adventure Continues (MD, prototype)

Duke Nukem 3D (MD)

EA Hockey (MD)

ESPN Baseball Tonight (MD)

ESPN National Hockey Night (MD)

ESPN Speed World (MD)

ESPN Sunday Night NFL (MD)

Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing (MD)

Ex-Mutants (MD)

F-117 Night Storm (MD, nice sound design) 👌

F-22 Interceptor: Advanced Tactical Fighter (MD, the most chill music for a fighter)

Family Feud (MD)

Fantasia (MD)

Fantastic Dizzy (MD)

Feng Kuang Tao Hua Yuan (MD)

Feng Shen Ying Jie Chuan (MD)

Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau (MD)

Fever Pitch Soccer (MD)

Fifa International Soccer (MD, you can tell it was Jeff van Dykes early work. groovy!) 👌

FIFA Soccer 95 (MD)

FIFA Soccer 96 (MD, 32X) 👌

FIFA 97: Gold Edition (MD, house music!) 👍♥

FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (MD)

Flash Point (MD, unreleased)

Foreman For Real (MD, thick) 👍♥

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (MD, not bad)

Fun 'n' Games (MD)

Funny World & Balloon Boy (MD, unl)

Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (MD, its ok but super easy to rip...with titles!)

Generations Lost (MD)

GO-NET (MD, has at least one song)

Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples (32X) 👌

Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (MD, why is track 86 so good)

Greatest Heavyweights (MD, groovy) 👍♥

Hard Drivin' (MD)

HardBall! (MD, unl)

HardBall 3 (MD, unl) 

HardBall 94 (MD) 

HardBall 95 (MD) 👌

Haunting Starring Polterguy (MD)

Hei Tao 2: Super Big 2 (MD, unl, pretty ok! see sound test 12)

Home Alone (MD, easy to rip but not too great...)

Home Alone 2 (MD, check out sound test 07)

Hua Mu Lan: Mulan (MD, unl)

Huan Le Tao Qi Shu: Smart Mouse (MD, unl)

Hyokkori Hyoutanjima: Daitouryou wo Mezase! (MD)

IMG International Tour Tennis (MD, one song?)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (MD) 

Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones (MD, only tune 4 is worth ripping imo) 

International Rugby (MD) 

Ishido: The Way of Stones (MD, one song...)

It Came from the Desert (MD, unreleased)

Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (MD) 

J.League Pro Striker Kanzenban (MD) 👌 

Jammit (MD) 👍♥ 👍♥ 

Jelly Boy (MD, unreleased)

Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl (MD) 

Jiu Ji Ma Jiang II: Ye Yan Bian (MD, unl)

Joe Montana Football (MD) 

Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football (MD)

Jordan vs Bird (MD) 

Judge Dredd (MD)

Justice League Task Force (MD, its no SoR but its dancey) 👌

Kawasaki Superbike Challenge (MD) 

Kick Off 3: European Challenge (MD)

La Russa Baseball 95 (MD) 👌

Ling Huan Daoshi (MD, unl, shares music with Magic Girl) 

Lobo (MD, unreleased, not bad!)

Long (MD, unl, claims to have music but i hear no sound?)

M-1 Abrams Battle Tank (MD)

Ma Jiang Qing Ren: Ji Ma Jiang Zhi (MD, unl)

Ma Qiao E Mo Ta: Devilish Mahjong Tower (MD, unl)

Madden NFL '94 (MD)

Madden NFL '95 (MD)

Madden NFL '96 (MD, not bad)

Madden NFL '97 (MD)

Madden NFL '98 (MD, same as 97)

Mario Andretti Racing (MD)

Mario Andretti Hockey (MD)

Math Blaster: Episode 1 (MD)

Medal City (MD)

Mega SWIV (MD)

MegaMind (MD, short and simple but its so nice) 👍♥ 

MegaNet (Brazil) (MD)

Meng Huan Shui Guo Pan: 777 Casino (MD, really not bad besides the instrumentation...)

Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (MD)

MiG-29 Fighter Pilot (MD)

Mike Ditka Power Football (MD)

MLBPA Baseball (MD)

Monopoly (MD)

Motocross Championship (32X)

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad (MD, unreleased) 👌

Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing (MD)

Mutant League Hockey (MD)

NBA Action '94 (MD) 👌 

NBA Action '95 Starring David Robinson (MD, holy funk) 👍♥ 

NBA All-Star Challenge (MD) 👌

NBA Hang Time (MD) 👍♥ 

NBA Jam - Tournament Edition (32X, has a PWM track unseen on the MD versions)

NBA Live 98 (MD)

NBA Showdown '94 (MD, has sound test) 👍♥ 

NCAA Final Four Basketball (MD)

NCAA Football (MD)

Newman-Haas IndyCar Featuring Nigel Mansell (MD)

NFL 98 (MD, even has a titled sound test!) 👌 

NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (MD)

NFL Quarterback Club (MD, 32X)

NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana (MD)

NHL 94 (MD, for some reason this chill Hubbard music really works for me) 👌 

NHL 95 (MD)

NHL 96 (MD, activ-8 yall ready for this)

NHL 97 (MD)

NHL 98 (MD, same music as 97)

NHL Hockey (MD)

NHLPA Hockey 93 (MD)

Normy's Beach Babe-O-Rama (MD)

Oh Mummy Genesis (MD)

Olympic Gold (MD)

Olympic Summer Games (MD)

Out of this World /  Another World (MD)

Outlander (MD, dance tunes!) 👌

Paperboy (MD)

Pelé! (MD)

Pelé II: World Tournament Soccer (MD) 👌 

Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors (Sega CD, unreleased)

Pete Sampras Tennis (MD, one song?)

PGA Tour Golf (MD)

PGA Tour Golf II (MD)

PGA Tour Golf III (MD)

PGA European Tour (MD)

PGA Tour 96 (MD, only 2 songs? same tunes as III)

Phantom 2040 (MD)

Pirates! Gold (MD)

Pit-Fighter (MD)

Power Monger (MD)

Primal Rage (MD)

Primal Rage (32X)

Premier Manager (MD) 

Premier Manager 97 (MD)

Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (MD, unreleased)

Psycho Pinball (MD)

Putty Squad (MD, unreleased)

R.B.I. Baseball 3 (MD)

R.B.I. Baseball 4 (MD)

R.B.I. Baseball '93 (MD, sound test 5 is ace. the rest is meh)

R.B.I. Baseball '94 (MD, see below)

R.B.I. Baseball '95 (32X, same as 94.) 👌

Ransei no Hasha (MD)

Revolution X (MD)

Risk (MD)

Road Blasters (MD, very fm but not bad yo) 

Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball (MD, only a few non-jingles but theyre nice ok) 👌

Rugby World Cup 95 (MD)

Sampras Tennis 96 (MD)

San Guo Zhi V (MD, unl, a port of a saturn game with a surprisingly strong soundtrack) 👌 

Sangokushi IV (32X)

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game (MD, this falls just short of good...but i dig the arrangement. track 2 and 4 esp.) 👌 

Scooby-Doo Mystery (MD)

Scrabble (MD, unreleased)

SeaQuest DSV (MD)

Sesame Street Counting Cafe (MD. brunch/desert is a jam yo)

Shanghai II - Dragon's Eye (MD)

Shi Jie Zhi Bang Zheng Ba Zhan - World Pro Baseball 94 (MD, unl)

Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends (MD, prototype, single song.)

Slaughter Sport (MD)

Soul Star X (32X, prototype)

Spider-Man (Acclaim) (MD. interesting music at least...)  👌????

Spider-Man: Web of Fire (32X)

Spirou (MD)

Star Control (MD, unl, only one song)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator (32X)

Star Wars Arcade (32X)

Starflight (MD)

Steel Talons (MD)

Stone Protectors (MD, unreleased. pretty alright + easy to rip. note to self get track 8 and 9.) 

Summer Challenge (MD, unl)

Super Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game (MD)

Super Kick Off (MD) 👌

Swamp Thing (MD, prototype, only one song)

Sword of Sodan (MD)

Syndicate (MD. already have sega cd version)

T-Mek (32X)

Taiwan Daheng (MD, unl)

Taz in Escape from Mars (MD)

Taz-Mania (MD)

Team USA Basketball (MD, one song and several anthems afaict. i dig the groove tho) 👌 

TechnoClash (MD)

Technocop (MD)

Tecmo Super Hockey (MD)

Tecmo Super NBA Basketball (MD)

Telebradesco Residência (MD, unl, might only have the intro song?)

