The Launch Pad / Midnight Dynamite – TotalRock, 26/10/10
Every Avenue – Tell Me I’m A Wreck
Sabaton – Uprising
Swashbuckle – At The Bottom Of A Glass
Equilibrium – Die Affininesel
Alter Bridge – Words Darker Than Their Wings
Jettblack – Slip It On
Cradle Of Filth – Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)
Dimmu Borgir – Gateways
Ginger – Can’t Drink You Pretty
Aerosmith – Baby Please Don’t Go
Guns n Roses – It’s So Easy
Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
Auf deer Mau – Followed The Waves
Girlschool – Race With The Devil
Kittie – Get Off (You Can Suck A Dick)
Subways – I Am
The Donnas – Take It Off
The Runnaways – Cherry Bomb
Sonic Syndicate – Burn This City
Rock Bitch – Nympho
Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
A Perfect Circle – Judith
Belladonna – Till Death Do Us Part
Belladonna – Diva Love
Indica – Islands Of The Light
Rock Goddess – Heavy Metal Rock n Roll
Hole – Celebrity Skin
Girlschool – Ballroom Blitz
Bleeding Through – Anti-Hero
The Agonist – The Sirens Song
Slash – Beautiful Dangerous
The Distillers – Beating Heart
The Datsuns – Blacken My Thumb
Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
AC/DC – Ride On
Anarchy On The Airwaves – TotalRock, 21/10/10
with guests InMe
Cradle Of Filth – Death Of Love
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
Thunder – Dirty Love
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Take It
Def Leppard – Photograph
Judas Priest – Living After Midnight
Deep Purple – Child In Time
Saxon – Wheels Of Steel
Focus – Hocus Pocus
Toto – Africa
Free – Alright Now
Iron Maiden – Flight Of Icarus
SikTh – Flogging The Horses
Lamb Of God – Blacken The Cursed Sun
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
A – Nothing
Foo Fighters – Everlong
All Ends – Generation Disgrace
Filter – No Love
Jettblack – Two Hot Girls
Fei Comodo – Behind Bars
Queens Of The Stone Age – Go With The Flow
Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade
InMe – Myths And Photographs
Kerbdog – Sally
Minus The Bear – Monkey Knife Fight
InMe – All Terrain Vehicle
Protest The Hero – Bloodmeat
TesseracT – Acceptance (CtF Pt.1)
Aliases – We Never Should Have Met
Jurojin – The Dreaming
Heights – Diabolous Odium Deus
iRock / The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 19/10/10
Aerosmith – My Fist Your Face
Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way
The Who – Pinball Wizard
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman
Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
Van Halen – Panama
ZZ Top – Gimme All You rLovin
Motorhead – The Game
Rock Goddess – Heavy Metal Rock N Roll
Girlschool – Race With The Devil
Tank – T.W.D.A.M.O.
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Double Trouble
Mountain – Mississippi Queen
Foghat – Slow Ride
Iron Maiden – Aces High
Volbeat – Rebel Monster
Sabaton – Primo Victoria
Finntroll – Under Bergets Rot
Equilibrium – Die Affeninsel
Asomvel – The Ballad Of Agnes White
Tyr – Hold The Heaven Hammer High
Sonic Syndicate – Burn This City
The Agonist – And Their Eulogies Sang Me To Sleep
Mnemic – Sons Of The System
Dimmu Borgir – Gateways
Nightwish – Wish I Had An Angel
Murderdolls – My Dark Place Alone
Uncle Rotter – Zombies Wild
Every Avenue – Tell Me I’m A Wreck
Shush – Do What I Want
Swashbuckle – Rounds Of Rum
Dead Identities – Lost Property Song
Ginger – Can’t Drink You Pretty
Jettblack – Two Hot Women
TesseracT – Acceptance (CtF Pt.1)
Monuments – Admit Defeat
Aliases – We Never Should Have Met
Chimp Spanner – Bad Code
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Heights – Diabolous Oboium Deus
Alter Bridge – Words Darker Than Their Wings
Vallenbrosa – Small Town Blues
Megadeth – Sudden Death
The Launch Pad – 12/10/10
Jacky Heretic – Sleep Machine
Alterbridge – Words Darker Than Their Wings
Megadeth – Sudden Death
Dub War – Criminal Minded
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Sir Psycho Sexy
Volbeat – Rebel Monster
Uncle Rotter – Zombies Wild
KoRn – Never Around
Bleeding Through – Anti-Hero
Soulfly – Jeffery Dahmer
Murderdolls – My Dark Place Alone
Byfrost – Horns To The Sky
Swashbuckle – Splash N Thrash
Judas Priest – Pain Killer
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 05/10/10
TesseracT – Acceptance Pt.1
Heights – Cryptozoologists
Monuments – Admit Defeat
Chimp Spanner – Harvey Wallbanger
Cyclamen – Djent Djent
Aliases – We Never Should Have Met
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Stone Circle – The Puzzle
SikTh – Another Sinking Ship
Team America – AIDs
Baroness – Isak
Chimaira – Implements Of Destruction
Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond I-VI
Anarchy On The Airwaves – 16/09/10
Cradle Of Filth – No Time to Cry
Aerosmith – Drop Dead Gorgeous
Architects – Dead March
KoRn – Pop A Pill
Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff
Mudvayne – Dig
Mushroomhead – Solitaire Unraveling
Chimaira – Down Again
Slipknot – Spit It Out
Fear Factory – Lynchpin
Sepultura – Sepulnation
Nailbomb – Blind And Lost
Rammstein – Links 234
Voltaire – The Vampire Club
(hed) PE – Bartender
One Minute Silence – Fish Out Of Water
Kittie – Charlotte
Swashbuckle – Rounds Of Rum
Machine Head – Imperium
American Head Charge – Loyalty
Lamb Of God – Ruin
Ill Nino – What Comes Around
Pantera – Fucking Hostile
KoRn – Oildale
Soulfly – Bleed
Faith No More – Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
System Of A Down – Bounce
Deftones – Back To School
Mnemic – Door 12.2
In Flames – Touch Of Red
Soilwork – Resurrection Rule
Satyricon – K.I.N.G.
