[Closed] Rock, Metal, Punk, Hard Rock etc.... what are you listening to?

Loving the comedy of Evil Scarecrow at the minute. Also been listening to Ward XVI a lot, my first live band last year at Bloodstock and love them. Evil Scarecrow were actually the last on the Sophie Lancaster stage too, just brilliant fun.

If you like heavy i can fully recommend HC band Knocked Loose new album. Most of it is tuned to Drop G for maximum crunch.

And if you like more old school hardcore (which i obviously do - hence my name) then this bad boy from 2021 is all you need...

Also Avatar seem to feature heavily on my playlists 🙂

Can I plug my own band?
The Allergics

Yes! I shall give that a listen after work 🤘😎

@johndrummer your track listing sounds like a synopsis of the last 18 months!

Will give it a listen later

A lot of rancid and misfits as has been the case for 25 or so years!
Aside to that new idles album is good, also a band called amyl and the sniffers.
Some stuff never leaves the playlist like slayer, Metallica, sabbath, Maiden etc!
I need some newer metal actually, will keep an eye on this for suggestions!

Discovered a few bands/artists during lockdown.

Porcupine Tree - heard of them years ago but never actually knew anything about them - clever songwriting from Steven Wilson with supremely crafted songs from superb musicians. Chuck in some chunky riffs and it's a compelling mix.

Wilson also produced the Blackwater Park album from Swedish band Opeth which I can't stop playing. The title track has more monster riffs in it than most band's entire careers \m/

currently going through a wolfbrigade (motorhead mixed with d-beat punk) and early napalm death phase, with a bit of heilung (ambient viking stuff) and bridge city sinners (punky bluegrass/folk) to lighten things up.

currently going through a wolfbrigade (motorhead mixed with d-beat punk) and early napalm death phase, with a bit of heilung (ambient viking stuff) and bridge city sinners (punky bluegrass/folk) to lighten things up.

+1 for Wolfbrigade. Can never have enough D Beat in your life.

Meshuggah, always Meshuggah

Also been listening to the new Mastodon. Still a long way from the lofty heights of the best ones, but a lot better than the last couple which have been absolute drivel.

Fleshkiller - proggy / deathy metal stuff with a nice mix of clean and heavy vocals and superb production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCP15XOV2z0

Crowbar - all the sludgy / riffy goodness and misery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPC6W5hYhwo

Cult of Lunas last full length was an absolutely post-metal masterpiece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH5ONciEHIs

The new Aborted record is good, but not quite as brutally catchy as the last one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0V_W43WlVM

As recommended to me by my son
Xentrix
Warbringer
Revocation
Powertrip
Orphans of Doom
Havok
Feared
Evile

And Exodus are a permanent feature

These last 5 years Crass have vented my anger.
Just wearing my crass badge tells all the gammons to **** off and they don't even know it.
**** you,**** you, **** you.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq7TN_5eXJo

I left mastodon at The Hunter album, wow that was 11 years ago!! Forgot them so thanks!

I watch this on the big telly at least once a month. Subwoofer activated.

I'm enjoying a bit of Dead Sara at the moment:

And Moving Targets:

Superchunk:
https://youtu.be/ba44JRAjpV4

And Bob. Always Bob...just hoping he can make it over here to play his solo gigs, supposed to be seeing him in Bristol in a couple of weeks.
https://youtu.be/JROLUd6uRhA

Since subscribing to a streaming service I've starting listening to, and really enjoying lots of weird and wonderful stuff (well, for me anyway).

Today's bangers are:

Wherever I May Roam, a cover of the Metalica classic by Chase and Status and Backroad Gee, whoever he is.

Rasputin, Boney M.

We are Motorhead, by Motorhead, which if you haven't heard it, it could be argued is Ace of Spades with new lyrics.

Cumberland Gap by David Rawlings

Dirty Cash, by Stevie V

Icky Thump by White Stipes

Take a Chance on Me, by Erasure.

I'm really liking Avenged Sevenfold at the moment - just the right balance of rock and melody for my liking.

I've got quite into Children of Bodom over the last year. Sadly however it took the death of Alexi Laiho to bring them to my attention. Mrs Kenny not too happy though as they are best listened to pretty loud.

Mods have removed my link because it’s a bit sweary 🙁

Search Spotify (or Facebook) for “The Allergics” and you’ll get there

If you happen to be in or near Leeds on Friday 4th Feb then come along to The Drysalters (near Elland Road stadium) to catch us & The Swindells live

My recent playlists seem to mainly consist of

Uncle acid and the deadbeats
Orchid (very sabbathesque)
Skraeckoedlan
Corrosion of conformity
In flames
Astroqueen (the intro to 'superhuman god' is bangin!)
Kvelertak

As far as rock goes, this week I’ve been mostly listening to an eclectic mix of old, new, fast, slow, chilled, unchilled, bust most if it on the more groovesome side of heavy.

