#backwordz

[blackwolfmanx4]

Backwordz - SELLection | Official Music Video

4 years has gone and we still singing that old song.

[blackwolfman-music2]

Backwordz - SELLection | Official Music Video

[crmsndragonwngss]

Here we are again feeling stuck in this lie we’re living Singing the same old song Are we wrong to break free from the chains we’re in? They have no desire to save you

[riflebrass]

I don't have spotify but of the bands I listen to on any kind of a regular basis I think Backwordz is the only one that has a black member? I don't really go out of my way to look for new music and it doesn't seem like there's many black people playing stuff like industrial.

last year when i posted this people melted down and went out of their way to misinterpret the purpose of this exercise and just say insane racist shit; the goal is to get you to reflect on whether or not you engage with black music and black art and artists, and if you seem to avoid doing so, to ask yourself why that is

if you would like, feel free to share the song/artist in the tags to share recs! always easier to begin or continue diversifying your listening habits with suggestions :)

[shrivinglust]

BLACK FRONTED METAL/ROCK BANDS

+ rest of the thread here

[freedomisunderrated]

oh damn

[blackrockandrollmusic-blog]

BackWordz - Self Ownership

[renafucka]

音源レビュー 皆大好きなYouTubeからレーベルに目を付けられ契約しデビューしたニューメタルコアバンド - BackWordz

🇺🇸 テキサス州出身のポストハードコア/ニューメタルコアバンドBackWordzが2017年に”Veracity”をリリースしました。

—バンドのストーリー

このバンドのスクリームボーカルがYouTubeで様々なポスコアのバンドのカバーとかしていて個人的にも良く聴いて見ていた そして時が経ち2017年にこのアルバムがリリースされてこのスクリームボーカルのバンド名知らないまま聞いてアー写見てみるとまさかエリック？ってなって驚愕したバンドだった。

YouTubeでもやはりボーカルワークはプロ並ですがアメリカの音楽業界は壁が高く上手い奴センスのいい奴なんかゴロゴロいる世界でまさかのYouTubeからデビューおめでとう かっこよすぎ

—アルバム内容

サウンド的にはメタルコアとハードコアの中間かな

基本早い曲が多いですがスクリームボーカルに合わして構成されてるのかボーカルの武器ラップシャウトに走るとやたらビートアップし同時に跳ね上がるようなサウンドを生み出す しかしちょっと抑え気味のラップになるとミドルテンポな曲もある。

クリー��ボーカルに関しては普通に歌う。うん普通だな。聴き所はやっぱスクリームボーカルになる

でもシンガロングもちゃんとしていて協調性ある

楽器隊に関してはテクニックとしては普通なんだがやたら洒落た感じでミュージックビデオとかで見ると仕草とかめちゃくちゃかっこいい。でも何度も記載しますがテクニックは別に普通。悪い意味ではない。

[metalhead684]

#Backwordz #firefromthegods #lilpeep #bodycount #bradenbarrie #flobots #saywecanfly #heavenshallburn #greenday #end #2dope #fever333 #alkalinetrio #antiflag #music #metal #metalhead #femalemetalhead #lastfm #lastfmcollage https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7uvBsru48/?igshid=1muz9zi1rcbga

[thisaintascenereviews]

Album Review by Bradley Christensen Discrepancies – The Awakening (Deluxe Reissue) Record Label: InVogue Release Date: March 23 2018

