Metal Sludge Gossip Board

I've tried to be better this year about checking out new music, but I didn't find much to connect with this month. Hopefully June will be better.

A-Z - "I Am Numb" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyZjGjQZsMs)
I admittedly slept on the first album from this project featuring Fates Warning's old drummer and current singer, but I finally took a listen and dug what I heard. (Surprisingly, it's more hard rock than prog.) New album comes out next Friday.

Shiraz Lane - "Plastic Heart" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z0xTFClNfs)
Much better than the second new song the Finnish hair metal revivalists recently released (the aptly named "Bullshit"). Still no official word on when the new album will come out, but I'm more interested now.

Satriani/Vai feat. Glenn Hughes - "I Wanna Play My Guitar" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h86Wsj6BnU8)
A bit too direct lyrically for my tastes, but it still features three masters doing their things, so it gets a pass.

Buckcherry - "Set It Free" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxnX3inEX_c)
Didn't like it as much as the first two singles from the upcoming album, but even still, this is certainly the most I've cared about a new Buckcherry record in 20 years.

I'm still too damn cheap to pay $1 to hear the new Firehouse track.

I'm too lazy to link anything, but a few bands I think are worth checking out are:

Slomosa
The Heavy Eyes
Paralyzed
Beaten By Hippies

I've listened to Slomosa's two albums every day for the last two months.

Three Days Grace “Apologies” - just a killer sounding chorus!

ParaDime77 wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 3:14 pm Three Days Grace “Apologies” - just a killer sounding chorus!

Mayday is pretty strong as well .
I like them well enough, but these 2 tracks convinced me to get tickets to the show with Volbeat in a few weeks

I'm pretty excited for the new Turnstile album that comes out next week. They posted a few songs on Spotify. Not for everyone, def not a Sludge-y band, but I like it.