Song A Day: Avatar

Sunday, April 1, 2018

A to Z 2k18: A is for Avatar

Band: Avatar
Song: Let It Burn
Album: The Black Waltz (2012)
Genre: Groove Metal

Welcome to the A to Z, April Fools Day, and Easter! Hot dang, what a pile of things that kick off today, amirite? Looking at it now, I feel like this is a more popular band for me to be posting, but they're also a niche genre, so I'm sure it'll be fine.

Avatar is a band that has a fantastic stage presence. I love their look so much, there's something about a band that has a designated look they stick to.

One of the things that's great about them musically though are the fantastic guitar riffs. This song is a solid example of that with the intro riff and how it transfers great throughout the song. And the vocal work, my goodness. He's got highs, he's got lows, and he's able to sing as well.

A lot of Groove Metal bands have that feeling though. Rob Zombie is a fantastic example of that actually, so if you're familiar with his music you might like these guys. Either way give it a check.

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Monday, November 27, 2017

Avatar - Hail The Apocalypse

Band: Avatar
Song: Hail The Apocalypse
Album: Hail The Apocalypse (2014)
Genre: Groove Metal

So my brother and I actually liked this song enough to incorporate aspects of it into one of our new tunes. The main riff with that little rev up thing, that's so freaking cool.

Once again, as per the my usual criteria, bands with a good gimmick work. In this case, their gimmick is just a really strong frontman. Like, look at this dude, this is amazing. The only real downside I've seen is that his vocal work, while really good, doesn't always hold up well live. I'm willing to accept that though, as I'm not likely to see them, haha

Looking into them, it kinda looks like they picked up a following by making a song about The Queen Of Blades from Starcraft. So yeah, that's a good way to pick up some people, that's a huge community. I'm planning on giving it a listen, I'll let you know someday how I like it.

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What I'm about

I am Noah, king of casual english; One of those bloggers that just doesn't know how to string a proper sentence together to save his life. I really apologize for those of you that will hate that, apparently my honors in english just didn't stick.

I like everything from Satanic Thrash to Top 40s trash, so I'll probably hit on at least one song that you like someday.

Let's be real though, my main pull is Death Metal and Rap, so you'll see a decent amount of that since those are the two industries I mainly follow.

Schedule and Stuff

The posts go live at 12 am EST. If they don't, I probably wrote them the night before and fell asleep before actually clicking on the publish button. It's all good though.

Music wise I mostly pull from what I like. I'm totally open to suggestions in the comments, so if there's some genre you want to hear more of just let me know and I'll do what I can.

Some of this music might be offensive to you. Apologies, but it'll probably happen. Heck, 6 or 7 years ago I'd probably be appalled at what I'm listening to nowadays, haha

I'll try to always tag for language if the song has it though, so you can at least make sure not to listen to if around younger ears if that's something that concerns you.