Metal playlists from the underground
Chickenfoot, the supergroup concoction of legendary hard rock frontman Sammy Hagar, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith offer an eleven track self-titled debut that confirms a recent speculative statement — It is now truth that “Satch” is the best guitarist to play alongside Hagar […]
Newcomers to the neo-classic hard rock stage, Charm City Devils, offer this 11-track debut on Nikki Sixx’s Eleven Seven Music label. The Baltimore outfit summons the energy of early AC/DC (“Let’s Rock N Roll (Endless Road)”), Billy Squire’ s “The Stroke” with a squirt of Zeppelin (“True Love”), and Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” with a […]
Canadian rock outfit Bionic deliver a galactic group of good times rock tonnage on their bombastic 10-track attack BLACK BLOOD. Bad to the bone rhythms (“Learn to Love the Government”) and fuzzed-out jams (“Theme for a Young Lion”) collide with a marching band (“Freedom Now, Baby”) for the supercharged cruise through the desert in a […]
Zach Huskey and Dali’s Llama are a tad heavier this time around judging by the voluminous FULL ON DUNES. Once again boasting special guest appearances (this time featuring the likes of Mario Lalli and album producer Scott Reeder), this nine-track excursion drives harder than previous releases, as cuts like the fun and fuzzy “Full On” […]
Distorsis is a Canadian trio armed with the capability to lay down concrete slabs of hefty hard rock swelling with melody (“Fire,” “Free”) while a noticeable spacey stoner rock vibe seemingly lurks overhead (“No Love Lost”). Jampacked with extended instrumental interludes brazen with swirling guitars and tribal percussion sandwiched in between a bevy of gritty […]
Long Island unit John Wilkes Booth create a mountainous yet delectable wall of sonic overload on their latest 15-track affair, the viscous SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS. Heavy and crushing yet never remiss to keep their excessive slabs of doom-laden boogie rock memorable (“The Inner Workings”), tracks like “Eye Rack” and “Hey Girl” simultaneously stomp you in […]
Here are the lists of “Top 10 Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Albums of 2008” by Meds, Pete, and our awesome readers: Meds [Administrator] Metallica – Death Magnetic AC/DC – Black Ice Maiden Heaven – Kerang! Tribute to Iron Maiden Tesla – Forever More Extreme – Saudades de Rock Motorhead – Motorizer Airbourne – Runnin’ […]
That Metal Show starring hard rock DJ Eddie Trunk, comedian Jim Florentine, and Inside The NFL’s Don Jamieson aired its seventh and final all-new season 1 episode on VH1 Classic last night at 11 p.m. The hosts opened the show with a discussion of recent trends in music distribution by bands like Guns N’ Roses […]
That Metal Show starring hard rock DJ Eddie Trunk, comedian Jim Florentine, and Inside The NFL’s Don Jamieson aired its sixth episode on VH1 Classic last night at 11 p.m. The first topic of discussion concerned classic metal bands that reunite for tours without original members. Florentine noted that Guns N’ Roses works because Axl […]
Today Metallica posted an interesting music video for “All Nightmare Long,” the latest single from Death Magnetic. The video contains Soviet scientists conducting strange experiments on meat, a deceased cat, and a human, which eventually leads to toxic zombie chaos in a cartoon format followed by live action havoc. Anyone care to interpret?