Posts tagged "Staind"

Metal Monday Volume 130 (7.8.13)

An album I thought I would have not much interest in initially, the debut solo album from Jason Newsted has easily climbed to the top of my most anticipated heavy albums of 2013 list on the strength of the Metal EP released in January and “Heroic Dose”, the first offering from Heavy Metal Music due on August 6th. I said it before but this is the album Metallica really wanna make in the 21st century. It’s earnest, honest, and definitely […]

Battlefield of the Mind soundtrack: Album Review

Battlefield of the Mind soundtrack: Album Review

Never mind the ridiculously heavy subject matter in the documentary of the same name for the moment, it’s the heavy music of Battlefield Of The Mind that has a “mind” of its’ own and sets this apart from other film companion pieces. Spearheaded by Staind’s Mike Mushok, the soundtrack features collaborations from Mushok, Dave Ellefson, Pete Murray, Troy McLawhorn, and a plethora of hard rock’s elite. Eye Empire begins with the fitting “War Isn’t Over Yet” pummeling your senses into […]

Blerd Radio Episode 10: The Idiot Box

Guess what? We’re in double figures!! Welcome to Blerd Radio Episode 10. We had a wee bit of trouble with this one, hopefully you’re able to get through the slight audio glitches. In this episode, we discuss everything from our new comics column to our dinner with Mike Doughty. We mourn the 10th anniversary of 9/11, check in on the status of hurricane victims, criticize this year’s VMAs, try to understand how Lil Wayne sold almost a million copies in […]

Spin Cycle: Staind’s “Staind”

It’s album number seven for Staind and the band have decided to go for the throats and revisit their roots meaning Staind is a pummeling beast of an album in the vein of Tormented and Dysfunction.  No joke. No lie. When they said they were going in a heavier direction for their latest, they weren’t lying. First thing long time fans will notice is what an angry record this is. It really seems like singer Aaron Lewis consciously made an […]

New Release Report 9/13/11: Lady A Owns The Week

Who’s the hottest group in country music right now? That’s right-Lady Antebellum. The co-ed trio is coming off of the huge success of Need You Now-the Grammy-winning song and album and they can pretty much do no wrong right now. Their third album, Own The Night, is more or less guaranteed to be one of this year’s biggest sellers. It’ll definitely be worth checking out whether Lady A can challenge Lil Wayne and Lady GaGa for the best selling sales […]

Where Have You Been, Staind?

Wow. It’s not often a band declares “Oh yeah, we’re gonna get back to our heavy roots on the new album” and then actually delivers on that statement. Staind really mean it. I haven’t been more than a casual fan of the band since Dysfunction was released back in 1999 (Christ, has this band been around that long?) but the songs I’ve heard off of the forthcoming Staind disc (due September 13th) give me a lot of hope for this […]