rock/metal tracks
New Music: Whoop-Szo release the post-metal of Mirror North
Guelph, Ontario. Maybe not quite internationally recognized as a musical hotbed, but in Canada it is well known as a centre for the non-conventional. Enter Whoop-Szo. Even for Guelph this quartet is a little out there. Uncompromising, they make the music that they want to make — it’s what they believe in. Their latest, “Mirror …
Track: Phosgore – Pestbringer
German electro-industrial outfit Phosgore are set to dominate club dancefloors again with the imminent release of Pestbringer the follow up to 2011’s Warhead. Originally founded by Florian Dietz after years of experience as a DJ in the Electro/EBM/Industrial scene, he was soon joined by partner in crime Sonja and the pair have been making dark, …
Track: KIT – No Mercy
New York rockers KIT is actually the brainchild of former Scapegoat front man Kit Walters, who, apart from fronting prog metal bands, also was the featured vocalist for the Metal Gear Rising: Revengance video game. Whereas their previous EP Through the Fire showed the band at their electro-infused best, their new single ‘No Mercy’ is …
New Music: Falling In Reverse – God, If You Are Above…
The latter years of the first decade in the millennium were not Ronnie Radke’s finest hour. After leaving his role as vocalist in Escape The Fate, and spending some time in jail, many people probably didn’t have much faith in his return to the music industry. However, with his incarceration spent writing songs for his …
Track: Marilyn Manson returns with new music – Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge
It’s been two and a half years since there were stirrings that sounded like new music from camp Manson. 2012’s Born Villain received primarily positive reviews, however over recent years, fans (or ex-fans) and critics alike were beginning to question if Marilyn Manson had lost his shock-factor. We’re talking about an artist who was blamed …
New Music: Pjaro – Swordface
The first time I saw Pjaro was when they were supporting Joie De Vivre about 3 years ago. At this point they were just two abnormally mature looking teenagers playing an off-kilter muscular version of math-rock which people their age had no right being able to do. It was weird, slightly depressing (if they were …
Track: Slipknot reveal new single, The Devil In I
Brand new Slipknot, I repeat BRAND NEW SLIPKNOT. A few weeks ago we heard the first stirrings from camp Slipknot (in terms of new music) since All Hope Is Gone in 2008. The new song came in the form of The Negative One, an aggressive assault on straight-to-the-point punchy lyrics that reminded the metal world …
Track: Fur Cough – ‘Bye My Myopia’, from self titled debut EP
Two brothers. Both of whom like to sing. Both of whom like to play guitar. And both of whom wanted to form a band. It could have lead to another gory chapter in the tales sibling rivalry. But not in Hayd and Aaron Brown’s case. They’ve formed a band, both play lead guitar, both of …
See: Knuckle release video for “Living Hell”
We’ve written about punk blues two piece Knuckle before. The pair, drummer Ben Wallbanks and singer/guitarist Jonny Firth describe themselves as being ‘The Black Keys on Crack’, and are gaining a reputation for their explosive live sets, which has seen them support the likes of Little Barrie and Holy Mountain. They’ve now released a video …
New Music: Street Joy – Laurel Hill
We’ve written about Los Angeles‘ Street Joy before, here. The duo, Jason DeMayo on lead vocal, guitar and bass, and Scott Zimmerman on drums and backing vocals, deal a winning hand in old time, feelgood Rock n Roll. It has this whiff of nostalgia about it, the sort that brings to mind those sepia tinged …