Theory of a Deadman - The Truth Is... Review

On July 12th of this year, Theory of a Deadman released their 4th album, titled The Truth Is... Well whats "the truth" about The Truth Is...? Keep reading to find out.

Theory of a Deadman has been together since 2001. The alternate rock band out of Canada currently has 4 studio albums and if things continue as they are The Truth Is... will be the most successful of them all. The Truth Is... sold over 8,500 copies in the first week as compared to 6,000 from their last album Scars and Souvenirs. It debuted #2 on the Canadian Album Charts. Since then it has went to rank #2 on the Billboard Rock, Hard Rock, and Alternative Rock Charts. But is this album really worthy of such high rankings?

Well, in short, coming from someone who hasn't ever been a big fan of Theory of a Deadman, yes, yes it is. The entire album is good. It has it's highs and lows just like any album, however, something that rarely ever gets achieved anymore has been by The Truth Is... There is no need to skip around through tracks to find a good one. Many new albums have 2 or 3 hits and the rest of the album is more or less filler. Who actually wants to buy an album like that? The Truth Is... is not like this. Even the bonus material is worth listening to. Not only this but not every song is the same old thing like some other albums. No, they managed to change it up, throwing in different instruments, melodies, and sounds. Simply put, the album is a work of art.

The Truth Is... tracklist:
1. "Lowlife"                                                    3:25
2. "Bitch Came Back"                                    3:39
3. "Hurricane"                                                4:17
4. "Out Of My Head"                                      3:57
5. "Gentleman"                                              3:28
6. "Love Is Hell"                                             3:31
7. "The Truth Is... (I Lied About Everything)"     3:27
8. "Head Above Water"                                  3:32
9. "Drag Me To Hell"                                      3:54
10. "What Was I Thinking"                             3:50
11. "Easy To Love You"                                 4:19
12. "We Were Men"                                      4:46

Tune Junkie's overall score for The Truth Is...:

I just have to give this album a full 5 stars. From beginning to end it is good. Its catchy, original, has good solos, changes pace when needed, and has pretty good lyrics. What is not to like? If you like alternative rock, check this album out. Now.

Suggested tracks from The Truth Is...:
4. Out of My Head
7. The Truth Is... (I Lied About Everything)
10. What Was I Thinking
12. We We're Men
Bonus Track - Out of My Head (Acoustic)

Music Video for Theory of a Deadman - Lowlife:


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Incubus Returns - "If Not Now, When?"

After years of not seeing any new music from the alternative rock superstar, Incubus has just released their 7th album, titled "If Not Now, When?" High, high expectations from this one.

Incubus' last album(not including the greatest hits album), "Light Grenades," was released in 2006. After that the band went on tour for a couple years but then decided to take a break from touring and recording in 2008. The absence of such a band was saddening but the world cant expect them to constantly tour their entire lives right? Everyone needs time to spend with family and friends and just relax a bit, also this time was used to come up with new song ideas and music. And after about 2 1/2 years the band decided to continue recording and started work on "If Not Now, When?"

The new album has charted #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and debut #1 Billboard Rock Albums. So I just had to go and see just how good it really was.

After listening to the album a few times, I'm torn. About half of the album is ok but the other half just seemed a little blah. The songs "Friends and Lovers," "Promises, Promises," and "The Original," are quite good. They are interesting, original, and the lyrics are not bad. Most of the lyrics are pretty good. The whole album has good lyrics but the delivery of those lyrics in some songs is kind of poor. A rare miss for Incubus. The song builds up and some sort of change in tempo or something is expected but isn't really there. There are good melodies, good lyrics, good vocals, and its all very interesting but it just lacks that feeling. Incubus generally has fairly slower paced songs but there was always that song on their albums that just rocks it out in a way only Incubus can. A song like Drive, Nice to Know You, and Love Hurts. But this new album lacks a song just gets your heart pumping and is addictive like they always had in the past.

"If Not Now, When" Tracklist:
1. "If Not Now, When?"                   5:05
2. "Promises, Promises"                 4:26
3. "Friends and Lovers"                   4:07
4. "Thieves"                                    4:17
5. "Isadore"                                    4:35
6. "The Original"                             5:05
7. "Defiance"                                  2:19
8. "In the Company of Wolves"       7:35
9. "Switchblade"                              3:27
10. "Adolescents"                           4:48
11. "Tomorrow's Food"                    4:19
Total length:                                  50:03

Tune Junkie's overall score for "If Not Now, When"

3.5 out of 5 stars. Although "If Not Now, When" has very well written songs and some of them are nice to listen to, and a couple are good, I just cannot give this album 5 stars. It obviously is Incubus but it just doesn't feel like Incubus. Wheres the awesome, wheres he excitement?

Suggested tracks from "If Not Now, When":
2. "Promises, Promises"
3. "Friends and Lovers"
4. "Thieves"
6. "The Original"

Incubus - "Promises, Promises" music video:


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Has All Time Low Reached an All Time High?

