By Andrew Bansal
Heavy metal godfathers Motörhead have kept going perennially strong since 1975, and nothing seems to stop them, whether it be the vagaries of the music industry or frontman Lemmy Kilmister’s health issues. This year, they released their 21st studio album ‘Aftershock’ via UDR Music, a set of quintessential Motörhead tunes that satiates fans. Continue reading “‘Top 50 Albums Of 2013’ Countdown – #15: Motörhead – Aftershock”
By Andrew Bansal
Based out of Austin, Texas, hard rock quintet Scorpion Child have been around since 2006 but 2013 has undoubtedly been the breakthrough year for them, as they toured North America with Clutch and Orange Goblin, got signed to Nuclear Blast Records and released their self-titled debut album and subsequently did the Mayhem Festival summer tour followed by a headline run of their own. The band embodies the creative, artistic spirit of their town and with this debut album they’ve arrived onto the forefront of the heavy music scene in an emphatic manner. Continue reading “‘Top 50 Albums Of 2013’ Countdown – #16: Scorpion Child – Self-Titled”
By Andrew Bansal
Southern California thrash tyrants Warbringer released their fourth studio album ‘IV: Empires Collapse’ earlier this year via Century Media Records. They’re a band notorious for doing relentless amounts of touring in the past few years, but with this album they’ve proved that the ritual of live performance night after night has turned them into markedly better musicians and their raised level of maturity is clearly evident upon listening to this new album, which builds upon what the band has done in the past and explores new, unconquered territories in terms of the musical style. Continue reading “‘Top 50 Albums Of 2013’ Countdown – #17: Warbringer – IV: Empires Collapse”
By Andrew Bansal
Houston TX-based instrumental progressive metal band Scale The Summit released their fourth studio album ‘The Migration’ via Prosthetic Records earlier this year. The band began in 2004 and aside from releasing some extremely impressive studio albums, they’ve shared the stage with the who’s who of prog including Dream Theater, Cynic, Yes, and many others. Continue reading “‘Top 50 Albums Of 2013’ – #18: Scale The Summit – The Migration”
By Andrew Bansal
Since their 2004 inception, Los Angeles-based progressive metal band Intronaut steadily built a reputation, garnered a cult fan base and earned the respect of critics through their creative musical expressions on the first three studio albums ‘Void’, ‘Prehistoricisms’ and ‘Valley Of Smoke’, along with some spellbinding live performances. This year, with the release of their fourth studio album ‘Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)’ via Century Media Records, they succeeded in reaching new heights and have certainly attained a new peak in their forever ongoing musical progression. Continue reading “‘Top 50 Albums Of 2013’ Countdown – #19: Intronaut – Habitual Levitations”
By Andrew Bansal
Swedish doom rock band Noctum released their second full-length album ‘Final Sacrifice’ earlier this year via Metal Blade Records. Following the 2010 debut ‘The Seance’, the band took their time to write and record this new material, and the result is a much more focussed, better-written set of tunes that showcase their talents to a greater extent. Continue reading “‘Top 50 Albums Of 2013’ Countdown – #20: Noctum – Final Sacrifice”