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REVIEW : Surrogate - Love Is for the Rich

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Artist: Surrogate Album: Love Is for the Rich Label: Tooth & Nail Records Release Date: August 28, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Shift the Blame 2. 15 3. Talk of the Weather 4. Photographic Memory 5. Death Penalty 6. Problem Solving 7. Easy 8. Papertrail 9. Fix Another 10. Stay out of the Sun 11. Upside Down Pictures 12. The Fence “Indie.” A term used to describe musical styles as diverse as the full spectrum of the animal kingdom. From the amoeba to the deer to the pterodactyl (RIP), “indie” is a great blanket genre to cover them all.… Continued →

REVIEW : Thousand Foot Krutch - The Flame in All of Us

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Artist: Thousand Foot Krutch Album: The Flame in All of Us Label: Tooth & Nail Records Release Date: September 18, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. The Flame in All of Us 2. Falls Apart 3. New Drug 4. What Do We Know? 5. Favorite Disease 6. My Home 7. My Own Enemy 8. Learn to Breathe 9. Inhuman 10. Broken Wings 11. The Safest Place 12. Wish You Well Having followed TFK since Set It Off, their 2001 debut on DJ Dove Entertainment, their musical change across this career has been on one hand expected, and on the other, ridiculous.… Continued →

INTERVIEW : Demon Hunter

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1.)Please introduce yourself (or selves? I don’t know) and give

background on previous music projects.

Ryan Clark- vocalist. I used to sing in a band called Training For Utopia and played guitar in a band called Focal Point.

2.)Your 4th studio album comes out next week. Do you have any special

plans for release day?

Just a release party with some friends and family.

3.)Did you take a break after The Triptych was released, or did you

begin writing again as soon as that album was done?

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REVIEW : Mainstay - Become Who You Are

By Eric Pettersson in Reviews | Comments closed

Artist: Mainstay Album: Become Who You Are Label: BEC Recordings Release Date: September 25, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Become Who You Are 2. Stars Are Singing 3. Away from You 4. Where Your Heart Belongs 5. Am I Keeping You? 6. Believe 7. Only One 8. Island 9. When You Come Down 10. Roads 11. Story 12. Don’t I Look the Same 13. Hang On BEC Recordings has come a long way since The Adventures of the O.C. Supertones. Over the years, the label has switched its focus from being the home of the best-selling T&N bands to home of the more openly Christian artists that sign to the Nail’s empire.… Continued →

REVIEW : Oceans Above - Oceans Above

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Artist: Oceans Above Album: Oceans Above Label: Sparrow Records Release Date: April 24, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettesson Tracklist: 1. Beautiful One 2. O Praise Him (All This for a King) 3. Gazing 4. Rain Down 5. Filled with Your Glory 6. Blessed Be Your Name 7. God of Wonders 8. In Christ Alone 9. Love Break Me 10. Oh Lord, You’re Beautiful 11. Everything about You 12. Forever 13. We Fall Down 14. You and I 15. Jesus’ Blood “Holy faith! Why didn’t I hear about this thing before?”… Continued →

REVIEW : Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II (Fire and Water)

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Artist: Thrice Album: The Alchemy Index: Vols I & II (Fire and Water) Label: Vagrant Records Release Date: October 16, 2007 Review By: Wilhelm Tracklist: Fire EP 1. Firebreather 2. The Messenger 3. Backdraft 4. The Arsonist 5. Burn the Fleet 6. The Flame Deluge Water EP 1. Digital Sea 2. Open Water 3. Lost Continent 4. Night Diving 5. The Whaler 6. Kings Upon the Main The newest release from Thrice, The Alchemy Index Vols. 1&2: Fire and Water, is a beautiful work of musicianship and artistic flare that most any music enthusiast could appreciate. … Continued →

INTERVIEW : The Glorious Unseen Interview

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Yesterday, I had the awesome opportunity of doing an e-mail interview with Ben Crist of The Glorious Unseen. I know that e-mail is pretty impersonal, but he seems like an amazing guy. If you have visited TGU’s myspace today, you might have read this already, because Ben posted it there. This is my first interview ever, so constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. Please point out mistakes. I tried to ask less commonly asked questions, and I hope I succeeded. So yeah, enjoy the interview. 1.)Could you introduce yourself and give some background on previous bands/musical endeavors, etc?… Continued →

