A Chronological History of my Music Library

Four days after my last release a new band joins my library when Bring Me the Horizon released their debut EP "This Is What The Edge Of Your Seat Was Made For" on September 25, 2004. But who is Bring Me the Horizon? They are a five-piece deathcore band from Sheffield, England consisting of lead singer Oli Sykes, lead guitarist Lee Malia, rhythm guitarist Curtis Ward, bassist Matt Kean and drummer Matt Nicholls. Bring Me the Horizon play an extremely heavy style that is definitely death metal, but they also mix in a bit of groove and breakdowns from the hardcore style. Let's see what BMTH is all about! The EP begins with "RE: They Have No Reflections" and they jump right into some super heavy guitars and Sykes shows us right from the get-go that he can hit some super high screams! As the pace increases Sykes shows us that he can hit some low screams as well and all the guitars and bass are splendidly heavy the whole way through! Malia mixes in tons of super high,...

A day after my last release and seven years since their last appearance in my library, Green Day released their seventh album "American Idiot" on September 21, 2004. This album was a massive international success: it was Green Day's first #1 album and it spawned five very succesful singles. I'm still not a big Green Day fan, but I do have the first four of the five mega-singles, starting with the title track. "American Idiot" is driven by an upbeat and pretty catchy guitar riff by Billie Joe Armstrong that is just so easy to bounce along with. Armstrong's verses about how Americans are stupid and susceptible to propaganda are great as well and it's no wonder this song became so popular, it's very catchy indeed. Tré Cool plays some catchy drums as well and eventually Armstrong spices things up with a fitting little solo. A pretty solid way to get things started! The next mega-single I have is "Holiday" and it's driven by a fairly sim...

A day after my last release a new band joins my library when Indukti released their debut album "S.U.S.A.R." on September 20, 2004. But who is Indukti? They are a five-piece progressive metal band from Warsaw, Poland consisting of drummer Wawrzyniec Dramowicz, bassist Maciej Adamczyk, guitarists Piotr Kocimski and Maciej Jaśkiewicz and violinist Ewa Jabłońska. Violin in a progressive metal band sounds pretty cool to me, and while there is no official singer in Indukti there are guest vocals on several of this album's songs, all sung by Riverside frontman Mariusz Duda! That's pretty awesome as well! Let's see what Indukti is all about!  The album opens with "Freder" and it begins with some light, trippy guitar that sounds almost like a harp honestly! After about a minute another more standard guitar riff comes in to keep the pace, the  we hear the violin for the first time and it's slow, loud and pretty epic I think. The rest of the band slowly joins ...

Almost three weeks after my last release a new band joins my library when Showbread released their fourth album "No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical" on September 19, 2004. But who is Showbread? They are a 7-piece Christian metalcore band from Guyton, Georgia consisting of Marvin Reilly (drums), Patrick Porter (bass), Ivory Mobley (lead vocals), Mike Jensen and Matt Davis (guitars), John Giddens (keyboards) and Josh Dies (vocals, guitar, synthesizer). I'm not a huge Showbread fan (this is my only album of theirs in my library), but this major label debut showcases the unique style of metalcore these guys play with lots of unexpected twists and turns amongst the heaviness. Let's check it out! The album begins with "A Llama Eats A Giraffe (And Vice-Versa)" and it opens with a phone ringing, a rushed little conversation, then they kick heavily into the main riff with loud guitars, bass and drums all thundering in and Mobley screaming his head off in a very high p...

On the same day as my last release and a little over two years since "Remission", Mastodon released their second album "Leviathan" on August 31, 2004. Mastodon continue their unique style of alternative, slightly progressive metal and this is their first concept album with all the lyrics being about the classic novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. That's an interesting choice for a concept album, Let's see what it's all about! The album opens with it's lead single "Blood And Thunder" which features guest vocals from Neil Fallon of Clutch! It starts with a quiet rhythm guitar riff by Bill Kelliher before the rest of the band comes slamming in nicely as Brent Hinds syncs up with the same riff but much louder and heavier, Brann Dailor provides some speedy and pretty sweet drums and Troy Sanders plays some heavy bass in the background while shouting in a solid voice that isn't quite a scream but still sounds nice and heavy. Sande...

Eight days after my last release and just 15 months since "As The Palaces Burn", Lamb Of God released their fourth album "Ashes Of The Wake" on August 31st, 2004. This was actually Lamb Of God's major label debut, but they are still playing the same style of groovy, super heavy metal. Let's check out the latest! The album kicks off with it's lead single "Laid To Rest" and it has one hell of a main riff by Mark Morton that is just so damn cool! It stops, it starts, it grooves, it's all over the place, and yet somehow it's also super catchy! It's a wicked and quite heavy main riff that drives this song and when Randy Blythe comes in overtop things sound even heavier and more awesome! As always, Blythe can easily hit both extremes with some mostly super low and heavy screaming, but also sometimes some ear-piercingly high screams, and he just fits this heavy mood perfectly! Things roll right into a similarly awesome chorus and after a c...