Test Drive II: The Duel (MD, unl)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (MD)

The Berenstain Bears' Camping Adventure (MD) 

The Chaos Engine (MD) 👍♥ 

The Chaos Engine 2 (MD, prototype) 👌 

The Death and Return of Superman (MD)

The Incredible Crash Dummies (MD)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (MD, this is easy to rip so why hasnt it been?) 👍♥ 

The Pagemaster (MD)

The Smurfs Travel the World (MD)

Theme Park (MD)

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (MD)

Time Killers (MD)

Timecop (Sega CD, unreleased) 👌 

Tintin in Tibet (MD, a few good tunes among the GEMS)

TNN Bass Tournament of Champions (MD, surprisingly decent. 1 2 rip.) 

TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96 (MD)

Total Football (MD)  👌

Triple Play 96 (MD, almost a perfect soundtrack...might be worth a rec anyway)  👌 

Troy Aikman NFL Football (MD)

True Lies (MD)

Two Tribes: Populous II (MD, doesn’t appear to have music?)

Ultimate Soccer (MD, might only have one song?) 👌 

Ultraman (MD)

Unnecessary Roughness '95 (MD)

Urban Strike (MD, unripped but worth ripping imo!) 👌 

Virtua Hamster (32X, prototype)

Wacky Races (MD, unreleased)

Wacky Worlds Creativity Studio (MD) 👍♥ 

Warlock (MD)

WarpSpeed (MD, unl)

Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars (MD)

Whac-a-Critter (MD, unl)

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego (MD) 

Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego (MD)

WildSnake (MD, unreleased)

Winter Challenge (MD)

Winter Olympic Games (MD, has a sound test too)  👌

World Championship Soccer II (MD) 

World Series Baseball (MD, probably the best of this series, still only one song though) 

World Series Baseball '95 (MD) 

World Series Baseball '96 (MD)

World Series Baseball '98 (MD)

World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders (32X, possibly only one song?)

WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (32X)

X-Men: Mind Games (32X, prototype) 👍♥ 

X-Perts (MD, one song and lots of drone SFX)

Xenon 2: Megablast (MD)

Ya Se Chuan Shuo (MD, unl) 👌 

Yang Jia Jiang - Yang Warrior Family (MD, unl) 👌 

Yogi Bear - Cartoon Capers (MD)

Zany Golf (MD)

Zhuo Gui Da Shi - Ghost Hunter (MD, unl)

Zombie High (MD, prototype, shares a tune with Crue Ball)

plus a few seganet games that i missed

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21 Savage Net worth In 2018, His Real Name, Height, Age.