As many of you may know the pop punk sensation All Time Low released a new album just last month called Dirty Work. This is their first album on their new label Interscope, which is a huge deal for them.

The band's members have remained the same with Alexander Gaskarth on vocals and rhythm guitar, Jack Barakat playing lead guitar and backing vocals, Zachary Merrick playing bass and backing vocal, and Rian Dawson on drums. However, even thought all the same members remain, All Time Low's sound has changed.

Many of All Time Low's songs now have more of a pop feel now as compared to the punk sound that skyrocketed them up the charts. There are some songs that still stick to the old formula used in their previous albums such as "Nothing Personal" and "So Wrong, It's Right." The new cd is overall very uptempo and catchy. All time Low has definitely lost none of the charisma that we all fell in love with them for. The question is how will their fans react to the new sound?

"Dirty Work" Tracklist:
1. "Do You Want Me (Dead?)"                      2:46
2. "I Feel Like Dancin'"                                   3:00
3. "Forget About It"                                        2:49
4. "Guts" (feat. Maja Ivarsson of The Sounds) 3:18
5. "Time Bomb"                                              3:29
6. "Just the Way I'm Not"                               3:18
7. "Under a Paper Moon"                               3:02
8. "Return the Favor"                                      3:41
9. "No Idea"                                                  4:25
10. "A Daydream Away"                               4:13
11. "That Girl"                                                3:11
12. "Heroes"                                                  3:26

Suggested tracks from "Dirty Work":
1. Do You Want Me (Dead?)
2. I Feel Like Dancin'
5. Time Bomb
7. Under A Paper Moon

Tune Junkie's overall score for "Dirty Work":

After listening to the new album multiple times Tune Junkie gives "Dirty Work" 5 out of 5 stars. It took a little bit to get used to the new more poppy sound, but the album is amazing. The best thing about this album is that it is not one of those albums were you have a couple favorites and don't care about the rest of the tracks. This is an album that can be listened to in it's entirety and not have to skip around the tracks to find a song you like. If you like this genre you will like the whole thing.


All Time Low - I Feel Like Dancin' music video:


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What kind of band do you prefer?

Alright guys... And girls... I gotta know. What genre do you like best? We will NOT have country, or r&b on this site. Thought I should just get that out of the way right now. lol This is a site about rock music and the many variants of rock.

But really, out of say hardcore/post-hardcore, alternative, punk rock, metal, grunge, and pop rock, which genre would you like to see music suggestions and reviews from the most?

I'm gonna leave a poll at the right side of the page about this. Please vote, your input really helps. As usually feel free to comment as well. :)

Time of My Life!

And now for a band that I'm sure everyone reading this forums has at least heard of, 3 Doors Down.

As many of you may know, 3 Doors Down is an alternative rock band out of Mississippi and they just released their 5th album, "Time of My Life", on July 19th. The band says that they have bumped it up "to the next level" with this new album. We will see I guess. "Time of My Life" has some tough acts to follow.

A little band history:
The band's success began with the release of "A Better Life"2000). It was a huge success, selling over 6 million copies, with singles such as "Kryptonite" and "Loser." "Away from the Sun"(2002) continued their mainstream success. "Here Without You"(an excellent song but horribly overplayed) and "When I'm Gone" were amazing. After this was the band's 3rd album "17 Days"(2005). Honestly I don't remember a thing from this album other than "Let Me Go." However, the self titled album(2008) was much better. It had some awesome singles such as "Not My Time" and "Let Me Be Myself."

Band Members:
The band currently consists of 5 members; lead vocalist Brad Arnold, lead guitarist Matt Roberts,rhythm guitarist Chris Henderson, bass guitarist Todd Harrell, and drummer Greg Upchurch.



Now that that bit of boring is over we can get on with talking about the new album. :)

The new album has it's high points. Songs such as "Every Time You Go," "When You're Young," and "Time of My Life" are quite good but the rest of the album IMO seems kinda mediocre. Some of the songs I noticed have sections that are very similar to songs that were successes on previous albums. For instance, the intro to "When You're Young" is very similar to that of "When I'm Gone" from Away From the Sun. I am not saying that this is a bad album but I do think that they need to do a bit more brainstorming as far as melody goes before releasing a new album. There are good songs but to me it feels like one of those albums you buy for the good songs then don't really listen to the rest of it. And it really pains me to say this as I have been a big 3 Doors Down fan since 2000 when A Better Life Released.

Tracklist:
1. "Time of My Life"             3:23
2. "When You're Young"      4:16
3. "Round and Round"          3:46
4. "Heaven"                          3:27
5. "Race for the Sun"            2:59
6. "Back to Me"                   3:42
7. "Every Time You Go"       3:48
8. "What's Left"                    3:42
9. "On the Run"                    3:08
10. "She Is Love"                 3:16
11. "My Way"                      3:07
12. "Believer"                       2:58

Tune Junkies overall score for "Time of My Life":

After trying and trying to give the album a high score, "Time of My Life" gets 3 out of 5 stars. Being a big fan it pains me to say that the album just does not offer as much as previous albums have from 3 Doors Down. There are a couple good songs but a good portion is filler. The lyrics are not bad, that is up to par with what 3DD normally brings to the table however the musical elements and melodies just are not there to back it up. I really hope to hear more in the next album. Too many great bands are throwing out sub-par albums recently.


