Taproot Gift 2000/Atlantic Oh my absent god this band use to fucking rock. Back in the time period of the turn of the millennium, nu-metal was at an all-time high, airwaves and Mtv’s TRL being mostly dominated by the likes of Korn and Limp Bizkit, if you dug a little deeper you’d have found Slipknot [keep on readin', baby...]
Dream Theater — ‘Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From A Memory’ Atlantic/WEA Released October 16, 1999 My love for this record and my appreciation for this band is kind of a mystery. I don’t really care much for ‘progressive’ metal and really, I haven’t liked anything this band has done since this record (although their stuff [keep on readin', baby...]
Pantera — Vulgar Display Of Power Atlantic Records/WEA Released Feb 25, 1992 I was driving around the other day when I realized that during the lifespan of the Bear Necessities feature, I’d yet to feature anything close to a metal cd. I thought it to be kinda weird considering how big a fan I am [keep on readin', baby...]
There was once a time, long long ago when Finger Eleven was one of my favorite bands in the whole wide world. Yes, it’s true, despite what the music noobz may think, F11 was relavent long before that retarded (but admittedly catchy) Paralyzer song. More than 10 years ago, the dudes dropped a record called [keep on readin', baby...]
If you build it, he will come. We continue baseball movie week here on BEP with the single best baseball movie ever made..arguably the best sports movie ever made (sorry Rudy and Hoosiers!)..and quite possibly one of the best movies in general EVAH..Field Of Dreams! Every April (or March), without fail, I always sit down [keep on readin', baby...]
Sleeping At Last — ‘Keep No Score’ Released June 21, 2006 If you have been a follower of my blogging or year end reviews through the years, you may remember my gushing about this album. If you have not, that’s okay, because I’m about to do it again. There are times in life when you [keep on readin', baby...]
Bright Eyes – ‘I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning’ Saddle Creek Released January 25, 2005 Is it a faux-pas to have this recent a record as an essential piece of music? I don’t really think so, especially if it can hold it’s own with any other record I view as being a classic. There was a [keep on readin', baby...]
This here my friends is metal at its best. As most of you know, all of us here in BEP land love Darkest Hour, in fact, if you don’t like the dudes, you’re not allowed to read the page. Let me start from the beginning. Back in the year of 2001, right around Christmas time, [keep on readin', baby...]
Ah Full Collapse, what a wonderful cd you are. Back in 2001 a little band named Thursday released this disc upon my ears and forever changed the way I listened to music. In 2001 for sure, and most likely 2002, this was by far the most listened to disc in my cd player. I think [keep on readin', baby...]
VAST — ‘Visual Audio Sensory Theater’ Elektra Records Released April 28, 1998 Wow, 1998. Seems like yesterday. Chances are, even if you aren’t familiar with the band, you’ve probably heard something they’ve done before. The song ‘Touched’ was fairly popular and used on a few movie trailers (most notably that I can remember The Beach), [keep on readin', baby...]
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