hard rock

  • Elder is a Massachusetts rock band, and 2011 saw the release of its sophomore album, Dead Roots Stirring. It’s out now via MeteorCity, and the song above comes from it. Even though this track, “Gemini,” feeds into a few stereotypes for this genre, I can’t help but find

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    Last month I blogged about a forthcoming album from the Devil’s Blood, the Thousandfold Epicentre. I noted that these guys have a pretty dark and occult style, and it would be difficult to wait for their new album to drop in 2012. I mean, that’s, like, next year!

  • Classic rock revivalists Rival Sons have dropped a new video for the track “All Over the Road.” I reviewed the album this song comes from, Pressure & Time, a while back. Check it out here. If this track hooks you, check out the rest of the album. Believe me when

  • Gearing up to release its second album in January 2012, the Devil’s Blood are an ultra-melodic hard rock band with strong hooks and harmonized guitar solos in every direction. In a way, these guys remind me of the band Ghost a band, and I know many of y’all

  • On Rival Sons’ sophomore album, the California quartet makes the classic sounds of hard rock and blues rock kind of exciting again. While these dudes are nowhere near as flashy as some of the bands that influence them, they do pull together some really great sounds on this LP. Pressure