In perusing Spoken’s press release, it states that the band’s latest and greatest release, Illusion, “is an exercise in aggression and calculated fragility. Laced with testosterone, the album throws down with the elite of metal and hardcore in calculated moments of heaviness. But what makes this record distinctive is not its speedy riffage or its pounding beats, but its emotional candor.”
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Let’s get one thing sorted from the get go, this is not rock'n'roll, but GODDAM it is some cool shit! There is so much to take in and grab hold of here that fans of all styles, especially progressive rock/metal, will find something to latch onto and obsess over.
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The Swayback is our Indie Band of The Week for so many reasons, including their critically acclaimed album, but mostly because we dig their funky sound and live shows. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
13 is an unlucky number for some, but apparently not for Blackbox13 and their mini-album Army Of None. When listening to it you have to consider that the four piece aren’t out to re-invent the wheel; it’s just plain hard rock - pretty damn fine hard rock.
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“I was so wasted. I was so wasted. I was wasted. I was a hippie. I was a burnout. I was a dropout. You know I was out of my head. I was a surfer. I had a skateboard. I was so heavy man. I lived on the strand” Those lyrics, those words, attest the sentiments of a time gone by. They point out our youth, a window into who many of us once were. Some of us weathered those days; some of us watched it happen around us but never experienced it. Some of us are still living it, and some of us are now fighting it through the youth we engendered while we were so wasted back in the day. However you wrap it up, these words speak true to the grander majority of us who dare to declare ourselves Gen Xers.
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Read the review of the new six-song EP by Halestorm recorded live at the Warner Sound Studios.
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Most bands would close-up shop with a simple bow to their strong audience base or release a ‘Best of’ collection to extort as much money as possible from their beloved fans. The UK based ‘Basement’, their latest album ‘Colourmeinkindness’ has proven to be the five piece’s final effort to shine, showing many other bands how to break up with style. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Read this great review on KISS' new album, MONSTER by our own Johnny Price - probably one of the biggest lifelong KISS fans on the planet!
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