Tyr – Hail To The Hammer
Finntroll – Trollhammeren
Hammerfall – Legacy Of Kings
Carcass – Heartwork
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Power Quest – Temple Of Fire
Cathedral – Hopkins
Within Temptation – What Have You Done
KoRn – Never Around
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 14/09/10
Horrorpops – Miss Take
KoRn – Oildale
Swashbuckle – Cruise Ship Terror
Distrubed – Another Way To Die
Hovercraft Pirates – Alma Perdida
No Doubt – Trapped In A Box
MiLLS – Hello Mellow
TesseracT – Lament
Monuments – Admit Defeat
Aliases – We Never Should Have Met
Chimp Spanner – Harvey Wallbanger
Cyclamen – Djent Djent
Starseed – Shine
Presidents Of The United States Of America – Dune Buggy
Twisted Sister – You Can’t Stop rock N Roll
Tank – Who Needs Love Songs
ZZ Top – Gimme All You’re Lovin’
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 07/09/10
The Penny Black Remedy – You Have Wasted Your Life Now Please Stop Wasting All Your Money
The Grit – A Geordies Song
Swashbuckle – Rounds Of Rum
KoRn – Oildale
The Cumshots – Bitter Erection
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Aliases – We Never Should Have Met
TesseracT – Sunrise
Taproot – Fractured
The Devils Blood – Evermore
The Agonist – Thankyou, Pain
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
Avenged Sevenfold – Welcome To The Family
Kiss – Do You Love Me?
Heyseed Dixie – Big Balls
Girlschool – I Spy
Judas Priest – Painkiller
The Hell Drive – TotalRock, 02/09/10
Kiss – Do You Love Me
Aerosmith – No More No More
Disturbed – Another Way To Die
Megadeth – Gears Of War
Bachman & Turner – Rollin Along
Saxon – 747
Tank – He Fell In Love With A Storm Trooper
The Jim Jones Review – High Horse
Def Leppard – Animal
Saint Jude – Little Queen
Killswitch Engage – Save Me
Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times
Iron Maiden – The Sheriff Of Huddersfield
Amanda Palmer – Leeds United
The Penny Black REmedy – The First Time I Saw Angels
Herman Ze German – Let Me Rock You
Indica – In Passing
Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
The Clash – Should I Stay Or I SHould I Go
Jeffreson Airplane – Somebody To Love
Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
The Byrds – Turn Turn Turn
The Doors – Break On Through
Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
The Kinks – You Really Got Me
Ian Dury And The BLockheads – Sex And Drugs And Rock n Roll
Lou Reed – Viscous
The Grit – A Geordies Song
Rancid – Ruby Soho
The Specials – Pressure Drop
Reel Big Fish – Monkey Man
Alkaline Trio – The American Scream
AC/DC – Have A Drink On Me
Save Your Breath – About You Now
Less Than Jake – All My Best Friends Are Metal Heads
Sonic Boom Six – Jericho
Foo Fighters – Breakout
MiLLS – Hello Mellow
Feeder – Call Out
Clutch – 100011 10101
Rage Against The Machine – Renegades Of Funk
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 31/08/10
The Cumshots – Bitter Erection
Hovercraft Pirates – Shut The Hell Up
Murderdolls – My Dark Place Alone
Deftones – The Chauffer
Slipknot – Psychosocial
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Monuments – Admit Defeat
Satyricon – K.I.N.G.
