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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Top 10 Albums of 2022

I've been writing these best of the year lists since 2014, and it's always fun for me.  Even if nobody else reads these, I enjoy looking back at the year and reflecting.  I also do my homework and check out other lists online to see if I may have missed something.  Inevitably, I end up discovering a few releases I didn't notice and adding them to my collection.  I rank song quality and album consistency heavily, so if there's only a couple of good tracks, the rating suffers.  Often because of this there are some big names that fall off and a lot of times I end up surprising myself with the final top ten.  This year's list has quite of bit of diversity in terms of musical style and even language (including English, German, Japanese, and Mongolian).


1. Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9

Despite working through injuries, illness, and a global pandemic, Ozzy had a goal of making an album with multiple guest musicians that he admired.  He secured Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton to write songs with, along with Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver), Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Tonny Iommi (Black Sabbath), and of course Zakk Wylde.  Album opener and title track "Patient Number 9" f/ Jeff Beck is maybe one of the top 10 Ozzy solo singles of all time, it is that good.  Degradation Rules f/ Tony Iommi is probably the next best song.  Clapton shines on "One of Those Days" which also has a killer hook.  Zakk elevates the songs he is on.  The lyrics and production on this album are phenomenal.  I can listen to it all the way through which is the hallmark of a great album.






2. Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

This album is brutal from start to finish. Usually I don't like "cookie monster" sounding vocals where you can't make out all the lyrics, but I heard good things about this New Jersey band and checked them out. Man, I was not disappointed. Vocalist Will Ramos (formerly of Monument of a Memory and A Wake in Providence) is actually relatively new and the third singer of the band. His growls are well-timed and he sings in a deathcore style similar to Randy Blythe (Lamb of God). The bands sound very different, however. Drumming is a highlight of this album and songs are very dynamic. My favorite is "Soulless Existence" in the middle of the album, and it closes with a cool trilogy "Pain Remains" I, II, and III.






3. The HU - Rumble of Thunder
Mongolian folk metal?  You're damn right.  Take a listen before you write it off.  This band has great rhythms, chugging riffs, and tons of attitude.  Then they add in traditional Mongolian throat singing, instrumentation, and poetry.  I was made aware of them through a friend and then I was fortunate enough to see them open up for Megadeth in September, and they were captivating and sonically fantastic.  I also wrote about their international recognition as "The Artist for Peace" by UNESCO here.  Their videos are phenomenal, and I recommend checking them out.  This album is bookmarked by two really strong songs, but the whole thing is a piece of rocking art. 








4. Alter Bridge - Pawns & Kings

By now you should know of this band.  I certainly listen to them often and have written about them a few times.  Myles Kennedy has one of the best voices in rock and Mark Tremonti is one of the best guitarists.  They are both underrated songwriters and guitarists. They kill it solo, but are just magic together.  I don't think this album has the big catchy choruses that you'll find on some of their other albums, but it is solid and rocks all the way through.  I think the most sonically interesting song is called "Season of Promise."  Great bass lines, interesting melodies, and some soaring riffs.










5. Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die
Ok, this one is different.  Polyphia is a progressive rock band out of Texas that combines jazz, djent, metal, latin, funk, hip-hop, and more!  The band consists of guitarists Tim Henson and Scott LePage, bassist Clay Gober, and drummer Clay Aeschliman.  The album includes collaborations with hip-hop group Brasstracks, rappers $NOT and Lil West, metal singer Chino Moreno (Deftones), and guitar virtuoso Steve Vai.  My favorite track on this eclectic album is "Ego Death" which features Vai and closes the diverse maze of an album.










6. Disturbed - Divisive (review originally from my article November News and Noteworthy)
Frontman David Draiman and others have called it a return to form as the sound harkens back to their early albums. You can even hear some of Draiman's iconic wah-ka-ka vocal stylings on track "Part of Me." A few years ago Draiman said he was tired of being known for that kind of vocal, but it put them on the map and thankfully it is back. "Hey You" is probably the most iconic song on this album with "Bad Man" and "Divisive" also rocking hard. Draiman is quoted as saying that the Covid-19 pandemic and political instability made him "blisteringly angry" and he was anxious to write "new, original, angry, ferocious, brutal material." A different style is seen on "Don't Tell Me" which features Ann Wilson of Heart and is said to be inspired by founding guitarist Dan Donegan's divorce from his wife of 18 years. Ann wanted to work with Disturbed since hearing their popular cover of "Sound of Silence."





