Aesthetic Perfection ft. Richard Z. Kruspe — “Gods & Gold”
2019 releases
Playlist Challenge, Day 806
Rammstein — “Deutschland”
New Music (11/4 — 11/10)
Common Rarity: “American Way”
Mayhem: “Falsified and Hated”
Sepultura: “Isolation”
Blood Incantation: “Slave Species of the Gods”
Lorna Shore: “Death Portrait”
Angels & Airwaves: “Kiss & Tell”
coldrain ft. Ryo: “Mayday”
The Dark Element: “Not Your Monster”
AWOLNATION: “The Best”
Ye Banished Privateers: “No Prey, No Pay”
The Agonist: “The Gift of Silence”
Crystal Viper: “Bright Lights”
Riverside: “Wasteland”
Pretty Maids: “Will You Still Kiss Me (If I See You In Heaven)”
Switchfoot ft. Lindsey Stirling: “Voices”
Tropic Gold: “Smile”
Blacktop Mojo: “Come Get Your Coat”
The Raconteurs: “Somedays (I Don’t Feel Like Trying)”
Ozzy Osbourne: “Under The Graveyard”
Chris Stapleton: “Second One To Know”
Polaris: “Masochist”
Our Last Night: “Lost”
The Naked And Famous: “Sunseeker”
Greyson Chance: “Boots”
Vulvodynia: “Nyaope”
Missio: “Sing To Me”
Lordi: “Shake The Baby Silent”
Windrunner: “Heather”
Terrorbyte ft. Spencer Charnas: “Boogeyman”
Casting Crowns ft. Matt Maher: “Make Room”
Playlist Challenge, Day 802
Blutengel — “Vampire”
New Music (10/28 — 11/3)
Fletcher: “All Love”
The 69 Eyes ft. Wednesday 13, Calico Cooper, and Dani Filth: “The Last House On The Left”
Once Upon a Flatline: “Those Last, Fatal Days”
Marquis Of Vaudeville: “The ENIGMA Men”
Hollywood Undead: “Already Dead”
Children Of Bodom: “Hexed”
Ice Nine Kills: “Savages”
Hey Violet: “Clean”
Ava Max: “Freaking Me Out”
Jinjer: “Pit Of Consciousness”
Knasterbart: “Kneipenschlägerei”
Wolves At The Gate: “A Voice In The Violence”
Lindemann: “Knebel”
Airbourne: “Backseat Boogie”
Nile: “Snake Pit Mating Frenzy”
The Word Alive: “Burning Your World Down”
She Must Burn: “Of Blood & Bone”
Clint Lowery: “Kings”
Days To Come: “Vultures”
Kickin’ Valentina: “Sweat”
Volbeat ft. Neil Fallon: “Die To Live”
Nothing Left: “Dust Into Dust”
Powerwolf: “Kiss Of The Cobra King”
Dirty Shirley: “Here Comes The King”
Agnostic Front: “I Remember”
Our Last Night: “Losing Sleep”
Shallowpoint: “Broken Life” and “Fade Away” [Double Feature]
Decarlo: “Lightning Strikes Twice”
A War Within: “Better Off Dead”
Lionheart: “Born Feet First”
Playlist Challenge, Day 791
Danny Worsnop — “Ain’t Feeling Sorry”
New Music (10/21 — 10/27)
And I’m back!
Lindemann: “Ich weiß es nicht”
Bring Me The Horizon: “in the dark”
Fame on Fire: “Ransom”
Krewella: “Ghost”
The Devil Wears Prada: “Chemical”
Tom Keifer: “Waiting on the Demons”
Blutengel: “Damokles”
Selena Gomez: “Lose You To Love Me”
I Built The Sky: “Light Pillars”
Before The Silence: “Gravity Falls”
Davey Suicide: “Rock Ain’t Dead”
Victorius: “Super Sonic Samurai”
Written By Wolves: “As Long As It Takes”
Bad Wolves: “Killing Me Slowly”
Our Hollow, Our Home: “Burn It//Bury It”
Outloved: “Dying To Leave”
Spoil Engine ft. Jeff Walker: “The Hallow”
Dawn Of Disease: “Where The Clouds Reach The Ground”
Locket: “Hunnie”
Life Awaits ft. Akin: “Everlast”
Wolfmother ft. Chris Cester: “Chase The Feeling”
Simple Creatures: “One Little Lie”
DK-Zero: “Boom Boom”
Miscreant: “Out Of Place”
Soilwork: “Feverish”
MONO INC.: “The Book of Fire”
Make Way For Man: “Strangers”
Groovenom: “Faust”
Dream State: “Twenty Letters”
Violent New Breed: “Crazy”
Playlist Challenge, Day 788
Alter Bridge — “Godspeed”
Album Review: Alter Bridge’s Walk the Sky
Band: Alter Bridge
Album: Walk the Sky
Genre: Rock
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Standout Tracks: “Godspeed,” “Indoctrination,” “Forever Falling,” and “Walking on the Sky”
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Alter Bridge is back with their sixth studio album, Walk the Sky.
