Upon receipt of Healing Through Fire by Orange Goblin, I looked at the cover and title and was thoroughly expecting to be writing a review on a Death metal band, especially with song titles such as “Beginners Guide To Suicide” and “Hot Knives And Open Sores.” Man, was I surprised when I popped it in my player and was greeted by good and raucous, ruff-around-the-edges, straight forward Metal. There are no pretenses here, this disc is not super polished and glossy but it seriously kicks ass.
Without a doubt, one of the most engaging, interesting and funny musicians I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking to is Richard Patrick of Filter. Richard brought back Filter earlier this year after a five year hiatus while he worked on other musical endeavors and also battled some personal demons. So far, Anthems For The Damned has been very well received and the band has enjoyed some very solid…
Filter and Richard Patrick are back and better than ever. Recently, on June 26, 2008 to be precise, the band headlined an awesome show with Ten Years and Opiate for the Masses in downtown Toronto, Canada at The Guvernment.
One-Way Mirror released their self-titled debut CD on Metal Blade Records on July 22nd of this year. Difficult to pin down to one genre of music, this record is a mix of Death Metal, Industrial, and straight up Rock and Roll.
With the success of Buckcherry’s 2006 RIAA platinum, Grammy-nominated album, 15 (featuring “Crazy Bitch,” and “Sorry”), the California quintet with Josh Todd (vocals), Keith Nelson (lead guitar), Stevie D. (rhythm guitar), Jimmy Ashhurst (bass), and Xavier Muriel (drums) returns with their sophomore album Black Butterfly.
“Tomorrow” is the third single by Los Angeles-based hard rock band Sixx:A.M.. It reached #33 on the U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, not quite matching the #29 success of the previous single, “Pray for Me”. This song is also featured in the soundtrack to the film ‘Saw IV’. Source: Wikipedia.
Taproot’s newest release Our Long Road Home is a totally natural progression from their previous releases. The disc seems to be more focused, more melodic and a bit heavier than anything the band has written before, and is a sort of non-stop ride that is a culmination of their musical talent.
08/08/08… what a date! 36 Crazyfists finally returned to Toronto, Canada and put on an extreme performance at Downsview Park for the 2008 Rockstar Mayhem Tour. In between sets, madness, and beers we caught up with 36 Crazyfists lead vocalist Brock Lindow, coincidentally, just steps away from the Slipknot, Disturbed, and Dragonforce dressing rooms. Despite the distractions, here’s what Brock had to say…
F5 is a heavy metal band based out of Phoenix, Arizona which features Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson and ex-Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso. Founded in 2003, F5 quickly realized their mission to be heavy, but always melodic. With the creative flood gates wide open the group eagerly wrote scores of new songs and recorded their debut album A Drug For All Seasons with producer Ryan Greene, who is recognized for working with bands like Megadeth, Bad Religion, and NOFX. In 2008, F5 finished their highly anticipated second album and enlisted the talents of veteran drummer Jimmy DeGrasso to round out the new recording and touring lineup. With producer Ryan Greene at the helm, the band’s new album The Reckoning was released in 2008 via OarFin Distribution (Koch). Source: Wikipedia.
Rock and roll and politics just always seem to somehow mesh together and they do yet again on Filter’s latest album Anthems for the Damned. After a five year hiatus, Filter’s mastermind Richard Patrick has regrouped and put together a very solid rock and roll album that stretches towards social and political themes in a way we never knew possible of Filter in the past. In the years since Filter was a very significant player…
If you’ve tuned into Modern or Active Rock radio in the last few years, you’re probably already familiar with Shinedown. The Florida band’s contagious brand of Melodic-Rock has been a playlist staple ever since they signed with Atlantic Records and released their debut album, Leave A Whisper in 2003.
Their latest album titled Full Circle is a good phrase to currently describe the rock/metal band Drowning Pool. In seven years together, the group has gone through two lead singers, some very rough personal times and a record label change from a major to an indie. For most bands events such as these would in all likelihood break the group apart but not Drowning Pool. The guys have persevered and are presently…
Sometimes having your cake and eating it too is just a dream that most people crave but will never achieve. For Throw The Fight that is not the case. They have a gargantuan sized ice cream-filled chocolate cake from Dairy Queen that they are slowly munching away at. The gentlemen in the band are smart enough to take small, mouse-sized…