Stooges (Fun House)
Television (Marquee Moon)
Buzzcocks (A Different Kind Of Tension)
Crack Cloud (Pain Olympics)
Oh Sees (Face Stabber)
The Doors (LA Woman
Dungen (Ta det lungt)
Motorpsycho (Heavy Metal Fruit)
Yak (Pursuits Of Momentary Happiness)
Black Sabbath (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

And a lot of John Bonham isolated drum tracks to help practice

*Edit before I forget this old favourite

More the Punk end, but I keep coming back to The Bronx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZEraV7e__A

General Surgery have recently released a new EP and have some remixes in memory of two of band's friends that died in 2021. They've been getting a lot of airtime on my playlist.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6DArJjEYDRyiRrlzLDeoyQ?si=6Oak_KCdRxm9rudS0rfajA

Really enjoying this and also most of burn the priest (which is lamb of god's covers band)

fever 333 and lamb of god

I got offered this yesterday, on a streaming service following on from my regular playlist:

"Flamenco Metal?"

Maxium Shred Showoffery.
Time will tell whether i persist with it, its a bit much to have in the background.

Fleshrip
Dead Bishop
Arcade of Evil
Demon Spawn
Deatheye

Best record of last year (the one I want to post is probably too sweary for the mods)

I gave this another watch last night

I was in the crowd so always makes me smile.

How do post videos up on this forum now days?

Definately more on the stoner/hard rock side of things but this was my fave release of 2021.

This lot always raise a smile as well, silly but so much fun.

This still gets an outing on the old turntable

Ahh, Eskimo Callboy, brilliant!

burn the priest (which is lamb of god’s covers band)

Also the name the released their first (pretty good) album under. Another band, like Mastodon, that for me have mostly gotten worse with age.

For fans of long song doominess, I can recommend:

Fleshrip
Dead Bishop
Arcade of Evil
Demon Spawn
Deatheye

So much as I like the genre, there really are some shite band names out there, aren't there?

Also forgot to mention Bob Vylan is getting alot of time as well

If i'm not listening to Ska you'll find me on the noisy side. Current sounds

Cro-mags "in the beginning" - it was this that pulled me back in, ft Rocky from Suicidal Tendencies - proper old school sounding!

These bands always on my deck
The Exploited
Minor Threat
Blaggers ITA
Sleaford Mods (kinda punk in origin)
Slayer
Subhumans

So much as I like the genre, there really are some shite band names out there, aren’t there?

Even more so if you're into doom/stoner. The number of near-identical bands called "bong-something" or "something-weed" or "fuzz-somethingelse" is just mind bending.

Anyway, recent highlights for me...

DVNE's Etemen Aenka. Splendidly-executed modern prog-metal type stuff which is vaguely related to the Frank Herbert Dune universe. In some way. Who cares, really, when you have riffs like the closing 30s or so of "Court of the Matriarch"...

https://songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com/album/etemen-nka

Monolord with Your Time To Shine. Picking up from where "No Comfort" left off with more classic-rock tinged slabs of doom. Thudding, malevolent riffs leavened with harmonised leads and singable vocal melodies -- what's not to like?

https://monolord.bandcamp.com/album/your-time-to-shine

ILLUDIUM's Ash of the Womb. A cheery name for a thoroughly cheerless album which brings to mind a shoegazey PJ Harvey at one moment, quieter Thou passages at others, but is entirely its own beast. If nothing else the closing track "Where Death and Dreams Do Manifest" is utterly magnificent and worth a listen for its wondrous guitar tones alone.

https://illudium.bandcamp.com/album/ash-of-the-womb

there really are some shite band names out there, aren’t there

Some of those might not be real 😀

And some might, which is more of a worry.

Always liked a bit of Magnum

(They've been going 50 yrs!!)
Alice in Chains

Disturbed https://youtu.be/KY8E-O7LCog

Stoner band with a decent name? 🙂 I like them anyway ever since seeing them up in Orkney at the rock festival. Chuffing LOUD they are!!!

1968

Wilderun have a new album out.

Back listening to Stiff Little Fingers.

on a stoner vibe, i still bloody love shrinebuilder, sleep and OM

I love Sleep too. I shall give some of the others mentioned a listen as well.

Any love for High On Fire, Sleep fans?

I hope there will be another album at some point.