21 Savage’s real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph. He is a multiplatinum certified rapper and visionary artist from Atlanta. It has been almost 4 years since we first got introduced to the artist with his debut single Picky and the Slaughter Mixtape. So how much has he racked up since then? For details on 21 Savage’s net worth, Height, Real Name, age, and wiki-bio, please be sure to read on. 21 Savage Net worth, salary medianet_width = "600"; medianet_height = "250"; medianet_crid = "442568836"; medianet_versionId = "3111299"; According to an online source, 21 Savage has a net worth of $4 million as of 2018. Other unconfirmed sources have him ranked up as high as $5 million as of this year. It is no secret that most of his fortune, if not all, comes from his career as a professional rapper. The singer’s income has been gradually increasing ever since he first stepped into the limelight from the streets of Atlanta. Nowadays, his shows and events pay him over $25,000 per performance. This figure is likely to increase more so when he is on the world tour. Image of 21 Savage net worth is $4 million 21 Savage net worth is $4 million Other sources of income include record and album sales. As already mentioned, the rapper’s music has reached the Gold and Platinum Awards program. His album, ‘Issa Album’ sold over 77,000 units during its first week of release. Some of his collaborations like the track Rockstar featuring Post Malone topped the Billboard charts for quite a while before it got dethroned. He is slowly making his way on becoming one of the highest paid rappers in the industry. Furthermore, there was one event, a Bar Mitzvah for twin boys Jake and Sydney Steinger that he emceed back in 2017. The private event paid him a salary of $1 million. 21 Savage Married to Wife? Kids? Enough about 21 Savage’s Net Worth, Now let’s talk about his relationship status. We usually like to state the facts surrounding a celebrity, but sometimes it’s also worth mentioning some stereotype qualities they have. Like most African-American rappers, 21 Savage seems to follow the trend of having baby mamas, while dating different women. The platinum recording artist has three beautiful kids that he has shared numerously on his Instagram account. However, you won’t find any information regarding his children nor their mothers online since that’s just how he likes it. The singer’s love interest is quite a touchy subject especially with his ex, American model, and actress, Amber Rose. The couple got together last year before summer and split earlier this year around March for unknown reasons. Sources indicate that she cheated on him with one of his friends causing their split. Nevertheless, let bygones be bygones as the rapper seems to have already moved on with an older mysterious woman. Age: How old is 21 Savage Abraham-Joseph got conceived on October 22nd, 1992 in Georgia, USA. That said, his Zodiac sign is considered to be that of Libra whereas his age is currently 25 years old. 21 Savage Height, weight and Measurements. While fans have noticed a sudden weight loss in his ex, Amber, the singer is quite normal health wise. He weighs 159 lbs. Or 72 kg. As to his height, the rapper stands at 6 feet tall with a slim body. It seems Amber likes the slim type as her ex-husband, Wiz Khalifa shares the same body type. Image of 21 Savage height Wiki-bio, family, career Name 21 Savage Age 25 Date of Birth October 22nd, 1992 Place of Birth Atlanta, Georgia Profession Rapper, songwriter, and music producer Net worth $4 million Girlfriend Unknown Kids 3 Body type Slim Height 6 feet Weight 159 pounds Real Name Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph The Slaughter King, like most people, like to call him has one of the most tragic back stories ever. But first, let’s take a look at his family. Abraham-Joseph is of Dominican descent as per his mother’s side. His father’s information is still at large as he was brought up with his mom next to 10 siblings, six sisters, and four brothers. Growing up was a bit of a challenge for him since he was a bad boy. He got expelled twice at the local county school, once for bringing a firearm to the school’s premises and the other after getting caught with a girl on the school bus. Not that his upbringing was terrible, but the neighborhood was tough, with drug deals always going on. He even got shot six times on his 21st birthday back in 2013 hence the name. Sadly, his brother was not as lucky as he was and succumbed to a drug deal gone sour via multiple gun wounds. It was at this stage that Shayaa turned his life around and ventured into music. His debut was with the song, Picky and The Slaughter Tape. Since then, 21 Savage has made a lot of friends and done quite some collaborations in his time. Summary 21 Savage’s real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph has generated a significant amount of fortune summed up regarding net worth. His salary keeps on increasing every season and with each passing age brings him closer to achieving legendary status. Trending. 10 Cheap Celebrities Who Are Terrible Tippers 12 Rich Celebrities Who Live Humble Lives 10 Celebrities Who Are Incredibly Generous Tippers. No 8 might surprise you. 10 Best Animal Shows that You will Love. 10 Best Animal Shows that You will Love. How many of these have you watched? 10 Celebrities Who Drive Most Expensive Cars In The World Read the full article

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What’s Up With Your Weekend, 6/2/17 - 6/4/17:

Friday:

Concerts In The Park: As the longest running outdoor happy hour, Concerts in the Park (CIP) is celebrating 26 years of music madness this year. Grab a cold beer, a bite to eat from one of our food trucks, and enjoy the tunes of local and national touring bands. Tonight, on the Jiffy Lube Stage: Secret Band, Eternity Forever, A Foreign Affair, Lost Things. On the Blue Diamond Almonds DJ Stage: DJ Billy Lane. Caesar Chavez Park. 5-9M.

FiRST Friday - R Street Art Walk:

- Animal Vegetable Mineral: The closing reception for Linda Fitz Gibbon, ceramics, and Shirley Hazlett, paintings, two-person show. Arthouse on R.  5-9PM.

- Human Voices : The Female Voice: Barbetta Lockart, Susan Tonkin Riegel, Franceska Gamez, Alicia Palenyy and Apollonia Cervantes bring a range of experience and artistic disciplines, yet each has chosen to communicate her response to the human condition through visual interpretation. Join us, and see what each has to say. Beatnik Studios. 6-9PM.

- Raphael Delgado is currently in residency in Montreal - but his studio is still the place to be on First Fridays in Sacramento. Raphael Delgado Art Studio. 6-9PM.

- 62 Hues - Group Show: Their largest group show to date. Like seriously, the list of artists is so long that we don’t have enough room to post it all here but, we can tell you it’ s very impressive. 1810 Gallery. 6-9PM. 

- From The Bottom Up: Opening reception for FROM THE BOTTOM UP, an exhibit of new works from Andy Garcia and Esther Marie Hall. WAL Public Market. 6-9PM.

- Tula In Bloom: It's Tula in Bloom's first open studio event at WAL! First Fridays at WAL feature a number of resident artists who will open their home studios for great Friday night shopping. Come tour, shop and sip at the Tula in Bloom studio, and learn more about her jewelry design and fabrication process. Warehouse Artist Lofts. 6-9PM.

