Metal playlists from the underground
Aaron Lewis, the “Northern Redneck” frontman of Staind, will embark on a co-headlining US tour with Blackberry Smoke in October. The “Sinners & Sanctified Tour” opens at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 12 and concludes at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, West Virginia on Nov. 17. The tour will also feature special guest […]
Staind is #89 on the Gears of Rock’s Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands Countdown. The band debuted as a nu-metal act in the late ’90s before garnering mainstream attention with their heart-felt post-grunge ballads. The greatest songs released by Staind include “Home,” “Price to Play,” “For You,” “Believe,” “So Far Away,” “Mudshovel,” “It’s […]
The Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival returns this August and September for more than 30 tour dates throughout North America. The main stage features SHINEDOWN, GODSMACK, STAIND, and PAPA ROACH, along with breaking band ADELITAS WAY. In addition, the Ernie Ball Stage and Jägermeister Stage in the festival area will include performances from multi-platinum headliners […]
Annual rock festival WJRR’s Earthday Birthday 19 took place yesterday April 14 at Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida. The event featured performances from Godsmack, Staind, Chevelle, Halestorm, Trivium, Pop Evil, The Used, Theory of a Deadman, Soil, Hurt, Evans Blue, and more. Check out some fan-filmed highlights of the performances below: Watch Chevelle perform “The Red” […]
“This Is It” opens The Illusion Of Progress and it does not rock nearly as hard as the classic opener “Suffocate” from Dysfunction (1999). This tune is great at keeping the eighth notes steady throughout the intro and refrain. So far Staind sounds more like 3 Doors Down than the band I once knew. 5/10 […]
You can stream the new Staind album, The Illusion of Progress, for free at The Fight Network before the album comes out on August 19. I might get the chance to do a Track-By-Track review, but I honestly haven’t found what I heard to be very worthy of one. Many people will dig the tunes […]