Hard rock (or heavy rock) is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards.
Swedish hard rockers BADMOUTH are back again this year with a new EP entitled “T ; Part Three Of H.A.T.E”.
The guys have rocked the world with their critically acclaimed full length melodic hard rock album ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ (already presented on this blog).
” T ” is the 3rd part of a quadrology called H.A.T.E., where rock bands play their versions of songs written by Swedish singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik, a folk-rock oriented artist.
Badmouth has a very retro 80’s melodic hard rock style on their own material, but for these tracks they’ve gone more to the late seventies, with a rough sound and a classic hard rock attack.
I never heard the original folk versions, but the band has really made the songs their own, and trust me, here’s nothing folk related at all.
This is straight, in your face hard rock with melting guitar riffs, as heard on the fast paced “Dilusional” and “Circle Of Friends”.
Anyway, the characteristic ‘Badmouth sound’ is present on the catchy “To Watch The Bridges Burn” and the really interesting “Jonestown”, a tune with a very nice melodic line and radio-rock potential.
If you enjoyed Badmouth’s ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’, this is a great opportunity to listen the band playing something different.
“T ; Part Three Of H.A.T.E” will please as well lovers of classy hard rock with strong riffage and attitude.
Despite the ugliest cover art in many years, “T” is filled with good rockin’ music to bang your head for a while.
01 – Dilusional
02 – Circle Of Friends
03 – To Watch The Bridges Burn
04 – Jonestown
Tom Pearsson (Vocals)
Chris LeMon (Bass)
Mike Hill (Rhythm Guitar)
Randy Joy (Lead Guitar)
Vinnie Sharpe (drums)
Sweden
Hard Rock
256K
27 MB
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The melodic Rock quintet from Athens/Greece featuring guitarist/keyboardist Bob Katsionis (Firewind) and New York based singer Chandler Mogel, have just released a Christmas themed single named:
“Last Days Of December”.
Bob Katsionis comments on the song:
“People are getting so much negativity from everywhere these days. It’s like someone is trying to make the world feel empty and helpless, facing the problems of each country’s economy, criminality etc. At the same time,what you get from the Social Networks is mostly negative comments, trolling, absurdity, violence and people being more rude day by day. This is reflected on music as well. Bands are trying to be harder, heavier,meaner and more evil like there’s some short of hate-contest going on! What we tried to do with this song is to bring the rock and Heavy Metal world some melody,some peace, remind people that Love is the power that makes this world go round and contribute to the soundtrack of the Christmas Holiday Season with a song that we hope will stand the test of time. Christmas time doesn’t necessarily mean shopping and spending but also quality time with friends and family and the people we love and to be able to share some positive energy which is definitely missing nowadays.
Happy Holidays!”
Year: 2011
Style: Melodic Hard Rock
Country: Athens, Greece
Format: mp3, 320kbps
Size: 11 Mb
Tracklist:
01. Last Days Of December
Line-Up:
Chandler Mogel – Vocals
Bob Katsionis – Lead Guitar & Keys
Tony Kash – Guitars
Sverd T. Soth – Bass
Mark Cross – Drums
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The Riot Soul are a hard rockin’ group that formed in Helsinki, Finland in 2010. The band combines hard rockin’ guitars, punky bass and screamy vocals for a blend that will knock your teeth in and make you bang your head until it rips off.
The songs take their inspiration from modern day anxiety and debauchery that makes it all easier to digest. All members — Miika Kokko (vocals), Julian McGourty (guitar), Jani Mikael (bass) and Ozzy Perkkioare (drums) — true rockers to whom making kickass tunes comes before puttin’ make-up on unlike some bands of the rock genre nowadays. So ease the seat back, put the top down, pedal to the medal and get heavy with their tunes.
More information on The Riot Soul can be found at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Riot-Soul/148479228541566 and www.myspace.com/theriotsoulband.
Year: 2011
Style: Sleaze Hard
Country: Helsinki, Finland
Format: m4a, 256 kbps
Size: 13 Mb
Tracklist:
1. Kill The Rock N’ Roll Star
2. SLaves & Harlots
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Metal Mind Productions may not be able to service review copies of their reissue albums to the site anymore due to financial reasons, but they still have no problem servicing me with their upcoming new releases. In a recent e-mail, the label sent out a teaser to the upcoming Leash Eye album titled V.I.D.I. via Soundcloud. The song, “Trucker Song,” has actually been making it’s rounds about the net, though due to the recent internet outage and email server issues, I’m just finally getting to this preview from the Stoner Rock group.