The biggest trend in metalcore the last four years, give or take, has been nu-metal coming back. You know, the late 90s and early 00s style of metal that also took elements of hip-hop, rap-rock/metal, and to a less extent, funk-rock/metal. Nu-metal has a really bad reputation, but let’s be real here – the genre had some real gems. Bands like Disturbed, System Of A Down, Mudvayne, Flaw, Spineshank, Slipknot, and many other bands came out of it. A lot of them are pretty dated, but I think people give it a bad rap, thanks to a band like Limp Bizkit. I’ve listened to an album from them, and it wasn’t half bad, but Fred Durst is not a good vocalist at all, nor a good lyricist, and he should go away. It’s unfair to discredit a whole style of music, let alone remember it, for a couple of bad apples in the entire genre, no? I mean, every era of music has had some pretty bad music that we tend to just forget about. There was bad music during every era of music, but we just tend to remember the good stuff from before the 00s, because the Internet wasn’t a thing yet. At its core, though, I can get the disdain for nu-metal, because it’s most often performed by whiny, cringy, and untalented white guys that think they can rap, even though they really can’t, so it ends up being embarrassing for everyone involved. Nu-metal was basically for suburban white guys, usually teens or early 20s, that liked metal, but didn’t want to admit they liked hip-hop, so they settled for the next best thing. It’s got a bad reputation for a reason, but I don’t think it’s totally warranted. A lot of great stuff came out, like I said, and bad music has always existed. I mean, if you really think about it, nu-metal of the early 00s is similar to metalcore / crabcore the mid-00s. In terms of metal, the next fad / trend came along, and it was bands like Of Mice & Men, Attack Attack, Asking Alexandria, and the like.

Similarly to nu-metal, some of those bands have either disappeared completely, changed their sound, or keep doing their thing to their dedicated fanbase, but a lot of people look at it with disdain. I can totally understand it, especially those that never grew up with it, and didn’t necessarily see its appeal, but even people that either grew up with nu-metal or crabcore (maybe they grew up with both), tend to mock them or disassociate from them. I mean, I can understand that to a degree, because people tend to be embarrassed of what they used to like, but I look back on crabcore with fondness in a sense. Looking back at an album like Attack Attack’s debut record, 2008’s Someday Came Suddenly, it’s an album that could only have come out in 2008. It’s an album that’s oddly dated and timeless all at once, but it’s also a lot of fun. I mean, you can say the same thing for nu-metal, too, at least when it’s done well. It’s a genre that’s a ton of fun, energetic, and both dated and timeless at the same time. A lot of these bands / albums are ones that only could have come out in the early 00s, and they’re a product of their time, but they’re so much of a product that they become timeless in a sense. I’m not surprised that nu-metalcore would become a thing, because nostalgia is such a huge moneymaker / influencer in media today, whether it’s rebooting movie franchises, TV shows, or even bands coming back from the dead to release new music. Nu-metalcore is a genre that makes sense, especially when you look at the people making it. A lot of musicians were kids during the early 00s, and they grew up on nu-metal / hard-rock, so you can hear that influence in their stuff.

Austin Carlile, the former frontman of Of Mice & Men talked about how he grew up on Deftones, Chevelle, and Breaking Benjamin, so he wanted to incorporate their sounds into their music, especially with 2014’s Restoring Force, but bands like Issues, My Ticket Home, Cane Hill, and many others have been taking this idea and running with it. I listen to a few of these bands, since metalcore isn’t quite my cup of tea anymore (I tend to like bands that are a bit heavier, though, and are more on the “metal” spectrum, at least), but every now and again, I find a metalcore band that I find to be really interesting. Nu-metalcore tends to mainly rely on nu-metal instrumentation within its sound, having a very groovy sound with a funky tone to the guitarwork at times, but what they don’t have are, well, rappers. A lot of nu-metal bands had vocalists that rapped, and sometimes that’s all they did; they didn’t sing, scream, or anything else. They just rapped. Those types of bands are becoming less prominent, but a few of them happen to come out of the woodwork every now and again. Last year I talked about BackWordz and Fire From The Gods, two bands that utilized rappers in their sound, but I found BackWordz to be more interesting, whether it was for their vocalist being better, the lyrics being more interesting, or the overall sound being more diverse. Regardless, they utilized more hip-hop in their sound, and that’s the kind of nu-metalcore that I’ve been enjoying most, since you don’t see it as much. Recently I was just hanging out on Facebook, and sometimes I’ll scroll through the videos section, but I found the band Discrepancies, which are signed to InVogue Records. I haven’t kept up with InVogue in a hot minute, but the caption said something about combining hip-hop and rock, so I was curious, but I didn’t expect for the song to be really, really solid nu-metalcore / rap-metal.

