Muse and Hardwell

Today I have music for you by Muse. Now this song comes from their second to last album, which was one of their best albums, if not best album to date. I mean this album has the most bad ass music as a part of it! From hard rock and head banging moments, to sick electric guitar riffs, to fire powered screams, I mean we get everything! And to top it all off, we got Muse's electronic phase in this album, and they did a splendid job of it. I feel like a lot of rock bands went through this phase where one album features a lot of electronic work, and this one has some really cool work going on. But Muse does not let go of their band nature and their rock roots. I mean this album utilizes the coolest kind of electronic work in the sense that they actually make the synths and programmed stuff as part of the instruments they play. I know Matt Bellamy has a special guitar that he used during the tour for this album (which I was able to attend! It was AMAZING) in which he was able to do some of the bass line work on his guitar. It was pretty freaking cool to be quite frank. Now the song that I am posting today is my absolute favorite song by Muse ever. This song has the most incredible mix of sounds and intensity and overall head banging madness. This song opens up with Bellamy on the guitar playing out a line. And then storming in comes the orchestra. And this isn't just any kind of orchestral playing, no. This, this is the kind of music I wished I got to play on my cello all the time. This orchestra is wild and untamed and powerful and fierce and they go at it and put so much passion and intensity into their playing. Honestly, this song would be so great in the cinematic universe because it has that crazy energy and just complete untamed nature to it which suits Muse so very well as well as some action movies. I mean this song has the orchestra, the electric guitars, pounding drums, and Matt Bellamy's beautifully savage scream. The bass drum give this song this absoulte ferocity as it pounds behind the thrum of the guitar. And Matt Bellamy literally blows us all away with that first scream which leads into the rest of the song and segues into his incredible falsetto. I mean this song is just so tremendous in terms of power and energy and suspense and intensity. I mean this is the song I would listen to if I were walking into the ring or getting ready to thrash someone. It has that special kind of "blood flowing" feel to it in the sense that when I hear it, I can feel my body come alive in a way. But seriously, probably the greatest song by Muse. Today's instrumental song is by Hardwell. This song actually comes off his debut album, which was released earlier this year. Now I was super stoked to hear this album because first of all, it is Hardwell, and second of all because it features some really cool and different vocalists. But while those vocalists provide a lot of versatility to the album, there is something even greater that it shows us. Hardwell is a force to be reckoned with. I mean he is the #1 DJ in the world, and we know that he obviously knows how to mix. But this being his debut album, and having it be so good. Well that just tells us that he is also an accomplished and phenomenal producer. A lot of times we get one or the other, which isn't a bad thing at all! But it is always so cool to see when a DJ is also a great producer and vice versa. This album has so much variety and posses this great array of styles and genres as well as vocalists. We get things from progressive house to ambient sounds to some super dope bass lines. That dynamism is rarely found in album, which makes this a great debut album. It gives people a song to connect to, even if it is just one song they get. As long as they are able to understand even one of the songs, it makes the music worthwhile. And in saying so, the song I chose is one of the coolest ones on the album in my opinion. It is an instrumental track, but it has this incredible power to it, something I haven't heard in a long time from DJs since Tiesto's club volumes. This song stands out to me because of the magnificent use of the orchestra. The movement Hardwell uses at the beginning is something that builds up to this level of suspense and intensity, serving as a kind of buildup to the whole song and the whole album. As this is the opening song, I think it is a great introduction to the entire album and sets a great tone for us to get into. The orchestral buildup and switch to heavy drops is almost like something we would hear from a movie score or video game. But Hardwell knocks it out of the park and makes that symphonic orchestra a powerful force. If Hardwell has thought about entering the world of cinematic music, I think he has quite the ability for it. This album is one worth checking out I think! It is a different and intriguing album, and nevertheless, a strong album. I hope you enjoy the music and please feel free to comment!