Comeback Kid may have a name that makes them sound like a boy band (or is that just me?) but it hasn’t prevented the group that was originally started as a side project from releasing five albums of hardcore goodness. Album number five, Die Knowing, has recently hit the shelves and see’s this Canadian band doing what they do best.
I Killed the Prom Queen – Beloved
There is a moment half way through Beloved where I thought I’d made a mistake and accidentally put on shuffle. As “Kjaerlighet” slowly creeps in those not paying attention might believe that “Last Serenade” was preparing to blast through their speakers. It’s become a cliché to say that all metalcore takes it core roots from Killswitch Engage and most bands are just repeating what’s been done before, but sometimes it’s so incredibly obvious you just can’t ignore it.
Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang – Four Foot Shack
Cover albums are notoriously difficult to pull off. Releasing a collection of tracks by bands better than your own (*cough* Puddle of Mudd) that sound exactly like the originals is one of the laziest ways to finish up a record label contract and insure that the rest of the world thinks your a bit of a plank. On the other hand take an original song and make it your own (Marilyn Manson being an expert at this) and it can kick start a career. However you get the impression that Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang don’t really care about career progression or probably even what other people think about them, this is an album that feels like it was made purely for fun.
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Within Temptation – Hydra
It’s easy to forget just how big a deal Within Temptation are. Their latest UK tour has seen them playing Wembley Arena and their 2011 studio album The Unforgiving sold over 300,000 copies on ITunes alone. Therefore, the release of Hydra earlier this year has to be seen as a big deal and with it hitting number 6 in the UK charts it may be a case that this is a band that are able to make the leap into the mainstream on their sixth studio album.
The Treatment – Running With the Dogs
There are very few good young band who you could call a pure rock band. Oh I’m not talking about industrial post-hardcore slightly blackened metal bands. There are loads of all that shite, but pure rock and roll? Outside of Airbourne or The Black Spiders there are very few that aim to uphold the values of The Crue and G ‘N’ R. Well The Treatment are out to change that. These likely lads from Cambridge have released their second album Running With The Dogs and are desperate to prove that rock is far from dead.
The Wildhearts w/ The Von Hertzen Brother and Hey! Hello! at O2 ABC Glasgow
So I went to see The Wildhearts in Glasgow on Sunday night and wrote a review for WOW 24/7 which you can check out at the link below. Enjoy.
http://www.wow247.co.uk/blog/2014/04/16/the-wildhearts-live-review/
Behemoth – The Satanist
Behemoth have not had it easy in recent years. From lead singer Nergal’s fights with leukaemia, a battle he thankfully continues to win, to his fights with the law in Poland over his ripping up of a bible on stage. In all this turmoil it’s been easy to forget that behind all of this is one of the best extreme metal bands in the world, therefore the release of The Satanist, their first album since Evangelion in 2009, is a big deal.
Weekly Playlist 4/4/2014
For those of you that missed it, shame on you, here is the playlist from today’s episode of Stuart’s Alternative Hour.
The only non Spotify track was Dead Beyond Buried – Dripping Black Bile
A defence of heavy metal
So for some reason today Blabbermouth decided to run this story. Now I should make it clear before this descends into a rant, which trust me it probably will, what happened at Fort Hood is obviously a tragedy and nothing I say is at all designed to take away from that. If you think you are likely to be offended by any point I will make past the see more line below just don’t bother reading.
Ramblings About Wrestling 