Live show addicts Muscle Beach took a 6 month break from playing while they recorded “Charms”, an album with songs they wrote in 2017.
See Muscle Beach at the Charms release show Saturday, 10/12/19 at Hi Dive (tickets here).
There was brief discussion about the Portugese Man-of-War, seen on wikipedia here.
Muscle Beach – “When Horns Grow Teeth”
Muscle Beach – “Church Tongue”
Metal Blade Records social media guru Vince Edwards says social media and press exposure are helpful for any band, even acts like Ghost who once shrouded themselves in media obscurity.
More controversially, Vince argues “synth wave” bands like Perturbator and Dance With The Dead should be considered part of the metal pantheon.
Vince is also a music video virtuoso, as you can see in his video for Amon Amarth‘s “Raise Your Horns”, posted below.
This week, idobi Howl hosts Patrick Walford of Rock The Walls and Shawn Kupfer of Metal DNA weigh in on their top album picks so far in 2016.
B Lo lets go of his metal elitism for once as he and Shawn agree Killswitch Engage Incarnate deserves a place somewhere in the same vicinity as Fleshgod Apocalypse King for the best albums of 2016.
Walford backs Toothgrinder Nocturnal Masquerade, which is favored among all three hosts, at least in a Top 12 list. He encounters strong resistance from B Lo on one other pick. Shawn and Walford can’t hear each other this whole time, which makes the entire episode more entertaining.
Each host brought their personal top 6 albums to the table, there was no prior collaboration. The releases that don’t get mentioned could be the most surprising.
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