Metal playlists from the underground
Southern space rock? Hell yes, courtesy of Gideon Smith, whose swampy swagger goes galactic on South Side of the Moon, this eclectic artist’s latest 13-track endeavor. Meshing down south jukin’ with the trippy acumen of Hawkwind sounds daunting, yet Smith and his backing band, The Dixie Damned (consisting of members of Novadriver and Big Chief) […]
It’s no surprise that Long Island native John Sullivan takes quite a few cues from a certain famous Long Island piano man on the 12-track album A Sound Opportunity For Your Last Music Purchase. However, the five piece The John Sullivan Brigade rounds out the obvious influence with a slew of other classic rock luminaries […]
Two holiday seasons ago gave life to A Twisted Christmas, last year a Monster Ballad Xmas, and this year our favorite rock artists offer us another hard rocking Christmas on We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year. This totally rad compilation features 12 holiday favorites by rock legends such as Alice […]
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AC/DC doesn’t want this record downloaded for a very simple reason — they don’t make singles, they make full albums. As singles, none of these tracks will make much, if any, sense to the listener. However, as an album this record destroys. Here is the Gears of Rock Track-By-Track rundown. If you already own the album, […]
Check out this pretty solid list of the Top 100 Metal Songs by some random dude on nutsie.com. 1 “Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live In D…” Iron Maiden 2 “War Pigs” Black Sabbath 3 “Beyond the Realms of Death” Judas Priest 4 “Iron Man” Black Sabbath 5 “Master Of Puppets” Metallica 6 “Victim Of Changes” […]
Van Hagar or Van Roth? Whatever your preference may be, you cannot deny the fact that Sammy is one of the coolest, down to earth, and rocking frontmen of all time. Take a moment today to indulge in the greatness of the “Red Rocker,” Sammy Hagar. Playing guitar in Van Halen on “Love Walks In”… […]
“Shackler’s Revenge” begins with an aggressive effect-filled riff, which may have been a product of over production. Axl Rose’s voice sounds good throughout the verse, but contains an unnecessary lower sounding vocal track. During the pre-chorus, the effect refreshingly disappears and Axl sounds fantastic. The vocal melody of the chorus will stick in the listeners […]
Louisiana quartet Another Big Machine takes the well paved pop-rock route of Nickelback and Daughtry, and mixes it with dollops of country twang and Warped Tour edge on their latest offering ABM. Successfully soaring with lush instrumentation, a la sellout-era Aerosmith, should garnish a slew of pop-rock interest for this unit — but there’s a […]
Orange County metalcore quintet, how redundant, huh? Add End the Century’s name into the bingo cage of bands whose feral screaming sounds like a rabid animal’s revenge, as the six-track Hammer and the Anvil presents a band full of fire but seriously lacking the compelling compositions to properly get their power across. Tinny guitars, stock […]