The moment the track kicked in with that classic keyboard sound of the early Rock days with that modern harder edge, my attention was peaked. The catchy Stoner Rock material the band was playing here really stood out, though it’s nothing too unique or original for it’s time at this point. The cleaner production quality actually really helped all the instruments stand out nicely, with the keyboards a bit more in the background but still present enough to make the impact necessary for the sake of melody against the hooks that really drive the song. The clean singing here shows a good deal of variety, and has no problem bridging into a more rhaspy, yet still harmonized approach to give the track a great deal of variety. The chorus was a lot simpler compared to the rest of the material, which only allowed the catchier material to settle in a stronger fashion, especially when it built up the solid, yet rather short guitar solo towards the end of the track. The whole song really packs a strong energy from the band, and it honestly just feels like Leash Eye really enjoyed writing and performing this track, keeping any robotic or mechanical sound to the performance pretty far away, even at the conclusiion of the sound bite from an old truck starting up then eventually driving off, doing a nice job to both close the track, and wrap up the atmosphere of the lyrical content to the song.
Honestly, the catchy, fluid music and energetic performance really made me want to hear the rest of the album. In the time I wrote this, I’m already hit the play button on it a few times and just sat back to fully enjoy what the band is offering with this free audio stream. If “Trucker Song” is the kind of solid Stoner Rock material the band plans to unleash on V.I.D.I., then I’m definitely on board to hear what the rest of it is going to sound like. I’m actually hoping it’s more songs similar to this more laid back yet edgy sound and not really focused on trying to sound somewhat heavier or even push what the Stoner Rock style is about like others in this musical field.
01) Deathproof (Charger vs Challenger) 04:26
02) One Time, Two Times 03:47
03) Headin’ For Disaster 04:02
04) Open Up, Chris 05:07
05) Her Rose’s Flavor 08:32
06) Trucker Song 03:45
07) The Road 04:33
08) The Streets Of Will 04:00
09) The Warmth 08:16
10) F.H.T.W. 05:10
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Band Adam Bomb
Info: Get Animal
Style: Hard Rock
Years: 1999
Info: MP3 CBR 192 kbs
Info: 59,12 ?B
Info: USA
Tracklist:
1. I’m On It (3:16)
2. Swingin’ On A Star (3:00)
3. Bought The Farm (4:05)
4. Hey Hey Nothin’ (4:04)
5. Might Makes Right (3:35)
6. Miracle (4:09)
7. Shake The Earth (4:04)
8. S.S.T. (3:21)
9. Crash Boom Boom (4:26)
10. Shotgun [Saturday Night] (3:04)
11. Countdown (3:54)
12. Leader Of The Gang, Bloodbath (2:03)
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Blessed by a Broken Heart are gearing up to release ‘Feel the Power’ on Jan. 24 via their label home Tooth & Nail, and now the band is giving Noisecreep this exclusive taste of the song ‘Forever.’
With a Stryper-like vocal intro and plenty of over-the-top solos courtesy of Shred Sean, the anthemic track should whet the appetite of not only fans of the band, but really, anyone that appreciates high octane hard rock. “I remember being sent the demo for ‘Forever’ back when it had no vocals and it was called ‘Feel the Power,” guitarist Sam Ryder told Noisecreep about the genesis and early phases of the song.
Genres: Rock, Music
Released: Dec 02, 2011
2011 Tooth & Nail Records. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Tooth & Nail,
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01. Baddass 2:23
02. Cocaine 2:41
03. Momma Don’t Cry 4:03
04. Girls Kissing Girls 3:11
05. Money 2:47
06. I’m In Love 4:41
07. In My Car 3:28
08. Black Robot 2:24
09. Love On A .45 2:52
10. Dissatisfaction 2:34
11. 23 Days Of Night 3:06
12. Stop The World 3:41
13. Nervous Breakdown 3:18
Band:
Huck Johns – vocals
Yogi – guitar
Andy Andersson – guitar (4 & 11)
Jonathan “JB” Brightman – bass
Devon Glenn – drums
Chril Powell – guitar (4 & 11)
Additional Musicians:
Dave Cobb – guitars
Darren Dodd – drums and percussion
Chris Powell – drums
Fred Mandel – piano and organ
Production:
Produced by Dave Cobb. Engineered by Greg Gordon.
