WHAT I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS PAST YEAR (AKA: THINGS FROM 2018 I SAVED ON MY IPHONE’S NOTE APP)

YO WHAT’S GUCCI JOHN BELUSHI? IT’S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I’VE DONE ONE OF THESE BECAUSE TBH I FEEL LIKE ITS BEEN PRETTY QUIET ON HERE SAVE FOR LIKE THE 3 RANDOM SINGLE WORD NAME METALCORE BAND REVIEWS CESAR’S DONE AND THE OCCASIONAL DECIMAL RATED DEATHCORE-ADJACENT THINGS THE KID WHO OWNS THIS WEBSITE DOES
 
LMAO YO WHEN’S ALEX COMING THRU WITH MORE FIRE TAKES PLEASE DO REVIEWS WHERE YOU’RE NOT ON THE TOILET DAWG IT’S KIND OF WEIRD I KNOW NEW YORKERS DON’T GIVE A FIZZUCK ABOUT ANYTHING BUT THE REST OF US ARE AWKWARD SUBURBAN KIDS WHO WERE RAISED CATHOLIC SO WE’RE PRETTY TERRIFIED OF BODILY FUNCTIONS. WE NEED YOUR GUIDANCE OR THE SITE FINNA GO THE WAY OF ONE DIRECTION (READ: 5 DIRECTIONS LMAOOOOOO) 

(DAKOTA, CESAR, ALEX, BRIAN, AND OTHER THE ALEX., THE WHITE GUY) 

​I FIGURED SINCE IT’S BEEN A MINUTE I’LL JUST HIT YOU GUYS WITH A “WHAT’S BEEN ON MY RADAR FOR THIS YEAR” THING BECAUSE IDK ITS 3/4th OF THE WAY OVER AND I ONLY GOT SO MANY JOKES TO SPIT ON YOU. YO LMAO THIS IS THE QUICKEST I’VE EVER GOTTEN TO THE ACTUAL ARTICLE IN MY HISTORY AS A GUEST WRITER WHO WRITES FOR THIS WEBSITE MORE THAN AT LEAST 2 PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTED AS STAFF LMAO YO I’M A WRITER AT LARGE OR SOME SHIT WORD TO GLENN O’BRIEN I MISS YOU CHIEF RIP
 
THINGS I LISTENED TO BECAUSE THEY WERE TRENDING THAT I DON’T HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT:
 
ASAP ROCKY – TESTING: I LOVE ASAP BUT THIS RECORD KIND OF CAME AND WENT WITH NO FANFARE. ROCKY DOES BEST WHEN HE’S ON HIS OWN, THE SONGS WITH THE GUESTS ON THEM ARE THE WEAKEST PARTS OF THIS ALBUM SINCE ROCKY TENDS TO TRY AND EMULATE THEM TO A DEGREE. IT’S ADMIRABLE THAT HE’S WILLING TO EXPERIMENT AND MAKE OTHERS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, BUT I CAME HERE TO LISTEN TO A GUY BEING CHARMING WHILE SAYING HE’S WEARING SHOES THAT COST MORE THAN I MAKE IN A YEAR AND THAT HE’D SLEEP WITH EVERYONE I KNOW AND I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO GET MAD AT HIM.
 
KANYE WEST - YE: EVERYONE SEEMS TO SAY IT’S EITHER AWFUL OR AMAZING, I THINK IT’S JUST OKAY. THERE’S SOME COOL PARTS BUT JUST AS MANY CRINGY ONES. THE PART WHERE KANYE IS LIKE “I HOPE MY DAUGHTER DOESN’T LOOK LIKE KIM KARDASHIAN WHEN SHE GROWS UP BECAUSE THEN GUYS ARE GOING TO OGLE HER LIKE I OGLED HER MOTHER” LITERALLY MADE ME GO “YIKES THAT’S REGRESSIVE” OUT LOUD
 