REVIEW : Mahteo - The NuWave Republic

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Artist: Mahteo Album: The NuWave Republic Label: Scotoma Artist Co-op Release Date: August 14, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Lucky 2. Montreal 3. To Manifest like Breath 4. Ahi Te Encontrare 5. New Love The fact that the 80s are still trying to live on is, in my opinion, a rather confusing thing. At times it can be entirely thrilling, and at others it can be downright horrifying. Take the example of 80s cartoon shows being turned into modern movies. You’ve got TMNT, Transformers, The Incredible Hulk, and so forth.… Continued →

REVIEW : The Glorious Unseen- "Tonight the Stars Speak"

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Band: The Glorious Unseen Album: Tonight the Stars Speak Record Label: Tooth and Nail Records/ BEC Recordings Release Date: October 23, 2007 Reviewed by: Cory Track List 1. Hear Our Prayers 2. Forever Holy 3. Meet Us Here 4. Tonight the Stars Speak 5. Wrapped Up in You 6. Oh Praise Him 7. Where Your Glory Dwells 8. Embracing the Call 9. Burn in Me 10. Close to Your Heart I’ve probably waited for this album release for a good year and a half now. Ever since The Glorious Unseen was first introduced to us at IVM, I’ve been stoked for an album to come out.… Continued →

REVIEW : Long Live Logos - Mundus Vulti Decipi...

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Artist: Long Live Logos Album: Mundus Vulti Decipi… Label: Pacific Records Buy: IVM Store 1. Walk 2. The Darkness When I Close My Eyes (The Light When I Open Them) 3. Come On, Come On 4. Dark World 5. You Never Say What I Want To Hear 6. Hey Jesus 7. Grace 8. The Science of Blushing 9. Enough Said 10. All I Need “The word “logos” in Greek has an extraordinary range of meanings — the heart of which is both “meaning” and “reckoning”. Hence, it may refer to a “word” or a “thought” or a spoken phrase or an idea or that which conveys something which, to the hearer, is meaningful and, thus, can move them.… Continued →

REVIEW : Palaris - The Pros and Cons of Redemption

By Eric Pettersson in Reviews | Comments closed

Artist: Palaris Album: The Pros and Cons of Redemption Label: Blue Duck Records Release Date: August 21, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Long Walk Home 2. Thinking to Listen 3. Sandboxes and Sailboats 4. Iscariot 5. Masquerade 6. Ghost 7. Blindness for Belief 8. Time to Kiss the Ground 9. To Cameron, from Taylor 10. Life as a Game Palaris are, at this stage in their career, one of those bands that I could see as an opening act and absolutely love. It’s happened to all of us with any number of bands, and while I only have this CD to go by, I am convinced that Palaris would be the same, had I seen them live.… Continued →

REVIEW : Falling Up- "Captiva"

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Band: Falling Up Album Title: Captiva Label: Tooth and Nail Records Release Date: 10/02/07 Review by: Nate 1. A Guide To Marine Life 2. Hotel Aquarium 3. Goodnight Gravity 4. Captiva 5. Helicopters 6. Maps 7. How They Made Cameras 8. Good Morning Planetarium 9. Murexa 10. Drago or The Dragons 11. Arc To Archtilles 12. The Dark Side Of Indoor Track Meets Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Summary: Here is a short and sweet review of what I think is one of the catchiest CD of the year.… Continued →

REVIEW : Soul-Junk - 1959

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Artist: Soul-Junk Album: 1959 Label: Quiver Society Release Date: April 15, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Psalm 1 2. Psalm 2 …you get the idea… 22. Psalm 22 23. Psalm 23 By a show of hands, who knew that Soul-Junk still existed? Apparently, this project has been around for a long time and is still going strong. Soul-Junk is arguably best known for 1956, which was released on 5 Minute Walk Records (Five Iron Frenzy, The W’s, Philmore). From that album came the song “Ill-m-I,” which Toby Mac covered on his second solo record, Diverse City.… Continued →

REVIEW : Emery- "I'm Only A Man"

By Nate IVM in Reviews | Comments closed

Band: Emery Album Title: I’m Only A Man Label: Tooth and Nail Records Release Date: 10/02/07 Review by: Nate

Rock-N-Rule
The Party Song
World Away
After The Devil Beats His Wife
Can’t Stop The Killer
Story About A Man With A Bad Heart
Don’t Bore Us, Get To The Chorus
What Makes A Man A Man
The Movie Song
You Think You’re Nickel Slick (But I Got Your Penny Change)
From Crib To Coffin

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Summary: A legacy “Tooth and Nail legacy” is what some would call Emery.… Continued →

