AFTERSHOCK 2024: THE WEST COAST'S LARGEST ROCK FESTIVAL RETURNS TO DISCOVERY PARK IN SACRAMENTO CA OCTOBER 10-13 2024
Aftershock 2024:
The West Coast’s Largest Rock Festival
Returns To Discovery Park In Sacramento, CA
October 10-13, 2024 With Headliners
Slayer & Pantera (Thursday);
Slipknot & Five Finger Death Punch (Friday);
Iron Maiden & Judas Priest (Saturday);
Mötley Crüe & Disturbed (Sunday)
Including Iron Maiden’s Exclusive U.S. Festival Set &
The Only West Coast Slayer Performance
Plus Evanescence,…
Hey, do you like Metallica? If so, I got a band for you! Actually, if you like 90s Metallica, you should listen to War Curse. They released a record recently called Confessions, and they started off as a thrash band in the vein of 80s Metallica, but Confessions moves into their 90s groove metal meets alt-metal and mainstream metal sound. Confessions is a good record, but I don’t have a lot to say about it, unfortunately. That’s not to say that this album is bad, but it’s awfully generic and predictable. There’s nothing on here that you won’t be surprised by, although it has some hooks and riffs. There are some thrashier cuts, but the album leans more into the groove metal and heavy metal sound that I was alluding to. If you want a good heavy album with some solid hooks and some cool riffs, you’ll dig this. This isn’t anything to write home about, but it’s worth hearing if you like this type of music.
Bad Wolves - Die About It
Bad Wolves is a band that shouldn’t be popular, and I don’t know why they are. I mean, I kind of get it, but their breakout “hit” was a hard-rock / butt-rock cover of The Cranberries’ “Zombie.” The cover was okay, but I never got into them. They had a bland groove metal, metalcore, and hard-rock sound that sounded like Five Finger Death Punch and all of those bands. They did it a bit better, and their debut was fine, but former vocalist Tommy Vext sucks. They do have a new vocalist now, D.L, and he’s been in the band for the last couple of years now. Their last album, 2021’s Dear Monster, is a decent album, but I found it very bland, boring, and not that memorable. Their new vocalist is great, and it bums me out that he doesn’t have much to work with. The same can be said here, too, with their new album, Die About It. This record is okay, and the vocals are great throughout this record, but my issue with this record is that there are three different types of songs here — hard-rock songs, metalcore / groove metal, and ballady songs. The issue is that all of the different types of songs sound the same, and the album just blends together, despite having a bit of a different sound. It doesn’t help that the lyrics aren’t that good, either, but I guess if you want a decent but generic hard-rock album, you’ll get what you’re asking for here.
What a treat! Thanks to @valandhirwriter for the recommendation, I love The Hu, I love Serj Tankian and Daniel Laskiewicz (Bad Wolves) has a great voice, too!