ROLO TOMASSI – TIME WILL DIE AND LOVE WILL BURY IT: IT WAS OKAY. @ PEOPLE WHO LIKE DEAFHEAVEN: SORRY. DON’T @ ME.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
WOLF KING – LOYAL TO THE SOIL: SOLID RELEASE BUT NOTHING CRAZY. I WISH MORE PEOPLE LIKED WOLF KING BECAUSE AT THE MOMENT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THEM OR ELSE THEY’LL DISAPPEAR OR SOMETHING LOL. THEY FINALLY GOT A BASS PLAYER ON THIS RECORD WHICH IS SICK. THE GUITAR PLAYER WHO SOUNDS LIKE THE GRUNTING GUY FROM HARMS WAY AND THE VOCALIST WHO SOUNDS LIKE THE DUDE FROM THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA WORK TOGETHER REALLY WELL VOCALLY, AND I ALWAYS WILL BACK HARDCORE KIDS PLAYING EXTREME METAL.
 
CONVERGE – BEAUTIFUL RUIN: OH WOW ANOTHER CONVERGE RECORD THAT’S REALLY GOOD. SHOCKER. IT’S JUST B-SIDES FROM THE DUSK IN US BUT CONVERGE CAN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
 
VEIN – ERRORZONE: YO IM JUST GETTING THIS OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE EVERYONE ON THE FUCKING PLANET HAS LISTENED TO VEIN AND ITS ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE IS AT LADY BIRD LEVELS FUCKING BROLIC WITH THE WORSHIP. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS ONE ALREADY SO HERE’S A FEW POINTS I’M GOING TO MAKE THAT I FEEL HAVEN’T BEEN MADE:

• THE GUY WHO’S CLEAN SINGING IS BETTER THAN I WAS EXPECTING
• I FEEL BAD THEY AREN’T FRIENDS WITH .GIF FROM GOD ANYMORE :^(
• “DOOMTECH” GOES ON FOR LIKE 3 MINUTES TOO LONG AND I’LL BE HONEST I SKIP IT ONCE THAT DEFTONES BRIDGE STARTS LOL
• I’M GLAD THEY FOUND THE “DOWN OCTAVE” SETTING ON THE WHAMMY PEDAL
• THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK FROM THAT LIVE ACTION SPAWN MOVIE
• EVERY PERSON I KNOW PREORDERED THE WINDBREAKER BUT I’VE NEVER SEEN IT IN PERSON LOL VEIN REALLY PULLED A FAST ONE ON YOU GUYS BY BEING LIKE “LOL YO WHAT IF IT’S NAVY LMAO”
• I OWN THE SAME KIND OF OCTAVE SHIFT PEDAL THAT JOSH DOES AND EVERY TIME I USE IT A COLLEGE UNDERCLASSMAN WITH PAINTED NAILS AND CUFFED DICKIES MATERIALIZES IN FRONT OF ME AND SAYS MY BAND SOUNDS LIKE VEIN EVEN THOUGH WE SOUND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE VEIN
• THERE’S A KILLSWITCH ENGAGE PART IN ONE OF THE SONGS LOL
• I LIKE THIS RECORD A LOT BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THE SPLIT I’LL GIVE IT LIKE A B/B+ (EVERYONE WHO GOT MAD AT ME FOR SAYING THIS INITIALLY BETTER KEEP THE ENERGY WHEN THEIR END OF THE YEAR LISTS ROLLS AROUND OR I SWEAR TO GOD I’LL HIDE THE CONTROLLER TO YOUR PLAYSTATION UNTIL YOU GET YOUR GRADES UP)

 
PORCHES – THE HOUSE: TL;DR: THE LEAD SINGLE FOR THIS IS A SONG CALLED “COUNTRY,” WHICH IS LEGITIMATELY A PERFECT SONG, 10/10, SOUNDS LIKE THE FEELING OF THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE, REST OF THE RECORD IS TRASH AND I HATED IT. HERE’S A PIC THAT I WAS COMPELLED TO MAKE AFTER LISTENING TO IT.

