Amelioration

Hardcore Christian wrote:28 tracks

Dude, it's grind.  The album will probably be 20 minutes. 

I posted a few new tracks today on reverbnation as well as a taste of whats to come:

http://reverbnation.com/amelioration

All the music is in done and in the bag. Just working on finalizing the artwork, then I plan on recording a fun music video for "All Hail the Administrator"

Tentative tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Malicious Encroachment
3. Deceived
4. Restorification
5. Binary Savior
6. Alias
7. Dance Like David
8. Healing Spree
9. That's What He Said
10. Admin Rights
11. Man's Lifespan
12. Holy Ghost Noise Party
13. Jumpin Jehova Stats
14. Make a Joyful Blastbeat
15. All Hail the Administrator
16. Sword in the Scone (Instrumental)
17. As the Deer
18. Intolerated
19. Reverential Panegyric
20. Mental Defragmentation
21. Dubstep Got Run Over by Grindcore
22. Grind Those Ivorys (Instrumental)
23. One-Hundred Seventeen
24. Spiritual Virtualization
25. Fatal Error
26. Bonus: All Hail the Administrator (Instrumental)

Kerrick wrote:

Hardcore Christian wrote:28 tracks

Dude, it's grind.  The album will probably be 20 minutes. 

Ya true

Kerrick is actually right on the money, it is 20 minutes

Haha seriously???  I was just kidding!  The songs you've released online are quite a bit longer than typical grind songs.

Kerrick wrote:Haha seriously???  I was just kidding!  The songs you've released online are quite a bit longer than typical grind songs.

Yeah I have since changed my formula a bit and have been focusing on the grindcore staple of microsongs. There will be 5 longer songs, and the rest microsongs.

and a bonus track, I'll be including an instrumental version of my latest songs so people can enjoy the music without my vocals in the way. The music video will be quite fun I think. I will be attempting to build a custom mask to serve as something of a persona for the band. Should be fun

Album Art

I love it!  I would like to reserve a copy now please.    Will you put it up for sale on your website?  I am in need of a new mousepad too and was eying them MBR pads...

Kerrick wrote:I love it!  I would like to reserve a copy now please.    Will you put it up for sale on your website?  I am in need of a new mousepad too and was eying them MBR pads...

I also want my name on a copy

And Kerrick these mouse pads are great
Ive had my since I ordered Repossession almost a year ago

I dont have them put together yet, I still need to work on aligning everything so I can get it printed properly, hopefully it will be soon though

Next item on my list is to build a mask to use as a "persona" so to speak for the band. Kinda like Grave Robber, Gwar, Iron Maiden, etc.

The goal is to have some sort of skull-like mask fused with circuitboards and cables. I started it the other night, but found that while Hot glue is great for plastic to plastic, metal to plastic doesnt work so well. Might have to go for some Gorilla Epoxy or something.

This mask will be used in a zero budget fun music video that with any luck will be released along with the album

Those of you who are friends with me on Facebook know this but...Craniac lives!

Pre-ordered the Amelioration CD and got myself a mousepad too. 

The official music video for "All Hail the Administrator" was posted to youtube last night. This was quite a fun video to make and I hope people get a laugh out of it.

I really liked it a lot!  The bright sunny green trees were an interesting contrast to Craniac and the music - though I thought it worked really well.

Also, that may be my favorite song I've heard of yours yet!  Ironically, I think I enjoy the dubstep/synth aspects even more than the metal!  Though it all sounds quite good together.

Is Craniac going to evolve as time progresses?  I feel like with each new video it'd be fun if he had more/different computer parts on his face, etc.  Just a thought.  I was thinking of how Eddie has changed over time and I think it's really cool. 

Kerrick wrote:I really liked it a lot!  The bright sunny green trees were an interesting contrast to Craniac and the music - though I thought it worked really well.

Also, that may be my favorite song I've heard of yours yet!  Ironically, I think I enjoy the dubstep/synth aspects even more than the metal!  Though it all sounds quite good together.

Is Craniac going to evolve as time progresses?  I feel like with each new video it'd be fun if he had more/different computer parts on his face, etc.  Just a thought.  I was thinking of how Eddie has changed over time and I think it's really cool. 

Thanks, glad you liked it. Its possible he could get updated as time goes on, the mask is actually pretty sturdy as I used a paintball mask. I wasnt too worried about cheesiness or silliness in the video cause I thought "hey, its grindcore, grindcore rarely takes itself seriously." At the last minute before recording I decided to do the laying in the grass part and the garden part just to add some extra laughs. If only I had a field of flowers Craniac could have laid in.

Over time I have come to realize that the fusion works better if I simply drop the guitar altogether, otherwise it just turns into noisecore and everything is drowned out. I also had another song I planned to record but I ran out of time and space. Maybe on the next split I do. Was going to be an "Obligatory Slow Song", simply a grindcore song slowed down to a crawl.

Right on!  Yeah I really enjoyed the song; now I'm extra stoked to get my CD (and mousepad)!!!

I thought the video was a lot of fun and just the right amount of corniness.   It's been fun to hear how you've honed your sound since your first song.  All Hail The Administrator sounds so much more mature and polished than your earlier stuff.  I'm really liking the direction you're taking your music!

I'd love to hear the slow song.  DOOOOOOM-grind! 

Aww yeah, got confirmation that my order shipped today. 

Oh man, triple post!  I'm listening to the album right now! 

I added it to Firestream:  http://firestreamvault.com/album.php?id=13861  Blake, wanna make sure I got everything right?  I haven't had time to add lyrics yet (do you have a soft copy of them so I could just copy/paste?).

Kerrick wrote:Oh man, triple post!

Uh oh where is the ban hammer?

We got a double felon right here!!!!!!

Kerrick wrote:Oh man, triple post!  I'm listening to the album right now! 

I added it to Firestream:  http://firestreamvault.com/album.php?id=13861  Blake, wanna make sure I got everything right?  I haven't had time to add lyrics yet (do you have a soft copy of them so I could just copy/paste?).

As a matter of fact I do, I can PM you some docs with all the info

Got it.    Will update Firestream later.

Digital album is now available through CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes and other digital stores.

Although its worth noting that the CDBaby price is 5.99 for the digital album. Unfortunately other retailers set their own price, so if your looking for the best price its going to be from CDBaby, as iTunes decided they wanted to sell if for 9.99