Mattowarrior's Metal Madness

(Note: This is a review from my other blog, featuring bands/artists of a more rockier variety "Matt's Rock Invasion: http://mattsrockinvasion.blogspot.com/2018/07/review-hype-by-jared-mancuso.html . I figured it was time to cleanse the palate with something a bit less metal but with high quality nevertheless) Jared Mancuso is an up and coming rock artist with a new album, his third overall, called Hype! He has a range of sound that he says is influenced by everyone from Weezer to the Pixies to Queens Of The Stone Age and beyond.  The album begins with a roar with the song "Splendor", which features almost a new wave feel with it's straight droning almost motorik beat alternating with hooks and lyrics. "So Strong", is next, and is a greasy ironic exhalation against a (lover, ex lover?). Not as catchy as the first song, but still bouncy and fun. Next song funks it up a bit, it's called "Extraordinary", the groove and cat...

Levant are a new band (made up of a collective of musicians) from the U.K. Their debut album, Beneath Rubble, Run Rivers Red, which is available for pre-order on August 6th, 2018 from their website, comes out officially worldwide on September 3rd. From the first song, "Nowhere to Hide", I found that they definitely had some obvious modern influences, but with a cool gnawing guitar sound that cuts through a lot of what you would expect. The vocals also alternate between metalcore influenced screams and a more gritty clean vocal style that is definitely to my liking. Nothing bothers me more than when there is heavy music with an almost "boyband" sounding clean vocal style (like sometimes is found in modern metalcore and djent bands) so I found this refreshing as hell. This first track has a maelstrom of riffs and melodies. The second track, Carry Me Home, opens with a Helmet-esque odd timed riff and some more screams, before going into a more groove influe...

Whether it'd be unfinished/unreleased second albums or archaic demos that hint at a nostalgic past era of a band, this is a list of 5 hence unreleased albums or releases that metal fans would pay a pretty penny for, even in this supposed age of downloads and streams. The original acetate or tapes, or even hard drive containing these songs and releases would definitely fetch tons of money wherever they went. I compiled this list considering both my personal tastes and tastes of metal fans in general, needless to say, some of these will probably make the rounds in the future, though in some cases (see the # 1 entry) they likely will not. 1. Unreleased Iron Maiden 1977 Rehearsal Demo Tape/Live Tapes. Recently making the rounds on youtube and elsewhere are mere snippets (on a tape owned by former Iron Maiden and Samson drummer, Thunderstick) of this purported (pretty much demo quality) rehearsal recordings of Iron Maiden featuring a very different lineup than even made the Soundho...