7. Silverstein - Misery Made Me
For a post-hardcore/emo band, Silverstein has been remarkably consistent.  Misery Made Me is their 11th studio album.  I own six of them so I know and like this band a lot.  I keep getting prepared to be let down, and I keep getting pleasantly rewarded with just good emo-punk-rock songs.  This album features a few guest singers including Mike Hranica (Devil Wears Prada) and three indie artists.  I like music with fast tempo, good rhythms, good lyrics, and good guitar work.  This band just delivers those things and is why I am a fan.  They don't get as political as Senses Fail, they just bring it.  I'd like to catch them live at some point.








8. I Prevail - True Power
Do you like breakdowns?  I do and I Prevail definitely does.  True Power is their third album.  I loved the first two, and I think this one may be even better.  They've matured and gotten better at their craft which is mixing different influences and styles into a hard rock juggernaut. Two months before the album dropped, their lead single "Body Bag" was playing on Octane and other radio.  It is a banger.  The second single "Bad Things" has more clean singing and a very poppy chorus, but with some screaming and breakdowns in keeping with their main style.  Two more singles were released and then songs like "Choke" that aren't official singles are still making waves on stations like Octane because they are still so many great hard rockers on this album.  It just may have dropped on my list because of a boring song in the middle of the 14 songs and an intro track that is just 42 seconds of noise.





9. Rammstein - Zeit
As noted in my concert review, "Armee der Tristen," the leading track of Rammstein's newest album, Zeit is a nice start because it has a driving rhythm at a medium tempo that is hard enough to bang your fist to and also feature's Till's storytelling vocal style. It is also apropos to open their stadium tour because the song is about uniting a group of disheartened people, "the party of the hopeless," in a march "against luck."  The rest of the album tackles concepts like racism, relationships, and plastic surgery all against the backdrop of the theme of time that is always ticking.  We are not getting any younger so Till and company definitely advocate fulfilling sexual desires ("OK, Dicke Titten") and accepting that we are not perfect ("Lügen").  The album ends as the stadium tour shows did, with "Adieu."  Rumor had it that this might be the last Rammstein album, but fortunately reports have come out that they are already working on another one.  As the lyrics say, "only death lasts forever... adieu, goodbye, see you again."






10. Megadeth - The Sick, the Dying…and the Dead!

I had high hopes for this album and would have predicted this would be higher on my list.  As it turns out, I think it is a very good album, but not an excellent one compared to Megadeth's own catalogue.  The opening title track is one of my favorites here and it reflects on the Covid pandemic by comparing it to the plague.  There's definitely some more good tracks and some great guitar playing by Mustaine.  The disappointing part was some of the lyrics seem generic and the middle of the album has a few tracks that aren't as good as the start or the finish.










Honorable Mention:  Weezer - SZNZ (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter EPs)

How do you rate EPs?  I don't think there are enough tracks (7 each) to qualify as an album in the top 10 list.  As a collection I think it is amazing because concept albums do not always work, but I think the seasonal theme is a cool idea that helps at the same time distinguish and unite the EPs.  Three of the four I would buy again.  I am of the opinion that the songs on Summer are the strongest, making it my favorite of the four seasons - er SZNZ.  I would not have predicted this as I would have thought the more melancholy would get my vote.  Spring is definitely the poppiest and least favorite.  However, the other three all could stand alone in the Weezer discography as being very strong releases.  Altogether there is something for everyone here, and many of the tracks include what fans of classic Weezer like best.  There are clever lyrics and song structures with deep meaning and introspection.  For highlights from each EP, check out "A Little Bit of Love" (Spring), "Thank You and Goodnight" (Summer), "Get Off on the Pain" (Autumn), and "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep" (Winter)

Other notable albums of 2022 worth hearing:

