10 songs you should hear now!
TONIGHT IS GOODBYE, BRAIN
Ah yes, some fine rock sounds that evoke the spirit of yesteryear – or in fact yester-yester-yester-year, with 70s grooves thrown in with a walloping emo chorus.
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THE RIVER, FRAILTIES
Snail’s pace, crushing, brutal doom with a good deal of lady vocals is the order of the day, and that order is an extremely unhappy one indeed. Misery never sounded so good…
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MÖTLEY CRÜE, MUTHER FUCKER OF THE YEAR
Do you really need to know anything other than it’s Mötley fucking Crüe!? It rocks, it roars, it’s like panthers fighting in a guitar shop!
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ALKALINE TRIO, HELP ME
From their storming, soon to be released Agony & Irony CD, this little taster is pure pop punk perfection that’ll snag your heart strings
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FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, BENEATH THE BURNING TREE
Sounding like they’ve been on a steroid diet of recent, the Welsh crew are back with this high velocity collision of metallic bluster and distinctive melodies.
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TEXTURES, OLD DAYS BORN ANEW
The Dutch sonic contortionists once again deliver a monster with this coiling, snarling riff-beast – and having a chorus the size of Amsterdam doesn’t exactly hurt!
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WALLS OF JERICHO, EMBER DRIVE
Temporarily ditching the scathing hardcore they excel at, the Detroit crew get all introspective and rope in Corey Taylor for this slow burning ballad.
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SLIPKNOT, ALL HOPE IS GONE
..and Corey goes from nice singing to nasty screaming! If this furious blast of brutal, ball-busting metal is anything to go by, you’ll a forklift to lift Slipknot’s new album. Heavy isn’t the word.
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SEBASTIAN BACH, BACK IN THE SADDLE
Seb, we’re glad to see you – but since you have Axl Fucking Rose on the track we’re definitely loving this prime hunk of pure rock goodness!
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URIAH HEEP, WAKE THE SLEEPER
The legends of British rock are back and proving they’ve still got what it takes on this storming old school ode to alarm clocks! Maybe…
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