The Trashmen – Surfin Bird
The Agonist – The sirens Song
Lamg Of God – Laid To Rest
Aerosmith – Back In The Saddle
Eagles – Life In The Fast Lane
Boston – More Than A Feeling
Faith No More – Digging The Grave
Def Leppard – Photograph
Saxon – 747
Cathedral – Hopkins
Anarchy On The Airwaves – TotalRock, 12/08/10
with guest co-host Paul Blue from the Hovercraft Pirates
Cradle Of Filth – Devil Woman
Aerosmith – Lord Of The Thighs
The Bronx – Histons Stranglers
Hovercraft Pirates – Shut The Hell Up
Oceansize – The Charm Offensive
Electric Six – Danger High Voltage
Against Me – Stop!
Swashbuckle – Cruiship Terror
Finntroll – Trollhammeren
Tyr – Hold The Heathen Hammer High
36 Crazyfists – Reviver
Instill – Captain Padecello
Sack Trick – The Captains Doubts
SikTh – Another Sinking Ship
Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains
Primordial – The Coffin Ships
Go Betty Go – The Pirate Song
Raging Speedhorn – Jump Ship
Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping Up The Bogton
Viking Skull – Beers Drugs And Bitches
Dethlock – The Lost Vikings
Amon Armarth – Pursuit Of Vikings
Hovercraft Pirates – Presure
Snuff – Vikings Of The Tundra
Deathstars – Cyanide
Mad Caddies – Weird Beard
Clutch – Burning Beard
The Penny Black Remedy – 95 Charing Cross Road
Gogol Bordello – American WEdding
Hovercraft Pirates – Alma Perdida
Hovercraft Pirates – Juan Guartem
Faith No More – A Small Victory
Die So Fluid – Disconnected
Avenged Sevenfold – Unholy Confessions
Anarchy On The Airwaves – 50/08/10
with guest co-host Helena Linder
Cradle Of Filth – Her Ghost In The Fog
Aerosmith – Baby Please Don’t Go
Guns n’ Roses – Nightrain
The Transplants – Diamonds And Guns
Rancid – Ruby Soho
Sanguine – Tonight
Social Distortion – Sometimes I Do Sometimes I Don’t
Volbeat – Pool Of booze Booze Booza
Rob Zombie – Never Gonna Stop
Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
The Living End – Prisoner Of Society
Spiderbait – Black Betty
Silver Chair – Freak
Downset – Together
Slash – Beautiful Dangerous
Faith No More – Ugly In The Morning
Junkyard – Holywood
Poison – Talk Dirty To Me
Reckless Love – Beautiful Bomb
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
Warrant – Sweet Cherry Pie
Motley Crue – Kick Start My Heart
The Darkness – Growing On Me
Buckcherry – Lit Up
Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You
Skindred – Set It Off
The Cumshots – Bitter Erection
Slash – We’re All Gonna Die
Motorhead & Girlschool – Please Don’t Touch
Racheal Stamp – Black Cherry
The Ramones – Pet Cemetery
The Launch Pad / Midnight Dynamite – TotalRock, 03/08/10
TLP Birthday special festering tracks from the albums of the week.
Kids In Glass Houses – Undercover Lover
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The Devils Blood – I’ll Be Your Ghost
The Agonist – The Sirens Song
Between The Buried And Me – Mirrors
The Armed – King Breaker
Mustasch – Heresy Blasphemy
Rob Zombie – What?
Swashbuckle – Cruiseship Terror
The Cumshots – I Drink Alone
The Safety Fire – Sections
Shining – Exit Sun
Chimp Spanner – Harvey Wallbanger
Mnemic – Sons Of The System
Opeth – Blackwater Park
Slash – Watch This
Jurojin – The Dreaming
Imicus – Visceral
Tayloer Hawkins And The Coatail Riders – Not Bad Luck
Dead Identities – Lost Property Song
Hovercraft Pirates – Shut The Hell Up
Soulfly – Jeffery Dahmer
Beholder – The Awakening
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Rammstein – Mein Herz Brennt
Rage Against The Machine – Wake Up
Queensryche – Silent Lucidity
Faith No More – Ugly In The Morning
Derek And The Dominoes – Layla
Joe Walsh – Lifes Been Good
Lynryd Skynryd – That Smell
Alice In Chains – Man In The Boy
Velvet Revolver – Slither
Anarchy On The Airwaves – TotalRock, 29/07/10
With special co-host Hayley Leggs.
