Russian Circles – Geneva
Words? These guys are too bad ass to deal with words. It’s not every day that I find an all instrumental rock band that I like, much less one that rips grooves like this band does. I got turned on to this three piece from Chicago by my wife (yes…she rocks…harder than you) and […]
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 […]
Rage in 1992
http://youtu.be/49WwUgdU6yE “Yeah, the movement’s in motion with mass militant poetry….Now check this out” Being a huge fan of Rage for a long time, I was stoked to find this killer vid of the band performing live in Zed Records in L.A. a year or so before they “made it.” I love this kinda stuff. The […]
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 […]
The Dear Hunter – This Body
I was going through my “starred” playlist on Spotify and remembered how much I dug the track This Body from The Dear Hunter. It was such a great song I decided to look into The Dear Hunter a bit a post the track on the site. I had listened to a few tracks from The […]
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 […]