Daily Drops

Nimrod

Geek Stink Breath (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)

Hellbillies

RXPTRS "Hellbillies"

Dookie

Going To Pasalacqua (Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)

F.O.D. (Live at Woodstock 1994)

F.O.D. (Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)

Longview (Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)

Knowledge (Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)

Burnout (Live at Woodstock 1994)

Blameless

If Not For Me - Blameless

Disembodied Tyrant & Synestia - The Poetic Edda (feat. Ben Duerr)

How To Metal, Vol. 2

Nik Nocturnal - Granny In Da Club

Eternity Past (Extended Edition)

A Sight in Veracity - The Perennial Discord

Cursed and Crowned is a relentless journey through spiritual battle, redemption, and raw emotion. Inspired by the heaviness of Bullet for My Valentine and the cinematic depth of modern metalcore, it blends crushing breakdowns, soaring clean choruses, and lyrics that confront the darkness head-on while pointing to the light. From the haunting “Graveheart” to the anthemic title track, every song bleeds passion, pain, and the victory found in surrender.



Cursed and Crowned

This was another song I wrote during those same emotionally turbulent high school years in the mid-1980s. If "Breakin' My Heart" was about the immediate shock of betrayal, "Shattered Illusions" dug deeper into the aftermath - that hollow feeling when you realize everything you believed about someone was built on lies.

The opening line "Midnight shadows, a phone that won't ring" perfectly captured those sleepless nights, waiting for someone who was never going to call. I remember writing that verse thinking about how naive I'd been, how I'd "built castles on empty words." The metaphor felt so real to me then - all those promises and dreams just crumbling down.

What I'm proud of in this song is the pre-chorus structure. Adding that extra emotional build before hitting the chorus made the impact stronger. "Shattering my world" felt like the perfect phrase to describe how completely someone could destroy your sense of reality when you're seventeen and think you know everything about love.

The bridge represents growth - moving from victim to survivor. "I'm done with your lies, done with the pain" shows that progression from hurt to empowerment that I was learning to navigate as a teenager. The outro ties it all together with "Your love was fiction, but I'll rise from this fall" - probably the most mature line I wrote at that age.

Like my other lyrics from that time, this sat dormant for decades until AI technology gave me the opportunity to finally hear these words with music. There's something magical about bringing teenage angst full circle with today's creative tools. The song now has that dramatic, emotional sound that matches the intensity I felt when I first wrote these words.

Shattered Illusions

WATCH THE WORLD BURN - Ocean way mixdown

Awesome as Fuck

Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, 7/27/09)

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!
https://shockthealgorithm.bandcamp.com/album/ultraviolet-cosmos

New album Father Of All... out Feb 7. Hella Mega Tour w/ Green Day, Fall Out Boy + Weezer coming in 2021 http://hellamegatour.com

Burnout (Live at Woodstock 1994)

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