Cradle Of Filth – Nymphetimine Fix
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
Megadeth – Sweating Bullets
Rammstein – Pussy
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Soulfly – Jeffrey Dahmer
Eagles – Life In The Fast Lane
Pantera – Immortally INsane
Beholder – The Awakening
Hell Yeah – Hell Yeah
Faith No More – Be Aggressive
Black Label Society – Concrete Jungle
Avenged Sevenfold – A Little Piece Of Heaven
ZZ Top – Legs
John 5 – Heretic Fork
Slash – Watch This
Steve Vai – Bad Horse
Slayer – Seasons Of The Abyss
Metallica – Blackened
Anthrax – Safe Home
Korn – Coming Undone
Lamb Of God – Pathetic
SikTh – Hold My Finger
Murder Dolls – My Dark Place Alone
The Launch Pad / Midnight Dynamite – TotalRock, 27/07/10
Periphery – I Lost My Lunch In My Pants
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Soulfly – Rise Of The Fallen
Here There Be Monsters – Trojans
Bleeding Through – Anti-Hero
System Of A Down – Cigaro
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Mnemic – Diesel Uterus
The Armed – King Breaker
Beholder – The Herectic
Mustasch – Heresy Blasphemy
Hovercraft Pirates – Shut The Hell Up
Swashbuckle – Rounds Of Rum
Aerosmith – Don’t Get Mad Get Even
Dereck And The Dominoes – Layla
Thin Lizzy – Dancing In The Moonlight
Davif Bowie – Jean Jenie
Eagles – Life In The Fast Lane
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Lynryd Skynryd – Freebird
Jimmi Hendrix – All Along The Watch Tower
Rainbow – Since You Been Gone
Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love
The Police – Can’t Stand Loosing
The Clash – Guns Of Brixton
Madness – One Step Beyond
The Specials – Too Much Too Young
The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
Rancid – Ruby Soho
The Distillers – Beat Your Heart Out
Fall Out Boy – I’m Like A Lawyer
Faith No More – A Small Victory
Jurojin – The Dreaming
Anathema – Closer
John Butler Trio – Close To You
Taproot – Fractured
Flyleaf – Beautiful Bride
The Pretty Reckless – Make Me Wanna Die
Soulfly – Soulfly VII
BEHOLDER – THE AWAKENING
1st December 2009
Lime Records
This album is METAL! It doesn’t need to be subgenre-lised, it doesn’t need to be dissected, it doesn’t need to be explained – it’s metal! And british metal at that. I feel a personal sense of pride for this band from having being regulars at my local dirty bikers bar in the midlands to having their first album released, I even used to work with the drummer, Chris Bently, and bought my drum kit from him!
Snake Eyes gives us a pretty good warm up into this album – which is very solid, probably a talent gained from the bands previous role being a metal covers band! I guess having played in that role the band were able to find and apply the best bits of metal to make their own.
Vocalist, Simon Hall, has a great growly voice for metal, but in The Heretic, Born In To Pain and Brave Shall Fall he really shows off with his baritone singing, the timbre of which softly compliments the music. Typically the tracks clock in at over five minutes so half way through the album do you start feeling the length of the album, to which the band will say “Kiss my ass”! KMA is a great track, wicked beat and solo, good live along with March Of The Damned, about the Spartans.
Brave Shall Fall is a slow number full of passion and meaning and up next is my favourite and the title track of the album, The Awakening. An awesome intro, cool drumming and I love the sound of the guitars in the opening riff, they sound pretty exceptional in this track with a beautiful melodic solo. I also love the chorus, again with those baritone vocals. Finishing off, Show No Mercy reminds me of Iron Maiden with the intro and guitars and the conclusion of the album comes as Enemies Of Reason, an acoustic track.
A solid buy, get it!
★★★★✩ Album of the Week, 27/07/10
Anarchy On The Airwaves – TotalRock, 22/07/10
Cradle Of Filth – Babylon AD
Aerosmith – Chiquita
Bachman Turner Overdrive – You Aint Seen Nothing Yet
Lynryd Skynryd – That Smell
Toto – Hold The Line
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Pearl Jam – Alive
Eagles – Life In The Fast Lane
Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough
Cult – Sweet Soul Sister
Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Make It
Gogol Bordelo – American Wedding
Evil Scarecrow – March Of The Spider
Anvil – March Of The Crabs
Mastodon – March Of The Fire Ants
The Lawrence Arms – The March Of The Elephants
Nine Inch Nails – March Of The Pigs
The Penney Black Remedy – Gypsy Hospital Death March
Motorhead – March Or Die
Soulfly – (The) March
Flyleaf – Beautiful Bride
Sanguine – Tonight
Atreyu – Right Side Of The Bed
The Vandals – Marry Me
Pantera – 5 Minutes Alone
The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
Exodus – The Toxic Waltz
Slayer – Angel Of Death
Anthrax – Misery Loves Company
Guns n Roses – Patience
Slipknot – Vermillion Pt.2
Mr Big – To Be With You
Motley Crue – Without You
Doro – Love Me In Black
Hawkwind – Assassins Of Allah
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 20/07/10
Taproot – Fractured
Aliases – We Should Never Have Met
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Flyleaf – Beautiful Bride
System Divide – Purity Imperfection
Sanguine – Territory
Oaf – Living On The Ceiling
Soulfly – Kingdom
Dead Identities – You Bring Out The Worst In Me
John Butler Trio – Close To You
Soulfly – Soulfly VII
Body Count – Evil Count
Faith No More – Ugly In The Morning
Slayer – Jihad
RSJ – Reborn
The Metal Lunchbox – TotalRock, 15/07/10
Aerosmith – Lick And A Promise
Soulfly – Rise Of The Fallen
Atreyu – Lonely
Saint Jude – Little Queen
Taproot – Fractured
The Pretty Reckless – Make Me Wanna Die
Periphery – Icarus Lives
Drowning Pool – Bodies
Sick Of It All – Death Or Jail
Sherlock Brothers – Stay
Blind Guardian – You’re The Voice
Faith No More – Be Aggressive
Hovercraft Pirates – Alma Perdida
Disturbed – Another Way To Die
Cilice – Psychotic Mindwarp
Killswitch Engage – Holy Diver
Bullet For My Valentine – Your Betrayal
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Hovercraft Pirates – Juan Guatem
Tank – Crazy Horses
Nickleback – This Afternoon
LaFaro – The Ballad Of Burnt Dave
The Love Crave – Warriors
Evans Blue – Erase My Scars
Satyricon – K.I.N.G.
