The Oddities of The Meister's I-Pod (or Meister's Fresh Blood)
In conjunction with this week's Decibel Geek Podcast Episode #150-Fresh Blood Vol. #2 in which Chris and Aaron spin tracks from bands that you are probably unfamiliar with I decided to take a look at my current listening selection. Rather than do a specific album review on each and every one
of these I thought that I’d take a quick look at some of the albums playing on my I-pod
(actually I don’t own an I-pod and instead have an MP3 player, but you get the
idea and I-pod just sounded better) at the moment, something that does change
fairly regularly. I have left out the
regular, more mainstream, more well-known names in hopes of introducing you to
some new music.
Here’s five reasonably recently released "Fresh Blood" albums that you should take a
look at (listen to) that are currently in my listening mix:
Ammotrack (2014)-Raise Your Hands. Ammotrack are a Swedish band, one of the many
excellent outputs from that Nordic land.
I discovered them when their name appeared on the huge list of bands
performing at 2014’s Sweden Rock Festival in early June. Each year the names and a brief bio on all 80
plus bands of that year’s festival are posted on the Sweden Rock website
including links to some you-tube videos so the festival goers can familiarize
themselves with the bands. I liked the
brief listen I gave them prior to the event and they did not disappoint in the
live setting! Raise Your Hands is a compilation album taking material fromAmmotrack's previous efforts,
2008’s Ammotrack and 2011’s Come Die With Us. Leading off
with the title track, "Raise Your Hands", a new composition it seems that Ammotrack prefers their sophomore album. Of the remaining
eleven tracks seven are from the later issue, however the whole collection is
fully loaded with their brand of street rock/sleaze metal packed with anthem
choruses and melodic hooks. A couple of songs to check out: "Living Like An Angel" / "Hitman" / "Come Die With Me"
Ammotrack Website / Ammotrack Facebook / Buy: Ammotrack - Raise Your Hands
Acacia Avenue (2014)-Cold. At first I suspected that this would be just
an Iron Maiden tribute album named after the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
pioneer’s song “22 Acacia Avenue” but
that is not the case. This is the
brainchild of Denmark’s Torben Enevoldsen who it seems is more of a one-man
show than a band, handling the writing, guitars, bass, keyboards and some
background vocals! Aside from the roster
of guest vocalists, a new/different voice on almost every track, the only other
musician credited is drummer Dennis Hansen.
Having the seven different vocalists also collaborate with the song
writing makes for a fresh and exciting melodic hard rock/AOR album from start
to finish. The two Steve Newman sung
tracks, the opener of “Time” and
catchy vocal chorus of “Angelina” are
my favorites but I’d venture to say that there’s not a bad composition in the
collection. Listening selections: "Time" / "Love Will Survive"
Torben Enveoldsen Website / Acacia Avenue Facebook / Buy: Acacia Avenue - Cold
Thundermother (2014)-Rock ‘n’ Roll Disaster. Another Swedish outfit, I seem to have a real
penchant for the Swedish metal scene, this time a quintet of ladies. These girls came across my radar while I was watching
another Swedish band (Sister Sin)’s concert video in which Thundermother were the next
band on stage and I haven’t looked back.
I caught their spirited set at 2014’s Sweden Rock Festival and have
become even more of a fan, wanting to purchase the CD and shirt at the festival
(I failed to achieve this). These ladies
could have easily been AC/DC had those guys been younger and of the opposite
gender with a little of a punk influence thrown in for good measure, a mix that
equals anything other than a disaster! As
for their debut release, Rock ‘n’ Roll Disaster, the lead
track, “Man With Blues” gets things
going, but it only gets better from there once we get into “The Dangerous Kind”, “Thunderous”,
“Please Me”, "Shoot to Kill" and “Cheers”. Chosen by Aaron Camaro to feature on this week's episode and previously reviewed by The Meister (Thundermother Review), take a listen to this no frills, ball busting
rock and roll!
Thundermother Website / Thundermother Facebook / Buy: Thundermother - Rock n Roll Disaster
Skrou Website / Skrou on Facebook /
Battleaxe Website / Battleaxe Facebook / Buy: Battleaxe - Heavy Metal Sanctuary
Cheers,
The Meister
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Ammotrack (2014)-Raise Your Hands. Ammotrack are a Swedish band, one of the many
excellent outputs from that Nordic land.
I discovered them when their name appeared on the huge list of bands
performing at 2014’s Sweden Rock Festival in early June. Each year the names and a brief bio on all 80
plus bands of that year’s festival are posted on the Sweden Rock website
including links to some you-tube videos so the festival goers can familiarize
themselves with the bands. I liked the
brief listen I gave them prior to the event and they did not disappoint in the
live setting! Raise Your Hands is a compilation album taking material fromAmmotrack's previous efforts,
2008’s Ammotrack and 2011’s Come Die With Us. Leading off
with the title track, "Raise Your Hands", a new composition it seems that Ammotrack prefers their sophomore album. Of the remaining
eleven tracks seven are from the later issue, however the whole collection is
fully loaded with their brand of street rock/sleaze metal packed with anthem
choruses and melodic hooks. A couple of songs to check out: "Living Like An Angel" / "Hitman" / "Come Die With Me"Ammotrack Website / Ammotrack Facebook / Buy: Ammotrack - Raise Your Hands
Acacia Avenue (2014)-Cold. At first I suspected that this would be just
an Iron Maiden tribute album named after the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
pioneer’s song “22 Acacia Avenue” but
that is not the case. This is the
brainchild of Denmark’s Torben Enevoldsen who it seems is more of a one-man
show than a band, handling the writing, guitars, bass, keyboards and some
background vocals! Aside from the roster
of guest vocalists, a new/different voice on almost every track, the only other
musician credited is drummer Dennis Hansen.
Having the seven different vocalists also collaborate with the song
writing makes for a fresh and exciting melodic hard rock/AOR album from start
to finish. The two Steve Newman sung
tracks, the opener of “Time” and
catchy vocal chorus of “Angelina” are
my favorites but I’d venture to say that there’s not a bad composition in the
collection. Listening selections: "Time" / "Love Will Survive"Torben Enveoldsen Website / Acacia Avenue Facebook / Buy: Acacia Avenue - Cold
Thundermother (2014)-Rock ‘n’ Roll Disaster. Another Swedish outfit, I seem to have a real
penchant for the Swedish metal scene, this time a quintet of ladies. These girls came across my radar while I was watching
another Swedish band (Sister Sin)’s concert video in which Thundermother were the next
band on stage and I haven’t looked back.
I caught their spirited set at 2014’s Sweden Rock Festival and have
become even more of a fan, wanting to purchase the CD and shirt at the festival
(I failed to achieve this). These ladies
could have easily been AC/DC had those guys been younger and of the opposite
gender with a little of a punk influence thrown in for good measure, a mix that
equals anything other than a disaster! As
for their debut release, Rock ‘n’ Roll Disaster, the lead
track, “Man With Blues” gets things
going, but it only gets better from there once we get into “The Dangerous Kind”, “Thunderous”,
“Please Me”, "Shoot to Kill" and “Cheers”. Chosen by Aaron Camaro to feature on this week's episode and previously reviewed by The Meister (Thundermother Review), take a listen to this no frills, ball busting
rock and roll!Thundermother Website / Thundermother Facebook / Buy: Thundermother - Rock n Roll Disaster
Skrou Website / Skrou on Facebook /
Battleaxe Website / Battleaxe Facebook / Buy: Battleaxe - Heavy Metal Sanctuary
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