Music Week In Nerdom 2-11 - NEWS: Grammys, Mastodon, Tool REVIEWS: Royce...

 



Mastodon
New music is in the works in the Mastodon camp. They have not only begun recording for their follow up to emperor of the sand, but they also BUILT a studio to do so. Kinda… more like they have renovated a building they bought and turned it into a studio AND rehearsal spaces for local Atlanta based bands. And to test out the new facility they decided to record some music, which turned into actual album work. They have finished the first song from the sessions, which also features Scott Kelly from Neurosis, and were trying to release it before they headed out on tour in Europe, but just couldn’t get it finished in time. Brann told RockSverige that the rest of the album will likely be ready to go in 2020, and not any time this year.

Tool
Maynard tweeted the other day that they have hit the midway point for the mixing process on their next album. They are anticipating releasing the album sometime between mid-may and mid-July.

Guns and Roses
Rhythm Guitar player Richard Fortus told STL Today that they are planning to record a new record starting when Slash gets back from his current European tour… but will they really though?

All That Remains
It is official… All that Remains has named Jason Richardson as the official permanent replacement for their lost guitar player Oli Herbert.

Grammys
Record of the year
"I Like It," Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
"The Joke," Brandi Carlile
"This is America," Childish Gambino *WINNER
"God's Plan," Drake
"Shallow," Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
"All The Stars," Kendrick Lamar and SZA
"Rockstar," Post Malone feat. 21 Savage
"The Middle," Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey
Song of the year
"All The Stars," Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Al Shuckburgh, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe
"Boo'd Up," Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, and Dijon McFarlane
"God's Plan," Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron Latour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib.
"In My Blood," Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes and Geoffrey Warburton
"The Joke," Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth
"The Middle," Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha and Anton Zaslavski
"Shallow," Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
"This Is America," Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson *WINNER
Best rap album
"Invasion Of Privacy," Cardi B *WINNER
"Swimming," Mac Miller
"Victory Lap," Nipsey Hussle
"Daytona," Pusha T
"Astroworld," Travis Scott

Best Rock Performance
FOUR OUT OF FIVE
     Arctic Monkeys
 WHEN BAD DOES GOOD - WINNER
     Chris Cornell
 MADE AN AMERICA
     THE FEVER 333
 HIGHWAY TUNE
     Greta Van Fleet
UNCOMFORTABLE
     Halestorm

Best Metal Performance
CONDEMNED TO THE GALLOWS
     Between The Buried And Me
 HONEYCOMB
     Deafheaven
 ELECTRIC MESSIAH - WINNER
     High On Fire
 BETRAYER
     Trivium
 ON MY TEETH
     Underoath

Best Rock Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs.
BLACK SMOKE RISING
     Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner, songwriters (Greta Van Fleet)
 JUMPSUIT
     Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
 MANTRA
     Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes, songwriters (Bring Me The Horizon)
 MASSEDUCTION - WINNER
     Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent)
 RATS
     Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer, songwriters (Ghost)
Best Rock Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.
RAINIER FOG
     Alice In Chains
 M A N I A
     Fall Out Boy
 PREQUELLE
     Ghost
 FROM THE FIRES - WINNER
     Greta Van Fleet
 PACIFIC DAYDREAM
     Weezer



Reviews

In Flames - Burn https://youtu.be/bmOJxULhHsY
::REVIEW FOR PATRONS::
General Score:80/100
Genre:92/100
Writing:83/100
Enjoyability:90/100

Buckcherry - Warpaint https://youtu.be/SJebmwRdApU
::REVIEW FOR PATRONS::
General Score: 75/100
Genre: 95/100
Writing: 65/100
Enjoyability: 78/100

Royce da 5’9” - Field Negro https://youtu.be/-yDmU881LTo
Royce has always been one of my favorite Eminem collaborators. The production on this is interesting. It is lo-fi on purpose, but to the detriment of the ENTIRE bottom end. The drum track is pretty catchy. I appreciate Royce for trying to be socially aware, in spite of the horribly uninformed politics behind his awareness. There are some interesting slam style passages in his rhyme scheme that make that nonsense from last week feel like a 5 year old wrote it.
General Score:92/100
Genre:95/100
Writing: 95/100
Enjoyability: 82/100


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