I’m going to put about much effort into this introduction as Vince Neil puts into having a designated driver.

First up today is Weedeater’s new video, for ”Mancoon/Turkey Warlock,” which debuted over at Brooklyn Vegan. Guys, this is probably the best video you’re going to see today. It’s done in the style of a silent film, which isn’t a new idea, but the execution is great. And the storyline to the video is funny — basically, there’s a giant racoon (Mancoon) who wants the band to… eat large sandwiches. Hm. Anyways, clip ain’t embeddable, but you can check it out by clicking on the below screen cap.

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As ’90s nu-metal nostalgia reaches its peak (I FUCKING CALLED IT!), the parade of cash-grab nu-metal reunions continues. Joining the ranks of Limp Bizkit, E-Town Concrete, Crazytown, Snot, Cold, Slaves on Dope, and other terrible ear-raping bands I’m surely forgetting, TuneLab.com is reporting that Adema are reuniting and releasing a new DVD. Adema was never really known for much other from a) sucking, b) lead singer Marky Chavez being the half-brother of Korn’s Jonathan Davis. A guy I know once referred to Adema as “Pop-Korn” in casual conversation, and that’s pretty much the most hilarious / accurate thing that could ever be uttered about the band. Not to imply that Korn are genre-bending revolutionaries or anything… but, ya know.

Here’s Adema’s music video for “The Way You Like It” in case you need to be reminded of just how awful they were. I’d completely forgotten about this song… for the better.

At least American Head Charge just called it quits.

-VN

You would have to be on dope to like Slaves on Dope. I mean, the band has a song called “No More Faith,” for fuck’s sake. NO MORE FUCKING FAITH. Jim Martin should bend them over and grow pumpkins out of their ass for that shit.

Anyways, this band is reuniting. I never knew they broke-up, to be honest; I just thought they were sucked into the same black hole of once-popular shit bands that a lot their peers did (see: Primer whatever the fuck they were called, E-Town Concrete, etc.). But in case you’re not familiar with their particular brand of awfulness, here they are, looking like Crazy Town and sounding like diarrhea.

-AR

Anew Revolution – Rise
Anew Revolution play radio-ready hard rock in a ’90s alt-metal framework with some ’80s sleaze riffing and gang vocals thrown in, but somehow manage to suck dry the redeeming qualities of those genres. Rap-metal influences pop up here and there, which isn’t surprising given the band features ex-members of Unloco and Slaves on Dope. Rise varies little from song to song, but you get the impression the band aren’t exactly trying to reinvent the wheel here. The name of the game is driving hard rock songs that get to the point quickly (out of 11 songs, only 2 pass the 4 minute mark), the point being catchy, sing-along choruses. And in this department, Anew Revolution succeeds… almost. Some songs deliver in the catchy chorus department (“Generation,” “Beautiful”) but most just end up sounding trite and forced (i.e. ‘Rise:’ “I’m not afraid / hey! you! / stand the fuck up and rise!”). This band’s bread and butter fan is of the Breaking Benjamin / Seether / Trapt variety, but unfortunately none of the songs on Rise approach the level of sickening catchiness of any of those bands’ work. Throw in a completely unnecessary cover (New Order’s “Faith”) and a sappy love ballad (“Let Go”)… Anew Revolution keep swinging and missing. The production doesn’t help either, courtesy of the usually fleet-fingered Mudrock; the snare drum sounds like it has a wet sock in it, the guitars lack punch, and the vocals are too dry. Unless you have a major hard-on for bands that sound like a third-rate Saliva, I’d avoid this record.

-VN

(one and a half horns)

[Anew Revolution on MySpace]