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22 from ’22: The albums that Rawked Rock And Roll Fables in 2022

20 December 2022 By jesse 1 Comment

Maybe in 2030 we’ll stop doing these lists featuring a number corresponding to the given year and make it a little easier for us but for now we’re still finding it hard to whittle down the artists and albums that kicked ass for us so if it ain’t broke then don’t fix it, y’know? And 2022 delivered yet again!

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Year End Tagged With: 96 Bitter Beings, Abrams, Atomic Fire, Bad Omens, Bait, BESVÄRJELSEN, Blood On The Dance Floor, Brandon Ashley, Bush, Caitlin Stokes, Chasing Ghosts, Chk Chk Chk, Chris Jericho, Cool Thing Records, COP International, Corlyx, Deron Miller, Devin Townsend, Fozzy, Gavin Rossdale, He Is Legend, Immutable, In The Blind, In The Dark, Jasan Stepp, Lauren Hart, Lightwork, Logan Mader, Magnetic Eye Records, Meshuggah, Michael Webster, Nothing Is Real, Once Human, Out Of Line Music, Pelagic Records, Profiler, Razor To Wrist Records, Rich Ward, Rock And Roll Fables, Scar Weaver, Sea Change, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Small Stone Records, SOM, Stabbing Westward, Sumerian Records, Tears For Fears, The Death Of Peace Of Mind, The Endorphins, The Mysterines, The Shape Of Everything, The Tipping Point, This Sceptred Veil, Underoath

JASON BIELER AND THE BARON VON BIELSKI ORCHESTRA Prepare For The End With Heavy Songs For The Apocalypse

20 January 2021 By jesse Leave a Comment

Jason Bieler is a godsend, okay? And he’s the gift that keeps on giving on any gloomy day, never mind the shit sandwich of a year that we’re just now barely crawling out of. And more importantly, he’s got a brand new record ready for release called Songs For The Apocalypse and, to be frank, if this is what the apocalypse does indeed sound like then sign us up!

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Andee Blacksugar, Benji Webbe, Clint Lowery, Dave Ellefson, Devin Townsend, Frontiers Music srl, Jason Bieler, Jason Bieler And The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra, Jeff Scott Soto, Kyle Sanders, Megadeth, Queensryche, Rock And Roll Fables, Saigon Kick, Skindred, Songs For The Apocalypse, Todd LaTorre

19 for ’19: An Even More Exhaustive Look/Speculation On What Will Float Yer Collective Boats In The Coming Year

26 December 2018 By jesse 1 Comment

Holy hell do we have to nip this thing in the bud before we even start! The idea was to have 19 solid releases that are in various states of development to fill out our list of most anticipated for 2019 (Get it? 19 in ’19) but then we kept thinking about ALL THE REST that are due (supposedly) so we had to add a precursor to said list which, well, got kind of insane. So for your reading pleasure is this stream of consciousness thing we concocted before the actual list which follows directly after. We even put artists in bold so you can skip around the wordsplosion that’s about to happen. Thanks in advance for reading! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Devin Townsend, Drab Majesty, Egowerk, Eldridge Rodriguez, Filter, Front Line Assembly, Ghastly Sound, Harborlights, harborlights band, He Is Legend, Johnny Kelly, Mr. Kitty, Pelican, Rammstein, Richard Patrick, Rock And Roll Fables, Rotting Christ, Sacred Reich, Silvertomb, Slipknot, The Faint, Torche, tr/st, White Bat, White Lies

The Devin Townsend Project Retires In Style With Ocean Machine – Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv

28 June 2018 By jesse Leave a Comment

I miss Devin Townsend. It’s been too long.

What is ending up as the last Devin Townsend Project  recording in their current form, Ocean Machine – Live at the Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv, is a glorious celebration of all things DTP with plenty of classics, some rarities and, of course, the entire album from which the performance owes its’ name. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Brian Waddell, Dave Young, Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Project, DTP, Inside Out Music, Mike St. Jean, Ocean Machine, Rock And Roll Fables, Ryan van Poederooyen

Rock and Roll Fables Presents: Top 16 of ’16 (AKA: Why Do I Do This To Myself Every Year?)

4 January 2017 By jesse Leave a Comment

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! A time of reflection, a time of remembrance, and a time of scrolling through my Itunes to see what was released, and most importantly, what got the most repeated listens in 2016. So here goes…somethin’: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Year End Tagged With: All Tvvins, Anthrax, Childish Gambino, David Bowie, Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Project, Diiv, Donald Glover, Dubioza kolektiv, Goes Cube, Gojira, Lando Calrissian 2018, Massive Attack, Megadeth, Metallica, Miss Lava, Neurosis, neurosis band, Rhys Fulber, Rock And Roll Fables, Rotting Christ, Testament, Tombs, Vanishing Life, year in review 2016, Youth Code

Devin Townsend Has More In Store With Deluxe Version Of Transcendence

12 September 2016 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Because making more work for myself is something I do.