Abbath - Dread Reaver

Animals As Leaders - Parrhesia

A Parkway Drive - Darker Still

Arch Enemy - Deceivers

Architects - The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit

Bad Omens - The Death of Peace of Mind

Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind

Counterparts - A Eulogy For Those Still Here

Dorothy - Gifts From the Holy Ghost

Electric Callboy - Tekkno

Five Finger Death Punch - After Life

Fozzy - Boombox

Ghost - Impera

Hammerfall - Hammer of Dawn

Highly Suspect - Midnight Demon Club

Jack White - Fear of the Dawn

Jelly Roll - Ballads of the Broken

Lamb of God - Omens

Muse - Will of the People

One Ok Rock - Luxury Disease

Papa Roach - Ego Trip

Saint Asonia - Extrovert EP

Scorpions - Rock Believer

Senses Fail - Hell is in Your Head

Shinedown - Planet Zero

Slash (f/Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators) - 4

Slipknot - The End, So Far

Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Am the Moon (I - IV)



Saturday, December 8, 2018

Top 10 Hard Rock Albums of 2018

Last year was a lackluster year for new rock and left my list pretty diverse as I scrounged for 10 list-worthy albums.  This year it was a lot harder narrowing it down to my top 10 and figuring out the order.  The top two were a no brainer, but some surprises made the top 5 and some that I was highly anticipating didn't even make the cut.  That's a good problem to have if you are a rock fan!  Check out my top picks and then sink your teeth into the honorable mention category.  Let me know if you think I left something out.

1. Judas Priest - Firepower
2. Nonpoint - X
3. Tremonti - A Dying Machine
4. Devour the Day - Signals
5. Bad Wolves - Disobey
6. Slash - Living the Dream
7. Senses Fail - If There Is Light, It Will Find You
8. Palisades - Erase the Pain
9. Breaking Benjamin - Ember
10. Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army

Approaching their 50th anniversary, Judas Priest show that they've still got it.  They put out a killer album that shows their vintage sound on some songs along with some more modern metal interpretations within the 14 tracks of Firepower. Read more about my thoughts here.  Nonpoint continue to deliver some of the best alternative metal music of the new millenium and are also establishing their dominance with their 10th studio album.  My review of X-Deluxe.














Tremonti continues to be one of the most prolific hard rock guitarists and with his fourth solo album he delivers the goods again.  It may be his most dynamic solo effort to date with some driving songs (Bringer of War), some shredding solos (A Lot Like Sin, Desolation), and some more pop-oriented anthems (Trust, The First the Last).  One of the things I've noticed is that although his singing range is limited, the choruses have gotten bigger and make you want to sing along (From the Sky).  The drumming also impressed me on this album.  About the only thing I didn't like was the album closer which is an instrumental of mostly ambient noise.

Devour the Day is made up of a few former members of Egypt Central and a former drummer of Bury Your Dead. They are signed to Razor & Tie Records which has had an impressive list of artists and some of the best hard rock bands in recent years. The album, Signals, is the third release from Devour the Day and it just sounds to me like a fresh take on hard rock that is desperately needed these days. There's melody, there's meaningful lyrics, and there's tight musicianship in their songs. The vocals are mostly clean singing (so you can actually understand them), but there are enough screams and breakdowns that you can still release some pent-up crazy.  I hear interesting components reminiscent of of everything from Helmet to Trust Company to Pantera in their songs on this disc. Definitely check it out.

Bad Wolves is a supergroup with vocalist Tommy Vext (ex-Snot), drummer John Boecklin (ex-DevilDriver), lead guitarist Doc Coyle (ex-God Forbid), rhythm guitarist Chris Cain (ex-Bury Your Dead) and bassist Kyle Konkiel (ex-In This Moment, ex-Scar the Martyr, Vimic). They are managed by Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch. They live up to the supergroup moniker by blending sounds influenced by punk, industrial, thrash, nu-metal, and even the Cranberries. Their cover of Zombie was supposed to feature Delores O'Riordan before her tragic death. The album delivers a lot more than that one song. If you like the crossover sound, it also features a song with Diamante. I saw them open for 5FDP and Breaking Benjamin and was really impressed with their live performance.

I previously reviewed Slash's latest album here and Breaking Benjamin's Ember here.


