Adrenaline Mob – Covertá

Adrenaline Mob | CovertaAt a time when it seems like every band and their mother is releasing an album of covers, tributes and the like it becomes harder and harder to distinguish one from the other. However, Adrenaline Mob has found a way to separate themselves and that’s no easy task. via Hardrockhaven     […]

Bacon Infused Bourbon

Nothing Big Swole loves more than Bacon and Bourbon. It only makes since to be able to mix the two. Bacon-infused Bourbon. Let that sink in for a sec…….Yep. Bacon.Infused.Bourbon.

Stevie Salas – I Was Made To Love Her

First time I ever heard Stevie Salas, I had to pick myself up off the floor. A song called PunkAss Bitch from the Shapeshifter album. It was some of the most mystifying guitar playing I had ever heard……and the heavy funk influence from the Atomic Dog & Bootsy Collins is evident from the start. There […]

Symphony X – Bastards of the Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkteYRJaU24 Russell Allen kills this shit. To me, he has one of the classic voices in all of modern metal music. He is also the front man for Adrenaline Mob. Solid axe work from Michael Romeo also. Be a saint for those in need Or spin them webs of lust and greed, Yeah, you’ve restored […]

Black Stone Cherry – White Trash Millionaire

White Trash Millionaire. Ain’t that some shit. Soulful, Southern Hard Rock…….a music near and dear to my heart.  Southern Rock was and still is a heavy staple of Big Swole’s musical library. These cats have a new album dropping sometime this spring. They have a teaser on their website. Check them out. https://www.facebook.com/officialblackstonecherry

All That Remains – Six

I guess you’ve made it big when one of your songs is included in the Guitar Hero franchise. Kick ass song to run to. High BPM. Run Forrest, Run! Also love to bust out the Jazz Hands right before the solo. Six is on the band’s third studio release “The Fall of Ideals” which was […]

Threat Signal – To Remember

CANADIAN FUCKIN METAL! One of the first bands that got me hooked on the really heavy stuff. I love the sound, it’s not quite the galloping bottom end like Maiden, but I’m not quite sure what you would call it……..Groovy as Fuck, for lack of a better phrase. Give it a listen, see what you […]

Armored Saint – Can U Deliver

  Had to go to the Vault for this bitch. Armored Saint! Who bought this album in the 80’s because it had Kick Ass cover art?? I remember the days at the Herrington’s house trying to figure out that damned Yamaha stereo with the big ass speakers so we could jam this. Corksleroy & Big […]

Shadows Fall – Still I Rise

Shadows Fall……first heard these cats on iTunes while looking around for some good songs to work out to. I have all their albums now. A lot of their songs seem to sound alike to me, but badass none the less. Plus, Brian Fair (a more melodic Jon Bush) has the most EPIC fucking dreads I […]

Hatebreed – Before the Fight Ends You

http://youtu.be/VVZiVC5NW98 Hatebreed. This is probably one of the angriest groups of dudes I have ever heard. This is a good song for powering out those last few sets at the gym. Makes you want to flip some cars and beat the shit out of some punks. End the fight! Before the fight ends you This […]