JESUS PIECE – ONLY SELF: OKAY SO A FEW MONTHS BACK I MADE THE BOLD DECLARATION THAT I EXPECTED THIS ALBUM TO BE THE DARKHORSE PICK FOR “UNEXPECTED ALBUM THAT EVERYONE FREAKS OUT ABOUT” AND EVEN THOUGH THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN IT STILL IS PRETTY GREAT. JESUS PIECE HAVE THIS REALLY INTERESTING DYNAMIC GOING ON WHERE THEYRE A DEATHCORE BAND BUT NO ONE REALIZES IT BECAUSE 1.) THEY DON’T SUCK AND 2.) THAT’S LITERALLY THE ONLY REASON. I DID AN EXPERIMENT A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE I PLAYED A JESUS PIECE SONG AND AN ACACIA STRAIN SONG SPEED UP x1.25 AND ASKED PEOPLE WHICH WAS WHICH AND A SHOCKING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE (ML WRITERS TOO) GOT IT WRONG LOL. ONLY SELF IS THEIR STRONGEST RELEASE SO FAR AND REALLY SHOWCASES WHAT THEY’RE ABLE TO DO AS A BAND, IT’S FILLED WITH THE KIND OF STOP-START BREAKDOWN-COMPILATION-VIDEO-TYPE RIFFS THEY’VE ALWAYS DONE BUT THIS TIME THEY’RE ABLE TO KEEP MOMENTUM BETWEEN THEM AND NOT HAVE THEM FEEL LIKE DIVERGENT SECTIONS PIECED TOGETHER WITH RECKLESS ABANDON. THERE’S A SEGMENT IN “CURSE OF THE SERPENT” THAT STRINGS TOGETHER A SCRATCHY PERCUSSIVE SECTION INTO A MORE OPEN TRANSITION INTO THE WHOLE “BIG FIGHT RIFF” PART, WHICH THEN REINCORPORATES AND REINTRODUCES THE PREVIOUS SECTIONS BUT WITH A LOOSER FEEL, IDK I’M NOT A MUSIC DORK I CAN’T DESCRIBE IT WELL BUT WHAT I’M GETTING AT IS “OH WOW THEY MADE A ‘WELL PLAY THE BREAKDOWN BUT SLOWER’ THING SOUND GOOD BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY FUCKING THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT SOUND NATURAL.” THERE’S ALSO A COUPLE SONG WHERE THEY HIT A KEG WITH A BASEBALL BAT AND I PROMISE YOU I’LL NEVER GET SICK OF THAT.
 
LILY ALLEN - NO SHAME: LILY ALLEN IS A PRECIOUS ANGEL AND A GIFT TO HUMANITY BUT SHEEZUS FUCKING SUCKED AND WAS PEAK BUZZFUCKERY AND EVEN SHE KNEW IT, SO IM GLAD THAT SHE PUT OUT A REAL “I’M A SINGER HERE’S SOME BALLADS” ALBUM BECAUSE THAT’S KIND OF THE POINT SHE’S AT IN HER LIFE RIGHT NOW (READ: A SINGLE MOTHER IN HER THIRTIES). THE FIRST HALF OF THIS ALBUM FEATURES SOME KIND OF MEH BUT NOT BAD TRACKS BUT THE SECOND HALF REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE. SONGS LIKE “PUSHING UP DAISES” FEEL LIKE A NATURAL MATURATION OF HER PREVIOUS WORK, WHILE SONGS LIKE “THREE” AND “FAMILY MAN” (WHICH IS MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE ALBUM) SHOW A PRETTY NEW SIDE TO HER AS AN ARTIST. I DON’T THINK THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE OR ANYTHING BUT IT’S A LOT BETTER THAN I WAS EXPECTING AND IM REALLY GLAD FOR HER :^)

ON THE FLIPSIDE I REALLY DON’T LIKE “TRIGGER BANG” THO, SINCE I’M NOT CURRENTLY WEARING A NIKE TRACKSUIT AND HOPPING A TURNSTILE. GRIME RAPPERS TALK LIKE THE FUCKING BLUE MEANIES DUDE LMAO THEY’RE LIKE
 
“MAN LIKE TYLER GONE MAD WITH THEM FEET PON ME CREPS INNIT. IM GASSED UP BRUV. SKREWFACED. BOUT TO DUPPY UP WASTMAN PROPER YEAH”
 
DUDE ENGLISH PEOPLE AREN’T EVEN REAL LOL.
 
