Well, as you can see, I’ve gotten carried away again.
Here’s a selection of new music by 8 bands, chosen in part to display once again the diversity and promise of extreme music in the current day.
REBEL WIZARD
The sound of Rebel Wizard has now become branded in my head; I would have known this first song was a Rebel Wizard creation even if the music’s source had been concealed. And in an age in which new metal arrives every day in a flood, with so many bands rushing through ravines already carved by their influences, creating a distinctive style and sound is a rare achievement, and even more rare when it’s distinctive despite being difficult to categorize in conventional genre terms. Continue reading »
