Grade A, One of the best hip hop/rap underground releases of 2014

EJ Brixx and Blue Rey, of the Nashville hip-hop group Pham Nation Underground Railroad, deliver their first collaboration project entitled "Grade, A". It serves as holdover music in anticipation for their debut album, scheduled for release in late 2014. The duo aims to cover a wide spectrum of colors and sounds, by incorporating a base of jazz influence in their rhythms and rhymes, in order to capture the attention of, and engage the minds of listeners. This project is the introduction of Pham Nation Underground Railroad's signature style, which they call ADHD, or "80HD."
Grade, A Is a very unique Hip Hop group, their style is presented in a down tempo, relaxed feel. The quality is superb with well thought out rhymes. The beats have an old style sound to them yet are very unique in how they written. Their first track on Grade, A titled A sleep in Advisory. This track features a very skillful production by canismajor. The chorus and hook is very chill while the verses are up tempo and unique with skillful rhymes. Grade, A also features a few skit’s or filler songs which are actually pretty funny. It’s not the usual bogus fillers you here from mainstream artists. An example is Mr.Dee’z Project (skit) features a school setting, which is very relatable for anyone who’s been in class. Roll one has a sick chorus hook basically about smoking who can’t relate to rolling a fresh blunt? The beat is chill and runs smoothly with each verse. Daily races is one of my favorites off Grade, A it has a very nice piano beat. Opening up with a sample and the beat sampling Mad World by Gary Jules. The beat is fast with very articulate verses. With a backing for the chorus and hook that is phenomenal masked behind a sample from a news source. Overall the album is really well done and will turn some heads. Their debut album will be something very special!

Insanus Wrath of creation review

Insanus is a band residing in Portugal. The band formed in 2007 and broke up in 2010. They released one EP titled Wrath of Creation in 2010. This album is a pinnacle for melodic metal. It’s extremely underrated and probably due to location and very little promotion. The guitar riffs are heavy and catchy. They don’t overdue the breakdown and keep things at an up-tempo speed. Song’s such as rise of the fallen and bitter life are some of my favorites off the EP. If your fans of Lamb of God or Salt the wound be battle ready to see a combination of these two on cocaine. The vocals are very powerful, and heavy, He’s able to mix highs and mids, but doesn’t really go extremely low like you here in slam death metal bands. The guitar riffs are unique and will have your head bobbing by the middle of every song. You can feel the energy and work that has gone into crafting each and every song. The band lasted very shortly, but they definitely left a master piece, and undiscovered dime behind.

Chevelle La Gárgola album review

One of Chevelle's BEST Album's to Date


La Gargola is an interesting album title to start with, it's a spanish word that means someone who parties a lot.
The track listing is as follows:

1. ‘Ouija Board’
2. ‘An Island’
3. ‘Take Out the Gunman’
4. ‘Jawbreaker’
5. ‘Hunter Eats Hunter’
6. ‘One Ocean’
7. ‘Choking Game’
8. ‘The Damned’
9. ‘Under the Knife’
10. ‘Twinge’





The album is very solid, it presents some heavy riffs especially for the rock genre.They present a very southern hard rock guitar tone. The singing as always is awesome and even sounds a bit like the Chino from the Deftones from time to time. My favorite tracks are jawbreaker, Hunter Eats Hunter, Under the Knife, and twinge.

Jawbreaker, has great lyrics along with the heavy very "new" riffage in this track. Its' heavy and relaxing at the same-time the screams are straight from the gut, and really brings power to the song. It's almost like he's in pain. The outro is even better, kinda like a dying, off sound or fading away.

Hunter Eats Hunter has amazing vocals by far their best song on the album! The opening riff is astounding very heavy along with the and it's very groofy. The vocals are also very well matched up and has it's own tangy sound to it, sort of like drinking a cup of coffee, at 5AM. I feel like he's long for something throughout this album, something in the past. Along with dealing with past social problems. I also love that They are bringing back the screams, it adds more depth to their tracks. It also gives a TOOL sound in this track! Heavy riffs and long ranged vocals, that precipitate into the abyss.

Under the Knife is also a heavy track! Great guitar tone and vocals. This song really peaks with the chorus. It's aggressive and angry, It seems to be about friends whom turn out to really not friends at all. It's like something is tearing at him that he can't get rid of. It's great if you can relate to the song and I feel like many will.

Twinge is a much more down tempo song. it's very mellow and relaxing. The vocals seem to be longing for something, like he's missing, thus the song title twinge. This is one of my favorites from them along with hunter eats hunter. It's very Nostalgic, just sit back and reminisce on the past.


If your a Chevelle fan of definitely pick up this album! It's great for fans of TOOL, and Deftones, they have similar qualities, in retrospect. I personally think this is Chevelle's best since Joe has left which was back In 05.
If your unsure about the album the whole thing is on youtube ;)