Friday, January 19, 2018

What New Heavy Metal Music To Listen To

By Lisa West


Many people have heard of Belphegor because of how successful many of their eleven albums have been over the course of their long career. Hailing from Australia, this band has long been working on the formula for the perfect song in this genre, and they have established their style as one of the definitive sounds in new heavy metal music. "Apophis - Black Dragon" is a great song of theirs to check out because it exemplifies the intense rhythms and heroic melodies that they are known for.

Many people were moved when Body Count dropped the single "No Lives Matter". The passion and frustration that Ice-T has about the social issues described in the song really shows. This takes the listener on an energetic journey that gets them just as frustrated as him.

When Jeremy Wagner of Broken Hope came across some guitars that once belonged to and were played by the famous Jeff Hanneman from the band Slayer, he knew he had to have them. He didn't know what would become of them, but he knew it would be something special. That was when he and the band made their album called Mutilated and Assimilated, and he recorded such hits from the album as "The Carrion Eaters" on these legendary guitars.

Forever is an album by Code Orange that is just as disgusting and horrible as their fans would expect. The title track of the album is so chaotic and full of violent energy that it affects any environment where it is played. Highly distorted and with intense lyrics, this is a great pick for fans of this genre.

DragonForce has been around for a long time, and for a while, many people thought they had lost their sound. Many were worried that it would never come back to them, but they have found their sound again in the Reaching into Infinity album. "Ashes of the Dawn" is a great song to listen to for a rapturous pick-me-up.

"Die With Integrity" by Dying Fetus is a great song to thrash out to for those who love to be in the mosh pit. It has all of the intensity that fans expect from this type of song. At the same time, it also feels like a throwback to the songs that started this genre.

There are plenty of dark bands to look into from Norway. One of the favorites of many is called Enslaved, and they have been playing songs about Vikings and rituals for a long time now. "Storm Son" is one of their absolute masterpieces, and it takes listening to it with headphones on, over a quality sound system, or live to hear everything that they put into this barbaric song.

It is hard for a band to find a new frontman, especially when fans have grown to love them. The death of Oderus Urungus, AKA Dave Brockie, left GWAR without a singer. Fortunately, Blothar has been able to handle the material, and he really shines on "F--ck This Place".




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