Are you ready to break down the subgrenes of metal?

What are your favorite metal subgenres? Which ones leave you scratching your head? This week on The Loudini Hard Rock and Metal Circus, Keith, Lily and Lou break down all of the subgenres of metal so you will never have embarass yourself by asking, "Is Slayer thrash metal or speed metal?"  Featured Loudini Artists:    Afraid of Human   Brokenrail  Turbowolf   Tax The Heat

Afraid of Human

http://afraidofhuman.com/

Afraid Of Human, an original Hard Rock band from Warren, PA, is steadily climbing to the top of the charts with their own brand of music characterized by its intensity and lyrical message. A unique combination of influences and musical styles come together in a distinctive sound all their own.

Formed on August 1st 2014 after the collapse of Rock band RFE(RoomforError) by Guitarist, Lyricist and Philadelphia native Brandon Kulp, Drummer, vocalist and NYC native John Grimm, and Bassist Dustin Huff. After many failed vocalist auditions, Jimmie Botto ( Former Vocalist of Blind Society) showed up to blow away any of the competition for the lead vocalist position. March 2017 saw the addition of Mike Key ( former Refuge lead guitarist ) to the line up.

The band immediately began drawing inspiration from bands the likes of 5FDP, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Volbeat, Godsmack and Pantera to name a few, developing a strong bond between the four some, the band booked shows across Western and Central PA and Western NY, covering some of the best hard rock songs to date. Continuously developing their live performances, artistic abilities and their own sound. Afraid Of Human took spring of 2016 to write their debut EP. The band scheduled studio time at Graphite Sound Studios in July, 2016 and worked with producer, Anthony Brown, releasing the first single "All I Am" on July 19th 2016, onto Reverbnation.com with amazing feedback from local as well as national fans. The band currently sits at #1 on the Reverbnation local Rock chart and has been consistently climbing the national and global charts. With airplay on numerous local and regional radio stations, being added into rotation on multiple internet radio sites daily and live performances to sold out venues, Afraid of Human is quickly becoming a force in Pennsylvania's incredible original music scene! The band is currently booking for the 2017 show season while working on a full length album. See you soon!!!!

Awards

April, 2018 Akademia Music Awards, Best Rock Song. All I Am

Gender

Male

Current Location

Warren, PA

Influences

Pantera, Mudvayne, Metallica, Life Of Agony, Disturbed, Godsmack, Breaking Benjamin, Five Finger Death Punch

Press contact

Brandon Kulp afraidofhuman@gmail.com

Booking agent

Brandon Kulp- afraidofhuman@gmail.com

Brokenrail

http://www.brokenrailband.com/

Alabama rockers, BrokenRail was formed in 2008 by an all-star unit of musicians with the sole intention of rising to the top and proclaiming their place in modern music with their infectious blend of hard rock and metal. 

BrokenRail has grown their following extensively over the years throughout the world. The exposure allowed the band’s music to get featured on several notable platforms such as ESPN, NBC Sports, MMA’s World Series of Fighting as well as having the band nominated in 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the Alabama Music Award for “Rock Band of the Year”. BrokenRail has also been nominated for the worldwide, 2018 Independent Music Awards (IMAs) for Rock / Hard Rock "Song of the Year" for their title 'Save Me' as well as the 2018 Josie Music Awards for Rock "Band of the Year" and Rock "Song of the Year" for their title 'Save Me'. 

The band’s debut release, “Welcome To The Escape” came out in 2010 and made a strong impact for BrokenRail’s inception. The album was produced by Ben Trexel & Rick Beato (Shinedown, Crossfade). The band toured extensively throughout the Southern Regions before getting back into the studio for their sophomore album. BrokenRail teamed up with producer & engineer Brett Hestla (Framing Hanley) in 2011 to work on tracking and release for the EP "Never The Same". In 2013, the band release the single "When You Fall" while they ultimately headed to Los Angeles to work with producer Joseph McQueen (As I Lay Dying) on the new full length record. The final mixes were sent to Kane Churko (Papa Roach, As Lions) & Logan Mader (Gojira, Bullet For My Valentine) in Las Vegas which was completed in October of 2016.

In November of 2016, BrokenRail released a 3 track EP based off the upcoming album simply titled “BROKENRAIL” which was the first hint of the bands next full-fledged release. The release was to introduce a new and powerful direction for the band moving forward. The band released a music video for the single “Walk Again” which has attained tremendous responses from fans and press. The EP has garnered over 2 MILLION spins on Spotify alone and over 20 MILLION views on Youtube through user generated content, both completely independently.

Recently, BrokenRail premiered their new, heavier direction exclusively through Loudwire with their single release 'Ghosts of Tomorrow'. Impacting radio worldwide, the song has already been added to Spotify's Official 'New Metal Tracks' Playlist to over 304K followers as well as top 10 placement on 'Hard Rock Workout' to over 55K. Multiple songs from their previous EP still remain on many Spotify Official playlists as well, including 'Heavy Metal' & 'Metal Gym Hours'.

BrokenRail have shared the stage with bands such as 12 stones, Eye Empire, The Veer Union, Taproot, Digital Summer, 3 Pill Morning, Super Bob, Almost Kings, Shallow Side, Artifas and many more. The band has been on the National “Screaming Black Curse Tour” supporting All Hail the Yeti & Invidia in 2017. As of recent, BrokenRail just finished the National "Little Monsters Tour" with Raven Black & Aboleth. BrokenRail will be performing at the 25th anniversary of Rock Fest in Cadott, WI this year alongside bands such as Disturbed, Godsmack, Sevendust, Seether, Halestorm, Trivium, & more. 

