A new release from Marvin Thomas brings out a warm and welcoming set of soundscapes and tonalities built with orchestral strings, fresh beats, and an R&B approach that showcases an artist who knows how to write a song that has a heavy-handed hook, but still has it come through full of personality. "Leaf" is a love song of sorts, and the artist isn't afraid to open up, giving himself a bit of a vulnerable approach but still hitting these pop undertones and hooks that bounce ar

An album release from Lori Williams gives off a smooth and silky, soulful approach riddled with classic and fresh jazz instrumentation, songwriting, arrangement, and most of all personality that all comes shining through giving the record a gorgeous presence to go along with the Lush soundscape that you get to soak in throughout the records course. Here We Are is for people who adore blending elements of jazz with R&B, giving things a classic feel, utilizing certain kinds of

A thrashing new release from Nokturna wastes very little time getting right in your face with fierce riffs, vast undertones, and an aggressive attitude that blends speed, thrash, and melodic metal but also beckons classic hardcore as well. All of this is portrayed with a massive sonic drive coming from those guitars, along with pounding drums that don't let up for an instant. The track is absolutely blistering and features a lot of great guitar work, including tons of pitch h

A new single release from Lily Frost has a particular way of bringing out a vintage soundscape with acoustic guitars, tremolo-affected electric guitars, live percussion, and gorgeous, lush vocal approaches that all contribute to this sort of 70s, almost Celtic-driven classic rock feel. The single comes through with such a beautifully cinematic tonality that it's impossible to turn away from. Layers of texturally enticing tones mesh into each other and formulate this atmospher

A brand new album release from Ash Red just dropped, and this record combines such amazing elements of alternative-pop, post-punk, punk rock, classic rock, and so much more, all rolled up into one big record, and it all comes at you with this unique set of energies and waves of intensities that come and go. The album starts with the track called "Take Me", which wastes zero time giving you more of a thrashy, punk tonality but done with a tasteful approach and high energy that

One of the most memorable aspects about the new album release from Lavender Fire is the sheer fact that she's able to paint such vivid pictures in your head as songs unfold. Her lyrical approach is very personal but also very storytelling, so you can connect with them on different levels. This is a record that certainly lets the artist give pieces of herself along the way, and I'm a huge fan of that simply because I want that from a record like this. I think people want to he

An EP release from Ashes of Souls delivers a vast undertone and outstanding blend of metal approaches that each beckon different elements of the genre, from melodic, classic, and even more hardcore approaches. This record boasts intense riffs, powerful, belting vocals, and thrashes out with a high-octane energy that is completely infectious. The  Legacy  EP starts off with an intro that opens the door for the rest of the EP. This is subtle, vast, cinematic, slightly haunting,

The new album release from Maitland blends progressive and post-rock approaches to deliver something that's got a very spacious underbelly, so it's easy to get engulfed and swallowed up by, but also gives a lot of Storytelling and depth, layers, and textures throughout the record's course. The  Falling Into Place  record comes through with a lot of really well put together songs that, a lot of the time, boasted unique and raw energy that's combined with twangy guitars and vas

The new single from Dustin Morris is a unique one, but incredibly addictive, very danceable, and showcases some brilliant songwriting technique that gives you surprises around the corners almost non-stop, all in this one track. The song is called "Some Dreams Weren't Meant To Be", and at its start, you get a sort of soulful, almost Blues-like approach that breeds elements of vintage tonalities with outstanding keys combined with acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar gives off

If you are not too familiar with Flamenco as a musical genre or art form, then there's a documentary out there that you absolutely need to see. Flamenco is a style of art and music that traditionally began in Spain and really brings together intense emotion into dance, performance, and music. Some people are very familiar with flamenco guitar, a very particular approach to guitar playing that utilizes some tricky rhythms that have this unique flair to them, and all of this gi

A blistering new release from Overhaul brings together some heavy-handed elements of grunge, garage rock, and hits of alternative to create something pretty hard, as it comes at you with a massive sonic drive, and the guitar tones throughout this record are a huge aspect of why the record has such great appeal. The Time Flies By album is pretty big, and it doesn't waste a lot of time coming at you with that sonic overdrive right from its first track, "I Don't Think You Know

The new single from Russel Kitchin brings out a very lush and full-bodied country tonality with amazing instrumentation that lets the song really Thrive, but the whole thing also comes with a massive amount of character, and that is a huge aspect of why you get so attached to the song in the first place. "Scars" is beautifully built with some outstanding guitar work, classic country twang on those tones, lap steel, and live percussion, along with plenty more. This is a song t

A wild new album release from Magic Machine has recently dropped, and this thing brings together some of the best elements of what I would consider to be Surf and alternative rock, cinematic and theatrical undertones, psychedelic sounds and approaches, and a garage feel and aesthetic. Each individual track brings something a little bit fresh to the table, and there are loads of surprises around the corners of this release, so I would heavily suggest listening to this thing fr

The new EP release from camisado! brings out some fiery elements of alternative rock, punk, grunge, and even a little hardcore flowing through its veins, all wrapped up into this four-track banger that really doesn't let up energy-wise and gives you a ton to work with. The BRAND NEW DESIGN record doesn't waste a lot of time coming in with some massive and invasive sonic drive, with its title track introducing you to the record and opening the door to what you were about to di

A new single release from Wood Burnt Red just dropped and absolutely comes through with the cinematic underbelly, but in the form of a folk and Americana soundscape, and the way they put this together creates such a unique atmosphere that you end up falling right into it. The track boasts vast undertones that build on that cinematic approach, but also has a lot of emotional pull to it. The song speaks a lot about inner struggle and, in a sense, just coping with the way that t

A new EP release from Planks delivers a very warm set of tones that feel welcoming right from the get-go as the artist manages to bring together elements of Americana, folk, rock, pop, and more. The Pilot EP comes through with a wonderful set of guitar tones and textures that come together, creating an outstanding atmosphere along with some storytelling that pulls you deeper into the songs. Planks absolutely pulls from life experience and showcases plenty of personality and

REXEN is back with another new single and the third in line leading up to his upcoming full-length release. The new track called "Can See You" demonstrates how the artist can create songs that feel theatrical tonally and arrangement, along with using unique instrumentation to write songs that are still pop-oriented and keep that sensibility strong by building memorable melodies and hooks, but doing it in a way that is a bit outside the box, slightly experimental, and endlessl

Metal has always been about power — the volume, the riffs, the release. But now and then, a band reminds us that real power isn’t just loud, it’s human. That’s what Madzilla LV taps into with their latest single, “A Deadly Threat.” At first listen, it hits all the marks of classic metal: fast guitars, tight drumming, the kind of vocal fire that turns a crowd into one living organism. But beneath that surface, there’s something more thoughtful at play — a quiet message beating

A fresh release from TruTone and Frank Zozky delivers a massive and sort of intense blend of electronic fusion that manages to bring together elements of house, dubstep, trap, break, and more, all in one track that displays such an excitable and almost rambunctious soundscape and brings on massive Sonic drive. "Passion For Pain" is it pretty brilliant track simply for the fact that it blends all of those together and still comes through with a sort of mix between heavy-handed

If you are a fan of cinematic and thrashy metal, then you should be listening to the releases of Until Dusk Fades. You can begin that journey with the new single, "Vultures", as it delivers a great direction for the project and the artist. Still bringing on a very heavy-handed and death metal-influenced approach, but blending electronic instrumentation, delivering a track over 7 minutes in length, making it a metal opus, of sorts. This is probably the biggest track released f