Abandon the Broken is a metalcore/deathcore band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They have just released their debut EP, The Next Chapter, and posted several tracks to their YouTube page. Here are a couple of songs, just to get you started:
“The Next Chapter”
“Overseer”
“Inner Demons”
Impending Doom: “Everything’s Fake”
Repentance: “Collide”
I Prevail: “Rise”
Light This City: “Agents of Fate”
BrokeNCYDE: “0 to Brokencyde”
Death Valley High: “Play Dead”
YOB: “Our Raw Heart”
Vagrants: “Clarity”
Backstreet Boys: “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”
Christina Aguilera ft. Demi Lovato: “Fall in Line”
Body Count ft. Max Cavalera: “All Love is Lost”
Nine Inch Nails: “God Break Down the Door”
Pop Evil: “A Crime to Remember”
Perfect Plan: “Bad City Woman”
Silent Season: “Stars”
Lindsy Says: “Hold on Me”
Parade of Lights: “Human Condition”
Parade of Lights: “Inside My Head”
Lizzy Borden: “Long May They Haunt Us”
Like a Storm: “The Devil Inside”
The Last Year: “Annabelle”
Cheap Trick: “The Summer Looks Good on You”
Ghost: “Dance Macabre”
Hardcore Superstar: “Baboon”
Afraid of Human: “From the Ashes”
Being As An Ocean: “OK”
3 Years Hollow: “You and I”
LA Cobra: “Ride”
Band: Shinedown
Album: Attention Attention
Genre: Rock
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Standout Tracks: “Attention Attention,” “Creatures,” “Get Up,” “Special,” “The Human Radio,” and “Brilliant”
As if it’s not obvious from the above list of songs I’ve labeled as standouts, I really enjoyed Shinedown’s Attention Attention. The record’s first actual track is “Devil,” which is an immediate one-two punch of heavy riffs and Brent Smith’s strong vocals. This was not too different from prior Shinedown singles and gave me no warning for what was to come.
“Black Soul” hits the ground running. While undoubtedly aggressive, the song grabs the listener and pulls us along for the ride. I was captivated from the keyboard riff that introduced this track, all the way through the fast-paced, the melodic, the raw and unfiltered, the heartfelt, and Brent’s calmly stated “Until next time” at the conclusion of the album.
With Attention Attention, Shinedown touches on the anthemic (“Attention Attention”), the hard and angry (“Kill Your Conscience,” “Pyro”), and their own unique brand of balladry (“Get Up,” “Special”). The record spans the range of human emotion, taking its audience high and low.
Brent Smith stated in interviews that Attention Attention was for the fans, and the sentiment is clearly there. It’s a whirlwind journey from darkness to light that is simultaneously enjoyable, encouraging, and a musical masterpiece.
I am clearly a sucker for the softer songs, and that’s why “Get Up” and “Special” tug at my heartstrings and claim positions one and two of my favorites from the album. However, I was also delighted by the head-bobbing funky bass and beat during the verses on “The Human Radio,” and the slow then blistering ride that is “Brilliant.”
From start to finish, there is nothing about Attention Attention that I did not like. I give this record 5/5 stars without any hesitation.
I signed in on Facebook and this was the first thing I saw:
New Backstreet Boys?!?!? Excuse me while my inner ten-year-old squeals excitedly. Lol.
Virgil: “Will It Blend?”
Aloe Blacc: “Brooklyn in the Summer”
Deafheaven: “Near” (preview)
Bastille: “Quarter Past Midnight”
Sifting: “Gloom”
August Burns Red: “King of Sorrow”
10 Years: “Burnout”
Bleeding Through: “Fade Into the Ash”
Jonathan Davis: “Basic Needs”
Attila: “Still About It”
Northlane: “Heartmachine”
Selena Gomez: “Back To You”
Skyharbor: “Dim”
The Veer Union: “Save Yourself”
LSD ft. Sia, Diplo, and Labrinth: “Audio”
John Mayer: “New Light”
Sevendust: “Medicated”
Meghan Trainor: “Let You Be Right”
Charlie Puth (ft. Kehlani): “Done For Me”
Dave Matthews Band: “Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin)”
Tremonti: “Bringer of War”
Snakebite: “Beyond the Rust”
Graveyard: “The Fox”
Aelonia: “Zombie” (The Cranberries cover)
In honor of their 2018 world tour, BABYMETAL released a surprise single today. This is “Distortion.”
Alice in Chains is back with “The One You Know” from their upcoming, still untitled album.
Listen to “When the Seasons Change” from Five Finger Death Punch’s upcoming release, And Justice For None, available May 18th.
Check out “Piece of Your Heart” from the forthcoming album Sunnyland, dropping June 15th.
This is “Accelerate” (feat. Ty Dolla $ign and 2 Chainz) from the upcoming release, Liberation, which will be available June 15th.
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