Review: Dead Season – Life Death
Dead Season are back with their follow-up to Everything’s Lost. Life Death marks the band’s third full length album and it’s full of everything we can expect from these metal heads from Maine: intensity, brutality, and full-fledged heart-pounding metal. These characteristics are fully embraced on the opening song “Everything.” Rock metal riffs cut like glass [...]
Review: Corroded – Eleven Shades of Black
Described as Heavy aggressive rock peppered with a taste of grunge , Corroded formed in 2004 after just a couple jam sessions. Judging from what they heard in their sessions, the band quickly realized that Corroded would portray a sound that mixed the heavy rock sound of the 70′s with a modern twist. Between the years of 2005 and 2007, the band released 3 demos: Heart of the Machine , Sessions ward-22 , and III .
Review: Se7enSided – The Silver Lining
Based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the band Se7enSided consider themselves a modern rock band. They’re a hard working band that are “determined to go all the way, no matter what.” From multiple practice sessions per week to strong promotional efforts and playing as many live shows as they can, Se7venSided has demonstrated their motivation over [...]
Review: The Mire – Volume I
Again we’re branching out of the rock world! It seems to be my task here at Emurg, one that I enjoy greatly. Today we take a gander (and a listen) at the band The Mire. The Mire hails from Brighton UK. . . yes yes I do realize that Brighton is pretty close to France, [...]
Review: Channel Eight-The Pilot
Since their incarnation in October 2007, Channel Eight is more about a reunion of two longtime friends and collaborators that share a love for making great music. It’s been a long road for vocalist/guitarist Jeff Mathers and drummer Steve Manning in finding their place in the music world. These two musical titans shared their beginnings in a band that played in 1996′s [...]