Slapshock "Langit"

Slapshock is the thunderous sound of Filipino metal. Composed of four diversely skilled musicians, the band was forged in the musically rich landscape of the University in the Philippines in 1997. Slapshock emerged during the heyday of rap-metal in the USA and in the Philippines, becoming a pioneer of the movement and being responsible for its rise. While some would be in danger of being pegged in one genre, the band has stayed put in Pinoy rock’s consciousness for the past 13 years because of their evolving but always explosive sound. Slapshock draws you in with a concord of unforgettable and haunting sounds, only to have your senses assaulted with ragged and raw power.

After doing shows in almost all parts of the country, the band stepped on a new plain and completed a USA-Canada Tour in June to July 2009. Slapshock toured the cities of San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baltimore and Virginia, and the Canadian cities of Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. In another nonreplicable feat, Slapshock has shared the stage with big names in metal like Death Angel, Sepultura, Shadows Fall, The Darkest Hour, Trivium, Lamb of God and Testament.

Not inclined in any way to slow down, Slapshock became one of the founding members of the Asian super group PROJECT E.A.R. (East Asian Revolution). The latter is a collaboration of top artists from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines, which debuted during the 2009 MTV Asian Music Awards.

This year 2012 marks a milestone for the band. They are officially 15 years in the music industry and they are getting stronger as ever. They released the much anticipated and highly acclaimed album KINSE KALIBRE.  Their 1st single NGAYON NA became an instant hit and dominated the MYX Daily Charts. It became the #1 song for 3 straight weeks even beating local and international pop artists.

Thousands of Slapshock CDs have been sold, and played over and over. Thousands of fans have screamed their name and anthems. But one number makes the most impression: 15. Fifteen years and they are the only band still standing and actively playing among their contemporaries. Fifteen years of withstanding changing genres and music popularity with the same core members intact. Fifteen years of growing into their now distinct aural and visual performance that continues to astound its solid rock fan base and incite more to experience the same.

Current members

Jamir Garcia ::: vocalist
Lean Ansing ::: guitarist
Lee Nadela ::: bassist
Chi Evora ::: drummer

Gulong gulo ang isip sa bawat sandali 

Namulat ang aking mata sa paghihinagpis 

Namamatay na ang ilaw sa gitna ng gabi 

Liwanag ay naglalaho kasama ang ngiti 

At ngayon ay magbabalik sa iyo, dala ang panalangin ko 

At ngayon ay haharapin ang mundo, na kasama mo ako 

Muli kong makikita, Langit sa iyong mata 

Ang paghinga, ikaw ang dahilan 

Muli kong makikita, liwanag sa iyong mata 

Ang paghinga, ikaw ang dahilan 

Unti unting nagbabago ang ihip ng hangin 

Tumutulak sa akin upang ikay marating 

Sana sumikat ang araw at ituro ang daan 

Patungo sa puso mo at muli kang mahagkan 

At ngayon ay magbabalik sa iyo, dala ang panalangin ko 

At ngayon ay haharapin ang mundo, na kasama mo ako 

Muli kong makikita, Langit sa iyong mata 

Ang paghinga, ikaw ang dahilan 

Muli kong makikita, liwanag sa iyong mata 

Ang paghinga, ikaw ang dahilan 

Ginising mo ang diwa ko 

Di na muling lilisan pa sa piling mo 

Nalibot ko na ang mundo 

Nananabik makabalik sa piling mo 

Ikaw ang nais sa pag gising, ikaw ang buhay ko 

Ikaw ang nais makapiling, ikaw ang luha ko 

Ikaw ang sinisigaw, ikaw ang nilalaman 

ikaw ang nakatatak sa puso kong ito 

Ikaw ang nais sa pag gising, ikaw ang buhay ko 

IKAW!!!

