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Dethklok Return To Boston And Decimate MGM Music Hall at Fenway With Their Brand Of Animated Metal, No Casualties

20 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Having just finished a rewatch of the entirety of Metalocalypse, including The Doomstar Requiem AND the recently released Army Of The Doomstar movie (Available now by heading here), we’d say our excitement for the live return of Dethklok was pretty high. Lucky for us, we timed our binge just right as the BabyKlok (BABYMETAL + Dethklok, get it?) tour was slated to hit town soon after and, despite the fact that this was our 4th show in a week (And 3rd in the Fenway area), nothing was going to quell that insatiable hunger for Nathan Explosion and company “in person” for the first time in over ten years!

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Filed Under: Live Shows, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Army Of The Doomstar, BabyKlok, BabyKlok Tour, BABYMETAL, Boston, Brendon Small, Bryan Beller, Dethklok, Dr Rockzo, Face Bones, Gene Hoglan, Jason Richardson, live music, live shows, Metalocalypse, MGM Music Hall, MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Nathan Explosion, Nili Brosh, Rock And Roll Fables

Kal-El Regale With The Robust Rawk On Moon People

20 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Have you ever had some new slab of music you put on and the instrumental load out is super stellar, really resonating over a slow build and just hits all the right notes both figuratively and literally only to have the vocals completely destroy the mood when they eventually kick in? No? Well, it happens to us more often than not (But for your comfort, you don’t often read about that shite in these pages) so when the title track from Norway’s Kal-El really began to suck us in we were praying to all the Rawk Gods that this would pan out for us. Especially when the press release for the 2-song EP was compared to both Dozer and Kyuss among others.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Azul Joshua "Josh" Bisama, Bjørn "Bjudas" Stornes, Kal-El, Kristoffer "Doffy" Ranaweera, Majestic Mountain Records, Moon People, Rock And Roll Fables, Ståle "Captain" Rodvelt

Paper Tigers Subscribe To A Sonic Go Big Or Go Home Mentality Throughout Louder Than Life Debut Charmer

15 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Sometimes when choosing to review almost every single ahead of an incoming EP/LP can present a problem down the road when the actual album is ready to drop. For one thing, how does it all fit in? Will those songs only stand out because they’re “the singles”? Or will the release sound disjointed when filled with songs already out to the masses which could potentially swallow up what’s in between those tentpoles? Luckily, when it comes to Boston’s Paper Tigers, though, that whole argument/point is moot as the strength of each and every song on debut release Charmer stands out regardless of if it was released previously. And together, they make for one unstoppable record.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Alex Allinson, Ben "Cutty" Cuthbert, Ben Cuthbert, Bjarki Guðmundsson, Cataclysmic Records, Charmer, Matthew Hughes, Michael Medlock, Paper Tigers, Rock And Roll Fables, The Bridge Sound

Singles! downtalker, “All My Friends Are Dead”/”Watch Your Heart Break”

14 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Art design by Alexa Noe; photo by Charlie Bertsch

We don’t say this too often but you’re not likely to hear anything quite like the music that downtalker makes. Following up on Post Junkie Selfish Millennial Single Father Field Notes (Which you can check out on Bandcamp here) comes two fresh new singles from the Boston-based trio which, far and away, might be the best songs downtalker have released to date. And don’t get us wrong, what’s come before from the multi-talented multi-instrumentalists Matt Freake, Darin Thompson, and Justin Mantell is tops (The long-titled release from August that we just mentioned is profound!) but what’s next is something really special.