I guess the band had released their latest LP, The Awakening, a couple of years ago, but InVogue reissued the album a couple of bonus tracks, one of them being a new song (the one that I was listening to, “Get Hype”), but I liked the album enough to check out the whole album. Despite it coming out a couple of years ago, originally, I’m going to count it as a new album, at least in 2018, because this is the first time a lot of people have heard of them, such as myself, so I want to talk about them, especially because this album is really, really damn good. I’ve been listening to the album for the last week, give or take, and it’s a wonderful record. It’s not the most groundbreaking, unique, or off the wall album I’ve heard, but that’s how it’s been for a lot of these, since these types of bands don’t necessarily break the mold, but the thing with them, however, is that they do it really well. That’s been the running theme with a lot of these reviews, because these albums are ones that aren’t necessarily breaking the mold in any way, shape, or form, but they do it well. There are a lot of elements that make this album worthwhile, and that makes the replay value really high. Part of that is how diverse this record is, because not only do they utilize rapping in their sound, they’ve got clean vocals, harsh vocals, breakdowns, catchy hooks, and groovy guitarwork. This band takes every aspect of nu-metalcore and takes advantage of it. There’s never a dull moment on this album, and what makes things better is that it all sounds great. I love the rapped vocals a lot, as they are actual bars being spat, the clean vocals have a lot of range, and the harsh vocals are surprisingly good, too. The hooks are catchy, memorable, and interesting, and the instrumentation is a mix between groovy, accessible, and heavy, since some breakdowns tend to show up here and there.

If you’re into bands like Of Mice & Men, Issues, Cane Hill, The Plot In You, Bring Me The Horizon, BackWordz, Fire From The Gods, or any number of nu-metalcore bands out there, Discrepancies is a band that will totally be on your radar. They should be, anyway, because these guys have the talent to be huge. The only thing that I didn’t mention, and I wanted to talk about it briefly, were the lyrics, because they’re another aspect that I really like. Most of the time, they do come off as rather generic “inspirational” songs about rising up, overcoming obstacles, and keeping hope alive (there’s a song called “Keep Hope Alive,” too, but it’s really solid), but there are some very socially aware songs about police brutality and racism, too, which you don’t hear from bands like this, so I’m all for hearing that. Those moments don’t happen a lot, as this band isn’t overtly political, but it’s interesting to hear. Nonetheless, this band is really talented, interesting, and enjoyable. They do have some songs that are meant to be fun, energetic, and “bangers,” too, if you will, such as “Rock The Show,” and the newer song, “Get Hype,” like I mentioned earlier. The other bonus track on this album is an acoustic version of another song on the album, “Not Alone.” What’s cool about this version is that it’s pretty much the same track, but it’s got acoustic guitar instead of electric, so all the same elements are there. That’s how you do an acoustic version, too, but this whole album is great. I can see this being one of my favorite albums of the year. When we get to June, I know I plan on revisiting a lot of these albums, and taking a look at the albums that would make a mid-year list, and this one just might make it on there, albeit quite high, too. It’s an album that I’ve been coming back to a lot, and for good reason, especially with how energetic, fun, interesting, and enjoyable it is. If you’re into any of the bands that I mentioned earlier, you owe it to yourself to check out this band, as well as this album, because it’s some top notch stuff.

[gregthecoolnerd]

Top 15 Metal Albums of 2017

(This list is in no particular order.)

