The Brothers Thirteen

Hey all,

Looks like we're progressing nicely with the new blog. We're posting frequently and having fun with it. If any of you outsiders looking in find this house with the lights off, we've moved and are pretty much paying the electric bills at our original sites. So come check us out and have a good time with us! Or don't. The Brothers Thirteen. And if you haven't been keeping up with all the music at Enter the Shell, be sure to take a look at who I've picked as artist of the week for the past nine months...hey, doesn't that mean I'm about ready to give birth to an EtS baby?! WWHHAAAAAA!!!!

New Blog

Hey everyone, my cousin and I started a new blog which will essentially combine what we normally do on our blogs, but roll them into one. It's called The Brothers Thirteen. It's where I'll likely end up posting most of my stuff from here on out, so check it regularly as we're getting back into the swing of writing things on a more consistent basis. Link above and it'll be added to your links on the left. Enjoy!

Album of the Year

So for the past six months since I discovered the Protomen I haven't been able to put down their albums. I know to many it may seem as though the concept of a rock opera based on a favorite childhood video game series is not worth listening to, but if you're thinking that way then you would be dead wrong. The creativity of the music and the character development that go through the music make the story one of the most fun, bad ass, powerful, and (dare I say) emotional pieces of work I've listened to.

Since I started listening to the Protomen I try to find any excuse to work them into a conversation, play their music for others, and constantly imagine what their work would look like as a stage performance or on screen. Songs like "the Hounds" just get you singing along like crazy while "Keep Quiet" makes you feel like you're the one taking that stand against a bloodthirsty robot. There's even the grim realization that the one hero you looked up to your entire life has turned his back on the world, only to become your enemy like in "the Stand (Man or Machine)." The Protomen have turned a childhood game of mine into a mature, dark vision of a dystopia mixed with the classic struggle of good versus evil and what it means to be human. I eagerly await the day they finish the third act to find out the fates of Megaman, Tom Light, Albert Wily, and the human race.

If you haven't checked them out, this you tube page has been kind enough to post both acts for your listening pleasure. Though you may not have the liner notes from the album itself to fill in the gaps and read the backstory, you can easily find those on various lyrics sites throughout the internet. Start the epic battle here.