Slash – Nothing To Say
Taylor Hawkins And The Coatail Riders – Not Bad Luck
Black Tuck – Embrace The Madness
Sanguine – Tonight
Queens Of The Stone Age – Monster In The Parasol
Hovercraft Pirates – Pressure
Sepultura – Ratamhatta
Slipknot – The Blister Exists
The Agonist – The Sirens
Aliases – We Should Never Have Met
Starship – We Built This City
KoRn – KoRn III
13th July 2010
Roadrunner Records
An odd intro to the album but meh, mustn’t dwell. KoRn III properly kicks off full of that nice low guitar drone and padded really well with percussion – Ray Luzier‘s first with the band (not surprising the band made him their drummer after seeing his performance at Download Festival 2009). In fact that is quite the feel for the majority of the album. Sounding a little like the band have gone back to their routes, even bringing in the producer of the first two Korn albums, Ross Robinson.
All the tracks on this album stand out and it’s certain to be one of my favourite albums of the year, which really makes reviewing this hard as I like all the tracks! Oildale, Pop A Pill, Fear Is A Place To Live and Let The Guilt Go, stand out most and all have the same pace too. The Past is the only song that slows down with the acceptation of the chorus in the concluding track Holding All The Lies. My favourite track is Never Around. I love the middle 8; wicked riff and the hypnotising laugh is very energetic I find it hard not to skip back to it!
So basically this album is great. All Korn fans will love this album, its great to rock out to and great at a party or get together.
★★★★★ Album of the Week, 13/07/10
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 13/07/10
The Pretty Reckless – Make Me Wanna Die
Soulfly – Rise Of The Fallen
Bleeding Through – Anti-Hero
Aliases – We Never Should Have Met
Periphery – Eureka
Hovercraft Pirates – Fractured
Blind Guardian – You’re The Voice
The Armed – Party At Pablos
Here There Be Monsters – Trojans
Monuments – Memoirs
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Jurojin – The Equinox
The Metal Lunchbox – TotalRock, 08/07/10
Aerosmith – Big Ten Inch Record
Rhemorha – Wasting Days
Evans Blue – Erase My Scars
The Wildhearts – I Wanna Go Where Go Where The People Go
Dead Identities – One Hell Of A Shock
Sherlock Brothers – Stay
LaFaro – The Ballad Of Burnt Dave
Taproot – Fractured
Starseed – No Way Out
Soulfly – Rise Of The Fallen
Hovercraft Pirates – Shut The Hell Up
Blind Guardian – You’re The Voice
The 69 Eyes – Kiss Me Undead
Aliases – We Should Never Had Met
Dead Identities – Whats Your Point Of View
Here Lies Affliction – NO Balls Man Up
Down N Outz – England Rocks
Epitaph – Escape The Fate
Lynryd Skynryd – Call Me The Breeze
Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith
InMe – All Terrain Vehicle
Hell Yeah – Hell Of A Time
Aghast – Bang To Rights
SikTh – Skies Of The Millennium Night
Midgar – Lead Your Children To The Sky
Dead Identities – Lost Property Song
Sparks Vs Faith No More – This Town Aint Big Enough For The Both Of Us
Distrubed – Another Way To Die
Mastodon – Megladon
Rancid – Ruby Soho
Die So Fluid – Mercury
Between The Buried And Me – Foam Part A
Between The Buried And Me – Foam Part B
As I Lay Dying – Beyound Our Suffering
Sanguine – Bangkok Nights
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 06/07/10
Hovercraft Pirates – Shut The Hell Up
Aghast – Bang To Rights
Sanguine – Territory
Taproot – Fractured
Periphery – Eureka
Aliases – We Should Never Have Met
Chimp Spanner – Harvey Wallbanger
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Here There Be Monsters – Trojans
Dead Identities – You Bring Out The Worst Of Me
Soulfly – Rise Of The Fallen
Stone Circle – The Puzzle
DEAD IDENTITIES – BAD CATS & HEART ATTACKS
5th July 2010
I love this album! My first listen I actually found it hard to listen to, there are a lot of tempo changes and can feel unstable at times and you wonder where the hell is this going?! But once you relax you can see Bad Cats & Heart Attacks for what it is – a fantastically crafted piece of work that anyone would be proud to have made.
