Playstation 3

I have over the past few days been able to get my hands to meddle with a Playstation 3 and i think this is the most amazing console gaming experience i have ever had. The whole package is appealing. It has got an extremely stylish look with touch button operations on its body and nice lights. The PS3 uses blu-ray discs and all games released for the PS3 come only in blu-ray formats. This give game developers full freedom in designing games with no limit in the graphics and sizes of their games. Each of these blu-ray discs has a capacity of about 5 times the storage of a normal DVD. A single layer blu-ray has a capacity of about 25 GB and a dual layer blu-ray disc can store data about 50GB in size!!! Now that is a lot of space and hence game developers have no constraint on the size of their game and graphics involved in each game.

Its wireless controllers are a delight for gaming and the new ones with vibrators built in adds to the great gaming experience. Games like ‘Guitar Hero’ , ‘FIFA 2009′ and ‘Metal Gear Solid 4′ on the PS3 are at a different level altogether.
The PS3 when played on a LCD which supports full HD (high definition) is an experience worth dying for! It is “mindblowing”.
Everyday new games are being made for the PS3 so i think it is really worth its price

Alternative Rock

Alternative Rock was a kind of music that surfaced in the 80’s and it went on to become massively popular in the 90’s and is still very popular even today. Alternative rock consists of various subgenres such as grunge, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop.It involves guitar music first of all, with guitars that blast out power chords, pick out chiming riffs, buzz with fuzztone and squeal in feedback

The popular and commercial success of Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind took alternative rock into the mainstream, establishing its commercial and cultural viability.As a result, alternative rock became the most popular form of rock music of the decade and many alternative bands garnered commercial and critical success.

Alternative metal is similar to alternative rock and it fuses the likes of heavy metal with the playing style of alternative rock but with more of guitar distortion.Alternative rock lyrics tend to address topics of social concern, such as drug use, depression, and environmentalism.In Alternative rock the songs are shorter compared to other rock types especially progressive rock.Notable artists in alternative rock include Nirvana,Sound Gardern,Staind etc

Death Metal

Death Metal is one of the extreme subgenres of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos, heavily distorted and downtuned guitars, deep growling vocals, morbid lyrics, blast beat drumming, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes.

Death metal was developed from thrash metal and thrash metal bands like Slayer,Morbid Angel,Kreator are very influential.In the mid 80’s onwards bands like Obituary ,Death,Possessed etc. played a key role.The themes of death metal include themes of Satanism, , Occultism, mysticism, and/or social commentary.Although violence may be explored in various other genres as well, death metal elaborates on the details of extreme acts, including mutilation, dissection, torture, rape and necrophilia.

Death Metal has various sub genres within itself such as Melodic death metal, Technical death metal, Brutal death metal, Death/Doom, Blackened death metal, Deathgrind, Deathcore.Also death metal is fused nowadays with other music types.

Thrash Metal

Thrash metal was a sub genre of heavy metal and it started when bands fused influences from NWOBHM with the likes of hardcore punk.Notable songs in the 70’s which influenced thrash metal were “Children of the grave”,”Into the void” by Black Sabbath.

Then in the 80’s this music became very famous.Some of the most influential bands that help build up thrash metal are Metallica,Megadeth,Slayer,Anthrax,Kreator,Exodus and more.

Thrash metal is different from heavy metal in the playing style.Thus the guitars include low register stattaco riffs,and guitar solos played at very high speed.And the drumming utilizes snare drum and the drumming is intense and has a propellent feel to it.Thrash metal is played very fast.The lyrics usually involve nihilism,social issues,personal themes,dark themes also are covered.

Thrash metal album’s like Metallica’s Master Of Puppets,Megadeth’s Rust in Peace,Slayer’s Reign In Blood etc. and more are considered to be classics and they elevated the status of Thrash metal.Thrash metal played a very important role for the development of death metal and extreme metal.

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal was a kind of rock music that evolved in the 70’s.Bands that helped in creating this genre are Black Sabbath,Iron Maiden,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple etc.In the 70’s a music movement called as NWOBHM[New Wave Of British Heavy Metal] started and was popularized by bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest fusing punk with heavy metal.

Heavy metal is charachterised by its loud nature,aggressive guitaring where the guitars are played in dirty mode [using distortion],gruff vocal style[although not necessary as some bands feature opera type vocals].a lead guitar,bassist and a drummer and sometimes a keyboardist.The themes in heavy metal include fantasy related,nihilism, personal feelings,war,violence in societies, social problems,etc.Heavy meal fans are called as Metalheads and are very devoted to their music.

Usually instrumental prowess is displayed like the guitar solos and intricate melodies.Heavy metal also has intense drumming compared to rock music.The playing style is also different with more emphasis on the stattaco or palm muted riffs.

Heavy Metal also has a subculture of its own.Heavy Metal has further given rise to Thrash Metal,Progressive Metal,Nu metal,Groove Metal,Death Metal,Black Metal etc.Notable bands include Black Sabbath,Iron Maiden,Judas Priest,Led Zeppelin[proto metal].