Sodom’s Epitome of Torture dropped on our (metal)heads two weeks ago. What the hell? How did I miss that? More importantly, who’s the assbag that forget to send me a memo and do my job for me? Also, if you have yet to check out The Ocean’s newest record, you are sorely missing out on what is…
Loud Rock Charts: 4/30
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 29th, 2013With these last adds/charts comes the end of April, and the beginning of something beautiful. And metal. Can we dub this month “Metal May”? Because there are some seriously mindblowing tours coming to the Bay Area and Santa Cruz over the course of the next 4 weeks. Inhale… We’ve got Gorod/Fallujah on May 3rd, Cancer…
Loud Rock Charts: 4/16
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 15th, 2013This week in new loud rock features the newest album from the band from hell Ghost B.C. with Infestissumam. We’ve also got the latest, and some might say greatest, from Whitechapel in The Somatic Defilement. Other interesting releases include Suicidal Tendencies most recent album, and black metal outfit Woe who have been making waves in…
Loud Rock Charts: 4/9
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 8th, 2013Coming right out of left field this week is a new album by Volbeat, who found mainstream success with their last album, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. This time around, however, they’re coming back with some of the heaviest stuff they’ve ever put forth. Also coming your way is no-nonsense hard rock band Owl with The Right Thing, and intense death…
Loud Rock Charts: 3/26
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published March 25th, 2013Happy Spring Break! I hope everyone has been having a very metal vacation because I sure have. I’ve been booty bumpin Thy Art is Murder’s newest album, Hate, and Byzantine’s self titled comeback record. By the way, if you are a fellow concert goer, you should check out Summer Slaughter’s lineup here. Being a prog…
Loud Rock Charts: 3/12
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published March 11th, 2013Unfortunately, last week there as a mix up with KZSC’s CMJ subscription, hence the lack of charts and adds. With this week, however, KZSC is back in business, and boy what a week. This time around sees hard rock band Krokus release their 17th studio album. Yeah, you read that right. 17. As in the…
Loud Rock Charts: 2/26
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published February 25th, 2013Thursday night, I witnessed one of the greatest acts on metal this world has seen. No, it wasn’t any big name bands like Opeth or Gojira. It was just a small three piece band, who use nothing more than 2 lights, a little bit of fog, and three instruments to create one of the most unbelievable live…
Loud Rock Charts: 12/19
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published February 18th, 2013I sincerely hope everyone has had a great three day weekend! In celebration of our forefathers, why not take a listen to some awesome new metal? In particular, Suffocation’s Pinnacle of Bedlam has been making waves in the metal community, for great reason. Also adding today, Psychothermia’s newest album is just as awesome and “kooky” as its name…
Loud Rock Charts: 2/12
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published February 11th, 2013In this week’s version of great awesome new metal, we see hardcore band Shai Hulud release what could amount to be one of the finest albums in the genre since Converge’s Jane Doe (yep, you heard me right). Also dropping is the ever increasingly popular band Bullet for my Valentine with Temper Temper, who are hoping…
Loud Rock Charts: 2/5
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published February 4th, 2013In this latest addition of new Loud Rock stuff ‘n’ things, the whole world is subject to the awesome instrumentation of Pomegranate Tiger, an instrumental outfit not unlike that of Scale the Summit or Animals as Leaders. However, they’re original enough to garner some well deserved critical acclaim. And for those of you wondering, they…