"Ultra Beatdown" This

Well, for this blog, I thought I'd deal with a little music news. The past few weeks have seen a pretty high profile album release lineup. For this blog, I'll be talking about The Game's Album, L.A.X., Young Jeezy's The Recession, Slipknot's All Hope is Gone, and Dragonforce's Ultra Beatdown.

The first album I'll talk about is Ultra Beatdown, which is the 4th album released by Dragonforce. Most people will know Dragonforce from their song, Through the Fire and the Flames, which was a bonus song featured on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Dragonforce's previous album, Inhuman Rampage, was released over 2 years ago, and after my first listen through, I was thoroughly impressed by the fast guitar solo's, the over the top vocals, and the unbelievably fast time signatures. After listening to Dragonforce's new Album I must say....that I am highly unimpressed, and it isn't because they don't do the unbelievably fast solos or ridiculously fast drum rhythms, it's because every song sounds, and I mean this, exactly the same. So for all of those Dragonforce fans out there, I'm sorry, but this album just isn't for anyone other than you.

Now, in listening to my second metal album, All Hope is Gone by Slipknot, I must say that these guys are definitely on their stuff. Slipknot stays away from what happens to most metal bands, repetition (*cough* Dragonforce *cough), and delivers a solid mix of some slower rhythm based metal songs as in their song, Dead Memories, and they also jam out on tracks such as Psychosocial. So this one, is definitely worth your time.

Now to rap, and my first featured artist, Young Jeezy. First off, let me start by saying, that I am not a Young Jeezy fan, at all, so I may have been a little biased when I listened to this album, but I think this album just genuinely blows. The only high quality song on the album is Put On, and I believe that is only because it features Kanye West. So I say you should just check out a few of these tracks on Ruckus before you buy it.

Now, as in with the metal, for every sucky album, there's a quality one, and you'll find that quality album in L.A.X. by The Game. He keeps true to his roots by still using old Cali beats and rapping about his life and times as a GANGSTA GANGSTA. It's almost like listening to an audiobook with beats in the background. So this one is definitely worth your time and money, so you may want to check it out.

Well, that about wraps up this days blog, sorry it was so long, but I want to give you the best description I can, so I shortened it up as much as possible for you, the reader. And thanks for reading and stay tuned for some movie news on the next blog!