COREY’S ROAD RAGE METAL PLAYLIST
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 12:41pm by Corey Mitchell
I am currently in the midst of a signing tour for my latest book, PURE MURDER. Nothing helps me keep my sanity more when I am on the road paying outrageous sums of money for gas, dealing with complete fucking morons behind the wheel, and trudging through Texas-sized traffic jams than listening to heavy metal at full volume.
Here are some quick reviews of some of the metal I cranked on my recent trip to Houston for a booksigning, and then to Huntsville for the execution of one of the killers from my book.
MOONSORROW: Tulimyrsky EP – 68 minutes of pure bliss. Everything I like about Black Viking mead-swilling metal, plus, a killer cover of Metallica’s For Whom the Bell Tolls. Proof that the album (even though this is called an EP) still lives. BTW, the Metallica cover works better within the context of the EP as opposed to being a strong downloadable single.
16 VOLT: FullBlackHabit – (Full disclosure – I used to manage this band from ‘96-’98.) First original full-length since ’98’s much more metallic SuperCoolNothing. Probably not the perfect fit for the MetalSucks crowd, but if you like heavy, poppy industrial metal you will definitely dig this.
AGALLOCH: The White EP – Beautiful disc. Not the heaviest of records, in fact, it definitely veers off into Vapourspace territory in certain parts, but that only made it more incredible to drive through the rather laconic, pastoral setting of Schulenberg, Texas.
GANON: As Above, So Below- My favorite CD on this drive. File under NeurIsis, with a bit more Cult of Luna thrown in for good measure. Essentially makes them a fourth-tier post-metal act, but damnnnnn, is it good.
EMBRACE THE END: Ley Lines- Metalcore done right, if there is such a thing. Heavy as fuck, hummable, and great speeding accompaniment.
LUSTMORD: Metavoid- I listened to this while driving from Houston to Huntsville on my way to Jose Medellin’s execution during tropical storm Edouard. The creepy vibe set the mood perfectly and one track sounded like a prisoner walking down a long hallway on death row, cell doors slamming behind him as he headed toward his inevitable demise. Fucking brilliant!
LIGHT THIS CITY: self-titled- Nowhere near as good as I remembered it being earlier this year. Singer reminds me of the unwanted bastard step-daughter of Angela Gossow and Bergnal fronting an even more Christian-lite version of As I Lay Dying. Definitely not a recommendation.
MIDNATTSOL: Nordlys – Not my kind of metal, at all, but for some weird reason I really like this band and especially, their female singer. Heavy mellow.
NIN: Ghosts I-IV – Nice to drive back to San Antonio to and watch all of the NASCAR wannabes nearly kill themselves and everyone else out on the road just so they can get somewhere five minutes faster.
Oh, and a big FOAD to that old fucker OU fan outside of San Antonio! If you died in a car crash I cannot say I would shed a tear, unless, of course, you took out some innocent driver.
Go Horns!
[Corey Mitchell is a best-selling author of six true crime books, including his latest, PURE MURDER, about the murder of two teenage girls. He attended the execution of one of the killers, Jose "Joe" Medellin this week.]
So Corey, is your next book title going to be “I Know Murder: How Corey Mitchell went from Murder writer to Murderer of Morons”?
Great to see 16 Volt mentioned here. So you managed them back in the Letdowncrash days? Very cool.
@Sammy: Ha! Unfortunately, when I get behind the wheel my idiot detection radar tends to increase tenfold. Especially in Texas where every jackass thinks he is Jeff Gordon behind the wheel.
Hopefully, if there is such a book about me, everyone will blame it on the fact that I listened to heavy metal.
@noyokono: Yes, I managed 16 Volt for three fun, yet frustrating years. Frustrating because they are one band that really should have exploded unlike the Static Xs and (to a much lesser extent) Dopes of the late ’90s.
I was their manager for Letdowncrush and Supercoolnothing. I even co-wrote one song off the latter album, “The Enemy,” and also helped with the design of the album booklet with my artist friend J.K. Potter and Eric Powell from 16Volt.
I really like the new album and highly recommend it if you dig LDC.
Corey….I bought your book “Pure Murder” off amazon and was skeptical considering I havnt read a book since the 9th grade. I am about 100 pages into it. Ive been taking my time reading casually here and there. Its real good so far and hopefully it dosnt let down! Those fucking scumbag mexican fucks hopefully will rot in the depths of hell for eternity for what they did!
PS. Everyone should buy this book. I mean come on the guy loves metal and writes about murder! lol
I have no idea who this guy is but he sure has some good taste in music… haha
@RayRay: Thanks for buying my book and for the plug. Hopefully, you already checked out my “Acknowledgements” section at the back of the book were I list all of the bands I listened to while writing it — mostly metal, old-school hardcore, ambient, and kids’ music.
BTW, the story never lets down. It only gets more intense as you keep reading.
@Renee: Thanks, I think…haha.
Facing the thousands was way better than light this city debut. didn’t they have a new album coming out right before they broke up? what ever happened to that