Mat Pike is the reason I have a 'thing' for Orange Amps.

High On Fire is very much 'my bag'

My Zwift Playlist (some of) from memory:-
Alarma! 666 (obvs not rock or metal)
Supernaut Black Sabbath
Never say Die Black Sabbath
Breath Disturbed
Gasoline Seether
Emerald Thin Lizzy
Harder Faster WASP
In my World Anthrax
In the End Anthrax
My Peace of Hell Acid Reign
Blood makes noise Acid Reign
Thunderkiss '65 White Zombie
Devil Digger Judas Priest
Absolute Zero Stone Sour
I am in command Annihilator
Rusty Cage Soundgarden

I supported High on fire at Rock City in Nottingham years ago and got to use Des Kensel's drums (career highlight right there) but since we've mentioned bands with terrible names I'll not say who I was in at the time.

For me it's all about:
Palehorse
Oathbreaker
Wiegedood
Thou
Svalbard
Jucifer
Moloch

You get the idea

This week I've been playing:

Anzahlung - I've Lost My Footing On The World
Jah Wobble - Metal Box Rebuilt In Dub
Only Strangers - S/T
Dreadnoughts - Into The North
Snow - 12 Inches Of Snow
Johnny Osbourne - Truths & Rights
Burning Flag - Matador
Cult Of The Damned - The Church Of
Subhumans - Worlds Apart

+ many more...

Try The Ungovernable Force by Conflict.
Listened to it for the first time in about 20 years he other day, really enjoyed it.
Anything by Misfits, the 40th anniversary remix Ramones albums cos theyve got a much meatier sound, especially Leave Home.
New Wildhearts album is a noisy bugger, love that.
The first two Machine Head albums are quite noisy too.

Gotta be honest, havent really got excited over anything metal has produced for the last 20 years or so, mostly I listen to the older stuff, or people doing covers of songs on Youtube, cos the extra track in the background tends to give it more bollocks, if you know what I mean.
Am very much liking the Dreadnoughts the last few years. Not metal at all, more folk and punk, but theyre songs are awesome and very very catchy.

I'm loving 'Part Chimp' at the moment, thanks to Marc Riley.

This session is brilliant.

Dead Kennedys never leave my favourites.

https://youtu.be/NoJre_SEnWY

Neither do Fugazi
This is an amazing live recording. I've seen them twice and still remember the intense energy.

https://youtu.be/6WHAnkJFOMs

Love the rawness of Eric's Trip

https://youtu.be/MYGPN19D3L8

This week I've been remembering how much I adore Pavement

https://youtu.be/kUz2EBk26KA

I've just discovered CLT DRP - noisy, punky, industrial noise.

Cheers for introducing me to Khirki @hatter !

Greece seems to be producing loads of Great Stoner Rock ATM, Khirki, Deaf Radio, Villagers of Ioannina City, clearly something in the water down there.

i have just been blasting early pichshifter and optimum wound profile

love earlier high on fire stuff, past couple of albums have a been a bit flat. they peaked at "snakes for the divine" for me.

I was introduced to Eskimo Callboy by a thread on here and it's now my go to for long drives.

Five Finger Death Punch is another favourite.

My preference is towards the prog end of heavy. Karnivool, Tesseract, Toska. Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson have been on regular play for nearly two decades.

https://youtu.be/O-hnSlicxV4

https://youtu.be/Ozu3hejiwSQ

My regulars are

Trivium
While she sleeps
Shvpes
In flames
Gojira
Architects
Stray from the path

Then a smattering of others.

anything by Parkway Drive is top of the list at the moment

this just popped up on my playlist, awwwww i do miss stuff like this and scorn

scorn and my bodyweight in mushrooms might explain why i was a quite messed young man

The recent Carcass record is good, the cover art particularly.

I've been broadening my taste lately.

Two bands I've come back to a lot are:

Igorrr

Camel Dancefloor

And Zeal and Ardour

Vigil

Not so much really heavy stuff, but Dead Sara was one band that came to my notice fairly recently, and I like them a lot. Someone else I also discovered around the same time is Louise Patricia Crane; her most recent album Deep Blue has a very definite prog feel, hardly surprising when one of the people helping her is Jakko M Jakszyk, King Crimson’s guitarist/vocalist, along with Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull fame.

Have to say, the video is more than a little cliché ridden, but the lass can sing, and she’s got a good bunch of musicians behind her.

So many good bands mentioned so far! And a few new ones to give a listen to.

Those into Eskimo Callboy, can i recommend The Hell....

