2009's Best Music (Metal Edition)

1) Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire
2) Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
3) Baroness - Blue Record
4) Kylesa - Static Tensions ("Said and Done")
5) Mastodon - Crack the Skye
6) Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse Now (stream)
7) Slayer - World Painted Blood

Coachella 2009 - The Plan

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM - Rhino Records (Record Store Day)

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Driving

1:30 PM to 2:10 PM - Cloud Cult

2:40 PM to 3:30 PM - Joss Stone

3:45 PM to 4:35 PM - Blitzen Trapper

4:35 PM to 4:55 PM - Dr. Dog

5:05 PM to 5:50 PM - Henry Rollins

6:25 PM to 7:15 PM - TV on the Radio

7:25 PM to 8:15 PM - Fleet Foxes

8:40 PM to 9:30 PM - Band of Horses

10:25 PM - The Killers

11:05 PM - Mastodon

Coachooser

Scion Rock Fest

It's hard to find good metal festivals. Usually you have to put up with a fair amount of sub-par bands. The Scion Rock Fest on Feb. 28th is the exception. Too bad it is in Atlanta. 2 of the 4 bands from my best metal albums of 2008 will be there.


Full band list (my picks in bold):

Mastodon, Neurosis, High on Fire, Converge, Boris, 1349, Cryptopsy, Torche, Nachtmystium, Wolves in the Throne Room, Baroness, Harvey Milk, Kylesa, Zordaster, Withered, Krallice, Toxic Holocaust, Skeletonwitch, Rwake, A Storm of Light, Warbringer, Salome, Suidakra, Tyr, Alestorm, Eyehategod, SuidAkrA, Septic Flesh, Soilent Green, Trash Talk, U.S. Christmas, Apocalyptic Visions

If only Gojira and The Sword were going to be there. Speaking of Gojira, here is their new video for the song "All the Tears" from The Way of All Flesh. It's not my favorite song off the album, but it has a pretty trippy video.

All The Tears




EDIT: 4/16 Added final lineup

Boxset Mayhem

2 huge boxsets have recently gone on sale.

Mastodon Boxset

*3 Studio Albums (Remission, Leviathan, Blood Mountain)
*1 EP (Lifesblood)
*1 Compilation (Call of the Mastodon)
*1 Previously Unreleased Concert (Relapse Contamination Festival 2003)
*3 Cover Songs
*1 Slipmat
*1 Sticker Pack
/11oo copies

Price: $225 + Shipping


Nada Surf Boxset 1994-2008

*5 Studio Albums (High/Low, The Proximity Effect, Let Go, The Weight Is a Gift, Lucky)
*1 7" Single (The Plan/Telescope)
*1 24-Page Full-Color Booklet
/1000 copies

Price: $100 + Shipping

Mastodon boxset seems a little expensive. Their website claims that there are "9 LP's in the set", which obviously means 9 discs not albums. That is $25 per disc. The Nada Surf boxset is a little more affordable and probably worth picking up if you are really into the band.