Honorable Mentions
AFI - The Missing Man - EP
Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog
All That Remains - Victim of the New Disease
Architects - Holy Hell
Atreyu - In Our Wake
Beartooth - Disease
Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Dee Snider - For the Love of Metal
Disturbed - Evolution
Escape the Fate - I Am Human
Fever 333 - Made An America
Five Finger Death Punch - And Justice For None (Deluxe)
From Ashes to New - The Future
Ghost - Prequelle
Godsmack - When Legends Rise
Halestorm - Vicious
High on Fire - Electric Messiah
Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream
Immerse - Suffer
Jungle Rot - Jungle Rot
Light the Torch - Revival (Vocalist Howard Jones' new band)
Monster Truck - True Rockers
Ocean - Phenerozoic I: Palaeozoic
P.O.D. - Circles
Red Sun Rising - Thread
Saxon - Thunderbolt
Sevendust - All I See Is War
Sleep - The Sciences
Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1
Soulfly - Ritual
Turnstile - Time & Space

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Top 10 Rock Albums of 2017

The last few times I tried to rank the year's best releases it was a fun exercise that had me excited about the resurgence of rock and forced me to count killer tracks to compare albums to crack my top 10.  This year the list making was easier and this was due in large part to the lack of quality efforts, in my opinion.  There were many disappointments this year.  Foo Fighters and Weezer were chief among them for releasing much softer, poppier albums than I care to listen to.  Now I can be a sucker for a catchy hook or a great ballad (just see my top 10 Seether song list), but I didn't think the songwriting was up to par either.  Similarly, albums by Stone Sour, Motionless in White, Paramore, Papa Roach, the Used, and Seether were okay, but not up to their usual standards and left me underwhelmed.

That being said, there was some good stuff that came out of 2017 and I think my list is more diverse than previous years.  There is no doubt about who deserved the #1 spot.  After that it was challenging and my list did shuffle a few times as I re-listened to the best albums of the year.  Check them all out and let me know what you think.

1. Trivium - The Sin & The Sentence
2. Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark
3. Rise Against - Wolves
4. Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves
5. Ded - Mis-An-Thrope
6. Darkness - Pinewood Smile
7. Josh Todd & the Conflict - Year of the Tiger
8. Lionheart - Welcome to West Coast II
9. Danko Jones - Wildcat
10. Seaway - Vacation




Friday, November 3, 2017

Top 10 songs from Nu-metal/Modern Rock Artists

One of the posts I'm most proud of is my Top 10 Songs for Classic Rock artists (read here).  I decided to make a list for more modern artists.  This is a huge category and most of my library is from this era, so for the purposes of this post the band has to have been popular at some point in the 2000s and I had to own more than two albums by the artist.

No list is perfect and it is extremely hard for me to rank favorites.  I know not everyone will agree and will have different opinions. That's fine. These are my top 10 favorite original tunes by a few rock artists of the new millenium.  I'll continue to add to this on occasion.  Listed alphabetically by artist first name:

AGAINST ME!
I Was A Teenage Anarchist
White Crosses
High Pressure Low
Because of the Shame
Piss and Vinegar
Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Dead Friend
Thrash Unreal
The Ocean
New Wave

ALIEN ANT FARM
Smooth Criminal (This one's a MJ cover, but it's their most popular song and they made it their own)
Movies
Stranded
Courage
S.S. Recognize
Summer
Sticks and Stones
Our Time
Homage
Rubber Mallet

ALTER BRIDGE
Show Me A Leader
My Champion
Metalingus
Rise Today
Cry of Achilles
Isolation
You Will Be Remembered
Ties That Bind
Open Your Eyes
Ghost of Days Gone By

BLUE OCTOBER
Hate Me
Say It
Should Be Loved
The End
You Make Me Smile
She's My Ride
Into the Ocean
Congratulations
Drilled A Wire Through My Cheek
The Chills

BOY HITS CAR
Rebirth
As I Watch the Sun Fuck the Ocean
Love Core (Welcome To)
Lovefurypassionenergy
I'm A Cloud
Stealing Fire From the Sun
Embrace
A Letter From Prison
A Madness Called Love
Dreams


BUCKCHERRY
Lit Up
Next To You
Broken Glass
Crazy Bitch
Everything
Ridin'
Say Fuck It
Gluttony
Get Back
Lawless and Lulu


CHEVELLE
Send the Pain Below
The Clincher
An Island
Jawbreaker
Face to the Floor
The Red
Forfeit
Comfortable Liar
Family System
Antisaint