CODE ORANGE - THE HURT WILL GO ON (I COULDN’T FIND A FULL ALBUM LINK SO HERES ONE TRACK FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN YOURE A GROWN UP NOW):
 
YO SO APPARENTLY PART OF THE DEAL WITH THE TIMELINE WHERE WE GET A TEEN TITANS VILLAIN AS PRESIDENT WAS THAT WE’D ALSO GET THE FIRST CODE ORANGE RELEASE THAT WAS COOL SINCE SIDE A OF I AM KING.
 
AS MOST OF YOU WHO KNOW ME PERSONALLY ARE AWARE, I’VE HAD AN ONGOING LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH CODE ORANGE (KIDS) SINCE 2012. IM NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE REAL DETAILS IN THIS ARTICLE AS TO WHY I CAN’T TAKE A BUNCH OF ART SCHOOL KIDS WHO I’VE SEEN CRYING IN THEIR UNDERWEAR SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY STARTED BEING TOUGH FIGHT GUYS, BUT EVERY RUROUNI KENSHIN SPEECH JAMI GIVES DURING TIHC VIDEOS MAKES ME FIND THEM EVEN FUNNIER. YO THIS GUY LEGITIMATELY YELLED OUT “I SEE A LOT OF FUCKING COWARDS. I SEE A LOT OF SPIES” DURING THE BUILD UP TO THE BREAKDOWN IN ONE SONG LMAO.
 
ANYWAY, 5 YEARS AFTER RELEASING LOVE IS LOVE//RETURN TO DUST, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST HARDCORE DEBUTS IN HISTORY, CODE ORANGE PUT OUT FOREVER WHICH FUCKING S U C K E D. I KNOW EVERYONE IS DEFENDING THEM LIKE “OH YEAH CODE ORANGE IS BLAZING NEW TERRITORY WHAT OTHER BAND SOUNDS LIKE THEM RIGHT NOW?” BUT LIKE LOL YEAH NO BANDS SOUND LIKE CODE ORANGE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE EVERY BAND THAT SOUNDS LIKE THEM BROKE UP IN 1998.
 
ANYWAY WHEN I SAW THAT THEY RELEASED THIS EP I WAS LIKE “YO I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH COREY TAYLOR LOL” AND ALSO “WOW IF 2012 ME KNEW THAT COREY TAYLOR WOULD DO A SONG WITH THE GUYS WHO DID ‘MY BODY IS A WELL’ AND I’D ONLY HAVE A LUKEWARM FEELING ABOUT IT HE’D BE DEVASTATED” BUT THEN 2018 ME GOT THE SHOCK OF HIS LIFE WHEN HE LISTENED TO THIS AND IT ACTUALLY RIPPED.
 
DON’T GET ME WRONG, THIS ISNT NEARLY AS GOOD AS THEIR –KIDS ERA STUFF BUT IT STILL IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS ABOVE ANYTHING OFF OF FOREVER AND HALF OF THE SONGS ON I AM KING. “3 KNIVES” IS KIND OF THE PERFECT REALIZATION OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING FOR ON FOREVER (READ: FEAR FACTORY WITH BREAKDOWNS) AND THE ENDING BREAKDOWN IS ACTUALLY INSANE. THE SONG WITH COREY TAYLOR IS PRETTY GOOD TOO, IT’S BASICALLY JUST A MARILYN MANSON SONG IN DROP B BUT I LIKE IT. COREY DOESN’T ADD THAT MUCH BUT IT’S STILL COOL AND HE’S IN THE GREATEST METAL BAND OF ALL TIME SO I’M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT HIM BEING IN IT. THE LAST SONG IS JUST ANOTHER REMIX OF A SONG THE GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE CODE LYOKO ALREADY DID LIKE COME ON SHADE DON’T YOU HAVE TO TERRORIZE THE CYBER CHASE KIDS OR SOMETHING?
 