INTERVIEW : Edison Glass

By Julio_D_Anta in Interviews | Comments closed

On August 3^rd 2007, I had the extreme pleasure of meeting up with the guys of Edison Glass for a pretty lengthy interview outside the small and smoldering club “Ray’s Downtown Blues” in West Palm Beach, Fl. Two months and ten blistered fingertips later, I have finally finished typing the interview. Enjoy. Interview by: Julio D. Anta Please introduce yourselves for those not present… Joshua Silverberg: [Laughs] I’m Josh, I play guitar and sing. James Usher: My names James, I play guitar. Josh Morin: I’m Josh and I play the bass and sing.… Continued →

INTERVIEW : Brian Fletchner (Quiver Society, Pilgrims band, ex-Warlord)

By Eric Pettersson in Interviews | Comments closed

Eric Pettersson, IVM: Please briefly introduce yourself. Brian Fletchner: Well, thanks for the interest in what I am doing. I have a family and they are wonderful. I have friends that love me and inspire me. Music is very important in my life, and I am very happy that others find what I am doing worth paying attention to. E: I thought it would be fun to start this interview off at the beginning historically and then work our way up. So let’s go back to the days of Warlord.… Continued →

INTERVIEW : Far-Less

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Eric Pettersson, IVM: Let’s get started with your name and duties in the band. Brandon Welch, Far-Less: Brandon Welch is my name. I play guitar and I am the lead vocalist in the band. E: What are you guys up to right now? B: We are waiting for our record to come out in October. We have a tour with Secret and Whisper and Glass Ocean coming up and a tour with He Is Legend after that. Other than that we are just hanging out.… Continued →

REVIEW : Spoken - Spoken

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Artist: Spoken Album: Spoken Label: Tooth & Nail Records Release Date: September 25, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. History Erased 2. Close Your Eyes 3. Not Soon Forgotten 4. Trading in This Troubled Heart 5. You’re the One 6. Brought to Life 7. Love Live the Dream 8. Start the Revolution 9. The Meaning of… 10. When Hope Is All You Have 11. The Answer Screamo is, for the most part, dead. The fad has moved on, and trendy kids have gone their separate ways to pollute other genres.… Continued →

REVIEW : Pilgrims - The Joy of Sales Resistance

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Artist: Pilgrims Album: The Joy of Sales Resistance Label: Quiver Society Release Date: August 1, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Theme Song 2. My Love 3. Martin (Violence Oh Violence, I Don’t See You, You’re Not in My Backyard) 4. It’s Easy to Fear What’s Far Off and Ignore Injustice across the Street 5. We Have Forgotten How to Practice Love When We Don’t Feel It After doing my typical background research for a review, I wished I had been around for (or paid more attention to) the early days of Solid State.… Continued →

REVIEW : Finchley - Walking with Angels EP

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Artist: Finchley Album: Walking with Angels EP Label: None Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Walking with Angels 2. Prodigal 3. In the Wind 4. Struggle On Having led the rock band Supervision for a few years, Ian Finch recently decided it was time to go solo. Coming from Liverpool, this is a man in good musical company. His songs are relaxing, even at their climaxes. Acoustic and soft electric guitars are blended together for a radio-ready feel that maintains indie accessibility. Finchley’s voice smoothly brings it together, and the piano laces work well to complete the sound.… Continued →

REVIEW : The Rocket Summer - Do You Feel

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Artist: The Rocket Summer Album: Do You Feel Label: Island Records/ The Militia Group Release Date: July 17, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Break It Out 2. So Much Love 3. Do You Feel 4. Save 5. All I Have 6. High Life Scenery 7. A Song Is Not a Business Plan 8. Taken Aback 9. Colors 10. Run to You 11. Hold It Up 12. Waiting 13. So, In This Hour… These days it seems the early artists on The Militia Group are all growing up… sort of.… Continued →

REVIEW : August Burns Red- "Messengers"

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Band: August Burns Red Album Title: Messengers Label: Solid State Records Release Date: June 19th, 2007 Review by: Nate 1. Truth of a Liar 2. Against The Ropes 3. Back Burner 4. The Blinding Light 5. Composure 6. Vital Signs 7. The Eleventh Hour 8. The Balance 9. Black Sheep 10. An American Dream 11. Redemption Rating: Summary: Brutal? Why yes; I have some of that music for you. Just thrown on some of the newest CD from August Burns Red and you might understand the full meaning of brutal.… Continued →

REVIEW : As Cities Burn, "Come Now Sleep"

