The Xroadie Files


Brother Hawk – Big Trouble Sessions (EP)
JB Brisendine – Guitar/Vocals, Nick Johns Cooper – Keyboards/Vocals, Evan Diprima - Drums, James Fedigan - Bass

Like Water slow emotional melancholic bluesy music that just envelops your senses.  Nutshell just close your eyes and let this excellent cover of the Alice In Chains flow thru you as it pulls you in. The Black Dog slow blues with tons of emotional playing and singing. Fell On Black Days a bluesy excellent cover of the Soundgarden classic.


Eleine – All Shall Burn
Madeleine Eleine Liljestam – Vocals, Rikard Ekberg – Guitar/Vocals, Ludwig Dante – Guitar, Jesper Sunnhagen – Drums, Anton Helgesson – Bass

Enemies crunchy guitar pounding rhythms soaring vocals that just takes your imagination away. All Shall Burn chugging guitars s ethereal keyboards emotional vocal’s male and female with lots of great musicianship.  Mein Hertz Brennt symphonic prog metal with a fist pumping riff.  Hell Moon (We Shall Never Die) just close your eyes and drift away into your imagination. All Shall Burn (Symphonic Version) a more melodic version.


Black Queen – The Destructive Cycle
Pete Jay – Vocals/Guitar/Arp Axxe/ Samples, Brandon Fitzsimons – Keys/Synths/Samples, Rob Beebe – Bass, Patrick Fiorentino – Drums, Guest Vocals – Paul Palovich, Wrest

The Destructive Cycle dark heavy pounding slowly in your brain driving you insane. Feed The Worm Brisendine - crunchy guitars thrashing rhythms and dark vocals ripping you to shreds. Needle Grinding Well slams you against the ground with a fury and aggression. Infinitesimal the pits of hell open and death spews out devouring all. Calefactorum Occultadark forces just devour and destroy all that is good. The Sorcerer’s Jian over 11 minutes of death fury aggression and powerful dark forces running wild in your imagination.


Lowcaster – Flames Arise
Jason Bridges – Guitar/Vocals, Marc Brandi – Guitar/Vocals, Dean Lavoie – Drums, Dave Silva – Bass

Prologue just close your eyes and let the emotions take you away. Flames Bemoan The Tide melancholic melodies surround and envelop your senses then the music grows heavier and takes you on a musical mind trip. Passage just let your imagination take you away. Pilian fist pumping head banging stoner rock metal magic. Extramuros psychedelic stoner rock with some excellent musicianship.Shore Up The Ashes over nine minutes of a musical journey thru time and space. Dust just let the music flow thru you and envelop your soul.


Angeles – Fire It Up
Dale Lytle – Guitar, Gwen Casella – Vocals, Mark Ludman – Bass, Danny Basulato – Drums/Percussion

Fire It Up on your feet fist in the air head banging and singing. Give It To Me pounding catchy rhythms screaming guitars and powerful vocals. Good Times Don’t Stop grab your air guitars and just jam along to one memorable tune. Freight Train fast heavy fist pumping guitar searing metal. Anti Social Media fist pumping foot stomping catchy hard rock n roll.  Gone To Soon stand sway and sing as you play some air guitars leads. Eye of The Storm has a great riff and groove that will have you on your feet singing and swaying. Magic just close your eyes and let the music envelop your senses. Wicked melodies just pull out many emotions as the music grows heavier and you are on your feet rocking out. Freedom standing clapping to a great drum beat and thumping bass as the guitar riff kicks in with some powerful vocals. Little Bit Faster fist pumping head banging sing along rock n roll.


-Xroadie

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