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What happens when you take three former Buckcherry members and put them together once again? In the case of Black Robot the results are rather surprising.
Black Robot is the creation of Jonathan “JB” Brightman, who was one of the founding members of Buckcherry. Along with Detroit city singer Huck Johns, the pair founded Black Robot before bringing Buckcherry alumni Devon Glenn and Yogi along for the ride. This album was originally released independently in 2009, but is about to be reissued with two bonus tracks featuring a different line-up.
Of course the obvious thing to do with this band would be to be to clone the Buckcherry sound and go in that direction. That isn’t exactly the vision thatBrightman and Johns had in mind for Black Robot however. Aside from the opener “Badass”, their arrangement of the J.J. Cale penned and Eric Claptonclassic “Cocaine” (what is it with these guys and cocaine anyway?) and “Girls Kissing Girls” which includes some AC/DC influenced power riffage, that’s where the Buckcherry similarities end. Black Robot is much more eclectic, and they step outside of the box throughout their self titled debut effort. Their sound is part garage band, part punk, part glam, part alternative and part straight forward rock ‘n’ roll with a 70’s feel to it. The music is explosive, memorable, soulful, bursting with attitude and full of piss and vinegar. If you’re looking for the next big thing in rock ‘n’ roll then Black Robot are it.
The only thing that would have made this album even stronger is if it had been scaled down from 13 tracks to a solid 10. The production is king, the musicianship and the songs are there in spades and the attitude is off the hook. Look for Black Robot, with their revitalized line-up of Johns, Brightman,Andy Andersson (guitar), Staffan Osterlind (guitar) and Possum Hill (drums), to explode in 2010.
www.blackrobotmusic.com – www.myspace.com/blackrobot
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Dangerous Toys – XX: 20th Year Anniversary Concert Celebration (2010) (Dvd5)
Country: Usa | Video: MPEG2 720 x 480 5282 kbps, 29.970 fps | Audio: 48000 Hz, 1536 kbps, dvdpcm, 2 Ch |
5% rec. added | Size: 4300 mb | Lenght: 01:32:24 | Genre: Hard Rock | Source: My Collection
This DVD package features an awesome performance by Dangerous Toys reuniting for their 20th Anniversary Concert Celebration in their home town of Austin, TX – filmed and recorded at the Red Eyed Fly on May 7, 2005. Here, the band perfectly recaptures their signature brand of hard rock with often humorous lyrics. Founded in 1987, Dangerous Toys put out four full-length albums and one live album before unofficially disbanding at the turn of the millennium. Their major label debut, the Gold-certified Dangerous Toys featured the singles “Teas N’ Pleas N’ ” and “Scared” and both songs appear on this live recording.
Tracklist:
Gunfighter
Outlaw
Sugar Leather And The Nail
Take Me Drunk
Gimme’ No Lip
Bones In The Gutter
Ten Boots
Angel N.U.
Queen Of The Nile
Pissed
Paintrain
Here Comes Trouble
Sport’n A Woody
Line Em’ Up
That Dog
Strange
Oh Well, So What
Demon Bell
Hard Luck Champion
Teas’n Pleas’n
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Band The Runaways
Info: Japanese Singles Collection
Style: Hard Rock
Years: 2008
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 131,16 Mb
Info: USA
Tracklist:
01 – Cherry Bomb.
02 – Blackmail.
03 – Secrets.
04 – Rock ‘N’ Roll.
05 – Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin.
06 – Queens Of Noise.
07 – All Right You Guys.
08 – Blackmail.
09 – Little Sister.
10 – School Days.
11 – Mama Weer All Crazee Now.
12 – Eight Days A Week.
13 – Right Now.
14 – Black Leather.
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Band Praying Mantis
Info: Predator In Disguise
Style: Melodic Hard Rock
Years: 1991
Info: CBR 320 kbs
Info: 136,7 Mb
Info: UK
Tracklist:
01 – Can’t See The Angels.
02 – She’s Hot.
03 – Can’t Wait Forever.
04 – This Time Girl.
05 – Time Slipping Away.
06 – Listen What Your Heart Says.
07 – Still Want You.
08 – The Horn.
09 – Battle Royal.
10 – Only You.
11 – Borderline.
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