G9’s FEAR[net] in Your Ear…

Along with the launch of FEARnet’s new blog format, G9’s role as music journalist [music journalist altar ego = Gregory S. Burkart] has increased to interviews, CD reviews AND music news in a blog section devoted 100% to music.

Crow’s Nest Studio SnapShot: Meet Sherman Monster

G9’s prized Sherman says “raaaawr!” The Sherman [Filterbank] has been referred to by music gearheads as “Lucifer in a Box.” We really can’t say enough great things about this beast. The weird noises throughout most of the song MOONLIGHT and in the end credits of the FANTOMATIQUE video came from Sherman, with yours truly [...]

SWITCHBACK Remix Time Capsule

We did not “win” the Celldweller SWITCHBACK remix contest as far as prizes or placement in the top three. We also did not make it onto the remix CD, at least not yet… I’m not even sure that a remix CD will be made, honestly… it seems that Klayton prefers widgets these days [as do most indie musicians, ourselves included!], so maybe at some point, we could wind up being featured on the Celldweller widget. That would be a dream come true, but if it doesn’t happen, that’s fine by us, because the contest benefited us above and beyond widget-stardom or CD placement in ways we could not have predicted when we first created the remixes…

HELDEN: From the Front Row [Apocalyptica Dallas 05.12.08]

White spotlights appeared one at a time to highlight each player as he launched into the enigmatic opening strains of the title track from Worlds Collide…

Experiencing NIGHT ETERNAL: Have You Seen My Teeth?

While listening to Fernando’s opening words of “At Tragic Heights” [from the book of Revelation, of course], the same image that hits me often when I hear his voice, hit me again: Gary Oldman’s Dracula. And I can’t help but imagine him [Fernando, not Gary] saying to me, “Welcome… to my…. hhhhh…home.”

LA TERZA MADRE [MOTHER OF TEARS]: Down IN the Sickness

In La Terza Madre, Claudio Simonetti’s score delivers a powerful “character” to the film in what I would consider one of the best film scores ever made, and definitely up-to-snuff with his Suspiria score. The final [closing credits] track “Mater Lacrimarum,” performed by Daemonia, with guest vocalist Dani Filth, is a horror music masterpiece…

TURBULENT SEA Music Video

I knew from the very beginning as we wrote Turbulent Sea that my voice would be synced up to a different person, and I’ll admit, at first, I felt a little apprehensive about it. However, it really didn’t take long for me to say, “NiNi get over it, this is done constantly in movies and on TV… Hello, Jonathan Davis and Lestat?!” When the video came out, I loved it immediately….

Stream Entire Moonspell NIGHT ETERNAL Album

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Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower, Token of death
Ignite the skies with your eyes
And keep me away [...]

HERE IS WHAT IT IS: Beauty and The Shit

Daniel [Lanois to Brian Eno]: I’m trying to make a film that’s… beautiful in itself, about beauty, about the source of the art, rather than… everything that surrounds the art… and… I was hoping you might say a couple of words about that subject matter, because you’ve always operated in a relatively quiet way, and yet, you’re like a world artist…

TURBULENT SEA Now on iTunes [Free]

TURBULENT SEA is now available for free on our new iTunes podcast. To subscribe to the podcast, click on the “Raven iTunes” button in this post, and then once our page pops up in iTunes, you can hit “get episode” to download the song, and also hit “subscribe” to get new Corvo MP3s delivered to [...]

NiNi’s Unofficial Apocalyptica Fan Documentary

This was my original Twitter post on the subject from 05.28.08:
Working on a fan video of the Apocalyptica Dallas HoB show. We were right up-front, got GR8 photos and videos… I can hardly WAIT to finish and share it.
*Update: Here’s one of my favorite photos of Eicca, snapped at the concert. My “front-and-center [...]

Bad Hair [Band] Day: Snatch This!

Cock-Rock Rule #57:
If the groupies want to get anywhere near your hair… you’re doing it all wrong.

1985 Presents…
The Debut EP by SNATCH:
If The Party is in Your Mouth…We’re Coming!
Now… why only one debut EP in the Snatch discography? I know why: they were actually way ahead of their time. Had mySpace existed [...]