Chris Laney
Chris Laney has quite a list of qualifications as a producer and as a songwriter. He’s also a solo artist and in April he released his second album, “Only Come Out at Night”. He gets help from a number...
View ArticleStone Carpet – The Sound of a Thousand
This single caught my attention, a nice intro and the music is a bit heavy with a touch of grunge. The vocals are very nice and have a lot of melody. The A-side of this single is the better one of the...
View ArticleWraptors –“Held High”
Wraptors say that they don’t follow any rules. Of course that’s impossible, which they realize themselves as they add: “Well…maybe a few. But not on purpose…” When I listen I’m beginning to understand...
View ArticleWhipping Princess
Whipping Princess was started by the bass player Karl Hinterleithner and the singer Jenny “Princess” Jonasson. The ambition was to whip together their own blend of soul, rock, blues, punk and metal...
View ArticleSterile Hermaphrodite –“Big Fat Pussy Club”
To the department of remarkable band names we can add the trio Sterile Hermaphrodite, hailing from Uddevalla. And the music is also remarkable, which you can hear on their latest EP, “Big Fat Pussy...
View ArticleStone Carpet –“Exordium” och “Narratio”
In the beginning of last yearwe wrote about Stone Carpet and their single “The Sound of a Thousand”. Now they’re back with an ambitious project, with the plan to release 4 EP:s during this year. On...
View ArticleOverworld –“Perfect Anomaly”
I don’t get that many tips about metal and hard rock bands to the blog, so when I do get one, I’ll have to grab the opportunity to present it. It’s the metal band Overworld who wrote me about their...
View ArticleVrak
The quartet Vrak released their debut EP in the end of December. Four songs with dark, foreboding rock that spans from the epic grande to early Sabbath-sounding retro vibes. I really like their basic...
View ArticleWhipping Princess –“Laughing At You”
Usually there’s not much metal in this blog, but today I’m going to present some from Whipping Princess. I wrote about this Malmö band a little more than a year ago when they showed us a...
View ArticleStonewall Noise Orchestra –“Salvation”
The best rock today comes from Stonewall Noise Orchestra, hailing from Borlänge, who released their fourth album “Salvation” a couple of weeks ago. It’s the first album I listen to with this band,...
View ArticleEgonaut –“Crawl”
Sharp turns here in the blog. Now it’s about hard rock with Egonaut, hailing from Borås, who recently released their album “Mount Egonaut”. For friends of Mustasch, Metallica and Hardcore Superstar as...
View ArticleMisth –“Rise Of A New Day”
Misth, hailing from Stockholm, released a sparkling debut rock album during Spring, which is definitely worth checking out if you like the combination of metal, melodic hard rock and progressive rock....
View ArticleStone Carpet –“Dispositio”
Last year the rock and metal trio Stone Carpet started their project about releasing four EP:s during a year. Each EP contains three tracks and has it’s own character and theme. I told you about the...
View ArticleLifer –“Rise”– video
Some long jumps between genres today, and next up is har rock/metal band Lifer. They seem to have something interesting going on, with a raw and dirty sound I like. A first taste is out with the...
View ArticleCrowdburn –“Ignition”
Accustomed readers of this blog may be a little surprised how I start this week, i.e. with some heavy thrash metal from Crowdburn, a band hailing from Umeå. Most often I’ve kept away from these...
View ArticleSideburn –“IV Monument”
The hard rock/metal band Sideburn took their first steps in 1997 and I’ve been sitting here today listening to their fourth album “IV Monument”. Often their music is put in the stoner metal and doom...
View ArticleBloodlit –“Dead On”
The metal band Bloodlit, hailing from Borås, was formed in 2009. A couple of years later they released the EP “Take What’s Mine” and earlier this year the full length album “Dead On”. Well, I should I...
View ArticleNew singles from The Virtues, The Grand Trick, Rideau and LGCY
The Virtues Here’s a new Friday collection with new singles, after a rather sporadic blog week. Rock is the common denominator this time. The Virtues – “Let the Fish Spawn” The Virtues are back with...
View ArticleCatching up – Hard rock and metal from Transubstans Records
Old Man’s Will Transubstans Records has gathered some of the the most interesting hard rock and metal bands in Sweden. Listening through a good part of their album releases from the last year I find...
View ArticleRock party in Malmö
The 19th of July Dead End Records invites you to a rock party at KB in Malmö. The want to open up people’s eyes in Malmö for new rock bands in a time when the already established acts are dominating...
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