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About Opeth's New Album

I wish I was the one that wrote this review. Anyway after reading it I have set my expectation for Opeth's new album, it's fucking high. By Greg Kennelty from Metal Injection: http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/first-impressions-of-the-new-untitled-opeth-album-a-track-by-track-review "I've been chomping at the bit to hear the new  Opeth  record ever since frontman and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt started talking about it later on in 2013. As a general statement, I liked  Heritage  but I thought it could've been a little more focused at times. So when Åkerfeldt said the new stuff would be heavier and "all over the place," I was simultaneously concerned and very interested. Where the hell could this new record go that would really, truly shock fans at this point? Well now I can tell you. So here's how this is going to work… The record has no name and the songs have no titles, so each song I'm going to title as the numbered track with t

The Menzingers - Rented World

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Band: The Menzingers Album:  Rented World Release Date:  April 22 , 2014 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7/10

Therapy? - Troublegum Deluxe Edition

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Band: Therapy? Album:  Troublegum Deluxe Edition Release Date:  March 31 , 2014 (Original Album released February 7, 1994) Genre: Alternative Metal/Punk Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 10/10 ESSENTIAL

My Morning Jacket - Circuital

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Band: My Morning Jacket Album:  Circuital Release Date:  May 31 , 2011 Genre: Indie Rock/Experimental Rock/Psychedelic Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8.5/10

José González - Veneer

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Band: José González Album:  Veneer Release Date:  August 6 , 2005 Genre: Acoustic/Indie Pop Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Hot Water Music - Exister

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Band: Hot Water Music Album:  Exister Release Date:  May 15 , 2012 Genre: Post-Hardcore/Alternative Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7/10

Foxboro Hot Tubs - Stop Drop and Roll

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Band: Foxboro Hot Tubs Album:  Stop Drop and Roll Release Date:  May 20 , 2008 Genre: Garage Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 8/10

Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy

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Band: Fastball Album:  All the Pain Money Can Buy Release Date:  March 10 , 1998 Genre: Alternative Rock/Pop Rock Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 8.2/10

Descendents - Cool to Be You

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Band: Descendents Album:  Cool to Be You Release Date:  March 23 , 2004 Genre: Punk Rock Expectation: 6.6/10 Reality: 8.0/10

Channel Zero - Feed 'Em With a Brick

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Band: Channel Zero Album:  Feed 'Em With a Brick Release Date:  June 1 , 2011 Genre: Groove Metal/Thrash Metal Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7/10

Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends

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Band: Portugal. The Man Album:  Evil Friends Release Date:  June 3 , 2013 Genre: Indie Rock/Experimental Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Wolves Like Us - Black Soul Choir

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Band: Wolves Like Us Album:  Black Soul Choir Release Date:  February 4 , 2014 Genre: Post-Hardcore/Alternative Metal Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Electric Guest - Mondo

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Band: Electric Guest Album:  Mondo Release Date:  May 15 , 2012 Genre: Indie Electronic/Dance Pop Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Blut Aus Nord - 777 Cosmosophy

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Band: Blut Aus Nord Album:  777 Cosmosophy Release Date:  October 9 , 2012 Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal/Experimental/Industrial Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 8.5/10

Goldfinger - Hello Destiny

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Band: Goldfinger Album:  Hello Destiny... Release Date:  April 22 , 2008 Genre: Pop Punk/Ska Punk Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8/10

The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams

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Band: The Hold Steady Album:  Teeth Dreams Release Date:  March 25 , 2014 Genre: Alternative Rock/Classic Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Wolfmother - New Crown

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Band: Wolfmother Album:  New Crown Release Date:  March 23 , 2014 Genre: Hard Rock Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 7/10

Only Living Witness - Prone Mortal Form

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Band: Only Living Witness Album:  Prone Mortal Form Release Date:  April 29 , 1993 Genre: Heavy Metal/Alternative Metal/Thrash Metal Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8.5/10

About Music

Robb Flynn, the frontman of Machine Head, writes a really nice online blog "The General Journals: Diary of a Frontman... And Other Ramblings" about living through music, touring, music industry etc, and his last post about music nowadays is a text I highly recommend any music fan to read. I really still don't know what to think about it but it definitely got me thinking. Take a look! http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/machine-heads-robb-flynn-the-music-business-has-sucked-the-life-out-of-creativity/  or read it below: "I'm in a shitty mood. "Not for the story I'm about to tell, but because of my thoughts afterward. "I went out to San Francisco for my buddy  Joe 's birthday shenanigans. We went out for Moroccan food at a joint called El Mansour. The place had a great vibe, belly dancing, sword balancing, and amazing food! The lamb in particular was to-freakin'-die-for, slow roasted and covered in honey and cinnamon. "On the way o

The Intersphere - Relations in the Unseen

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Band: The Intersphere Album:  Relations in the Unseen Release Date:  March 7 , 2014 Genre: Alternative Rock/Prog Rock Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8/10

Arbouretum - The Gathering

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Band: Arbouretum Album:  The Gathering Release Date:  February 15 , 2011 Genre: Stoner Rock/Folk Rock/Jam Rock Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7/10

Best Coast - Crazy for You

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Band: Best Coast Album:  Crazy for You Release Date:  July 27 , 2010 Genre: Indie Pop/Surf Music/Garage Rock Expectation: 6/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Mastodon - Live at Brixton

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Band: Mastodon Album:  Live at Brixton Release Date:  December 10 , 2013 Genre: Sludge Metal Expectation: 8/10 Reality: 7/10

Orphanage - By Time Alone

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Band: Orphanage Album:  By Time Alone Release Date:  June 15 , 2001 Genre: Doom Metal Expectation: 7/10 Reality: 8.5/10