Generally the whole feel for the album is very happy though the themes are not. I can imagine dancing in a club with bottle in hand singing out loud and smiling to negative tracks such as Invisible, On My Own Again and You Bring Out The Worst In Me. The songs are bouncy rock & roll punky and anthemic. For me two massively familiar sounds stick out, being The Wildhearts and The Living End, anyone who’s seen or heard those bands know what I’m on about and here’s the band next in line to take the reign! My favourite track is Lost Property Song, complete with harmonic a capella’s intro, speed, catchy chorus and at just over two minutes long, the shortest track on the album – short and sweet! A great buy, especially for the summer!
★★★★✩ Album Of The Week, 06/07/10
Anarchy On The Airwaves – TotalRock, 01/07/10
Cradle Of Filth – Heaven Torn Asunder
Eagles – Hotel California
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
Pantera – Psycho Holiday
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Iron Maiden – Flight Of Icarus
Swashbuckle – Cruiseship Terror
Aerosmith – Sunshine
Taylor Hawkins And The Coatail Ridders – Way Down
Buckcherry –
Faith No More – Land Of Sunshine
Me First And The Gimme Gimmies – Walking On Sunshine
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Sunshine The Warewolf
Jurojin – The Equinox
Kid Rock – All Summer Long
Deftones – My Own Summer (Shove It)
The Ataris – Boys Of Summer
ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses
Queens Of The Stone Age – Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
TesseracT – Sunrise
SikTh – Summer Rain
Lamb Of God – Blacken The Cursed Sun
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
Queen – Seven Seas Of Rhye
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Imperial Leisure – Great British Summertime
Dead Kennedys – Holiday In Cambodia
White Zombie – Black Sunshine
Ghost In Mirrors – Across The Seas And Oceans
Yo Yo’s – Sunshine Girl
Presidents Of The United States Of America – Peaches
Volbeat – Pool Of Booze Booze Booza
Sex Pistols – Holidays In The Sun
Pixies – Holiday Song
Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love
RSJ – Reborn
Faith No More – A Small Victory
The Metal Lunchbox – TotalRock, 01/07/10
Aerosmith – Shame On You
Black Robot – Cocaine
Greenday – Last Of The American Girls
There For Tomorrow – A Little Faster
Sonic Syndicate – Burn This City
Mnemic – Door 2.12
Midgar – Lead Your Children To The Sky
Little Fish – Am I Crazy
Periphery – Eureka
Guns n Roses – Paradise City
Sherlock Brothers – Stay
Subversion – Treason
Taylor Hawkins – Not Bad Luck
Atreyu – Lonely
Xiren – Burn Your Love Down
Stone Temple Pilots – Between The Lines
The Prety Reckless – Make Me Wanna Die
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Steve Miller Band – Hey Yeah
LaFaro – The Ballad Of Burnt Dave
Bullet For M Valentine – Your Betrayal
Jet Black – Get Your hands Dirty
Blind Guardian – Mirror Mirror
Blind Guardian – You’re The Voice
Blind Guardian – Fly
Taylor Hawkins – Your Shoes
Jurojin – The Scars
Soulfly – Rise At The Fallen
Taproot – Fractured
Kiss – Lick It Up
Sack Trick – We’re On Our Way Back To Live
Faith No More – Easy
Sanguine – Tonight
Mr Big – I’m The One
Toto – Africa
Chevelle – The Red
Breaking Benjamin – Break My Fall
Mustasch – Desolate
Here There Be Monsters – Trojans
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 29/06/10
Monuments – Memoirs
Jurojin – The Dreaming
Taproot – Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)
Periphery – Eureka
Sanguine – Tonight
Aghast – Bang To Rights
Mustasch – Damn It’s Black
The Cumshots – Bitter Erection
Volbeat – Pool Of Booze Booze Booza
Taylor Hawkings And The Cocktail Riders – Way Down
Aerosmith – Nobodys Fault
Blind Gaurian – You’re The Voice
Here There Be Monsters – Trojans
Swashbuckle – We Sank Our Battleship
TAYLOR HAWKINS & TH COATTAIL RIDERS – RED LIGHT FEVER
20th April 2010
Shannabelle/RCA Records
So what do you think Foo Fighters drummer can come up with? Well, I certainly didn’t expect this. Straight off a little mix of Queen, The Darkness and a dirty riff! Taylor’s vocals sound awesome and Not Bad Luck is so catchy with awesome guitars. Your Shoes starts very Foo’s sounding, understandable, but this track, along with the entire album, has some kind of old fashioned rock n roll feel to it that can appeal to anyone – I like it. Way Down really shows off Taylor’s vocals with such a raw rough sound, very gritty, and goes well with this style of rock. It also reminded me of Roger Taylor’s vocals, but after further investigation turns out Roger is actually a contributing to back up vocals for this track. And guess what, Brain May also contributed guitar for some tracks along with Dave Grohl with some guitars and vocals too.
