Black Label Society 'Mafia'

Black Label Society's Mafia is a great album. I think it's a must have for any BLS fan. As is the video for "Fire it Up". The song's great but the video is also very well done. I mean, who doesn't love seeing the news delivered by two skeletons? The video is mixed with dark humor and the truth about how the world is turning into hell on Earth.

The album has great power tracks to a wonderful ballad dedicated to Dimebag Darrell to a fuckin' Lynyrd Skynyrd cover! Though, I must say that one of my favorites is "Electric Hellfire". Great song and the ending is hilarious....in my opinion that is. This is one of the few albums that I can just sit back, hit play and jam out to the whole damn thing. While having Zakk Wylde's signature guitar sound I think a few of the songs could've been better. For example the intro on "Fire it Up" gets old after you listen to it a few times. I think they could've easily found something better. But as I said, the album has mostly strong and very strong tracks.

I highly recommend that everyone get a copy of Mafia, I truely think you'll love it.

Halo In Reverse

Ok, first and foremost, I would like to apologize for the long delay. I've been fightin' my depression again and it's been pretty bad lately. So, this is helpin' me feel better so, thanks for waitin' and readin'. So, onto the music.

Halo in Reverse. Yeah, that's right this dude's name is Halo in Reverse. The first time I saw it, I'm like "How can a halo go in reverse? It's friggin' circle!" Don't let the name fool ya, he's good. He's a white-boy from Philly who's got the Indsustrial chops that liken to Celldweller, Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails and Criss Angel (yes, the illusionist), just to name a few.

The first time I heard of him was when I got a friend request on MySpace. Normally, I don't add bands that request me, however I had a listen to his music had a great sound, not to mention a good name. So yeah, from the first listen I was a fan. He's got songs that range from, good to have as background noise in your headphones while you surf the internet, to songs that you'll find yourself listenin' to while on the net and semi-bangin' your head too, to just plain ol' good songs, to a couple great ones. I highly recommend the 4:41 "Pop Culture Icon". It has to be one of the best songs I've heard in the last few years. You can listen to some of his "tune-age" (that's my Pauley Shore) on his MySpace page, OR what I suggest his official website, on which he has a chunk of more songs on a pop out Flash player, which, for people like me who have computers with REALLY bad RAM, is a good. You can go there listen to his songs (sorry no downloadin') and still raise hell on other sites.

Official website
Official MySpace