Sunday, December 14, 2014

You Ready for Every Track I Released in 2014?

Now that 2014 is coming to a close, I feel it's time to compile all the music I released into one post, because there's A LOT. I said I was going to take it easy in 2014, and I ended up releasing 41 tracks on various projects, so I'm a big fat liar. Regardless, I'm super thankful that I get to work on so many great projects with so many awesome people around the globe. You guys are the best.

Ready? Here we go!

FULL ALBUMS
Mega Beardo - “Black Ice”
Viking Guitar Live - “Legion”
Logan Venderlic - “Heart Heavy” (not available online)
3-Hole Face - “CPU Up Your Ass” (I did lead vocals for this)
Black Hole Zion - “Reflection Nebula”



And now for all the awesome compilations I was a part of:

Shell-Shocked (OCRemix)
“Oroku Like a TurtleCane” (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist)
“Live at the Big Apple Bluesfest” - guest solo

Chiptunes = Win! Volume 3
“Across the Chipth Dimension” (as Masikus X Mega Beardo)

Danse Macabre III
“You and Your Friends Are Dead” - Friday the 13th - NES
Viking Guitar Live - “Year Zero” (Ghost cover) - I did lead vocals here
“1881” - Phantom of the Opera - I also did lead vocals, along with Amanda Lepre
vikingguitar.bandcamp.com/album/danse-macabre-3

DKC Mix’t Ape ‘94
“The Apes Made Banana Splits in the Crocodile’s Skull” - Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

Super VG Christmas Party
“Tusks of Ice in the Rising Fire” - Mega Man X4


And some other random tracks I released:

Zelda 2 Town Theme ukulele cover


Dwelling of Duels (dwellingofduels.net)
Door Door (NES) - “The Penguin Is Stupid, You Have to Exploit it
Gremlins 2 (NES) - “The Uke Batch”
Alien 3 (NES) - “Giger? I Don’t Even Know Her”

Monday, June 16, 2014

New EP "Black Ice" Now Available!

Before I begin, holy CRAP am I terrible at updating this website. Between facebook, twitter, youtube, instagram and blah blah whatever else, I sometimes forget I have an actual website! Though I mainly use this as a central hub to include everything I'm a part of (there's only so much you can do on crappy facebook). I will be including an official discography soon, because I released a lot of stuff last year, and I'm releasing A LOT of stuff this year.

Speaking of which...


BLACK ICE.





















1. World 666 (Super Mario Bros. 3)
2. Ov Ice and Sloth (The Goonies II)
3. Serpent on a Mountain Cold (Snake Rattle 'n' Roll)
4. Blue Burrr ft. Stemage and Viking Guitar (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

So what is Black Ice? It's a short, four-song EP of video game ice level music fused with black metal flavorings. You see, this past winter was coooold. It sucked. It was miserable, and it put me in a weird mood. One day, I started messing around with the Super Mario Bros. 3 World 6 theme in a sort of Behemoth-style snippet to test some new guitar tones, and it all clicked. Within a couple of months, I had the thing arranged and recorded.

My past three albums (Mega Man 2, Belmont, and Ledjent of Zelda) had their ups and downs while writing and recording them. Broken fingers, ripped vocal chords, writer's block (I had major writer's block on Ledjent). For some reason, Black Ice was smooth sailing from the beginning. I think part of that was knowing exactly what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. With Ledjent, it was like "oh, I've got this great pun and a few riffs! This'll be great! --- 6 months later --- uhhhhhh crap what was I doing?"

Really the hardest part was picking the tunes. I can say that there were some Zelda and Mega Man tunes that were on the short list, as well as a Metroid Prime 2 track. But I felt what I chose was a solid slate of classic themes and deeper cuts (how fuckin' rad is that Snake Rattle 'n' Roll tune?). Also, a huge thanks to Brian Pickens for the amazing artwork, as always -- to Stemage and Viking Guitar for laying down such slick, beautiful solos on Blue Burrr -- and to Terry Smith for mastering the hell out of it. 


Stream the album below.
Download Black Ice right here!