... the other Black experience
I was laid up in a hospital bed hooked up to a morphine drip the first time I ever heard Death Grips. Though Exmilitary has maintained a regular position on my playlist, it's taken a year and a half for someone to match that feeling of exhilaration, confusion, and total sensory overload. Brooklyn's…
Added by Sound Check on May 31, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments
Oh sheeeeeet! This one is not for the faint of heart: CX KiDTRONiK released 'Let's Go Krazy' featuring Atari Teenage Riot - a new single from his upcoming record 'KRAK ATTACK 2: BALLAD OF ELLI SKIFF' (out May 28). The new album will feature collabs with DOOM, Digable Planet's Ladybug Mecca, Lady Miss Kier (Deee-lite) and many more. Stay tuned for our review coming soon... L. C-D…
Added by Sound Check on May 24, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments
"Extreme Metal/Hardcore" in your face with Alekhine’s Gun, representing Brooklyn and the New York City metal scene (you may have caught them at Trash Bar in Brooklyn?). Alekhine’s Gun are AP member Jessica The Crusher Pimentel (vocals), Jeff Martinez (guitars), Daniel Martinez (bass) and Angel Cotte (drums). Check out their EP 'Meditations in Wrath' below, featuring hard-hitting music and lyrics about…
Added by Sound Check on May 22, 2013 at 10:46am — 6 Comments
Metal has always had a fixation on the mystical and magical. From the occult and demonic fixation of doom metal to the D&D Monster Manual of power metal. The fierce low guitar, thundering drums, and classical technicality convey something larger than life, something more epic than ordinary reality. So it makes perfect sense that UK based Vodun would base their music around West African Vodun rituals and Loa (Haitian elemental spirits).…
Added by Sound Check on May 6, 2013 at 8:30am — 4 Comments
Are you into getting your socks blown off? If so don't miss metal band Straight Line Stitch when they come to your area. See tour dates below. You know you like it!
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ContinueAdded by Sound Check on May 1, 2013 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments
Happy May Day! It's class warfare week at SoundCheck apparently (ok fine, it's always class warfare week). The appropriately named Rhetoric out of Springfield, MA are an explosion of political metalcore. Their songs are almost more anti-capitalist polemics than songs. (Polemic would also be a pretty rad band name. Just saying.) Brutal bursts of guitar and drums thunder and rattle beneath AP member …
Added by Sound Check on May 1, 2013 at 11:30am — 3 Comments
Though they have yet to release a full length record, Kenyan metalcore band Last Year's Tragedy have been putting out a steady stream of heavy-as-fuck singles since their inception in 2005. But hey, it's the future, and the album is dead maybe? Regardless, these guys are epic. Their latest are the singles “Generation Light” and “Elephant in the Room.”…
Added by Sound Check on February 13, 2013 at 10:56am — No Comments
Ever wondered what the Heavy metal scene looks like in Mozambique? Check out the 'Terra Pesada' documentary.
From the project's website: “Terra Pesada” is the story of young heavy metal musicians in Mozambique, a former Portuguese slave colony, and their quest to make their voices heard. We follow them at home, at school, hanging out with their friends, talking about music, politics, HIV/AIDS, the wars, what their…
Added by Sound Check on February 12, 2013 at 11:09am — 1 Comment
Over the past few years the DIY scene in Nairobi has exploded into one of the most vibrant on the continent. While there remains no “Nairobi sound.” the diversity of the bands in the scene ranges from indie pop to the most brutal of metal. Mortal Soul is definitely the most brutal metal Kenya has to offer right now.…
Added by Sound Check on November 26, 2012 at 12:45pm — 5 Comments
You're a heartless mofo if you don't love these three 11 year old Brooklyn kids who write and play their own heavy metal/hard rock music. :-P Do your thing Malcolm Brickhouse (electric guitar), Jarad Dawkins (drums) and Tyree Johnson (vocals)!
Check out a few of their videos below. Ain't that something?…
Added by Sound Check on July 16, 2012 at 12:25pm — 9 Comments
Anyone with half of a rock and roll brain knows metal is one of the most easily identifiable and distinguishable sub-genres of Mother Rock. In the 1970’s, it became synonymous with bands like Pantera, Judas Priest and AC/DC. The blues/classic rock/psychedelic lovechild soon gave birth to offspring of its own, including death metal, glam metal, nu metal and more. When it comes to fans, you either are or aren’t with metal; it’s a case study in hate it or love it phenomena. Haters… Continue
Added by Sound Check on July 1, 2011 at 6:10pm — 18 Comments
There’s no better time than summer time to discover new music and revel in getting a little sweaty on the dance floor. There’s something about the sun that makes people want to dance to new sounds and songs that don’t seem to fit in the winter. This is how I discovered Cody B. Ware, the Queens based black-metal hip-hop punkster, and his debut album 'Welcome Home' (download it below). It’s been a buzztape…
Added by Sound Check on July 1, 2011 at 10:30am — 3 Comments
To stash AP members Rebelmatic away, in the eternally awkward, possibly dead “rock-rap” file, would be an injustice to a band that simply wants to splash some varied colors around on a canvas, and hope you get the picture. In his review of the band’s 2009 release, Prey for the Vulture, Chaz Kangas anoints the band with a four out of five star rating, and declares “genre-bending has seldom sounded so natural,”… Continue
Added by Sound Check on June 8, 2011 at 5:30pm — 9 Comments
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