Yep, so we reviewed Transcendence last week (Check it here) right before it came out and praised it for Townsend fully embracing the prog. Then we splurged on the ‘deluxe edition’ and found that not only did the second disc yield SO MUCH MORE but also that it warranted a review itself. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Anneke van Giersbergen, Brian Waddell, Dave Young, Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Project, devin townsend transcendence, Mike St. Jean, Rock And Roll Fables, Ryan van Poederooyen, Strapping Young Lad, Transcendence, transcendence bonus disc, transcendence deluxe edition

Devin Townsend Truly Transcends On Latest DTP Release Transcendence

6 September 2016 By jesse 1 Comment

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In which Devin Townsend fully embraced the prog within. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Anneke van Giersbergen, Brian Waddell, Dave Young, Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Project, Inside Out Music, Mike St. Jean, Rock And Roll Fables, Ryan van Poederooyen, Strapping Young Lad, Transcendence

Ziltoid crash lands on Planet Earth once again with Z2!

18 November 2014 By jesse Leave a Comment

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A metal icon, a prog innovator, and now the progenitor of the modern rock opera?!?! It’s true! Devin Townsend adds another chit to his belt with the beyond epic Z2 double album. Yep, you read that right: Double. Album. Years in the making and finally fully realized thanks to fans who over-contributed to Townsend’s Casualties Of Cool campaign, Z2 is the epitome of all that has come over the last several years. There’s bits of the 4 album concept in here along with Epicloud and even hints of  Casualties Of Cool. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases Tagged With: Century Media Records, Dark Matters, Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Project, DTP, Hevy Devy, Inside Out Music, Rock And Roll Fables, Sky Blue, Strapping Young Lad, Z2, Ziltoid, Ziltoid The Omniscient

Rhys Fulber: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation

5 September 2014 By jesse 2 Comments

“I just do what I do”

That’s what Rhys Fulber has to say when pressed about whether or not being on a specific label (Armada at the moment for his main musical outlet, Conjure One) influences his musical output. Who is Rhys Fulber, you ask? If you’re a fan of industrial music, metal, ambient electronica and even Pop then chances are you might’ve heard some of producer/mixer/programmer extraordinaire Rhys Fulber’s work over the last 20 or so years.

He’s worked with everyone from Fear Factory to Josh Groban and been a part of outfits ranging from the industrial noiseniks of Front Line Assembly to the ethereal dream makers of Delerium (Also featuring FLA’s Bill Leeb) and previously mentioned Conjure One. But how does a person a person go from “Pisschrist” to “Silence” with Sarah Mclachlan?

“It’s almost always a case of someone approaching you, so it’s really just deciding if you can listen to that music non-stop for a few months. I like to try things outside my comfort zone too, so sometimes the more different, the more exciting.  I did a jazz record in Canada a few years back for instance and that was a great experience.”

As for dream projects, Fulber continues: “I don’t really dream of working with anyone in particular because who is to say the feeling would be mutual!  So other than my childhood hero Pete Shelley,  I will stick to the more tangible, and say Devin Townsend, because we’ve dabbled with some stuff before and it seemed like we were onto something.”

He goes on to describe what the differences are in collaborating with different artists from Bill Leeb to Armin Van Buuren: “Working with those guys is again similar to my role as producer, but being more involved in the songwriting, and helping them get their ideas across. If I was to choose a collaborator myself, I’d go for someone who does something I don’t.  Like a great singer or a good player, guitarist or whatever other instrument.”

“As for producing, it’s really dependent on each artist or band and what they are trying to achieve.  With the heavy stuff it’s usually providing textural keyboards and programming but I’ve also done singer/songwriter type music where the programming gets all stripped away in favor of live players.  I find that when producing you spend most of the record working on vocals and finding the best arrangements for the songs.  So though I’m known for being a programmer, I’d say most of my time goes into the vocal production.”

And just because the man has surrounded himself with a number of prolific industrial artists, don’t expect his Ipod to be filled with tunes of the genre: “Other than the underrated Daniel Myer (Haujobb, Architect), not really.  I kind of checked out after the ‘glory years’ and already by 1992 I was following what became IDM and dance music, then more rock and metal.  Once in a while I will check some stuff out but mostly its either 1999 trance with distorted bro or Depeche vibes or its using the Ministry of 242 puppy-ebbs recipe, none of which interest me.  I think the spirit of what was once industrial music (like the original early ’80’s stuff) lives on more with proto dubstep artists like Burial or artists like Squarepusher.”

Through the producing, mixing, programming, and performing there have obviously been a number of career highs up until now and Fulber was gracious enough to share some of them: “I’m lucky enough to have had several, but if I have to pick two it would be having an actual global hit single with Delerium and Sarah McLachlan, which was both exciting, and surreal (and elusive!), then working with David Foster on Josh Groban because it seems about as far from my industrial beginnings as humanly possible.”

But Fulber’s career is far from over with a number of new projects on the horizon, some hitting sooner than others: “I’m almost finished mixing The Dreaming’s new record.  It’s a logical extension of what they did as Stabbing Westward, albeit more modernized, with lots of hooks and very strong vocal performances. It’s been fun to work on, and I got to add some analog synths as well.  After that its some of the usual suspects: new Delerium, Fear Factory’s next album and I’m almost wrapped the next Conjure One album, which is my main personal outlet now.  As if that’s not enough, there’s some other things running in the background that I don’t want to speak of until they solidify more.”

 

Filed Under: Interviews, Music Tagged With: Bill Leeb, Christopher Hall, Conjure One, Delerium, Devin Townsend, Fear Factory, Front Line Assembly, Rhys Fulber, Rock And Roll Fables, Stabbing Westward, The Dreaming

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