It’s Over then flips and goes all psychedelic on us in the intro only to slow down into a smooth verse, this album starts off a little eccentric, sometimes pushing the limits of what can be put together, yet remaining cohesive. Unfortunately the album then starts loosing pace and heads towards the middle of the road with just a couple more slightly upbeat tracks at the end of the album.
Red Light Fever starts well but then becomes quite average just before halfway. Certainly worth giving a chance and the band play well live, as seen at Download Festival 2010.
★★✩✩✩ Album of the Week, 29/06/10
The Metal Lunchbox – TotalRock, 24/06/10
Aerosmith – Drop Dead Gorgeous
Exalt Cycle – Wring My Blood
Taproot – Fractured
Once A Wolf – Primeval Atom
Soulfly – Rise Of The Fallen
Slaves To Gravity – Good Advice
Monuments – Memoirs
Atreyu – Bleeding Mascara
Refused – New Noise
Norma Bates – 40 Days
Periphery – Eureka
Seether – Rise Above This
Lava Engine – Drain Your Soul
Funeral Party – NY Moves To The Sound Of LA
Epitaph – Escape The Fate
Blind Guardian – You’re The Voice
Killswitch Engage – My Last Serenade
Queens Of The Stone Age – Everybody Knows You Are Insane
The Pretty Reckless – Make Me Wanna Die
Iron Maiden – El Dorado
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Sanguine – Bangkok Nights
Queen – Flash
Cavo – My Little Secret
Mastodon – Magalodon
Hovercraft Prates – Shut THe Hell Up
Alkeline Trio – The American Scream
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Nevermind
Primus – Tommy The Cat
Presidents Of The United States Of America – Kitty
Faith No More – A Small Victory
Taylor Hawkins – Way Down
Sonic Syndicate – Quantum Leap
Imicus – The Butterfly Effect
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 22/06/10
Blind Guardian – You’re The Voice
Sanguine – Live, Consume, Drive!
Taylor Hawkins And The Coatail Riders – Way Down
Faith No More – Digging The Grave
Hovercraft Pirates – Shut The Hell Up
Aerosmith – Baby Please Don’t Go
Periphery – I Lost My Lunch In My Pants
Jurojin – The Equinox
Reckless Love – Beautiful Bomb
Starseed – Falling
Imicus – The Butterfly Effect
Silverchair – Annas Song (Open Fire)
The Devils Blood – House Of 1000 Voices
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Breaking The Girl
Alice in Chains – Lessons Learned
The Launch Pad – TotalRock, 08/06/10
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
The Safety Fire – Sections
Arch Enemy – We Will Rise
Imicus – Animal Factory
Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders –
Winter In Eden – Ruled By Fear
Starseed – See Through Your Lies
Sonic Syndicate – Burn This City
Reckles Love – Beautiful Bomb
Jurojin – The Dreaming
Senser – Resistance Now
Flyleaf – I’m So Sick
Slash – Doctor Alibi
IMICUS – ANIMAL FACTORY
Transcend Records
24th May 2010
The album kicks off with the title track, Animal Factory, setting the pace for the album. I find the album atmospheric and in places dark, aided by the vocals of Andrew Miller, even occasionally haunting with echoes and delays. This can be heard well in the breakdown to Visceral, their first single back in 2009. A great catchy song, though for me the middle 8 is about a middle 16, too long! Then comes the bounce with Inveigle which went down very well live at Download Festival 2010, but come the chorus you start to see a pattern emerging in that the chorus for the songs are very similar
You may think the album could then be repetitive but it is very solid and the riffs set the tracks apart. Precise drumming from (now guitarist) Dale Chapman and subtle guitar layers along with Dan Baker and flowing solos along with a groovy, hard and smooth bass lines from a Mr. Steve Parker show this bands high quality ability to write good songs – for example, The Butterfly Effect, with a striking solo, groovy riff and bass line. I really like this song.
