The Agony Scene: The Darkest Red

This is not paradigm-shifting new metal, but what can you expect? I’d like give it a six-point-six, but we don’t do fractions here at the Fury.

Insider Information: New Clutch

A friend of a friend has an inside line on new Clutch stuff. As such, I got the new “Robot Hive/Exodus” today… three weeks ahead of time. It’s badass. Here’s the track listing:

The Incomparable Mr. Flannery
Burning Beard
Gullah
Mice And Gods
Pulaski Skyway
Never Be Moved
10001110101
Small Upsetters
Circus Maximus
Tripping The [...]

YARRR’s Revenge

No, I’m not playing pirate, nor am I talking about that crazy 80s Atari 2600 game.
“YARRR” stands for “Yet Another RoadRunner Release”… and this time it’s The Agony Scene’s “The Darkest Red”. My gut reaction is: Wow, his voice could make me jam my thumbs into my eyes. Well, that plus this CD sounds pretty [...]

New Chimaira

Update: Note the addition of a higher-quality MP3. The “lo-fi” version is 128kbps, the “hi-fi” version is at 192kbps (according to the Roadrunner site). While you can kinda’ hear the difference in sound quality… the song remains the same…
Direct download [lo-fi, hi-fi] from the Roadrunner site.
Just listen to it, and decide for yourself. I will [...]

Ineffective Spine Splint

Former Spineshank (currently idling) growler, Jonny Santos, is now screaming for Silent Citizen. Check out a couple of tunes over at their MySpace page [via Blistering].
It sounds nothing like Spineshank (which, IMHO, is bad by default). Not bad, not great… kinda’ all over the place with these songs and wank-a-rific guitar solos. It sounds to [...]

Newest Feed of Fury

Based on my self-flagellation yesterday… Pure Rock Fury is proud to present our latest concert news RSS feed for the Recher Theater in Towson, Maryland.
Here’s the URL:
http://neurobashing.com/fury/feeds/recher.xml
A couple of notes about this latest feed. The Recher website offers two different sections on their “Upcoming Shows” page. At the top, they have a nicely formatted and [...]

New Clutch Tunes

By now, everyone knows that new Clutch (Robot Hive/Exodus) hits shelves on June 21, 2005. Well… at least now you do, slack-ass. Go check this shit out: http://www.hyfntrak.com/clutch2/fromafriend/, and launch the player.
On tap are three songs off the new album: “Burning Beard”, “Mice and Gods”, and “10001110101”. Awesome new Clutch action, my friends.
Occam’s razor makes [...]

Ranking Upcoming Shows

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 (tonight, damnit!)
Machine Head, Devildriver, It Dies Today, Abraham’s Meat Plow
$15 at Recher Theater in Towson, MD
Friday, June 3, 2005
Testament (the original line-up!), Art of Destruction, Krass Judgement, Burning Shadows
$25 at Jaxx in Springfield, VA—tickets still available, the last of which will be burned on Friday
Saturday, June 4, 2005
Testament, Art of Destruction, [...]

Still Remains: Of Love and Lunacy

Band website: http://www.stillremains.com/
First off, they don’t suck. The music and talent is there, and it’s pretty good.
Unfortunately, Still Remains can only be considered “original” in their music because they’ve added new lyrics to the last two Killswitch Engage albums.
The new lyrics are… hrm… how should I put this? The overarching theme of this release looks [...]

Various Follow-Ups

Devildriver: A few weeks ago, I pointed to new tunes at the Roadrunner site. Devildriver now have an “ecard” on their website featuring the previous two songs, plus an additional new song, “Sin & Sacrifice”. New album out June 28.
Gigantour: I’m sure you’ve heard of Dave Mustaine’s summer tour showcasing Megadeth, Fear Factory (who are [...]