This Week's Essential Tracks!
LOSTPROPHETS, IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD BUT I CAN SEE IT FROM HERE
An acoustic run-through of the enormous anthem-in-waiting from Lostprophets’ new The Betrayed album. Unplugging it doesn’t make it sound any less huge, though.
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ROB ZOMBIE, SICK BUBBLEGUM
Rob Zombie’s returned, and here he is with a huge dose of OTT metal stomp and B-movie horror schlock. Welcome back, you undead, movie-making, horror loving loon.
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WOLFMOTHER, WHITE FEATHER
Surely Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale has tapes of riffs Led Zeppelin never used. Otherwise, how could he come up with riffs like this? Pure classic rock quality.
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TWIN ATLANTIC, LIGHTSPEED
Scottish rockers Twin Atlantic are on a roll at the moment. Listening to this humdinger of a tune, they’re showing no signs of losing momentum any time soon.
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KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES, MATTERS AT ALL
A taster for their forthcoming second album, Dirt, due on March 29, Matters To All is packed to bursting with lovely, shiny hooks and honey sweet melodies. Good work, Welsh blokes.
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EVERGREEN TERRACE, EVERLONG
This metalcore take on the Foo Fighters classic is as heavy as it is brilliant. Which is very. Foo’s metal loving frontman Dave Grohl would be proud.
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ENTER SHIKARI, THUMPER
Probably not about the rabbit from Bambi, this new single from the St Albans dance-rock mob is as smashing as anything of last year’s stunning 5 K-rated Common Dreads album,
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HIM, LIKE ST VALENTINE
For a song about love, Like St Valentine certainly has a big riff. But, then, why do you think they call it love metal, eh?
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WE ARE THE OCEAN, THESE DAYS, I HAVE NOTHING
A highlight from their 4 K-rated new album, Cutting Our Teeth, this is surely a classic-in-waiting for these Harlow rockers.
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AIRBOURNE, NO WAY BUT THE HARD WAY
Aussie rock ‘n’ roll loons Airbourne recorded their new album No Guts, No Glory in a pub. Unsurprisingly, this riffy tune is the perfect soundtrack to a wild night of partying.
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