POST NOTHING – NEW EMOTIONAL FASCISM: A LOT OF BANDS I’M FRIENDS WITH RELEASED ALBUMS THIS YEAR. THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE. CLEVER LYRICS, GOOD PRODUCTION, LOTS OF MOSH PARTS SPECIALLY FORMULATED FOR PEOPLE IN MOSH RETIREMENT TO POWERFULLY NOD THEIR HEAD TO.  CHECK IT OUT OR BE A POSER, THE CHOICE IS YOURS
 
LITERALLY JOHN MAYER’S ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY
(JUST GO TO A BARNES & NOBLE THEY’RE PROBABLY PLAYING “YOUR BODY IS A WONDERLAND” RIGHT NOW)
 
JOHN MAYER IS SO FUCKING SICK LOL. I’M DEAD SERIOUS I’VE BEEN FUCKING JAMMING TO SOME J.M. A LOT RECENTLY. DUDE CAN BELT AND IS ONE OF LIKE 3 CELEBRITIES THAT’S WORTH FOLLOWING ON INSTAGRAM FOR REASONS BESIDES JUST BEING LUNATICS. IF YOU DON’T FEEL YOUR LIBIDO SHRINK IN TERROR AT JOHN’S VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN “GRAVITY” YOU’RE KIDDING YOURSELF MY GUY.
 
HERE’S A MEME I MADE THAT I’VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE GO VIRAL FOR MONTHS NOW LOL:

​CULTURE ABUSE – BAY DREAM: CULTURE ABUSE’S LAST RECORD PEACH WAS A PRETTY DECENT PUNK RECORD. I SAW THEM PLAY AT A VENUE IN WEST HAVEN (YOU KNOW THE ONE) AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS REFERRED TO THEM AS BEING “GIRLFRIEND-CORE” WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT ‘ILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FORGET AS LONG AS I LIVE. THIS RECORD BORED ME TO TEARS AND I TURNED IT OFF AND PUT ON THE LIVE VIDEO OF COALESCE PLAYING MICHIGAN FEST TWO SONGS IN. HERE’S A CONVO I HAD WITH MY FRIEND ABOUT THIS ALBUM.

(I ONLY USE LOWERCASE IN MY PERSONAL LIFE)

MOUTHBREATHER – “DOLLMEAT”
SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY – “SYSC/SGKF SPLIT”
CHAMBER – “HATRED SOFTLY SPOKEN”
(IF YOU’RE READING THIS WEBSITE YOU ALREADY HAVE THESE DOWNLOADED)
 
IM DOING ALL THREE OF THESE TOGETHER SINCE THEY ALL FALL INTO THE SAME CATEGORY OF “BANDS I LIKE THAT ALSO SOUND LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO WHEN I WAS 16.” I’M ALSO PROBABLY JUST AS SICK OF WRITING RIGHT NOW AS YOU ARE OF READING SO LET’S JUST DO THIS IN A LIGHTNING ROUND FORMAT:
 
MOUTHBREATHER: SOUNDS LIKE CONVERGE PLAYING AFTER THE BURIAL SONGS. LOTS OF BREAKDOWNS. SOME ARE COOLER THAN OTHERS. THERE’S A PART WHERE THERE’S A BASS BREAK THAT’S SUPER HEAVY BUT THEN THE BAND COMES IN AND IT LOSES ALL ITS IMPACT. BESIDES THAT, THIS RECORD IS SHORT AND HEAVY AND SOUNDS MORE LIKE VEIN THAN VEIN’S NEW RECORD DID LOL. ALSO THE VIDEO OF ALEX BROWN PITTING TO MOUTHBREATHER MAKES MY HEART BURST WITH JOY.
 
SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY: THIS BAND REFERS TO ITSELF AS BEING “SASSY” WHICH PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE WAS ALREADY AN ACTUAL MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY-MID 2000s. I REALLY LIKE SYSC. THEY REMIND ME OF DUCKDUCKGOOSE MIXED WITH CANADA SONGS-ERA DAUGHTERS. EVERY BAND I LIKE IN 2018 NEEDS TO GET COMPARED TO DAUGHTERS IT’S THE LAW.
 
CHAMBER: THE BEST OF THE SINGULAR-WORD-NOUN METALCORE BANDS IVE DISCOVERED USING THE VALUABLE RESOURCE KNOWN AS “CESAR’S INSTAGRAM STORY.” I’LL BE COMPLETELY FRANK WITH YOU GUYS: I’VE BEEN SICK OF PANIC CHORD METALCORE SINCE 2011 SO ITS REVIVAL IS REALLY NOT GELLING WELL WITH ME LOL. THIS BAND DOES IT WELL THOUGH. I LIKE THE LAST SONG WHERE THEY JUST PLAY A LAMB OF GOD SONG LOL. I HOPE THEY PUT OUT MORE THINGS SINCE THIS WAS SICK AND THEY APPARENTLY HAVE JACOB LILY FROM DWELL AS A VOCALIST NOW AND HE’S INSANE (RIP DWELL YOU WERE TOO GOOD FOR THIS WORLD).
 
CLOZING THOTZ:
 
I WAS GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ABOUT HOW I MISSED OUT ON TWO ALBUMS LAST YEAR SO I WASN’T ABLE TO INCLUDE THEM IN MY TOP TEN LIST BUT IT BASICALLY WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN “EMPLOYED TO SERVE’S WARMTH OF A DYING SUN IS HEAVY AND THEN IT ISN’T AND IT’S COOL AND I LIKE IT.” AND “BLIS’S NO ONE LOVES YOU IS SAD AND EMO AND WOULD HAVE FUCKING CRUSHED THE SCENE IN 2014.” SO I DIDN’T LOL (CHECK THEM OUT THO THEY’RE GREAT).
 
YO SINCE WE’RE ALREADY COMPLETELY LACKING ANY STRUCTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE’S A TOP 5 LIST OF WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR:
 
5.) THE THIS TOWN NEEDS GUNS ANIMALS ACOUSTIC ALBUM. I HAVE A DEGREE IN A SOCIAL SCIENCE AND WEAR GLASSES SO NATURALLY I LIKE SOFT SONGS WITH ACOUSTIC GUITARS DOING TWIDDLY SHIT.
4.) THAT HORSE THE BAND RECORD WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET LAST YEAR BUT DIDN’T. I KNOW IT’S OUT THERE GOD DAMN IT. THEY DID A CHRISTMAS SONG TOO WHICH WAS OKAY BUT ITS LYRICS ARE KINDA DUMB EVEN BY HTB STANDARDS AND I’M WAITING FOR THE NINTENDOCORE REVIVAL TO HAPPEN EVEN THOUGH I’M PROBABLY THE ONLY GUY WHO STILL LIKES IT.
3.) THAT BAND THE THREATS’S NEW RELEASE SINCE THEY’RE STATISTICALLY THE CLOSEST THING TO THE CHARIOT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW (EVEN WITH THE TWO MOST VALUABLE THE CHARIOT MEMBERS NOT BEING IN IT).
2.) THE NEW CULT LEADER RECORD THAT THEY RECORDED IN A WEEK LIKE 4 MONTHS AGO AND HAVEN’T MENTIONED SINCE.
1.)  WHATEVER THE FIRST BAND TO SOUND LIKE THE BREACH ALBUM “IT’S ME GOD” BUT WITH BETTER PRODUCTION PUTS OUT.
 
WIMPS AND POSERS LEAVE THE HALL. *FORCES YOU TO LEAVE HALL*