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Flaw: Through The Eyes was the last great nü-metal album

08/25/202207/05/2022 Luigi Kawasaki

Miscellaneous

Nü-metal had a rough time in the beginning of the 2000’s, the market was flooded and people were beginning to tire of the sound since it had reached its peak, it still have a solid 2 years of dominating but things weren’t exactly the same and Flaw was one of those bands that were overlooked … Read More “Flaw: Through The Eyes was the last great nü-metal album” »

New Years Eve 1999 – 2000

12/31/202012/02/2020 Luigi Kawasaki

Holiday Special

The year 2000 didn’t start the new millennium might not have been until 2001 but that stopped nobody from celebrating the 1999 – 2000 new years eve as the start of the new futuristic millennium where robots finally rise and we live in futuristic cities. And we’re celebrating this New Years Eve by taking a … Read More “New Years Eve 1999 – 2000” »

Tribute to Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park

09/24/202008/28/2020 Luigi Kawasaki

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Linkin Park was the band that not only got me into heavier music but also into music in general, I was around 13 when I first heard Linkin Park and while that’s a profile that fits most people I actually began listening to Linkin Park in October 2000 before they came out thanks to Napster … Read More “Tribute to Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park” »

Pokemon Christmas Bash is what your X-Mas playlist needs

12/03/201802/05/2021 Luigi Kawasaki

Gaming Again, Listen back..

What better way to celebrate X-Mas than with a good playlist and thankfully Pokemon has this Christmas Bash album released in 2001 when the Pokemon fad had already died they somehow thought they could re-create the hype that the original Pokemon 2BA Master did. And unlike 2BA Master which only did it with two songs, … Read More “Pokemon Christmas Bash is what your X-Mas playlist needs” »

Filter Title of Record feels like an autumn album

11/12/201802/05/2021 Luigi Kawasaki

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Let’s take a look at Filter’s second album Title of record and check out what this industrial band had to offer in 1999 and an album that I randomly bought without knowing if it’d be good or not just knowing that I liked some Filter songs at a used CD store and went on being my favorite record for November during my last year of High School. Spoiler alert, this album will make me cry and want to eat pumpkin pie. A little more ear friendly than Filter’s other stuff.

Sand is just an intro that before this I thought it was just part of the next song so I guess it does a good job but now Welcome to the Fold feels a little bit weird without it. This song is so secret that Rhino records has the music video unlisted but here you can check it out in all its glory the official video of Welcome to the fold. A weird song to have as a single but I ain’t complaining and a long song that was edited for the radio version and music video which sucks. A guy is driving in the desert when he see’s a water cube mirage in full 90s budget CG effects which adds to it which is cool but the band playing randomly in a small squared white room with shirtless fans is no fun and neither when the other camping vans arrive. The big reveal is that they’re playing inside the cube and maybe a seeking missle goes to destroy it as people are getting in? I dunno just go with it, I mean Richard Patrick almost has Ares’ beard from Xena Warrior Princess.

Disturbed’s The Sickness is the Perfect Soundtrack for Super Monkey Ball

11/05/201811/04/2018 Luigi Kawasaki

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The nu-metal debut album for Disturbed back in 2000 was something special, it was heavy, dark and stood out with the rest of the nu-metal stuff coming out at the time. I don’t quite remember how I got this record but I was already a fan when I started to see commercials on TV for … Read More “Disturbed’s The Sickness is the Perfect Soundtrack for Super Monkey Ball” »

Spawn The Album is fantastic to this day

10/15/201802/04/2021 Luigi Kawasaki

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Spawn has been quite a lucky franchise when it comes to music since it did get its own concept album by Iced Earth but also got a pretty damn good soundtrack for the 1997 film with Spawn: The Album. What makes this movie soundtrack different from others is that it’s mostly original tracks instead of a compilation album but that’s not where they stopped since it’s also a unique set of collaborations between well known Rock / Metal artists and electronic producers from the 90s which gives sets it apart from normal tracks.

The soundtrack begins with the single Can’t You Trip Like I do from The Crystal Method and Filter which I already talked about in a previous music match so I won’t go too much into details other than it’s a great track and wish there were more Spawn references in the music video besides random clips of the movie.

We then get a collaboration between Marilyn Manson and Sneaker Pimps with Long Hard Road Out of Hell which Todd McFarlane himself said Manson epitomized what Spawn was all about. There was some bad blood between Marilyn Manson and Sneaker Pimps over the writing of the song but nonetheless this is prime Manson. I was never a huge fan of this song but it does fit Spawn rather well thematically unlike the Filter song. The music video doesn’t really have much to do with anything since it’s just Manson being Manson in a church setting and modeling to make sure it’s out there.