~networld & slapshock

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Most Wanted takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise. Most Wanted allows players to select one car and compete against other racers to reach a destination. Cops are integrated into certain racing sessions, in which the police deploy vehicles and tactics to stop the player's car and arrest the player, like the original Most Wanted. The single-player section will feature a Blacklist of 10 racers, similar to the single-player section of the original Most Wanted, which featured 15 Blacklist racers.

Most Wanted has been likened to Criterion's Burnout series, and has a large open world. Like Burnout Paradise, races have a start and end point but players can choose their own route to the finish line.

The game will use Autolog, the competition-between-friends system developed by Criterion for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and since used in other titles in the Need for Speed series. Autolog in Most Wanted plays a larger role and gives more information to players. Activities in-game allow players to earn Speed Points which can boost players up on Most Wanted list. Autolog recommendations have now been integrated into the game world, rather than sit externally on the menu system.

The driving model of the game has been described as "deep, physical and fun", not as arcade-styled as the Burnout series and Hot Pursuit, but far from a simulator. Most Wanted has a range of real-world vehicles, a mix of muscle cars, street racers and exotics, described as "the wildest selection of cars yet". The cars can be altered with performance upgrades and visual upgrades, such as paint colors, wheels, suspensions, engine, nitrous, and bodywork (body kits).

DC Universe "Secret Map Location"

iFanboy cub reporter Jeff Reid sends me strange things sometimes. Recently, he's taken to sharing some very peculiar maps. But these milestones won't be familiar to Rand McNally and may doom your TomTom to cybernetic depression. Like Narnia and Terabithia, getting to these places require a little imagination.
 Jeff found a map of the United States of America, as it existed in the DCU of 1990.
 "There seems to be a perennial question among comics fans: What's up with those fictional cities in the DC universe? Just where are Gotham City and Metropolis located? Star City's on the West Coast, right? Is it kind a close to Coast City or is it somewhere in Washington? It's weird. Why won't anyone at DC just say where these damn cities are on a map? A 2008 video show touched on this topic, but few answers were forthcoming.
 "We were all looking towards the comics for these questions to be answered. We were looking in the wrong place.

"Recently, I was at my parents' house to help them clean out my old bedroom. While there, I found a stack of a ton of my old role playing game materials. In middle and high school, I'd been an avid player of Dungeons and Dragons but still dabbled in other games. Our group had been known to delve into GURPS, Vampire: The Masquerade, and a few others including the DC Heroes role playing game. It was the later material that I found most intriguing.

"DC Heroes, published by a company named Mayfair Games, was a paper-and-pencil role playing game that was first released in the mid-'80s but still had material coming out into the mid-'90s. It had a system in place where all types of characters with all types of powers could interact. It was all fully licensed and approved by DC. Most of the adventures were set in the then-current continuity. I had bought plenty of used source books and game modules for this RPG, but hadn't actually played with most of them. They had laid forgotten in a closet for years. In the stack of these books was a copy of something that would provide answers to all of those questions about the various DC cities. I found a copy of The Atlas of the DC Universe.

"This thing is a clinical look at the location and history of the cities, planets, and dimensions of the DCU. Well, it's a look at these places as they existed in 1990. The maps aren't flashy, but they get the job done. Metropolis is in Delaware. Gotham City is in New Jersey. It's true! This DC licensed product says they're located there so you have to believe it!

"If the logo on the cover doesn't convince you, the author of the book might. Paul Kupperberg is listed as the main author of this book. Kupperberg was an editor at DC for years and even wrote several runs of series including the 18 issues of Doom Patrol immediately preceding Grant Morrison. His name carries some weight. He wasn't just a writer that Mayfair grabbed off the street. Kupperberg knew DC Comics.

"You may notice that a few storied cities like Opal and St. Roch aren't mentioned anywhere but that's simply because they were created after 1990. This book is very much of its time. Take this all with a grain of salt. Who's to say what the various Zero Hours, Final Crisis-es, and Superboy continuity punches did to these cities' locations. This is one answer to all of your questions, but it's not The Answer. As always, make your own continuity."


~networld & ifanboy "jeff reid"