Man Fire Food TV Show Taping and Pig Roast: Help us celebrate the upcoming launch of Foundation Fire catering with the taping of the "Man Fire Food" television show for the Cooking Channel, featuring our Pit Master Beau!Join us for a pig roast at the Sail Inn Grotto to see our barbecue operation in action! NO LOGOS on clothing.  Sail Inn Groto. 5-7PM. $10/plate.

Stonewall: Where Pride Began: Join Prof. Sherri Patton for an interactive lecture and discussion on June 2nd to discuss the history and the lasting impact of the Stonewall riots and how they are still relevant today. The Lavendar Library will also be joining us to provide resources for our attendees. Sol Collective. 6-8PM. $5.

Black Book Fair: Tonight is the opening of The Fourth Annual Black Book Fair, dedicated to Carol Borden, a founder of the Book Fair, originator of “Books On Parade,” and an indispensable Sacramento Leader. The Historic Center of Oak Park. 6-9PM.

Saturday:

Seasonal Harvest with Patrick Mulvaney: Patrick Mulvaney of Mulvaney's Building and Loan will do a demonstration of seasonal harvest cooking. Using the ingredients available at the market he will prepare a Shaved Summer Squash Salad. Oak Park Farmers Market. 10-11AM.

SacPride 2017: Sacramento Pride is an LGBT celebration that promotes acceptance and pride with a parade followed by an outdoor party in the Capital Mall. High-energy live music, a dance pavilion, an activity-rich kid’s zone, local vendors and plenty of food trucks are just some of the many attractions at this daylong affair. There are also booths providing unique services, support and information throughout the event. Capitol Mall Between 3rd and 7th Street. 11AM-5PM. $10.

The Save Mart Grand Tasting: Join America's Farm-to-Fork Capital for an evening sampling the best food, wine and beer in the region in a relaxed atmosphere downtown to the accompaniment of live music. Formerly Sacramento's Grape Escape, the Save Mart Grand Tasting expands to bring more flavors of the region to attendees. Cesar Chavez Park. 4-7PM.

Lipstick 17th Anniversary: Celebrate 17 years of Lipstick - the longest running and best indie and brit pop dance party in Sacramento curated by Roderick Mar Carpio, Shaun Slaughter & Adam Jay. The team plans to pull out all the stops bringing in Blackout Productions for lighting, smoke and lasers, celebratory decor and some really fantastic giveaways! They will also be welcoming home Lipstick co-founder Shaun Slaughter after his 6 month stint on Hawaii! He'll be playing his signature Lipstick stuff + some new tricks he's kept up his sleeve on his time away. Old Ironsides. 9PM-1:30AM. $5.

Sunday:

Solistic Presents: Singing Circle: Based on basic call and response, circle singing is a group participatory activity that is much like an improvisational choir. As we form a circle of song, our voices grouped by range, improvise parts of a song that are repeated and all voices combine to create melody, harmony, rhythm and a lot of spirit! Sol Collective. 1-3PM. Sliding Scale: $5-$20, no one turned away.

Brunch Beats Midtown: Curated by Shaun Slaughter, this week’s Brunch Beats will featured DJ MC Ham. Get lost in the music while enjoying a Mr Espresso cappuccino and a RAZZOLI brunch pizza. Hot Italian. 12-3PM.

Tufarock Succulent Arrangement Workshop: Led by local creative Tufarock design, customize your own terra cotta pot with an assortment of colorful permanent markers & then choose from a variety of beautiful succulents to create an amazing living arrangement. A great way to spend your Sunday afternoon getting creative and making a hand made piece to have in your home or give to a loved one. HI Sacramento Hostel. 2-4PM. ​$16.

The NeverEnding Story: The Neverending story creates a world of storybook wonder that is seldom achieved on the silver screen. There is some really incredible puppetry in this film, bringing to life unforgettable characters like the Rockbiter, Falcor, and the G'mork, in this tale of fantasy, belief, and the power of the human imagination. This is also a movie about the power of the written word, and the effect it can have on the human condition. It also delivers a lot of family fun. There will also be a costume contest before the film to allow those with the goods to showcase them. Crest Theatre. 7PM. $9.50 General Admission, $7.50 Seniors and Children.

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER To Co-Headline The Summer Slaughter Tour With Dying Fetus Read More Here: https://www.horrorsociety.com/2017/06/13/black-dahlia-murder-co-headline-summer-slaughter-tour-dying-fetus/

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The Black Dahlia Murder- Nightbringers(New Song) - Summer Slaughter Tour...