Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 5, 2021
From new teasers to official announcements, here are thirteen awesome album updates that were announced recently. 01) Fear Factory share riff teaser for upcoming album: The wait is nearing a close to hearing the new Fear Factory record. Guitarist Dino Cazares shared a short riff teaser from the new album via Twitter. The […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on December 15, 2017
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The year is winding down, and so are releases, but this week we got new music from Asking Alexandria and Autopsy, as well as a live Linkin Park album. If you would […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 14, 2017
What a year, amirite? Between the suicides of beloved 90’s and ’00s singers, the jarring difference between our last and current leader of the country, and the just-passed news of net neutrality ending, it’s been a rough year. Fortunately, as always, there’s always music to seek solace in, and this year was a pretty good […]
Posted by Jeff Podoshen on December 14, 2017
Jersey City’s own Black Wail releases Chromium Homes on December 15 on Rhyme & Reason Records. It’s a six song album and one helluva a ride. In a short amount of space, the band shows us that they have an awful lot to offer and nicely bridge gaps between rock n roll, prog and metal. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 30, 2017
New Jersey’s Black Wail are gearing up for the arrival of their upcoming album Chromium Homes, which will be released on December 15th. These hard rockers have previously shared the title track and at that time, we thought it was a mix of blues and sludge. Today (30th), just before their show in Brooklyn, NY, […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on November 16, 2017
For those who are in the mood for some blues mixed with sludge, doom, and raspy vocals, then Black Wail is for you. Today (16th), these Jersey City rockers teamed up with Metal Injection to premiere the new tune “Chromium Homes.” The song is the title track taken from their upcoming EP Chromium Homes, which […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 19, 2015
The Jersey Shore has had it rough the last few years. Hurricane Sandy leveled parts of the coastline, and the MTV reality show of the same name set back Italian-American relationships a few decades and led to a run on Axe Body Spray. Thankfully, Asbury Park’s The Battery Electric are here to take things back. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 12, 2014
It’s been a pretty long, insane year for metal with a lot of excellent music in it. A common complaint among people putting together these lists have been that there’s been almost too much music to condense into one list. That’s a great problem to have. The popularity of streaming services and/or YouTube have made […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 3, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/1rpuzz1R0bQ[/youtube] Of all the bands that make it (whatever “making it” means these days, anyway), there are countless more that come really close and flame out. That’s what a new documentary, Rye Coaltition: The Story of the Hard Luck 5, examines. The New Jersey band started 20 years ago and released three albums independently before being […]
