During these odd strange times, there have been a slew of bands doing fun covers (check out the Two Minutes To Late Night folks for some really great ones). One cover I heard recently, that I’m really enjoying is by one of the bands I’ve featured on here many times, Interstelar. They did a version of AC/DC’s “Highway To Hell” and defintely made it their own. Singer Jason Kothman’s voice makes this very cool and unique in a very bluesy sort of way. Do yourself a favor and crank this one up and have some fun!!!
So, 2020 was a pretty meh year but, at least we did get some killer albums out of it. If you haven’t yet checked out the best albums of 2020, do that! In the meantime though, here’s a list of the most anticipated albums for 2021.
Against Me Alphamega Amenra Anthrax Architects- For Those That Wish To Exist Ashes Divide? At The Gates Baroness Birds In Row Cane Hill- Krewe De La Morte Jerry Cantrell Chevelle Contranistas Converge The Cure Daughters Dead Cross Death From Above 1979 Every Time I Die Exodus- Persona Non Grata Foo Fighters- Medicine At Midnight Ghost Gojira Guns N Roses? If It Kills You Judas Priest Kanga- You and I Will Never Die Kerry King King Woman Less Art A Light Within Mastodon Megadeth Metallica Nine Inch Nails Silent Trust The Smashing Pumpkins Spirit In The Room Times Of Grace Vein Chelsea Wolfe Youth Code Rob Zombie- The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy
Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Best Albums of the year. The stipulation is that said album/EP had to have been released this year.
This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER (Except 1-10, there’s too many good ones to put a number on them)!!!
01) Greg Puciato- Child Soldier: Creator Of God 02) In Parallel- Fashioner 03) Run The Jewels- RTJ IV 04) Killer Be Killed- Reluctant Hero 05) Bush- The Kingdom 06) The Smashing Pumpkins- Cyr 07) Nothing- The Great Dismal 08) Deftones- Ohms 09) En Minor- When The Cold Truth Has Worn Out It’s Miserable Welcome 10) Trivium- What The Dead Men Say 11) Horseneck- Fever Dream 12) O’Brother- You and I 13) Marilyn Manson- We Are Chaos 14) Sevendust- Blood and Stone 15) Be Well- The Weight and The Cost 16) Umbra Vitae- Shadow Of Life 17) End- Splinters From An Ever Changing Face 18) Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts V and VI 19) Clint Lowery- God Bless The Renegades 20) Loathe- I Let It In And It Took Everything 21) Strangelight- Adult Themes 22) Ken Andrews- What’s Coming 23) Pallbearer- Forgotten Days 24) Sparta- Trust The River 25) Jesse Draxler- Reigning Cement
Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the best songs of the year. The stipulation is that said song must’ve appeared on an album/EP released this year.
It’s also worth noting that these songs are my favorites from each of their respective albums.
Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.
This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!
01) Greg Puciato- Evacuation (from Child Soldier: Creator of God):
02) In Parallel- Leave It With The Ghost (from Fashioner):
03) Killer Be Killed- From A Crowded Wound (from Reluctant Hero):
04) Deftones- Radiant City (from Ohms):
05) Nothing- Say Less (from The Great Dismal):
06) Marilyn Manson- Broken Needle (from We Are Chaos):
07) The Smashing Pumpkins- Purple Blood (from Cyr):
08) Trivium- Bending The Arc To Fear (from What The Dead Men Say):
09) Bush- Blood River (from The Kingdom):
10) Run The Jewels- Yankee And The Brave (from RTJ IV):
11) Horseneck- Pen15 (from Fever Dream):
12) En Minor- Mausoleums (from When The Cold Truth Has Worn Out It’s Miserable Welcome):
13) Loathe- New Faces In The Dark (from I Let It In And It Took Everything):
14) O’Brother- Soma (from You and I):
15) Umbra Vitae- Mantra Of Madness (from Shadow Of Life):
16) End- Pariah (from Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face):
17) Clint Lowery- Alive (from God Bless The Renegades):
18) Be Well- Confessional (from The Weight and The Cost):
19) Ken Andrews- Sword and Shield (from What’s Coming):
20) Sevendust- Blood From A Stone (from Blood & Stone):
Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Vocalists The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.
Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.
This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!
01) Greg Puciato- Greg Puciato/Killer Be Killed 02) Billy Corgan- The Smashing Pumpkins 03) Lance Black- In Parallel 04) Philip H. Anselmo- En Minor 05) EL-P & Killer Mike- Run The Jewels 06) Kadeem France & Erik Bickerstaffe- Loathe 07) Jacob Bannon- Umbra Vitae 08) Gavin Rossdale- Bush 09) Chelsea Wolfe- Mrs. Piss 10) Anthony Paganelli, Lance Jackman, Jess Gowrie & Lennon Hudson- Horseneck
Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Producers/Mixers. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.
Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.
This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!
01) Nick Rowe/Steve Evetts- Greg Puciato: Child Soldier; Creator Of God 02) Billy Corgan- The Smashing Pumpkins: Cyr 03) Mark Nash/Ken Andrews- In Parallel: Fashioner 04) Terry Date- Deftones: Ohms 05) Will Yip- Nothing: The Great Dismal 06) EL-P- Run The Jewels: RTJ IV 07) Josh Wilbur- Killer Be Killed: Reluctant Hero, Trivium: What The Dead Men Say 08) Loathe- Loathe: I Let It In and It Took Everything 09) Shooter Jennings- Marilyn Manson: We Are Chaos 10) Brian McTernan- Be Well: The Weight and The Cost
Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Guitarists. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.
Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.
This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!
01) Greg Puciato- Greg Puciato 02) Stephen Carpenter- Deftones 03) Chris Traynor- Bush 04) Shooter Jennings- Marilyn Manson 05) Ken Andrews- Ken Andrews 06) Clint Lowery- Clint Lowery 07) Mark Morton- Mark Morton 08) Aaron Turner- Sumac 09) Stephen Taylor- En Minor 10) Andrew Watt- Ozzy Osbourne
Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Guitar Duos/Trios. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.
Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.
This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!
01) Matthew Heafy and Corey Beaulieu- Trivium 02) Lance Black and Ryan Parrish- In Parallel 03) Clint Lowery and John Connelly- Sevendust 04) Mark Morton and Willie Adler- Lamb Of God 05) Johnny Dang, Jordan McGhin and Tanner Merrit- O’Brother 06) Greg Puciatio and Max Cavalera- Killer Be Killed 07) Billy Corgan, James Iha and Jeff Schroeder- The Smashing Pumpkins 08) Mike McKenzie and F. Sean Martin- Umbra Vitae 09) Lance Jackman and Anthony Paganelli- Horseneck 10) Mike Schleibaum and Peter Tsouras- Be Well
Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Bassists. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.
Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.
This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!
01) Jesse Fine- In Parallel 02) Paolo Gregoletto- Trivium 03) Anton Dang- O’Brother 04) Sergio Vega- Deftones 05) Vince Hornsby- Sevendust 06) Troy Sanders- Killer Be Killed 07) Aaron Dalbec- Be Well 08) Corey Britz- Bush 09) Trevor Dunn- Mr. Bungle 10) Stephen Brodsky- Old Man Gloom
One thing I’ve always found interesting is hearing bands from different places. Sometimes, the band from the oddest place, really finds a way to carve their own niche. Which brings me to Mississippi’s own Silent Trust. Hailing from the Gulf side of the state, these guys have taken their love of epic 80’s anthems, 90’s grunge, bits of metal and the modern contemporaries of today to bring a heaviness and an edge to what they do. The music is ripe with melody and riffs to go along with a thunderous almost hurricane like storm of emotions. The band’s debut album was produced by Jim Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank, and many more) and it captures the sound these guys have been dreaming of. The first single, “My Enemy” is a great encapsulation of what this band is all about. The realness in the lyrics and delivery not just vocally, makes this stand out amongst their peers and especially in their home state. Silent Trust is just beginning to scratch the surface of what they can do and this is the right step forward.
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