Metal playlists from the underground
Tuscon, AZ post-hardcore troupe Beyond the Citadel of Coup de Grace pour all of the emotion they can muster into their latest five-track sojourn Bang! The Whiskey Mask. Providing a dizzying array of stylistic mash-ups, erratic vocal patterns and tones that give songs like “Six Led One” multiple personality disorder galore, and verbose lyrics that […]
Chicago-based rock troupe 1997 employ a male-female vocal dynamic which allows their latest album On The Run to reach soaring emotional depths and heights. Throw in bits of roots rock laden with indie rock pretense on cuts like the glistening “I Will Always Find You” and the feisty “4 AM Conversation,” giving bands like Taking […]
Sacramento, CA metalcore troupe Elysia demonstrates how well their jaded viewpoints meet with abrasive dissonance on the aggressive nine-track disc Lion of Judas. Blending various degrees of the metal realm’s schools of thought to develop a truly unnerving sound, this Kurt Ballou produced affair captures the band creating their version of modern hardcore with gnashed […]
Playing melodic death metal with a wealth of sinewy snarl and crushing riffs (“The Passing,” “Reason is the Truth”), Machinery’s nine-track excursion, The Passing, does more than the norm to avoid sounding like your garden variety endeavor. Demonstrating a blend of In Flames, Nevermore, and The Crown throughout the duration of this disc, this Stockholm […]
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Arguably the most soulful hard rock act on the scene today, the veteran trio King’s X return with a revitalized sound on XV, their 15th studio album. This powerful release is propelled by their trademark blues-rock swagger, brazen grooves and expert songwriting chops working overtime on tracks like the mellow yet intense “I Don’t Know,” […]
Shedding their previous glam-punk skin Hot Topic schlocky imagery, New Jersey’s The Banner busts out of the gate with fangs-out ferocity on their new release, the 12-track Frailty. Apocalyptic and abrasive, this disc is a tumultuous tour de force of Samhain-esque eerieness and NYHC harshness rolled into a modern metalcore paradigm, packed to the gills […]
If you have Sirius satellite radio then it is time to give thanks to the great rock and roll lord. On Monday September 15, Sirius channel 29 is all AC/DC until January. This is a nice treat after us Sirius subscribers were denied Metallica radio which is offered only on XM. Wasn’t the merger approved […]
Rocket Attack is a slick and sometimes overbearing release from The Man From the Moon, a Swedish one-man rock band whose Gary Glitter meets David Bowie pretense puts a glorious glam rock spin on the moderately interesting ’80s prog hard rock presented across this 12-track offering. Synth leads, symphonic metal overtones and Styx-esque piano balladeering […]