Metalstep Monday 4: Korn: The Path Of Totality

     You may have heard of Korn, the giants of metal they are, still kicking after eighteen years of rocking my ears off. Well way back when, April 14, 2011, to be exact I heard the first single off their newest album and it moved me to a point where I just had to start a blog to write about it and spread the word to as many people as I could. I'm proud to say that nearly ten months and 10, 000 pageviews later I'm ready to put forth the complete album in all  its glory.

     So I was cruising Spin magazines website the other day and happened across the supposed "best metal albums" of 2011, to my delight not only was the new Mastodon album on it so was The Path of Totality, which believe it or not I had almost given up on seeing, last I checked it was delayed or maybe my local HMV was yanking my chain. Either way its out now and absolutely fucking amazing. First off lets say I attained my copy through less than legal sources but I plan on buying a physical copy at my earliest convenience, but if you can't wait grab it here on itunes or here if you don't give a fuck (just in general).

     So if you happen to not be amazing then you don't have a clue whats so damn awesome about this album, well lets just say of the thirteen tracks in that .zip file none of them are unblemished by top notch dubstep. Yeah the boys shook the can and teamed up with nine different dubstep figureheads and created a masterpiece of epic proportions. Yeah you heard me right, nine, count 'em, Skrillex, Feed Me, Excision, Datsik, Downlink, Noisia, 12th Planet, Flinch, and Kill The Noise. Until you hear it you'll just have to take my word that every single track is pure gold and this album dserves more press than it has so far recieved. That being said if you're a hardcore Korn fan and have followed them from day one you might need to pull that stick out of your ass to appreciate the lengths this album pushes the limit and the industry. All in all The Path of Totality is the underdog but its day will come... its day will come.

Toxic Tuesday 9 : Catch up day

     So you may think today is Tuesday, its actually Monday, I'm writing this early so I don't continue to miss days. I fear I'm losing you guys out there, our second month anniversary is tomorrow (... fourteenth right?) I'm horrible with dates. But the point of all this tired rambling is a quite serious realization that many of the blogs I follow, are shutting down, people don't have time to blog or read blogs for that matter. Its becoming less personal and more of a rush to appease the almighty viewers, hit them with so much music they forget everything they know. Well today I've decided to not give you any new artists, to not expand your musical views any further than I have already, today is the day to focus on new material from artists you should already know.

     A big number one really, our first Metalstep Monday was a smash hit registering number two on the total pageviews chart as of today. But did anyone actually follow the links, like the facebook pages? If you had you would know that Stephen Walking dropped a new EP called Zombie Union this past saturday.

Stephen Walking - Zombie Union EP (Album)

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     That link will take all of you that are as cheap or broke as I am to a free mediafire download of the EP. For those of you with pride and money, it costs two dollars on his bandcamp. I suggest you redeem me and buy it there, cause really... two bucks... 

     Our second recap here is of Drivepilot, hopefully you remember this amazing Canadian producer from a not so distant Suggestion Saturday and a bonus song a week or two ago. This is dubstep at its purest and as always I'm excited to find even one track for free.

Drivepilot - Ruthless (Song)

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     His new EP, aptly named Ruthless is available for five dollars here, and the whole thing can be previewed for free here. I'm a fan of the direction he is taking at least with Ruthless, it seems to be drifting more towards metal with the classic strings I can't get enough of. If I hadn't wasted my money I would be right over onto his website grabbing everything I could.

     For those of you who have been hiding under the proverbial rock, Skrillex dropped his new EP, More Monsters and Sprites. This one is a big one, containing his new songs Ruffneck, and First of the Year, as well as more remixes of his songs than you could possibly listen to in one sitting. Buy it here on Beatport for $17.43.

Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Kaskade Remix)

Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (The Juggernaut Remix)

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     Personally I don't think anyone can even come close to the majesty of the original, but the list of those willing to try keeps adding up, and those two seem to be the best. Surf around you may be able to find the original mixes from the EP on a few blogs, given time I could find the links from where I got them. But that would take all the fun out of it.