Day: November 24, 2019

Rock & Metal

• Cross the Divide – Trust and Believe (EP)
• Gandhi’s Gun – Fight for Your Freedom
• Glass Age – Bloom (EP)
• Ignescent – Demons 777
• Inner 29 – Now and Again, Here (EP)
• Joey Gonzalez – Go
• Medical Morning – Ghost Riot, Vol. 1 (EP)
• Northlander – Cliffs
• Northlander – Heavy Fruit
• Signum Regis – The Seal of a New World
• Slick Shoes – Broadcasting Live
• What We Do In Secret – Repose 
• Wickeds End – Flood

Pop

• Andrew Ripp – Borrow Faith
• Anthem Lights – Home
• Avalon – Closer
• CalledOut Music – Row
• The Gray Havens – Not Home yet (Remix)
• Hannah Schaefer – Fire (Acoustic Version)
• Jenn Bostic – Take My Hand Pt.

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It wasn’t long ago that GFM announced an acoustic ep, set for release on December 1st. With the release date being just about a week out, I thought I’d tap out a quick review on it. I was fortunate enough to have caught the band’s recent show at the Space Coast State Fair in Melbourne, FL. The show was great and sitting right there on the merch table were copies of the acoustic ep, available a few weeks ahead of the scheduled release date. Needless to say, I picked one up.… Continued →

It’s late October and I’m walking through Disney Springs in Orlando, FL to the House of Blues for the Victorious War tour featuring Alter Bridge and Skillet. It’s the second of two nights the tour is here and the last night of the tour altogether. I make my way through a shoulder to shoulder crowd trying to find anywhere I can stand and have a decent view without ruining someone else’s. Being 6’4” I ruin the view of most people I stand in front of. Crazy enough, there’s a spot I find that’s almost as if it was just waiting for me; back of the room (so I’m not directly in front of anyone), yet only 30 or so feet from the stage.… Continued →

Just a short while ago, nu metal band Relent dropped a cover of the song “Jesus Freak” in honor of the 24th anniversary of DC Talk’s album of the same name. Check the video out below and leave your thoughts. (Dude. That breakdown.)… Continued →

With the development of the black metal genre into an ever-splintering family of subgenres (symphonic black, atmospheric black, blackgaze, folk black, traditional/harsh), there’s been a lot of room for diversity. However, and probably as a result, those artists who take the traditional sound have become fewer and fewer. Hailing from Chile Anima Mortuum take their stylistic nods from Venom and Bathory (instead of Emperor or Pyramids), and seem keen to keep the traditional sound alive. Morbid Temple is a newly released 4-song demo, and it does not disappoint.… Continued →