The Latest Crave: Otep

We’ve become a nation of wolves ruled by sheep owned by swine overfed & put to sleep and while the media elite decrees what to think i am wide awake on the edge and on the brink. Otep Shamaya, Smash The Control Machine

Otep’s vocal poetry is lurid and explosive in the album Smash the Control Machine. From the opening track Otep marches in and snatches the plastic mask off of American capitalism and homophobia to reveal its hypocrisy and vileness with riot inciting screams and thought provoking whispers. The return of hellions Moke and Evil J to this album is a welcomed chance for fans to revisit the earlier, more savage musical experiences from House of Secrets and Sevas Tra.

The strongest selections include the politically fueled anthem Smash The Control Machine, the call to action track Rise Rebel Resist, Numb and Dumb which speaks out against social complacency, and the exceptional ballad “Ur A Wmn Now” in which Otep sheds her outright anger to expose her inner vulnerability and mental / emotional anguish of growing up girl. While the music is what moves us, it’s Shamaya’s explicit and intelligent lyricism that continues add depth to the band’s gritty thrash-core delivery.

Take this band for what you will but you cannot deny their ability to consume your senses with musically potent alchemy. Smash The Control Machine was released August 18, 2009 on Victory Records and is available everywhere music is sold.

The Latest Crave: Rob Zombie - Icon

As part of the Icon Series launched by Universal Music Enterprises, Rob Zombie – Icon (Geffen/UMe) was released earlier this month as a single and double disc set. What’s different about them? The single version is twelve track crash course in the best of Zombie available only at Wal-Mart, while the 24 track double disc set offers a heavier dose of the devilman from the early days of White Zombie to the Hellbilly Deluxe favorites of today exclusively offered at Best Buy.

In my opinion, the only thing better than Rob Zombie is White Zombie. I recommend shelling out the few extra bucks to get the double disc set, which features La Sexorcisto favorites “Thunder Kiss ’65″ and “Black Sunshine”, as well as Astro Creep 2000 mega hits “More Human than Human” and “Super-Charger Heaven”.

Rob Zombie’s Icon is a dicephalus delight featuring the hard rocking classics of White Zombie and the angrier moods of his later work that stick to the insides of die-hard metal skulls like mouldering corpses into fresh graves. The best of everything real fans already own; Icon revises and updates the Zombie collection and is an excellent addition to your Halloween horror mix this year.

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Single CD

1. Superbeast
2. Dragula
3. Living Dead Girl
4. Feel So Numb
5. Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)
6. Scum of The Earth
7. House of 1000 Corpses
8. Foxy Foxy
9. American Witch
10.The Devils Rejects
11. What?
12. Mars Needs Women

Double CD

Disc 1
1. Thunder Kiss ’65
2. Black Sunshine
3. Super-Charger Heaven
4. More Human Than Human
5. Feed The Gods
6. The One
7. The Great American Nightmare featuring Howard Stern
8. Superbeast
9. Dragula
10. Living Dead Girl
11. Demonoid Phenomenon
12. Meet The Creeper
Disc Two:
13. Feel So Numb
14. Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)
15. Scum Of The Earth
16. House of 1000 Corpses
17. Foxy Foxy
18. American Witch
19. The Lords Of Salem
20. Let It All Bleed Out
21. The Devil’s Rejects
22. What?
23. Sick Bubblegum
24. Mars Needs Women

The Latest Crave: 3 Quarters Dead

3 Quarters Dead (or alternatively 3QD) is not new to the music scene.Through the years, they have played with some of my personal favorites Mushroomhead and Chimaira and also some of the biggest names in the hard rock and heavy metal industry including Soilwork and Shadows Fall. After previously releasing two albums; Blueprint of a Strange Mind and Between Angels and Demons, 3QD is back and currently kicking ass across the country, splitting eardrums with their latest LP "Once Upon This Broken Glass," by now available on Amazon.


Of all songs I played over and over, and over; I found that 3QD truly comes into their own skin in The Coming of Death. Lead vocalist, Jason Sain is best on tracks like this where he tears off your head with cantankerous roars from the gutters of his soul. A thundering mix of soft and heavy, old and newer metal influences can be heard throughout the album but on this track, 3QD truly reveals their inner demon to be an early Coal Chamber and more melodic Mudvayne fusion.


A cold and tortured emotional tempest of intricate musicianship; each instrument adds a unique layer to their overall sound. My one wish is that they explore the more murky depths of metal because although the softer stuff is good, the heaviness is where the mesmerizing comes in.


Once Upon This Broken Glass also features Peter Witchers of Soilwork courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records. Get your copy today at Amazon.


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Posted on 14 September 2010 by earcandi


Hello to all of our readers!


We wanted to take a brief moment to introduce and welcome one of our new writers Ebony Jeanette aka “PinkHeadPhonesMusic”. Ebony has jumped on board to share her work with Ear Candi Magazine to present to the world a lot of new music in the Music Review section.


Today you may notice Ebony submitted four new articles to Ear Candi and we look forward to more as the days go by. Check out the music category here at Ear Candi Magazine and see the wonderful talent Ebony has brought to you all to discover.


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