Staying true to form, Alter Bridge has again created a unique collection of fourteen tracks that don’t sound quite like anything they’ve done before. There are touches from past records evident — the heaviness of The Last Hero, the deeper lyrical content of AB III, even a tip of the hat to Tremonti’s latest solo effort, A Dying Machine — and yet, Walk the Sky stands strong on its own merits.
The album opens with “One Life,” a soft and melodic intro clocking in at 1:23, then immediately hits the listener with the blistering “Wouldn’t You Rather,” an offering of sage advice. “There is no gain worth the commerce of self,” front man Myles Kennedy warns, before asking “Wouldn’t you rather live from the heart?”
“Godspeed” is a beautiful ode to a lost loved one (and the song that made me cry; there is always at least one). With the opening piano setting the mood, Myles delivers a heartfelt goodbye that touches the soul.
“Native Son” and “Take the Crown” are two of the harder tracks, followed by the raw, gritty, dark “Indoctrination” (a personal favorite). “Pay No Mind,” which was the second single, has grown on me exponentially with each listen.
Guitarist Mark Tremonti takes lead vocals on “Forever Falling,” a change that always goes over well with the Alter Bridge fanbase. The chorus serves up the absolute magic that is Mark and Myles’ intertwined voices, a combination I’ve loved from day one.
“Walking on the Sky” struck me with my very first listen of the album. I can’t even explain it. Perhaps it’s the aforementioned Myles/Mark harmonies; perhaps it’s the flawless shifting between the softness of the verses and the heavier chorus; or it could just be these words — “And if you fall, at least you tried/As you tremble on the wire/Walking on the sky.”
The record ends with “Dying Light.” Alter Bridge gifts their listeners with catharsis, assuring all who hear that “In the dying light, we can learn to live again/When we wake up to eternal life.”
I definitely encourage everyone to check out Walk the Sky. Alter Bridge has granted us an eclectic mix of the elements that make them one of the best bands in the business (the best, in my opinion). This record will surely be on repeat for months to come. 4/5 stars.
Home Tonight, So Here’s An Update
My mom and I spent the majority of the day at the nursing home with my grandmother. There has been no change, except her blood pressure has dropped slightly (no cause for concern, according to Hospice) and they are now having to suction out her throat and esophagus at least two or three times a day. So, please continue praying/sending us positive thoughts, if you would.
In other news, it’s October — my favorite time of the year! (I know we’re already 13 days in, but I’ve been distracted.) I have no idea what I’m going to be for Halloween. I’m leaning toward a variation on Harley Quinn, the girl on the cover of Mindless Self Indulgence’s Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy, or Tim Sköld. I haven’t had the chance to indulge in many horror movies so far; however, my best friend and I have binge-watched “Light as a Feather” on Hulu.
Other highlights of October: it’s finally below 1000 degrees here in Alabama, and my favorite college football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide, is undefeated. Oh, and Alter Bridge is playing a show within two hours of me on the 17th.
Given that this is a music blog, I guess I should mention something about music, huh? Ha! Okay. Here are a few upcoming releases:
- Super Junior – Time Slip (10/14)
- Shane Eagle – Dark Moon Flower (10/15)
- Alex Vargas – EGO (10/18)
- Alter Bridge – Walk the Sky (10/18)
- Cody Jinks – The Wanting (10/18)
- HXXS – Year of the Witch (10/18)
- Jimmy Eat World – Surviving (10/18)
- The Lacs – Rise and Shine (10/18)
- Third Eye Blind – Screamer (10/18)
- Cigarettes After Sex – Cry (10/25)
- Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea of Tragic Beasts (10/25)
- Jinjer – Macro (10/25)
- Night Flowers – Fortune Teller (10/25)
- Norma Jean – All Hail (10/25)
- PVRIS – Hallucinations EP (10/25)
- Scarlett Rose – Welcome to Wonderland (10/31)
I’m trying to schedule some posts in my free time so that my blog isn’t lacking content for consecutive days, or even a full week. I hope to resume the playlist challenge and choose a featured band on the 21st.
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