The Xroadie Files

Posted on the 17 April 2019 by Ripplemusic

Nocturnal Hollow – A Whisper Of A Horrendous Soul J.R. Escalante – Vocals/Guitar/Bass, George Knive – Drums
Coming Back to the Grave dark heavy pummeling throat punch music with deep growling vocals. Trapped In A Coffin grabs you pulls you into a pit of aggressive hatred. I Am The Slaughter slow heavy plodding dark music that just slowly forces you into the earth before just ravaging you. Spit The Nails the pit of hell opens up and demons of all kinds devour the world. Rotten Skull hit the pit slam sweat and get all your aggressions out. God Of All Deaths the earth opens up and a black darkness rises and envelops all. Midnight Burial thundering bass pouncing drums chugging guitars and dark demonic vocals. The Ungodly One darkness takes you over as you are pulled into a void of evil. World Decay chugging guitars thundering rhythms deep vocals just try to survive. Ancestrals Beings annihilates rips tears thrashes and destroys.

Rescue Rangers –Divisive Pascal Mascheroni – Guitar/Vocals, Manu Martinez – Bass, Julien Martinez – Drums
Delicious and Refreshing crunchy guitars punk style vocals and a solid riff. Accelerate chugging riffs pounding beats to get up and groove along with.  Loving Your Servitude eerie guitar chords with a melodic pop punk feel.  Authority fast heavy and shirt to the point. Divisive just get up bop and sing along. Easy On The Eyes (Ice Cream) has a very new wave pop punk feel that just gets you moving. Peachy Boy pounding drums yelling vocals chugging guitars with a few interesting changes. Carnilove will have the crowd up swaying bopping and singing along with some hardcore influences. Concrete City a short poppy punk tune that you can just enjoy. Tradittore crunchy guitars solid beats pop punk vocals with some interesting guitars. Refined Barbarians eerie guitars that just turn into a pop meets hardcore tune.

The Bucket List – ST Phil Keaggy – Guitar, Tony Levin – Bass/Stick, Jerry Marotta – Drums/Percussion
Sometimes 11 just kick back and enjoy some amazing musicianship with a very jazzy feel.  Fearless thumping bass solid drums and some very moving guitar work. Midland Crisis guitars flow bass thumps percussion rolls with a very jazzy influential sound just close your eyes and drift along. Sometimes We Up has a very catchy riff and rhythm that just grabs you and has you swaying to the musical tones. Stella Luna emotional guitars flow all around you then   a very catchy rhythm takes over your very soul. Steely Funk just some slow moving funky jazz with some amazing musicianship. Where’s Phil a short jazzy bluesy musical interlude. Phil’s On just close your eyes and take a very magical musical journey. Caravan emotional guitars slow rhythms piercing leads that just have your imagination flowing. Carved In Stone thumping bass solid drums great guitar work just an all-around feel good song. Good Stuff guitars plucking drums beating bass thumping some excellent feel good jazzy blues. Blue Hawaii just ebbs and flows with some great emotional playing.

Twin Temple – Bring You Their Signature Sound…Satanic Doo Wop (Album) - Alexandra James – Vocals, Zachary James – Guitar, Aaron Orbit – Bass, Jeffrey Howell – Organ/Piano, Robin Ryder – Drums, Ian Anderson – Baritone Sax, Louis Lopez – Saxophone (Live Band) -  Alexandra James – Vocals, Zachary James – Guitar, Aaron Orbit – Bass, Jeffrey Howell – Organ/Piano, Robin Ryder – Drums, Kyle O’Donnel- Tenor Saxophone
The Devil (Didn’t Make Me Do It) take a trip back to the swinging 60s and just bop along to the melodic tunes. Lucifer My Love melodic guitars soulful vocals emotional feels with satanic verses. Sex Magick a catchy rhythm that just takes you back to the starting of rock n roll. I Know How to Hex You plucking guitars a jazzy bluesy feel just groove along. I’m Wicked sitting on the beach in the late 60s watching the waves listening to the radio. In Lvx eerie keyboards melancholic guitars with a very jazzy bluesy feel and soulful vocals. Santa Muertea Spanish flavored tune with lots of melodies. Let’s Hang Together just another trip back to the early 60s late 50s and do wop rock n roll. Femme Fatale sitting in an old smoky bar watching the band crank out some very bluesy tunes. In Nox close your eyes and just drift along to the melodies strange and eerie in more of a late 60s psychedelia. Satanic Self Initiation Ritual strange eerie song with satanic overtones.

Lucidity – Oceanum Martti Pohjosaho – Vocals/Guitar, Jari Kinnunen – Guitar, Sami Ahmaoja – Bass, Pekka Parantainen – Drums
Surface close your eyes and just drift along with some strange eerie sounds before a gothic feeling metal riff kicks in crunchy guitars pounding rhythms and flowing then growling vocals. Unveiled hard heavy melancholic tune that drags you into the depths of despair. Scotama space rock style melodies strange and emotional with a few tempo changes. Borders of Then And Now heavy emotions just grab you then a solid rhythm pulls you into the undertow of darkness. The Hope In Severance lost in the blackness of space and time pounding rhythms in your head and melancholic melodies floating all around. Just A Name melodic guitars soft vocals that just have you drifting along. At The End Of The Black River fast heavy in your face death metal. What If It Hurts melancholic melodies that grab you and slow pull you into darkness and despair as the song builds.

-Xroadie