Nightmare Logic by Power Trip

Black Laden Crown by Danzig

Nightbringers by The Black Dahlia Murder

Bloodlust by Body Count

The Dusk in Us by Converge

Doyle II: As We Die by Doyle

Heaven Upside Down by Marilyn Manson

Phantom Anthem by August Burns Red

Veracity by BackWordz

Gravebloom by The Acacia Strain

ALL SMILES by Sworn In

Revelations by Oceano

The Sin and the Sentence by Trivium

The Cold Sun by Loathe

Slime and Punishment by Municipal Waste

Runners-Up:

Wrong One to Fuck With by Dying Fetus

The Blood of Gods by GWAR

One Foot in the Grave by Tankard

Woe to the Vanquished by Warbringer

The Phoenix by CKY

[blackwolfman-music2]

BackWordz - WhitePilled (The Rippaverse Anthem) | Official Music Video

[robertlauchey94]

Backwordz- Statism (Feat. Craig Mabbitt of Escape The Fate)

I’m livid when, the gimmicking wins/ From beginning to end, no gimmick; If I rap it, dude I live it then/ And you can’t do it, so ain’t no need for mimicking/ I’m not innocent. I’m on a mission, so let me finish it/ Matter of time before they summon the army in/ I’m probably on the FBI’s most wanted list/ I’m probably going to end up hung like an ornament/ I’m on a life mission to abolish all the government/ It’s dumb and I’m beyond pissed/ So we’re going to cut to the chase and get rid of metaphorical nonsense/ None of that eloquent bogusness/ I want you to know what it is sucka kid, y’all people keep voting in/ They rob, kill, and steal by the day/ I’d be a buffoon to trust the state/ You’re a tool and fool. Just keep taking the bait/ Making mistake, after mistake, after mistake/ Believe me, this ain’t the typical “Oh the government’s corrupt.” Bro, that’s too easy/ You gotta take responsibility because you willingly Give power to the state, when it’s the state that is your enemy Stuck on stupid, you gotta be on it/ Cry about violence but they got a monopoly on it/ And you keep on buying in to what that man say/ Not knowing that every mandate, just expands the state Hook: Look around tell me what you see, because it’s.. Coming down, coming down. Are you listening? Stop and look. This is what I mean: It’s going down. It’s going down. Look, it ain’t really hard to keep up The politician just hypnotized you with free stuff More and more statism, and y’all people just eat up Yet crying and you’re protesting about how the police suck Y’all don’t get no sympathy from me, because that’s the bed that you made So you gotta lay More inconsistent by the day, making mistake after mistake after mistake At some time you gotta realize/ That the same crap that you despise might be your demise/ And I’d advise that you become more knowledgeable on subjects like economics that benefit/ Not memes on the internet So when you’re mad and you get so combative, you gotta step back and take a stab at your voting habits/ The average man don’t understand that he don’t know; You can be free or be a slave, but you can’t be both. Hook Craig Mabbitt: Open Your Eyes The state you’re in, is a state of mind. Freedom disguised, the state you’re in is a state of mind So they’re wanting a savior? Yet everyday, we go through voluntary exchanges/ They say “who’s going to build the roads?” without taxation/ So you give them a reason to confiscate my payments/ And that’s exactly what the state needs for you to think you need them. But it’s fake, see?/ Maybe you’d see that they are what they swore to prevent/ A monopolized corporation, it’s called government/

[blackrockersandmetalrollers]

We have Afrogoth and Afropunk. What about AfroEmo and Afrometalhead?

[beinglibertarian]

Pop Culture is the Next Step for Libertarians

"Libertarianism is just beginning to make its own pop culture and it’s spearheaded by music groups like BackWordz, and Freenauts, as well as websites like Anarchyball...This is just the beginning." writes Luke Henderson.

With the recent release of BackWordz debut album and its success, it dawned on me that a part of libertarianism that was missing is just now beginning to bud into something. That something is taking our ideas and putting them into pop culture. The ideals of libertarians have been stuck for decades in the academic realm because of the influences of economists, philosophers and historians. While…