Suggested tracks for "Time of My Life":
1. Time of My Life
2. When You're Young
7. Every Time You Go



Time of My Life(sorry about the bad audio quality, best I could find):


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Picture Me Broken

And now for a band who, IMO, should be much more popular than they are... Picture Me Broken

Picture Me Broken is a Hard Rock band out of California, fronted by female vocalist Layla Brooklyn Allman. The band originally formed in 2005 when the members where 12 years old and was known as "Lane Four." They did covers of classic rock songs. The band did well in some competitions and they started trying to find their own voice in the music world.



The band never really took off until they got their spot on Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour. Now they have 1 EP(Dearest, I'm so Sorry) and 1 full length album(Wide Awake)which released in 2009 and and 2010.

Picture Me Broken has lost a couple members along the way(Nick Loiacono, Will Escher, and Eric Perkins) and gained some new. The band is currently made up of lead vocalist Layla Allman, lead guitarist Dante Phoenix, guitarist Jimmy Strimpel, bass guitarist Austin Dunn, and drummer Connor Lung.



Their first album "Wide Awake" consists of great vocals, epic guitar solos, and an overall awesome sound. I recommend their songs "Dearest, I'm so Sorry," "Live is Evil Spelled Backwards," and "Skin and Bones."

"Wide Awake" tracklist:

1. "Dearest, I'm So Sorry" 3:34
2. "Echoes of an Empire" 4:01
3. "Skin & Bones" 3:55
4. "Forevermore" 3:01
5. "Darwin's Song" 3:51
6. "Nerds & Cigarettes" 4:15
7. "Dead Serious" 3:49
8. "Vital Signs" 3:05
9. "If I Never Wake Again" 4:33
10. "Live is Evil Spelled Backwards" 3:27

Listen to them free here: Picture Me Broken

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Review No.1: Falling in Reverse

Well lets just get this started with a bang shall we? A rather controversial one at that...

Falling in Reverse is a very new band so I would be willing to bet that most of you have never heard of them... This is a post-hardcore band created by the former lead singer from Escape the Fate, Ronnie Radke... He was kicked from the band he created and replaced by former lead singer of Bless the Fall, Craig Mabbitt, due to breaking probation and being sent to jail...

More about that here: Ronnie Radke Interview

Along side Ronnie in Falling in Reverse are lead guitarist Jacky Vincent, rhythm guitarist Derek Jones, bassist Mika Horiuchi and drummer Ryan Seaman.



If any of you are old Escape the Fate fans, you guys know the excellence that Ronnie Radke is capable of writing. The new album by Falling in Reverse is called "The Drug in Me is You" and is scheduled to be released on July 26th of this year. IMO the album is great. Many of the songs on the album are about Ronnie's time in prison and of course some are directed at his ex-band mates who dropped him when he was jailed. Of course Escape the Fate is directing remarks at Ronnie as well. I will not side with either Escape the Fate or Falling in Reverse on this even though I do believe that what Escape the Fate did to him was wrong and he definitely has a right to me upset about what happened... I enjoy listening to both bands, however, I believe that Craig is the better stage performer and Ronnie is by far the better song writer.

Anyways, overall the quality of Falling in Reverse's music is awesome, the guitar is melodic and not just there to clash with everything like some other bands, drums have presence, and everything is balanced incredibly well. Ronnie Radke is also one of my favorite vocalists for a post-hardcore band.

Tracklist:
1. Raised by Wolves
2. Tragic Magic
3. The Drug In Me Is You
4. I’m Not A Vampire
5. Good Girls Bad Guys
6. Pick Up The Phone
7. Don’t Mess With Ouija Boards
8. Sink Or Swim
9. Caught Like A Fly
10. Goodbye Graceful
11. The Westerner

Tune Junkie's overall rating for The Drug in Me is You:


This album is an awesome display of what a musical genius, Ronnie Radke, can come up with. Not a second of this album is boring. Every instrument is utilized in a way that is unbelievable. The solos are amazing, lyrics are witty and original, and spectacular melodies. If you like post-hardcore music and liked old Escape the Fate then you will probably love this...

Suggested tracks from The Drug in Me is You:
1. Raised by Wolves
3. The Drug in Me is You
4. I am not a Vampire

Music video for Falling in Reverse - "The Drug in Me is You":





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What we're all about

What's up fellow bloggers and web surfers!

As you can see this is the start of a new blog and hopefully the start of good things. What this blog is all about is music. There will be regular music reviews posted here on bands and albums, both new and old, ranging from alternative to punk rock to hardcore/post-hardcore. If you love any form of rock music then why not stick around and check it out? Trust me... I'm gonna do my best to make it worth your while... :)

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