Category: Song Reviews

The Band   Kublai Khan TX is an American metalcore band formed in 2009. They have released five studio albums. On September 20th, 2024, the band released their fifth album, Exhibition Of Prowess. They play metalcore, but with an old-school tone that resembles hardcore bands like Hatebreed. Breakdowns, down-tuned guitars, and raspy vocals. Their lyrics usually deal with social issues like racism, and violence against women.   Band Members Matt Honeycutt – vocals Nolan Ashley –…

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The Band   Turnstile is an American hardcore punk band from Baltimore, formed in 2010.   Band Members (at the time of this recording) Brendan Yates – vocals Franz Lyons – bass Brady Ebert – guitar Pat McCrory – guitar Daniel Fang – drums     The Album     Glow On is Turnstile’s third studio album. It was released on August 27, 2021. Although the album is hardcore punk, it is also melodic and has some passages…

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The Band   Novelists (or Novelists FR) is a French progressive metalcore band from Paris, formed in 2013.   Band Members Camille Contreras – vocals Florestan Durand – guitar Pierre Danel – guitar Nicolas Delestrade – bass guitar Amael Durand – drums     The Album     This is a single that has 2 tracks, Coda and K.O. It was released on December 11, 2024, and Coda it’s a heavy song whereas K.O. is the emotional…

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The Band   Sleep Theory is an American rock band formed in 2020. The singer Cullen Moore, a US Army veteran, started Sleep Theory as a solo project and with time transformed into a band with the rest of the lineup. They are known for mixing diverse styles like R&B, nu-metal, and metalcore. Their first EP, Paper Hearts (2023) was very successful. Along with that work the band has released many singles, one of which…

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The Band   Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995.   Band Members Alissa White-Gluz – vocals Michael Amott – guitar  Joey Concepcion – guitar  Sharlee D’Angelo – bass  Daniel Erlandsson – drums      The Song   Dream Stealer is the first Arch Enemy song after their 2022 album, Deceivers, and since the friendly departure of Jeff Loomis on guitar and the integration of his replacement, Joey Concepcion. The song…

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The Band   Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band formed in 1994.     Band Members  Cristina Scabbia – vocals Andrea Ferro – vocals Marco Coti Zelati – bass, keyboards, guitars  Richard Meiz – drums      + Randy Blythe (David Randall Blythe) is an American vocalist and singer of the metal band Lamb of God.      The Song   The song Hosting the Shadow comes after the band released their song In…

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The Bands   BlutEngel (Blood Angel in German) is a German electronic band with a gothic aesthetic. They describe their music as “dark pop”.   Band Members Chris Pohl – vocals, programming  Ulrike Goldmann – vocals   —–   Solar Fake, is a synthpop project created by Sven Friedrich.             Band Members  Sven Friedrich – vocals, instruments, songwriting.        Live and session musicians André Feller – keyboards Jens…

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The Band   The American rock/metal band OVTLIER (pronounced Outlier) has gained popularity on Spotify, and YouTube and has been played on some American rock radio stations like SiriusXM Octane. Now, they have joined forces with their friend, Motionless In White’s singer, Chris Motionless, for their new song, Warriors, released on July 12th, 2024.   Band Members Joey Arena – vocals Kane Buckley –  guitar Nolan Hayes – bass Mike Wilkinson – drums    …

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I knew about Babymetal’s existence a long time ago, but I’d never heard a song from them until now, and because it is a track with Electric Callboy, I couldn’t miss it.   The Bands   Babymetal is a Japanese kawaii metal band formed in 2010. The band consists of three female singers backed by heavy instrumentation performed by Kami Band, a group of session musicians. The band mixes the idea and image of Japanese…

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This week I bring, again, Liv Kristine, but collaborating with a classic metal band, Cradle of Filth.   The Band Cradle of Filth is an English metal band, formed in 1991. They were black metal at the beginning, but have evolved more into symphonic, gothic metal throughout the years. The lyrics tend towards gothic literature and poetry, and the aesthetics mix horror films and dark imagery.    The Singer Liv Kristine Espenæs is a Norwegian singer.…

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