Metal playlists from the underground
The title track from the upcoming Deftones record, Diamond Eyes, has surfaced on deftones.com this week. This single is a heavy and brief ditty suitable for modern rock radio domination. The chorus melody sounds more like 30 Seconds to Mars than classic Deftones. However, the monstrous guitars of Stephen Carpentar sludge the track to the […]
Time to give it up for some more German heavy metal this week on Gears of Rock with Sting in the Tail from the legendary Scorpions. The latest studio effort is a 12 track affair that goes heavy on the sting and light on the filler as it clocks in at about 44 minutes. I’m […]
German power metal week continues here on the Gears of Rock with the latest release from Gamma Ray titled To The Metal. The melodic unit offers 10 tracks that go heavy on the groove while maintaining a fierce thrash sound. “Time to Live” features a sweet guitar riff throughout its intro before taking on a […]
Classic German power metal group, Helloween, offers new twists on classic cuts on Unarmed: Best of 25th Anniversary. Some of the bands favorite tracks have been rerecorded with new arrangements that display anything but heavy metal. Most of the tracks incorporate a feel similar to 80’s adult contemporary radio hits in the likes of Bruce […]
80’s progressive supergroup Asia administers “Finger on the Trigger,” a spanking new ambrosial treat from their upcoming album Omega. The single and future album opener features commanding lead vocals from bassist John Wetton and the smoldering guitars of Steve Howe. “Finger on the Trigger” has a drive that contains a contentious edge from the opening […]
ORPHANED LAND: THE NEVER ENDING WAY OF ORWARRIOR Israel’s Orphaned Land dazzles the senses and gives a bang for your buck with their latest 15-track offering. This unit’s multi-faceted metallic approach contains an abundance of ingrained native musical influences with genuine instrumentation intertwined with a progressive mix of ornate death metal underpinned with elegant epic […]
“Rocket Skates” is a brand new Deftones tune that surfaced in late February. It is the first single from the upcoming album Diamond Eyes that is due out on May 18. Unfortunately, injured bassist Chi Cheng is not yet able to resume his duties for this record. Stepping in for him is Sergio Vega from […]
Tour dates for the Iron Maiden/Dream Theater run are as follows: June 9 – Superpages.com Center – Dallas, TX June 11 -The Woodlands – Houston, TX June 12 – AT&T Center – San Antonio, TX June 14 – Fiddler’s Green – Denver, CO June 16 – The Pavilion – Albuquerque, NM June 17 – Cricket […]
Oh yeah! Bringing on some more sleaze-pleasing hard rocking music in 2010 is Black Robot, a new and mighty project featuring three former members of Buckcherry. This album features all of the main ingredients that classic hard rock fans worship—the dirtbag lyrics, the badass guitar riffs, stomping beats, and infectious heavy grooves that will have […]
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil returns with the ultra sleazy hard rocking single “Tattoos & Tequila,” his best solo release since the early 90’s. The singles hard-living lyrics are mostly captivating and very catchy, particularly in the chorus with lines such as “come on take your clothes off…baby do a sweet dance…show me all your […]