Music Review: Attack Attack

Artist: Attack Attack

Album: Self Titled

Label: Rise Records

Genre: Metalcore

Rating: 4 out 5

Let me just start by saying that I was unaware of what to expect when listening to this album. The band’s first release (Someday Came Suddenly) was what I believed to be somewhat of a generic attempt at pulling another metalcore album out of a band’s ass just to sell more merch to scene kids. Needless to say I am happy that this album proved me wrong.

Attack Attack has, what I believe, matured in their metal career. Each song on the album takes on a life of its own, and each member does their part to make each song flow flawlessly. They have picked up their singing game as well, most songs (if not all of them) have a melodic singing tune. This blends extremely well with the sick guitar riffs, as well as the blast beating breakdowns.

One thing I really enjoy in metal music is the use of synthesizers/keyboards, there is no slacker on the bands part when it comes to this. Some bands I have listened to can at times go overboard on the electronics, but I feel that they really hit the mark on this issue.

Speaking of electronic nonsense… If you’re like me you can really get into techno, apparently this band agrees. On their 4th track “Shut Your Mouth,” the group pumps out a 100% techno song. All in all I think it ties into the group’s overall vibe very well.

All in all I think the album had a very incredible impact on how people view them. I look forward to what this band will be up to in the future!

When Bill Met Amber

This is hopefully the start of my year round once a week comic habit, eventually something good will come from it! (lol) Feel free to leave questions, comments, concerns in the comment area!

- Hagardly

iRONY

The Creeper

Too Soon

Nothing I can really type here is going to make it sound like I think that it was awful that a person lost their life training for the games this year. However, if the media give you lemons, you turn that into a comic with a splash of humor.

The V-Day Blues

You’re Not Real!

Smoke If You Got Em!

I have decided to take a break from writing WoW related comics. I choose to write things about what I tend to do in my daily life, any here lately that’s college.

College, So far it’s been a trip. One thing that I have noticed is the amount of smoke produced on college campuses.  Like the strip I notice the majority of black clouds to be floating around the Math Buildings.

I started playing WoW again too.

Expect to see more college related comics up soon!

What’s Your Song?

Every friendship/relationship has its ups and downs, and even some have there song. Out of the 20+ years I have been on this earth I can honestly say that there is only one (positive) song that I have attached to a relationship. The bad songs are all attached to relationshits… and i have two of those songs.

The one song that I have had since 2004 (and yes you can do the math to figure out who the song does NOT belong to) is by Matchbook Romance. I will not get too specific as to what the title of the song is, because sharing a song with that person is half the fun of having a song to share.

I will state however, that whenever I hear that song being played I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside. I am able to tell myself that no matter what kind of day I’m going through that no matter what, I’ll be able to fall asleep that night, because it brings me closer to you.

So what is your song? What song reminds you of that special person in your life? I’m not talking about hateful upsetting songs about broken relationships such as “Black Dahlia by Hollywood Undead” *wink* or anything like that. Instead a song that gives you your very own fuzzy feeling when you hear it being played?

P.S. I would take your hand, and never let it go

#7 Back in the day

It’s not a surprise that WoW since the original content has “dumbed down” its content so that the every day person can pick it up and succeed.  I understand that Blizzard enjoys the money coming in on this power house of a game. At $15 a month, times 12 million (probably more these days) who wouldn’t enjoy the extra income.

The only thing that really bites about the difficulty being lowered, is that they have lost many subscribers due to the content no longer being hard. Given, my guild just downed 25 man Mally last week for the first time, when other guilds have had him down months before us; however, of those guilds I’m sure most member are no longer playing the game… at least until the new content comes out.

The thing that really bugs me is the older players that say my, and my guild’s accomplishments were easy and should have been finished earlier. Hopefully we destroy the new content, and hopefully it HARD as crap.

FOR THE HORDE!