I came across a new album by a band I have been listening to for a while.....INGESTED. They just released The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams. I was sitting here jamming it and it came to track 7, In nothingness, and I was very surprised to see who guest appears on it. Hint: Some peeps to which I admire and respect a great deal! 🤘 Check it out and see what I mean!

What's up Everyone? I wanted to post about my experience after the Friday night show on 12 May. To say that I have been waiting a long time to see Chimaira live is an outragous understatement. There was no way I was going to miss out on this one. I flew into Cleveland from Dallas, TX on the day of the show and was picked up by an old friend of mine that lives in Ohio and we drove to a local brewery called Fat Head's and sampled some Bone Head Imperial Red Ale - 9% ABV. I thought it was great so I ordered two rounds. 😁 After we left Fat Head's, we drove to the venue to check it out. After cheking out the Agora, we went and secured a hotel room and started pre-gaming for the show. The show itself was ALL I hoped it would be. The two opener bands were pretty cool and I somehow caught a pick from the guitarist in Integrity. I almost had a Chimaira pick but it fell into this girl's hair that was sitting in front of me and she wasn't allowing me to dig to find it lol. I wish I could have had a chance to meet the band but it wasn't in my cards unfortunately. I did happen to literally bump into Chris Adler in the parking lot after the show and I thought that was pretty cool. 🤟 I picked up a poster signed by the band, a hoodie, and a TIOR 20 shirt. The merch was awesome and I had a hard time picking out what I wanted. If any of you want to purchase any of it, it's available here: https://chimaira.indiemerch.com Here are a few pics of the show. I did notice that MFA had some issues with his rig during the show but he was able to get it going again and didn't miss a beat. Watching the whole band jam the entire TIOR record was KILLER! You can see MFA talking to his tech about the rig here. Killer pic. Rob playing one of my favorite axes in his inventory. 🤟 Another KILLER shot! Rob is fucking it up right here while sporting the approiate shirt for the occasion. 😁 Rob is really FEELING it! 🤟🎸

I have somehow managed to locate, negotiate, and purchase an RA-600. It was pretty miraculous how it came to be and I couldn't be happier with it. It will be in good company (as seen below) and definitely in good hands. To be an owner of one of these elusive beauties plus, getting to hear an early release of Magnitude, is SO FU@KING SWEET! 🤘🤘 I must not fail to mention, after listening to Magnitude a few times now, the tone you have on Conscious Shock during the rhythm chugging is SO KILLER!! The way the mutes ring out with that low end saturation to me is the best tone you can achieve. 🎸🤘 Damn dude, the album, as a whole, is SO good and SO refreshing!! This is the BEST week I've had in a LONG time!

I went out last weekend to buy new strings and came back with a guitar. It's funny how that works but I saw this being labeled and hung up for sale and I immediately grabbed it. Not too bad for $500 out the door with an ESP case. It did have a Seymour Duncan in place of the EMG-81 and I rectified that situation real quick! After the swap back to the EMG and putting some new strings on, this thing sounds and plays SWEET!! 🤘

I received these 2 gems in the mail today but do not plan to unseal them. I have the digital edition of the new "Pass Out" and I'm jamming that as I type this. Totally digging the Remixes so far man! I just finished the "Taste my..." track and now my neck hurts. 🤘

Just wanted to send a quick shout out to the new release, Immutable from Meshuggah. As soon as I saw the title, I was intrigued. This is some of the best material I have heard from them. If you're already a fan, you will definitely dig it. If you're not, maybe you will be after giving it a listen.

I have been jamming on this album since it came out back in 1995 and I have only met one other person who knows of them. Listening to it now makes me realize how far recording and mixing have come since then. But at the same time, the riffs still hold up today and this record is amazing in that respect for any metal guitarist. Anyone else ever hear this band from Kentucky? http://www.leviathanrecords.com/fullcircle.htm