Tag Archives: Hard Rock

Rock music continues to trudge through the confines of marginalization, and a scant amount of acts have been able to successfully reinforce its importance in mainstream society. Seeing wholly decent newcomers lose their major label status after a mere few singles was only that start of my concern. But even …

New Disorder is an everyman’s hard rock / alternative metal band from Rome, Italy. Their latest album, Straight to the Pain, dropped September 18th in North America and sports a standard length of raw, heartfelt rock which, while unlikely to turn heads at first listen, offers a solid headbanging experience …

A sold out crowd of 50,000 fans filled Philadelphia’s PPL Park this past Saturday, October 10th at the inaugural Monster Energy Rock Allegiance. Boasting a lineup with some of the biggest names in rock like Rob Zombie, Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Papa Roach and Bring Me The Horizon, the festival was not only a huge success—it was …

Score: 9/10 URLs: Website | Facebook | Twitter Coming back to the hard rock scene after a long hiatus, NoMara released their new EP …And So It Begins earlier this year. The five-track EP is just enough to whet the appetite of patient fans and ensnare the attention of new listeners. NoMara is a …

South Florida has a very explosive up and coming music scene. One of the local favorites is Daybreak Embrace.  Coming together they have formed an amazing, well rounded sound that will kick you in the teeth. Everything you want in a Metal / Hard Rock band. They started in the …

Score: 10/10 URLs: MySpace | Facebook | Twitter Get ready for the no-holds-barred New Years Day album, Malevolence, available now through Another Century Records. This album is sure to climb into the top ranks of any hard rock fan’s “most repeated CDs” list with undeniably high-octane riffs and powerful raw vocals. New …

There’s nothing like the cavity-inducing sound of pop music blasting from the radio to make you ponder if rock is truly dead. After all, if the life of music is directly correlated to the number of plays per hour a DJ spins, then rock would be buried six feet under …

Hard Rock / Metal band Losing September have released their “American Hero“, directed by Nick Rage. The song comes from the band’s American Hero EP which is available now on iTunes. Losing September will be supporting their “American Hero” EP on their upcoming “American Hero Tour” which kicks off on September …

  The members of Denver based hard rock band Vermillion Road, according to their biography, aim to “spread positive energy and self-empowerment to all their listeners,” and there is no mistaking their intentions throughout their album Palaces. The first track “Tread on Me” literally begins with lead singer Will Robison …

When fresh new sounds of modern hard rock struggle to reach the waves of major radio, the chances for a breakthrough are unfairly slim. In true sign-of-the-times fashion, I’ve constantly questioned the irony of bands with arena-sized ambitions being confined to indie labels. Surprisingly, upon listening to Bridge To Grace’s …

URL: http://www.dividesmusic.com/ Score: 10/10 Fans of PVRIS and Tonight Alive are going to want to get their hands on the debut album from DIVIDES. Brokentooth is set to release on August 11th, and DIVIDES has already secured a new fan in me. DIVIDES is a passionate and dedicated group of …

Score: 9/10 URL: https://www.facebook.com/redlinechemistry With a sound that reminds me somewhat of Disturbed, but is still uniquely all their own, hard rock group, Red Line Chemistry, is gearing up for the release of their album, Chemical High and a Hand Grenade, on July 24th. Red Line Chemistry was formed in …