MONSTERS.

Monsters - Righteous Dead (2009)

Hardcore/Death Metal

Been a while since my last blog entry. Alas, I have been busy. But I couldn't NOT write about my latest music acquisition. Picked up Monsters' latest EP earlier this morning and it's been on constant repeat, for good reason.

IMO, there's a few things that need to be done right to get a good deathcore sound. One of them is the right guitar tone. These guys got the perfect tone to compliment both the hardcore and metal riffs they bring (om nom good breakdown tones).

The other thing that I absolutely must have is good vocals. I haven't heard lows like Monsters that I've liked since TAS's "The Dead Walk".

Anyways, I would definitely recommend checking these guys out. They are worth a listen.

Monsters MySpace

Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly

Released		November 11, 2008
Genre		Post-Hardcore Electronica
Length		30:17
Label		Rise Records

1. "Hot Grills and High Tops" - 0:41
2. "Sticky Stickly" - 3:22
3. "Bro, Ashley's Here" - 3:17
4. "Shred, White & Blue" - 2:35
5. "Party Foul" - 2:36
6. "What Happens If I Can't Check My Myspace When We Get There?" - 2:35
7. "Interlude" - 2:06
8. "The People's Elbow" - 2:37
9. "Kickin' Wing" - 2:28
10. "Dr. Shavargo Pt.3" - 3:42
11. "Catfish Soup" - 2:58
12. "Outro" - 1:24

I thought in my mind that I wasn't into the screamo and not-as-heavy kinds of rock/metal anymore, but after listening to Attack Attack!'s latest CD, I think I might be wrong. The combination of metalcore, screamo, and electronic has got me hooked. From the electronic intro that fades into a breakdown on the second track, I was instantly in love. Good beats, vocal performances, breakdowns, dischords and all; if you're into metal, screamo, electronica, or any combination of those, definitely give this CD a listen!

GTS 250 1024MB PCIe

Just picked up a new graphics card at Fry's yesterday. Damn them and they're temptress-like awesome sales... Anyways , I picked up the NVIDIA GTS 250 1024MB PCIe by PNY's XLR8 Gaming. Here's the specs for it:

Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0
Memory Amount: 1024MB DDR3
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s.): 70.4
Fill Rate (billion pixels/sec.): 47.2
Shader Clock (MHz): 1836 MHz
Core Clock (MHz): 738 MHz
Memory Frequency (effective): 2200 MHz
Stream Processors: 128




It comes with all the usual NVIDIA features and overclocking utilities, etc, so I will be pushing the limit with it. But, since I'm at my parents' house on my laptop, I won't be installing this until tomorrow when I head back home. But once I do, I'll post an update on how much it rocks (or fails). Can't wait to try this baby out.

UPDATE: Installed the card and it definitely lives up to my hype. Definitely a worthy purchase. Runs all my games on the highest settings with no problems at all. I would recommend this card to anybody looking some bang for your buck.

Sign neah, and neah, and neah.

Well, finished messing around with this and that'll probably be it for now, from the design point of view. Soon I'll post something useful and informative...maybe.

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Creation

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