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Singles! Tagged With: "All My Friends Are Dead", "Watch Your Heart Break", Darin Thompson, downtalker, Iodine Recordings, Justin Mantell, Matt Freake, Rock And Roll Fables

Eldridge Rodriguez Show No Signs Of Atrophy On Lively Latest LP

13 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Cover Photo by Cameron Keiber

While we haven’t had the opportunity to cover all the singles leading up to Boston/NYC hybrid outfit Eldridge Rodriguez’s latest LP, we’ve definitely covered a LOT. So diving into Atrophy is like a trip down memory lane to an extent with some of its’ 12 tracks appearing as far back as 2021 (“Megalodon” as part of the “Alice Drills” release) and others debuting throughout 2022 (“Have I Gone Too Far”, “Scars in the Vein”) for a familiar affair that’s more focused than ever before.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Atrophy, Cameron Keiber, Clayton Keiber, David Grabowski, Dennis Grabowski, Eldridge Rodriguez, Midriff Records, Rock And Roll Fables

Baroness Begin Anew With Refreshing Rawk Opus STONE

13 September 2023 By jesse 1 Comment

STONE album cover; original painting by John Baizley

Truth be told, we fell out of love with Baroness a little while back. No particular reason. No one did anything wrong. Our relationship had just run its’ course. Let’s just call it a “conscious uncoupling” and leave it at that, okay? Cut to last year while attending a Lamb Of God show that featured a stacked line up which included, you guessed it, Baroness. Maybe it was because they were opening for bands like LOG and Killswitch Engage but that set was a fiery reminder of what initially tuned us into the Philadelphia-based quartet so when a new album was announced earlier this year our interest was pretty, pretty piqued. And upon hearing said new record let’s just say that if you, like us, had left the Baroness fold, now might be the time to rethink that decision.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Abraxan Hymns, Baroness, Gina Gleason, John Baizley, Nick Jost, Rock And Roll Fables, Sebastian Thomson, STONE

Danny Worsnop: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation

11 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Credit: Wombatfire

Asking Alexandria is having a banner 2023 with album number eight not only out and in yer earholes currently but also embodying kind of everything that AA has been about up until now, their 17th year of existence. Add in a new tour to celebrate and support Where Do We Go From Here? that just kicked off alongside The Hu and there’s a lot to be happy about in the Asking Alexandria camp at the moment. But that hasn’t always been the case with vocalist Danny Worsnop, talking to us via phone from the Baltimore stop of their current tour, explaining what’s the key to maintaining the AA magic throughout the years:

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Filed Under: Interviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Asking Alexandria, Better Noise Music, Danny Worsnop, Rock And Roll Fables, Where Do We Go From Here?

No More Blue Tomorrows Live Free And Rawk Hard On Debut Full-Length

8 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Kind of grand all around, the debut full-length from Nashua, NH’s No More Blue Tomorrows has airs of early Front Bottoms and Guster with this kind of Weezer flair for writing catchy anthems and an all around earnest energy that easily reserves NMBT a seat at the big kids table.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Carissa Johnson, Connor Coburn, Dakota Holden, Lilly Inella, Natalia McDermott, No More Blue Tomorrows, Peter Owen Davis, Rock And Roll Fables, Zak Lombard

Singles! The Jacklights, “Final Girl”

7 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

More artists should deliver holiday-themed albums not centered on that husky guy in the red suit who sneaks into people’s houses towards the end of the year. And as a full-fledged fan of Spooky Season, we’re behind anything that brings attention to that better time of the year especially when it looks and sounds as good as the latest video/single from The Jacklights!

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Singles! Tagged With: Final Girl, Mike Allen, Mike Gaylord, Nilagia McCoy, Rock And Roll Fables, Stephanie Houten, The Jacklights

Electric Six Unleash Another Bombastic Beast On Magical Yet Mature Turquoise

6 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

We hate to label anything Electric Six does as “mature” but, um, Turquoise kinda is??? We’re sorry! But also not because regardless, it still sounds like Electric Six. And on this latest, their first in almost 5 years, the Detroit outfit deliver an energetic, eclectic, and electrifying new album that bombards the ears with the same kind of pomp and circumstance that shook the world to its’ core when Fire dropped in 2003 (Yes, kids, it has been 20 years since the E6 debut)!

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Dick Valentine, Dr. J, Electric Six, Herb S. Flavorings, Johnny Na$hinal, Metropolis Records, Rock And Roll Fables, Smorgasbord, Tait Nucleus?, Turquoise

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