While I will never consider myself an expert in any given style that I enjoy, I do know for a fact that my focus tends to be more in the realms of extreme metal whereas contemporary sounds just don’t get … Continue reading Roseneath – Nowhere Safe
There are simply some sounds that don’t need tweaking. They’re perfect as is and any sort of tampering would be to taint its excellence. The results truly fall within the capability of the band in question as to whether or … Continue reading Zed – Volume
Many people would have you believe that the breed of bands has died out in the new millennium. The breed of bands that simply start off in the garage as a jam session between friends and create the music that they … Continue reading Switchboard Marion – The Wolf
I’ve never been one to shy away from a whiff of good grunge or punk to get a good burst of aggression because who doesn’t want that every once in a while? Bands like Iron Reagan capture my attention with … Continue reading Wrong – Wrong
Grunge is one of those genres to me where if someone brings it up I’d rather not listen to it, but I’m not afraid to try it out. Know what I mean? You gotta be in the right mindset and … Continue reading Escape is not Freedom – The Truants
This 2-track EP is probably one of the best hard rock albums I’ve heard since Kyng’s “Burn the Serum” (fabulous). While, as you might’ve noticed, this isn’t put out by Red Fang themselves but it is made by them. And this EP is good by every single standard for “good” there is out there for every single hard rock album ever. The vocals were the smoothest thing I’ve heard for a while and they are very melodic which sounded amazing in every way along with the guitars and drums that had great sound in both tracks and made both of … Continue reading Scion A/V Presents – Red Fang
Apparently there isn’t a really big grunge scene in Finland at the moment. Who knew? Not me, of course. But I found this extremely weird because . . . well Finland and the countries in that area are revered for having a massive metal community as we all know, so why isn’t there more variety like grunge? I’ll never know but this band, Polanski, is proof that Finnish people can make just about any rock and metal music and make it sound completely badass. And “Between This and Hate” is no exception to that rule at all. This entire album … Continue reading Polanski – Between This and Hate
Please do not ask me what the “(sthlm)” stands for because I’ve no idea in the slightest. So for today let’s just call this band Stray. Makes things easier for me and you. But anyway, Stray’s latest EP “Overnaut” is a nice piece of grunge rock and a little metal influence. There’s not a whole lot of metal going on in “Overnaut” but there’s enough for it to be a noticeable factor. The rest of it however is definitely grunge. And good grunge to say in the least. The sounds of the guitars have a real edgy sound to them that will … Continue reading Stray (sthlm) – Overnaut
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