Cobra Starship....what happened?

Cobra Starship have released two disappointing new songs. When they first came out back in 2006 with their star studded hit "Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)" their music consisted of fun pop punk music with a little bit of dance and hip hop thrown in. Their debut album was fresh and new and hooked them a lot of new fans. After their second and third albums became more and more dance influenced the band lost some of their edge. But with their new single "You Make Me Feel" features guest vocals by Sabi a new female rapper best known for being featured on Britney Spears' new album. The song features a beat that sounds like something off of Katy Perry's latest album and features cheesy lyrics about a couple trying to get together.

Their other new song is called "Don't Blame The World, It's The DJ's Fault." This song is a boring dance pop number about nothing. Cobra have always had a bit of edge to them and it seems as though ever since they've gotten mainstream success with their top 40 hit "Good Girls Go Bad," the band are trying to get that again. Trying a bit too hard in fact. They've lost what made them good to begin with. Hopefully the rest of their fourth studio album "Night Shades" won't follow suit with these first two songs but this former fan isn't going to hold his breath.

New Lady Gaga song kills it

Lady Gaga has made some questionable music choices lately. Her first single "Born This Way," was a big pile of cheese. Not to mention the cover art for her new album of the same title, which features her with the body of a motorcycle. The second single "Judas" got back to being the same greatness that is expected of Gaga, but her third single "The Edge of Glory" takes the cake. Gaga truly outdoes herself on this one. From the saxophone solo to the lyrics, the song is just perfect. The song mixes Gaga's usual style with an epic Kelly Clarksonesque chorus. This single makes her new album, "Born This Way" worth picking up. The album will be out Monday May 23.

Light This City NEED to get back together

There are few melodic death metal bands on the same level as Light This City. In the short six years the band were together they released four studio albums and recieved critical acclaim. The band broke up in 2008 and played several reunion shows. This band are just too good to stay broken up. Everything about the band is just flawless. From frontwoman Laura Nicol's death metal growls to the instrumentation and the music, which was composed by the only other band member to be in Light This City besides for Nicol, guitarist and drummer Ben Murray. The lyrics, written by Nicol always hit some sort of emotion. Nicol used her powerful screams to really make you feel exactly what she was saying. Her lyrics often pull at one's heartstrings.

"You used to spread your wings only when no one was looking. And when you finally trusted me enough to reveal them, I slowly ripped them off. What have I done? Who now will carry me to heaven when this life is over?" Nicol screams in the opening track from the band's debut album "The Hero Cycle." The sorrow in her voice as she screams is almost too much to handle.

Another great thing about the band is their music. The music was so heavy, the listener's eardrums were assaulted by drums and guitar and bass.

After Light This City broke up Nicol and Murray went on to form a punk band called HeartSounds. This band is pretty good but they lack the amazing sound of Light This City. This band was epic. This blog is a request to Light This City, get back together. The metal world needs you.

First blog post!

So this is is my first blog post. I suppose it'll be better for me to just explain who I am and what my blog will be about. I'm a 22 year old college junior who lives in New Jersey and goes to Ramapo College of New Jersey where I'm a communications major with a concentration in journalism. I'd love to write for a music magazine when I graduate. I listen to all different kinds of music. I love pop, metalcore, r&b, melodic death metal, dance, pop-punk, hardcore, screamo, emo, post-hardcore, new wave, indie, pop-rock, gothic metal, hard rock, hip hop, reggae, a little bit of power metal, very little nu metal(only Otep really), a little bit of country, punk and some deathcore. That being said I know a lot about a wide variety of music. I'm calling my blog Music Collision because I want this to be a place where all different genres of music collide. Where all different kinds of people can come for all different kinds of information about all different kinds of music. That's what I want this blog to do. I hope you like it. Thank you for reading.