The album is great to drive to, especially on a rainy day. It works when you’re happy and it is also pretty good to do the hoovering to (turn it up loud of course!!) I look forward to more great stuff form this band.
★★★✩✩ Album of the Week, 08/06/10
On The Road With… The Needful Things (TNT) (UK – May, 2010)
Somehow I got asked to join a band, a sort of super group of underground rock n roll musicians in the UK. Formed and fronted by singer, Hilda, of Drugdealer Cheerleader – even now I have to stop and think how to say that name, DDLC is much easier on my brain. Anyway, so a friend of mine, Izzy, recommended me to him saying I was a good drummer; neglecting to mention she’d not actually seen or heard me play! I waited until our last gig to tell him this! haha
The band, The Needful Things (TNT), consisted of us two, Laney 74 (Teenage Casket Company/Bullet Boys/Black Mollys), Richie Hudson (Kitty Hudson) and Oz (Phluid). Richie had to leave and Keef (Dead Identities/Kitty Hudson/another 20 bands) was recruited. We, as a super group, were to play the song from our respective bands – though Badaxe nor Kid Klumsy tracks were chosen. We had two and a half practices; the half being an attempt at my pub but we were too loud to do it properly. after that practice we had our first photo shoot. After our second sweltering practice we had some rehearsal recordings. Things were moving fast!
For most of the guys, they at least knew 3 of their own, and probably knew of the other songs. For me I recognized a couple so basically had to learn the set from scratch. But I enjoyed this challenge and after the 3 practices I got all tracks down to 98% sorted.
Friday 14th – Selby
Our first gig in Selby, Yorkshire, went well. And for a first ever gig I think was pretty damn hot! Not a massive attendance as apparently Oz had left a trial of broken hearts in that town, but was still good enough to start with =) Check out our support band, The Idol Dead!
Saturday 15th – Bradford
Bradford was great, the crowd got bigger through the night at Gasworks and we had a lovely Italian at a restaurant around the corner, hidden away down an alley. Though my camera was stolen that night, again! Check out our support band Exit State!
Thursday 20th – London
A few days off until our biggest gig at The Gaff in London. At the time I didn’t enjoy the gig, I thought I was really shit but having listened back it actually wasn’t so bad. I was also disappointed in a lot of my London friends, may of which on the free guest list, didn’t bother to turn up; now I know who my real friends are.
Friday 21st – Grimsby
The next day I picked up our tour bus, this was so strange to drive being in a high position and having power steering! We dove up to Yardbirds in Grimsby which should have been a great night but was oddly quiet. But a festival friend happened to be at the gig so that was a nice surprise. We had an array of flavoured sambucca, one of which managed to sober Oz and myself up, so I went to sleep ready for the road in the morning.
Saturday 22nd – Newcastle
We popped over to the beach in Cleethorpes and had chips and ice cream then carried on north to Newcastle. Slightly wary of this club gig. It seemed to start well, but as soon as the main club started we lost the crowd. Not such a great performance from myself again so I felt pretty down. But ended up dancing to a crap DJ with Oz with some randoms. We noticed no chavs and a lot of women with no shoes! This night the promoter bought us meals and we stayed at her house!
Sunday 23rd – Nottingham
Food breakfast in the morning and we headed south for Nottingham. Turns out Cryptfest was the first thing the promoter had ever done. the bands were really great but I don’t think he had any clue in how to advertise; there wasn’t even posters in the venue for it! Needless to say we played to very few and guttingly it was our best performance yet. We had a quick BBQ at Riot House and returned there for Benny Hill and cartoon theme tune antics and beds.
We parted ways to our respective parts of the country, I hope we reunite.
The Needful Things – Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead (Kitty Hudson) Ft. Richie Hudson
The Needful Things – Love Gun (Kiss)
The Needful Things – Thank You For Nothing (Teenage Casket Company)
SOULFLY – OMEN
Roadrunner
18th May 2010
Soulfly are back on form! Omen is awesome right from the beginning with Bloodbath & Beyond. The first single featuring Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Rise Of The Fallen is Soulfly’s best track for years. It’s modern yet still that classic sound from the longest line up of the band, half way through the song breaks down until the end with various drums beat variations. Great Depression and Kingdom are great examples from Omen and two favourites of mine, Jeffrey Dahmer – though short and sweet about the american serial murderer, and Mega-Doom. Be sure to check out Lethal Injection featuring Tommy Victor of Prong and the thrashy Vulture Culture. And of course, the album would not be complete without the latest instalment of the instrumental self titled series of tracks – Soulfly VII.
Fans of Soulfly from any period will love this album and as usual is available in the extended digi pack edition. One of my favourite albums of 2010.
★★★★★ Album of the Week, 18/05/10
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