The week of January 29th brings upon us a very heavy slew of metal. Arguably the best record to drop so far, Vertikal sees Cult of Luna further themselves as the leaders in the post metal genre. I thought it was pretty darn tootin’ too. Also brutalize our eardrums is Maelstrom’s newest record It Was Predestined…
Loud Rock Charts: 1/22
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published January 21st, 2013In this week’s sexy edition of new Loud Rock, we see Holy Grail release one of the best album of the year so far with Ride the Void. It’s in the same vein as new classic metal, with a thrashy spin thrown on it. If you’re into some older stuff, like Judas Priest or Iron Maiden,…
Loud Rock Charts: 1/15
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published January 14th, 2013After 4 long years, Voivod is finally back with their newest full length, Target Earth. It’s the first record to feature their new guitarist, Daniel Mongrain, and the first since 1991 to feature their original bassist. Also, Incite, who is releasing an exciting album soon, is touring with Soulfly in the coming months in support of All Out…
Loud Rock Charts: 1/8
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published January 7th, 2013Alas, it is time once again to bring ourselves back into reality. However, that also means more awesome music for the masses. This week brings some really neat stuff out of Corsair, a band that actually self released their first full length album back in April, but is now signed with Shadow Kingdom Records, and…
Loud Rock Charts: 12/11
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 10th, 2012It’s that time of the year again. The time where we can all just stop giving two fucks about life and be as lazy as we want and drink eggnog till we die from heart congestion. In all seriousness, this is the last week of charts, and what a year it has been. We’ve seen…
Loud Rock Charts: 12/4
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 3rd, 2012As the year slowly comes to a close, new releases will begin to shrink in size. However, that does not by any means represent the quality of the records. This week sees Cult of Luna’s newest record, Vertikal, on display, with the 2nd track off of the album currently up for stream here: http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/cult-of-luna-i-the-weapon-single-stream/. If the single…
Loud Rock Charts: 11/27
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published November 27th, 2012I hope everyone had a very metal Thanksgiving break because I sure did. Here’s what happened in the life of Bröötalisk these past two days: 1) Interview The Haarp Machine. See them play with The Faceless and Revocation. 2) Interview Brendon Small from Dethklok. See them play with Machine Head, All That Remains, and Black…
Loud Rock Charts: 11/20
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published November 19th, 2012To all the metalheads in the Oakland area: I sincerely hope you went to experience Neurosis live on Saturday night. I sure as hell didn’t miss out. They were phenomenal. In other concert news… Dethklok and all That Remains is coming to Oakland on the 25th of November. In other words, this Saturday. The Faceless,…
Loud Rock Charts: 11/13
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published November 12th, 2012Finally, after all these months of waiting, Deftones’ newest record, Koi No Yokan, is dropping on Tuesday, November 13th. It’s one hell of an album, definitely on par with Diamond Eyes and White Pony. Other new releases include one of the most influential punk rock bands, Fear, with their newest release The Fear Record and a…
Loud Rock Charts: 11/6
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published November 5th, 2012In this week’s edition of new metally things that you should care about, we have a group of bands that aren’t quite as well known as the past few weeks’ additions, but they’re still just as awesome. Something noteworthy about this week’s adds: The Sacred People marks Tiamat’s 10th record. No matter what band you…