COAL CHAMBER
Loco
Bradley
Fiend
Big Truck
Sway
I.O.U. Nothing
Dark Days
Friend
Pig
Rowboat

CROSSFADE
Cold
Colors
So Far Away
Dead Memories
Invincible
Dead Skin
Starless
No Giving Up
Lay Me Down
Drag You Out

DANKO JONES
I Don't Care
I Believed In God
You Wear Me Down
You Are My Woman
Do You Wanna Rock
Piranha
Always Away
She Ain't Comin' Home
Type of Girl
Don't Do This

DARKNESS
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Get Your Hands Off of My Woman
Black Shuck
Growing On Me
Southern Trains
Japanese Prisoner Of Love
Mudslide
Buccaneers in Hispaniola
Stuck In a Rut
Rock In Space

DEFTONES
Bored
Engine No. 9
Root
7 Words
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Back To School (Mini Maggit)
Minerva
Hexagram
Change (In the House of Flies)
Doomed User

DEVILDRIVER
I Could Care Less
Cry For Me Sky (Eulogy of the Scorned)
Daybreak
Swinging the Dead
Clouds Over California
Bound By the Moon
I've Been Sober
Dead to Rights
Nothing's Wrong
Digging Up the Corpses

DISTURBED
Down With the Sickness
Voices
Stupify
Ten Thousand Fists
Prayer
The Game
Liberate
Inside the Fire
Immortalized
Indestructible


DOPE
Nothing For Me Here
I'm Back
No Regrets
Die MF Die
Bitch
Drug Music
Survive
Addiction
No Way Out
6-6-Sick


EXIES
Slow Drain
Lay Your Money Down
Fear of Being Alone
Different Than You
These Are the Days
Tired Of You
What You Deserve
Can't Relate
Ugly
Dear Enemy

FINGER ELEVEN
Bones & Joints
Drag You Down
Paralyzer
One Thing
First Time
Complicated Questions
Good Times
Sick of It All
Other Light
Five Crooked Lines


GEMINI SYNDROME
Remember We Die
Anonymous
Pleasure and Pain
Stardust
Mourning Star
Sorry Not Sorry
Basement
On Point
Alive Inside
Babylon

GODSMACK
Awake
Keep Away
I Stand Alone
Whatever
Voodoo
Straight Out of Line
Saints and Sinners
What If?
Speak
1000HP


GOOD CHARLOTTE
Little Things
Waldorfworldwide
The Anthem
I Heard You
East Coast Anthem
Wondering
The River
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
Girls & Boys
Secrets

GOLDFINGER
San Simeon
Mable
I'm Down
Pick a Fight
Superman
Counting the Days
Disorder
Here In Your Bedroom
Going Home
Another 20 Cent Goodbye

(Hed)PE
Killing Time
Bartender
Blackout
Represent
Walk On By
Waiting To Die
Renegade
Suck It Up
Raise Hell
Truth Rising


ill Niño
God Save Us
Te Amo...I Hate You
La Epidemia
Rip Out Your Eyes
I Am Loco
Rumba
Compulsion of Virus and Fever
Killing You, Killing Me
Kellogg's, Bombs & Cracker Jacks
Nothing's Clear

KoRn
Blind
Right Now
Y'all Wanna Single
Freak On A Leash
Falling Away From Me
Got the Life
Did My Time
Shoots & Ladders
Make Me Bad
A.D.I.D.A.S


KYNG
Closer to the End
Pristine Warning
Pushing and Pulling
I Don't Believe
Breathe in the Water
The Battle of the Saint/Lines
Lost One
Burn the Serum
Electric Halo
Sunday Smile
LINKIN PARK
One Step Closer
Crawling
In the End
A Place for My Head
Papercut
Numb
Faint
Shadow of the Day
Breaking the Habit
Pushing Me Away

MARILYN MANSON

Beautiful People
Deep Six
This is the New Shit
Disposable Teens
Personal Jesus
Fight Song
Dope Show
The Love Song
mOBSCENE
Rock 'N Roll N****r


MURDERDOLLS

Dawn of the Dead
My Dark Place Alone
197666
Twist My Sister
Slit My Wrists
Die My Bride
The Funeral Ball
Love At First Fright
She Was A Teenage Zombie
Bored 'Til Death

