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[COLOR=#add8e6]strange name, yes, but follow me here. anyone who was a fan of korn during the "follow the leader" era is undoubtedly familiar with one brian "head" welch. well soon after "take a look in the mirror" head found Jesus and left korn, at which point they proceded to suck. my conclusion was that head was the reason korn sounded so awesome, so i decided to keep an eye on him (it kind of helps that i too am a Christian). then head released a solo album called "save me from myself" which served to confirm that the source of korns original greatness was in fact head. it is in fat one of my favorite albums. well it seems that head is tired of the whole solo thing because he is now in a brand spanking new band called Love and Death, and they have released a new ep called Chemicals (took a while but i got there).

[IMG]http://www.theprp.com/wp-content/uploads/loveanddeathchemicals.jpg[/IMG]

i know right? sick cover art. so if you aren't familiar with head, first check out [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-BUty4vb8"][COLOR=#00ff00]korn[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6] (proly their most famous song) or[/COLOR][COLOR=#00ff00] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eTauMRc92U"][COLOR=#00ff00]korn[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#00ff00] [/COLOR][COLOR=#add8e6](proly one of my favorite songs from them) then some of his [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-kU1uQ9zAA"][COLOR=#00ff00]solo[/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_2-Dn_xIc8&feature=related"][COLOR=#00ff00]work[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6]. head's writing is dark and twisted, no matter the message. if you ignore the lyrics his music can give you nightmares. but, i'm not here to talk about his solo work, i'm here to talk about his new band and their new ep.

in october of last year, head released a single called [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgOg3jibTU"][COLOR=#00ff00]Paralyzed[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6] as a part of his solo career. in april, that song was included on the Love and Death ep since, i assume, that is who appears in the video. above you will find the music video. it is a great track to open with since it has energy, and fans of head will already be familiar wih it.

next is LaDs cover of devos [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBR-ZHDeosM"][COLOR=#00ff00]whip it[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6]. i like the cover better but i'll let you make your own decision on that. here's the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw"][COLOR=#00ff00]original[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6] for comparison.

now for the star of the ep, [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CvKap2rY2k"][COLOR=#00ff00]chemicals[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6]. chemicals, in case you can't tell is a song about drugs, or rather addiction. head struggled with addiction during his time with korn and when he gave his life to Christ he stopped cold turkey. now a lot of his songs deal with that aspect of his life and the problems it caused him and getting clean. lyrics and message aside, the song is amazing.

some of you may know who har meggido is (i never actually heard of him until this ep) but wether you have or not, you will now. har meggido did remixes of [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuHqRZPN_oQ"][COLOR=#00ff00]paralyzed[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6] and [/COLOR][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoMmsrmF7xc"][COLOR=#00ff00]chemicals[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#add8e6]. one is above, the other will follow.

i actually like the remixes better, there is just something sick about them. regardless, this isn't actually a review, since this isn't a full album, it's more of an introduction to this awesome band, and their new ep which hopefull will lead to a fat new album.[/COLOR]

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