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Tracklist: 1. Contact 2. Empire 3. The Hoard 4. This Is It, This Is It 5. Clouds 6. New Sun 7. Tides 8. Wrong Body 9. Our World Is Grey 10. Timothy “Hearts aren’t really our guides, we are truly alone, cause God ain’t up in the sky holding together our bones.” Not what you might expect to hear from a band performing at Christian festivals and discussing God in their lyrics, but those are the very first words sung on As Cities Burn’s sophomore release on Solid State Records, “Come Now Sleep.”… Continued →

REVIEW : Lórien - The Ghost in the Parlor

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Artist: Lórien Album: The Ghost in the Parlor Label: None (released independently) Release Date: Fall 2006 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Praise the Stage and Love Only the Saved 2. You Got Me Down 3. A Dove amongst the Crows 4. Empty Words 5. Singing Isn’t Music 6. Shallow End Lórien? Is that European?… hmm, a quick Google search and, oh no. No, it’s something from J.R.R. Tolkien. Of course. Maybe this was their name’s inspiration, maybe not. Either way, hopefully this record isn’t quite as drawn-out action adventure as those films were.… Continued →

REVIEW : Everett - Destination EP

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Artist: Everett Album: Destination EP Label: Wooden Oxen 1. The Crown 2. Lay Down Your Arms 3. LaGuardia 4. The Anchor Dallas Taylor. One of the more revered names out of the class of “Recent Christian Heavy Music Frontmen.” Taylor fronted Underoath to a Solid State Records deal and one of the earliest Christian hardcore/new-wave emo records, The Changing Of Times, which paved the way for bands like Cry Of The Afflicted, Dead Poetic, and post-Dallas Taylor Underoath. After departing on somewhat uncertain terms, Taylor formed Southern rock band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.… Continued →

REVIEW : I Am Not I Am - Dear God, We Must Return Fire

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Artist: I Am Not I Am Album: Dear God, We Must Return Fire Label: Tenfold Records Release Date: April 3, 2007 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. How the North Finally Won the Civil War 2. The Real Reason the South Lost the Civil War 3. The District 4. We Want Our Ashes Spread in Jersey 5. Vocabularies When Moses talked to God through the burning bush and asked whom he should tell the Israelites had sent him, God replied, “I AM.” With that in mind, “I Am Not I Am” is a poetic form of humility: “I Am Not Yahweh.”… Continued →

REVIEW : Amen. The Animal - Pray Now Destroyer

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Aritst: Amen. The Animal Album: Pray Now Destroyer Label: Tenfold Records Release Date: November 21, 2006 Review by: Eric Pettersson Tracklist: 1. Carlisle 2. The Sunrise 3. Open Sky 4. Southern Night Visions of War 5. Forget That Boy 6. The Name of the Game Is… As the CD opens with a launching scream of “Where did you go,” two thoughts come to mind. One, this band obviously likes He Is Legend (See: “The Seduction”). Two, they know how to wrap the heavy around the melodic.… Continued →

INTERVIEW : Spoken

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Spoken interview August 18, 2007 By Eric Pettersson Eric Pettersson, IVM: Can you start with your name and what you do in the band? Matt Baird, Spoken: My name is Matt from the band Spoken, Matt Baird, I sing. E: Your band’s been around for ten years? M: Eleven years. February was eleven years. Started in 1996. E: What keeps you going? M: the desire to play music and to feel like I’m being obedient to God. We love music. We love it, and until I have that overwhelming feeling in my heart and soul that I’m done, I can’t stop.… Continued →

INTERVIEW : The Apathy Eulogy

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The Apathy Eulogy interview August 17, 2007 By Eric Pettersson Eric Pettersson, IVM: Name and what you do in the band. Rob Kelly, TAE: Rob Kelly, I play guitar, sing, and write the music. E: So I heard you got into Alternative Press. Did they dig it? R: Yeah, from what we heard. We didn’t get an official interview. We actually got mentioned as an unsigned band. They choose I believe it’s 8 bands a month that are notable unsigned bands, and they found us on Smartpunk which is our online vendor, and just asked us if we wanted to be featured.… Continued →

REVIEW : Purple Door 2007: Festival Review

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Purple Door 2007 August 17-18 Ski Roundtop, Lewisberry, PA Festival Review By Eric Pettersson The Purple Door festival this past weekend was, like every other year, unlike any other year. Beginning with Friday night, highlights included the second of the Mono Vs. Stereo New Band Showcase, The Apathy Eulogy. TAE is a five-piece acoustic band with a synth out of Baltimore, Maryland. Their fun sing-alongs (as well as keyboardist Mitch Ryan’s dance moves) have only improved from the last time I saw them. Immediately following, I ran over to the Main Stage to catch The Showdown beginning their set with “Temptation Come My Way.”… Continued →

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