I was lucky enough to be in my late teens/early twenties when the whole Nu-Metal movement was around. Still love so much of this classic stuff....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps0MfBG5-Uo

And i see Karnivool mentioned (amongst others), again decent modern prog-rock type stuff can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doi60r3pniA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJSt7ISU1-w

Amyl and the Sniffers are great

I know a few of these guys

Those into Eskimo Callboy, can i recommend The Hell….

Haha, they're local to me and properly funny, their first album is amazing.

I was lucky enough to be in my late teens/early twenties when the whole Nu-Metal movement was around.

Ditto, I can't remember any other musical movement that was so universally and immediately reviled, the radio stations wouldn't play it, the music press hated it, old metal heads hated it, the only people who didn't want it to die a death were the deeply unfashionable scraggy yoofs it was aimed at.

Many happy memories of hurling myself about to Limp Bizkit's Faith cover in XL's Birmingham, a few proper high-flying career types I know met their future wives on those sticky carpets.

My listens

Trivium
Avenged sevenfold
Iron maiden
Infected rain
Jinjer
Spiritbox
Amon Armarth
Cradle of filth
Killswitch engage
Sabaton

And many more

Some good stuff on this thread 🙂

I wasn't aware of Mastodon's latest, although I admit approaching it with more of a feeling of trepidation ("please don't let it be rubbbish") than of excitement. I think they probably get a lifetime pass for the excellent run of three records from Leviathan through Blood Mountain and on to Crack the Skye; but The Hunter onwards have left me a little cold. Look forward to exploring the new one though.

I thought of a couple more I've really enjoyed toward the end of last year...

Slowmosa's debut eponymous record is a little cracker. Thick fuzz combines with poppy hooks to make an infectious amalgam, and the 40-minute runtime leaves you wanting that one extra hit. I can imagine it getting a little saccharine on overexposure, but up until that point it's a nugget of fist-pumping stoner gold:

https://slomosa1.bandcamp.com/

On more of a psych trip, the slightly-awfully-named King Buffalo's The Burden of Restlessness is a prickly, skin-crawling reflection on the listlessness and isolation of the COVID era. From the swirling reverb of the opening track through the velcro-like crackle of Silverfish and on to the tumultuous heads-down riffage that closes the album this is a complete journey within four walls:

https://kingbuffalo.bandcamp.com/album/the-burden-of-restlessness

As an aside: what a time to be alive if you're into this kind of music. All these little bands that are almost certainly never going to bother the charts, all getting their music out there and heard. When I was growing up there was Metal Hammer and Kerrang, and that was about it for finding out about bands. Today, it's the whole internet.

As @hatter says, Greece has been a goldmine recently, but also Poland, Argentina, and France. Check out the Weedian "Trip to..." series -- it's amazing how much is out there:

https://weedian420.bandcamp.com/

My Peace of Hell Acid Reign
Blood makes noise Acid Reign

Bloody hell it is a long time since I have heard that name – Harrogate's finest LOL! They used to support my mate's band (who *nearly* made it themselves but never quite got that break) back in the day.

I know they're both not very niche and very niche but I've been spending a lot of time listening to Tool over the last couple of years. Keep going back to Lateralus (which I did buy on CD at the time and remember listening to on the tube when commuting after my bike was stolen back in 2002).

I know they’re both not very niche and very niche

Who cares? I first heard of Tool on STW, but I know other musicians since who listen to them. Their music is not my cup of tea really, but surely music is about enjoying (organised) sound, and not thinking about ‘niche’? Is it (‘niche’) a social consideration or something? Never quite been certain what the word means in regards to music/art. Maybe a marketing term for stuff like products?

Realising recently that I may be somewhere on the ‘spectrum’, so pls disregard the Q if it makes no sense! 🎼🤐

I know they’re both not very niche and very niche but I’ve been spending a lot of time listening to Tool over the last couple of years.

I'm 90% certain I heard Jo Wiley on the radio enthusing over Fear Innoculum (the track) when it came out, which would have been on Radio 2 since I think that's where Jo Wiley lives now.

Make of that what you will in re: niche 😀

I agree with @p7eaven tho, it doesn't matter, fits the rock/metal/punk/hardrock/etc category so is valid IMO.

17 year old me in a 'club' heard, and went nuts to, the track Gypsy Girl by Cruella de Ville. Just found it on YT 35 years later. Just as full of energy as I remember it.

Slowmosa’s debut eponymous record is a little cracker.

Ain't it just!? my record of 2020 that was, looking forward to seeing them at Desertfest in April.

Desertfest looks like a great lineup. Electric Wizard, CoC, YOB, Elder, Conan... I am getting numb ears just reading the list 😀