It’s rare in this day and age that you get excited each and every time an artist you dig puts out something new. I mean, everyone goes through ups and downs, peaks and valleys but sometimes, just sometimes, you find an artist that just hits that mark every single time so that when nary a note is heard from an impending new opus you can’t help but feel giddy.
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I’m a late-to-the-party metalhead, okay? As in started my Thrash education with …And Justice For All and Countdown To Extinction kind of late. But from there, I went back and discovered the rich history of the genre and opened my ears to the outliers like Testament, Flotsam & Jetsam, and the band of the hour in this particular piece, Sacred Reich. I fell in love with the Phoenix-based outfit because of 1993’s Independent which is still beautifully brutal as much as it is lyrically potent and poignant.
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The Neverlutionaries in a nutshell is the more accessible aspects of Alice In Chains’ brand of Grunge, the Funk-driven Rawk of Living Colour with hints of Chuck Moseley and Reverend & The Makers in the vocal department making for the most wonderful musical melting pot on their self-titled debut.
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I’ll be honest, I got way too excited when this bad boy popped up in my inbox. Hearing “Kings Before You” when it was initially unveiled late last year was kind of a revelation. Sure, James Durbin was always the “rocker” when featured on American Idol but saying that on the show and actually being one are two different beasts completely…but here, with The Beast Awakens, the former Idol contestant proves his mettle with some hearty METAL that’s sure to appease purists while treating his fanbase to a revelatory romp through the land of heavy Rawk and/or Roll!
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Sometimes I get requests for coverage from artists I really dig but because of one thing or another, it gets put on the backburner. That’s not to say I forgot about it because I remember EVERYTHING but more that it goes to some dark corner of my head mush waiting for an ideal time to work it’s way back into the casual conversation that is our pseudo-regular posting schedule.
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Don’t call it a throwback, they’ve been here for years….okay, enough with the silliness. But to be fair, Toronto’s Phantom High IS something of a throwback with a sound that’s this modernized take on a notorious genre that’s seen an uptick by some young artists in recent years. We’re, of course, talking about Nu-Metal and under Phantom High’s watchful eye the genre is not only updated but, dare we say, elevated??? It’s true! But don’t take our word for it, just listen to the tunes!
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What can we say about Temptress that we haven’t already said? Release after release, the Manchester, NH-based outfit continually reach for the stars and still tend to propel their sound far beyond that (Didja see Interstellar? Think that in terms of sonic scope). With their latest, “Out Of Control”, Temptress look to defy odds once again, adding to their musical palette and simultaneously crushing expectations.
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Digital Eulogy make the kind of music that when you hear it, you’ll drop everything you’re doing and just allow yourself to be immersed in the enticing tunes being driven through your speakers. We did just that upon hearing debut single “Collapse” last month and gladly did it yet again when their first EP, Cemetery Flowers, landed unexpectedly on our digital desk the other day. Chances are when you hear the infectious energy of the timeless tunes that Digital Eulogy produce, you’ll do the same.
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ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL kills, okay? If you’re looking for the next big thing, and we’re talking big as in MASSIVE sounding, then you need to check out ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL. Four tracks. Forty six minutes. February 5th. One minute it’s bliss, the next it’s blistering. So hop on board, yeah?
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Black Label Society meets Sabbath meets Kyuss in the riff department with a song structure that’s anything but predictable and a vocalist that brings the Soul to some heavenly pipes is Komatsu in a nutshell. On Rose Of Jericho, their fourth full-length, the Dutch outfit curate a collection of nine instant Desert Rawk classics that’ll leave a lasting impression long after the record is over.
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