New Mad Essence in 2014, and in English

Listen to their latest album, Transmission.

Rehumanization is the name of the upcoming album from Russia’s electronicore group Mad Essence.

According to a facebook update, Rehumanization won’t be too different from Transmission, although more complete, as Transmission was more of a transition than the whole idea. It will still feature loads of different musical genres mixed together on the electronicore background.

“[Electronicore is] one of the few musical genres, really capturing the spirit of modern world” and changing their lyrical composition from Russian to English is in order to reach the most people and … Read more

Axon-Neuron re-debut

If you follow this blog, you probably know that I love Axon-Neuron’s jazzy fusion goodness!

They’ve just re-mixed, re-mastered, and enhanced their 2011 debut album Brainsongs, now version 2.0.

I don’t know if the guitarist had his 9 string guitar at the time, but at first listen, it sounds like it. It’s really refreshing to see somebody use an ERG (extended-range guitar) to something quite different than chugging, djenting, riffing, or doing breakdowns. It’s a breeze of fresh air!

Their blend of fuzion-y jazz is unmistakable, persistently good, and remarkable!

Brainsongs 2.0 is up for free on the band’s Read more

Unstable and Floating Sirens

Check this out! Guitar playthrough video of Unstable and Floating, from Siren’s debut album Spore.

While the first half of the video may look underwhelming (for a guitar playthrough video), it gets interesting when the riffs kick in!

You can support and get their album on Imminence Records’ bandcamp page below

Or get it for free or as a physical CD on the band’s website. They’re also on facebook.

-D

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