NONPOINT
Mindtrip
Bullet With A Name
Orgullo
Victim
What A Day
Endure
Rabia
Lights, Camera, Action
Breaking Skin
Generation Idiot

OLEANDER
I Walk Alone
You'll Find Out
Down When I'm Loaded
She's Up She's Down 
Stupid 
Where Were You Then 
Fight 
Yours If You Like 
Daylight 
Lost Cause

PAPA ROACH
Last Resort
Broken Home
Dead Cell
Between Angels and Insects
Scars
Lifeline
Change or Die
M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)
...To Be Loved
She Loves Me Not

QUEENS of the STONE AGE
You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like A Millionaire
First It Giveth
Little Sister
Go With the Flow
Feel Good Hit of the Summer
A Song for the Dead
Six Shooter
No One Knows
3's and 7's
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

RAMMSTEIN
Du Hast
Deutschland
Radio
Reise, Reise
Feuer Frei!
Mein Teil
Keine Lust
Mann Gegen Mann
Los
Ich Will

RED
Shadows
Breathe Into Me
Death to Me
Faceless
Feed the Machine
Already Over
Release the Panic
Wasting Time
Pieces
Gave It All Away


RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS
Your Guardian Angel
Don't Hate
Face Down
Choke
In Fate's Hands
Waiting
Seventeen Ain't So Sweet
Atrophy
Where Are the Heroes
Casting the First Stone



RISE AGAINST
Re-Education (Through Labor)
Savior
Injection
Prayer of the Refugee
Paper Wings
Black Masks & Gasoline
Gave It All
Swing Life Away
The Dirt Whispered
The Eco-Terrorist In Me



SALIVA
Click Click Boom
Ladies and Gentleman
Always
Your Disease
Black Sheep
Raise Up
Superstar
Family Reunion
Hunt You Down
800




SEETHER
Remedy
Tonight
Sympathetic
Rise Above This
Gasoline
The Gift
Fake It
Broken
No Jesus Christ
Fuck It



SHINEDOWN
45
Devour
I Dare You
Sound of Madness
Save Me
Cry For Help
Heroes
Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide
Fly From the Inside
Enemies

SICK PUPPIES
Cancer
Too Many Words
All the Same
Maybe
Howard's Tale
You're Going Down
Earth To You
War
Pitiful
Stick To Your Guns



SLIPKNOT
Duality
Wait and Bleed
People = Shit
Before I Forget
Psychosocial
Left Behind
Eyeless
Devil in I
Custer
Heretic Song


STAIND
Mudshovel
Suffocate
Outside
It's Been Awhile
Now
Price to Play
Zoe Jane
Raw
So Far Away
Could It Be

STATIC-X
Push It
I'm With Stupid
This Is Not
Get to the Gone
Dirthouse
Destroy All
I Want to Fucking Break It
Wisconsin Death Trip
Set It Off
The Enemy

STONE SOUR
Through Glass
Bother
Get Inside
Tumult
Inhale
Made of Scars
Reborn
Absolute Zero
Ru486
Song #3

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
Chop Suey
Inner Vision
Toxicity
Needles
Aerials
Chick N' Stu
BYOB
Psycho
Sugar
Science

TRAPT
Headstrong
Still Frame
These Walls
Who's Going Home With You Tonight
Made of Glass
Wasteland
The Wind
Sound Off
Stories
Bring It

The USED
Buried Myself Alive
A Box of Sharp Objects
Take It Away
Taste of Ink
I'm A Fake
Maybe Memories
I Caught Fire (In Your Eyes)
Choke Me
Quixotica
Sick Hearts

VOLBEAT
Lola Montez
Heaven Nor Hell
Fallen
7 Shots
Ecotone
A Warrior's Call
Seal the Deal
The Devil's Bleeding Crown
The Hangman's Bodycount
Who They Are

YELLOWCARD
Ocean Avenue
Way Away
Rivertown Blues
Afraid
Awakening
Breathing
One Year, Six Months
Cut Me, Mick
Rough Landing, Holly
Only One

ZEBRAHEAD
Playmate of the Year
Sirens
Rescue Me
Wake Me Up
Falling Apart
Save Your Breath
I Am
In My Room
Alone
Hell Yeah!