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Lockhart " City Pulse (High Roller Records)
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (402+ words) Dead Rhetoric Lockhart " City Pulse (High Roller Records) A power trio of Canadian musicians, Lockhart represents an exploration of melodic rock/AOR sounds for this debut album City Pulse. All of the players have ties to different hard rock/metal…...
IKIZULIVE! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD - Dou-Da? DOING! (Lantis)
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (925+ words) IKIZULIVE! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD " Dou-Da? DOING! (Lantis) Dead Rhetoric IKIZULIVE! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD " Dou-Da? DOING! (Lantis) Announced last February, IKIZULIVE! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD (hereafter shortened to IKIZULIVE!) is the sixth project in the longstanding Love Live! franchise. Initially appearing as a darker iteration,…...
Raise a Suilen " What an Explosion (Bushiroad)
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (731+ words) Dead Rhetoric Raise a Suilen " What an Explosion (Bushiroad) Back with their 15th single, Bandori's hyperactive and energetic Raise a Suilen offer up a 2-song single for their latest release. What an Explosion contains the title track as well as "Runaway…...
Scatter " Tech Hell Cyber Thrash (Self-Released)
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (443+ words) Dead Rhetoric Scatter " Tech Hell Cyber Thrash (Self-Released) A love letter to 90s cyberpunk / hacker culture, Scatter is the brainchild of Spenser Hodge " flushed out with guitar wizard Ruben Cantu and Alaskan collaborator Justin Rodda for this debut EP Tech Hell…...
Joseph Tholl " Pushing My Own Boundaries
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (769+ words) Dead Rhetoric: What are your childhood memories surrounding music growing up? When did you first discover heavier forms of music, and eventually the desire to pick up an instrument and perform in bands? Back in those days, one month was…...
Fleshcrawl " Epitome of Carnage (Distortion Music Group/ Reigning Phoenix Music)
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (445+ words) Dead Rhetoric Fleshcrawl " Epitome of Carnage (Distortion Music Group/ Reigning Phoenix Music) With roots in the late 80s, German band Fleshcrawl settled into things in the early 1990s " signing with Black Mark Productions who released early efforts like Descend into the Absurd…...
Bloodhunter " Prove Your Strength
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (668+ words) Dead Rhetoric: Sons of the Abandoned is the latest studio album for Bloodhunter. Did you have any specific ideas or sounds you wanted to put across this time that maybe expand upon previous records? Or is the approach usually starting…...
Fires In The Distance " The Natural Promise Between Dark and Light
1+ week, 5+ day ago (809+ words) Dead Rhetoric: During your touring for your last album Air Not Meant For Us, the band would have a significant lineup change, adding vocalist/guitarist Brendan Hayter to the group. How did the band feel about this shift occurring at…...
Leatherwitch " First Spell (Listenable Records)
1+ week, 3+ day ago (373+ words) Dead Rhetoric Leatherwitch " First Spell (Listenable Records) When one chapter closes, another chapter opens for Polish musician Marta Gabriel. Probably best known to metal legions for her work in Crystal Viper " releasing nine studio albums and touring twenty countries before…...
W. M. D. " Against All Warnings (Self-Released)
1+ week, 3+ day ago (487+ words) Dead Rhetoric W. M. D. " Against All Warnings (Self-Released) Short for When Minds Develop, W. M. D. originated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada " migrating to Vancouver, British Columbia and assembling a new power trio lineup for their second album Against All Warnings. Only guitarist/vocalist Skyler Mills…...