Asking Alexandria - "Someone, Somewhere"

[lockebox]

Lead single from the second studio album by English Metalcore act Asking Alexandria.

Goes for adds February 22nd.

[rockmaniac]

these guys should have great success on the rock charts, like their fellow brethren BFMV.

[lockebox]

Just realised that these guys are on Sumerian Records, which makes them the first band from that label to be pushed to radio. I would have prefered Periphery to have been that band tbh.

[rockmaniac]

or Prosthetic (All That Remains' label)

[jvandyck87]

Jan 11, 2011 15:40:50 GMT -5 lockebox said:

Just realised that these guys are on Sumerian Records, which makes them the first band from that label to be pushed to radio. I would have prefered Periphery to have been that band tbh.

Sumerian-core...the greatest genre of metal.

And Periphery is the most djent-y of them all. Google "djent" and you'll understand. Periphery is quite djentile. :) hehehe

[Devin]

Djent is used to describe a certain kind of guitar tone characterized by medium-high gain, a quick-release noise gate to emphasize staccato playing, a cut of most bass below 200Hz for a tight low end, a slight boost around 800hz for clarity, and a noticeable boost around 1.6Khz to emphasize pick attack. When a two-octave power chord is palm-muted with this tone, a "djent" sound is created rather than the typical chunkier sound.

Djent also refers to repeated staccato playing of the lowest-pitch string on a detuned 6 string or 7 string guitar with a powerful attack such that the string goes very slightly sharp upon the pick's release from the string. Lower-gauge strings are used to facilitate this.

Djent tone is many times created using a Line 6 amp modeling product such as the Pod series or the Axe-Fx. When possible, an amp model such as the Big Bottom or Modern High Gain on these devices is used in conjunction with a modeled Tube Screamer in front. Engl and Mesa amplifiers are typically used when tube amplification is preferred.

Djent is widely acknowledged to have come first from Meshuggah, but Misha 'Bulb' Mansoor has arguably popularized the sound. Djent's typical uses give rise to a "genre" of djent that is characterized by hi-fi compressed production, polyrhythmic/staccato distorted riffs and ambient clean passages which make liberal use of 9 and other "jazzy" chords. Electronica influences such as glitchy percussion and synthesizers are also incorporated.

Oh. Sounds interesting.

[jvandyck87]

Misha 'Bulb' Mansoor is the guitarist/main producer/primary songwriter of Periphery fyi.

[Nicholas2.0]

Jan 7, 2011 16:26:54 GMT -5 rockmaniac said:

these guys should have great success on the rock charts, like their fellow brethren BFMV.

Um, kinda doubt it, unless they've erased all the screaming and hardcore from their pitifully dated sound. Where were these guys in 2003 when they actually would have been interesting?

[pen]

Jan 12, 2011 2:23:58 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Jan 7, 2011 16:26:54 GMT -5 rockmaniac said:

these guys should have great success on the rock charts, like their fellow brethren BFMV.

Um, kinda doubt it, unless they've erased all the screaming and hardcore from their pitifully dated sound. Where were these guys in 2003 when they actually would have been interesting?

Probably listening to Bullet For My Valentine and thinking, man, we should be making stuff like this.

[Nicholas2.0]

Jan 12, 2011 2:37:45 GMT -5 pen said:

Jan 12, 2011 2:23:58 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Um, kinda doubt it, unless they've erased all the screaming and hardcore from their pitifully dated sound. Where were these guys in 2003 when they actually would have been interesting?

Probably listening to Bullet For My Valentine Atreyu, From Autumn to Ashes, Poison the Well, Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, Bleeding Through, As I Lay Dying, Eighteen Visions, etc. and thinking, man, we should be making stuff like this.

Fixed.

I will give them credit, though: their use of rave beats/synths, like 3/4 into the 2 songs I checked out hasn't been done to death, but until the songs get there, you're just kind of pitying the guys, especially since they break out the guitar swinging, hair swoops, and choreographed stances almost as soon as the videos start.

[lockebox]

Screaming eraseed? This may actually stand a chance. Still forgettable, but given A Day to Remember & Escape the Fate's recent success, who knows.

[American Idiot]

This kind of song would typically be right up my alley, but it never really goes anywhere or has any memorable lyrics. I'm also writing this right after I played the video.

[Nicholas2.0]

Jan 12, 2011 2:23:58 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Jan 7, 2011 16:26:54 GMT -5 rockmaniac said:

these guys should have great success on the rock charts, like their fellow brethren BFMV.

Um, kinda doubt it, unless they've erased all the screaming and hardcore from their pitifully dated sound.

Wow. SMH

Feb 6, 2011 18:51:54 GMT -5 lockebox said:

Screaming eraseed? This may actually stand a chance. Still forgettable, but given A Day to Remember & Escape the Fate's recent success, who knows.

Yeah, you're not kidding. It's almost comical how accessible this new song is.

[halo19]

The song title evokes an "early" Simple Minds song, though I know that would be erased if I heard it. That would disappoint me, as well.

[lockebox]

Feb 10, 2011 21:21:48 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Jan 12, 2011 2:23:58 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Um, kinda doubt it, unless they've erased all the screaming and hardcore from their pitifully dated sound.

Wow. SMH

Feb 6, 2011 18:51:54 GMT -5 lockebox said:

Screaming eraseed? This may actually stand a chance. Still forgettable, but given A Day to Remember & Escape the Fate's recent success, who knows.

Yeah, you're not kidding. It's almost comical how accessible this new song is.

lol @ my "eraseed" typo. I went and listened to "Starseed" straight after seeing that. Anyway, yeah, this sounds like a different band. I'm sure die-hard fans will be screaming "sell-outs", whilst radio rock lovers will be licking their lips.

[jvandyck87]

While this is kinda a sell-out move, I gotta say that I like this better than the average radio-tailored metalcore song and more than the average charting song at active rock radio. I think the presence of keys and the instrumental intro and bridge help me like the song a decent amount. This has more of an epic factor than All That Remains, Bullet For My Valentine, and s/t era Killswitch that put it a cut above all of those in my book, and way ahead of ADTR who I don't like at all as I've previously mentioned.

[lockebox]

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