The band is working to complete their 2nd studio album which will be the most predominant to date. With their extensive live history, BrokenRail is primed to support the release at a wider level and won’t let anything get in their way.

BrokenRail is:

Vocals – Blake Clawson

Lead Guitar – Dave Delacruz

Rhythm Guitar - Aaron Jackson

Bass – Dakotah Wright

Drums – Alex Hilton

Awards

2018 Josie Awards Rock "Song of the Year" Nominee

2018 Josie Awards Rock "Band of the Year" Nominee

2018 Alabama Music Awards "Rock Band of the Year" Nominee... See More

Gender

Male

Current Location

Birmingham, Alabama

General Manager

Extreme Management Group, Inc.

Joann Gullo: EMG.Joann@gmail.com

Amanda Hocker: EMG.Amanda@gmail.com

Influences

5 Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Metallica, In Flames, Sevendust, Godsmack, Alterbridge, Shinedown, Papa Roach, Seether, and many, many more.

Turbo Wolf

About

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.turbowolf.co.uk

Biography

Magic noise for psychic colossus.

Gender

Neutral (It)

General Manager

Don Jenkins: don.jenkins@rawpowermanagement.com

Influences

NATURE/SCIENCE/SPACE/PAST/FUTURE/EGYPT

Press contact

William Luff: william.luff@wilfulpublicity.co.uk

Booking agent

Paul Ryan - United Talent Agency

categories

Tax the Heat

https://www.taxtheheat.com/

Genre

Rock

Band Members

Alex Veale | Jack Taylor | Antonio Angotti | JP Jacyshyn

Hometown

Bristol

Record Label

Nuclear Blast Entertainment

General Manager

Adam Parsons - adam@sirenmanagement.com // Ace Trump - ace@sirenmanagement.com

Press contact

duff@duffpress.co.uk

Booking agent

Neil O'Brien // neil@neilobrienentertainment.com

Neverwake over comes their demons, with hard hitting rock and roll

NeverWake's music is a sinew of rock and metal which forms a pathway for dark guitar harmonies to unwind into shredding leads. Symphonic choruses and melodic vocals pull the listener into a haunting trance and awakens them with undeniable guttering of heavily distorted breakdowns. NeverWake consists of Johnny DiCarlo on lead vocals/lead guitar, Marcus Giannamore on drums/vocals, George Scott on bass guitar/vocals and Justin Sanford lead guitar/vocals.

•   NeverWake is based in Pittsburgh PA with an international social media fan base of over 100,000 followers.

•   NeverWake’s notoriety is increasing internationally, as they have shared stages with bands and artists such as All That Remains, Falling in Reverse, Butcher Babies, Art of Anarchy, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Devour the Day  and more.

•   In 2015 NeverWake performed at the Loudest Month festival Carolina Rebellion and at the Heart of Texas Rockfest at SXSW in Austin, TX.  NeverWake opened the 2015 Rebellion on the ReverbNation stage.  The festival had an estimated attendance of 100,000 over the two-day event.

•   NeverWake is signed to Melodic Revolution Records (www.mrrmusic.com).

•   NeverWake is currently promoting their third record, Incinerate, a 5-song EP produced by John Moyer of Disturbed . This release (October 2016) follows two full 12/13-song albums, SleepWalker (2013) and Vitality (2011).

•   NeverWake is currently endorsed by DR Handmade Strings , Splawn Amplification, EMG pickups and, Schecter Guitars.

Reverbnation Metal Charts:

#1 - Pittsburgh Region

#20 - National

#40 - Global

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Jamming leads to friendships and even more jamming for Shaman Elect

Tight grooves, crisp tones, emotive lyrics, waves of mood oriented improvisation.

Shaman Elect was born inside warehouses turned art studios in Brooklyn, NY. It started as a fusion of styles between Ethan Warshowsky(synths, vocals) and Fredy Garcia (guitar, vocals). Together, they began developing each other’s songs by combining elements of jazz, rock, and electronica.

In early 2017, leading up to their first live performance, Mike Malkowski (drums, vocals) joined the group, contributing his inventive and dynamic drumming. Expressive singer, Sarah Warshowsky (lead vocals) became the group’s frontwoman.

After a series of successful performances in New York City, the band entered the studio to work on their debut full-length album, Mind the Ether.

A distinct fusion of styles, the album captures the diverse musical backgrounds of its creators, ranging from the pulsating and brooding qualities of electronic music (“Woman in Black”) to the groove based improvisational nature of modern psychedelic rock (“Hugo of Bath”). Rich with captivating rhythms and inspired performances, Mind the Ether will in no doubt elicit physical movement and raw emotion from its listeners.

Thematically, the album utilizes sonic imagery to tell the story of the human condition. The “Intro” track establishes the unmistakable psychedelic mood of the album by placeing the listener in a mysterious forest greeted by a sage.  We are warmly welcomed to sit by a crackling fire and invited to listen.

What follows is an emotional journey with peaks of euphoria and troughs of desolation and rage.  

The Craziest Concert Lineups of All Time

Did you know that Slayer toured with Stryper at one point? Some concert lineups make you want to scratch your head and say "WTF???" Tonight, Lou, Lily and Keith talk about some of the craziest concert lineups of all time.  Featured Loudini Artists:   Aboleth   Conquer Divide   Shaman's Harvest   Molasses Barge

Featured Loudini Artists: 

Aboleth
vocals: Brigitte Roka
baguitar: Collyn McCoy
drums: Boll3t

produced by Ulrich Wild
recorded/mixed/mastered by Ulrich Wild in The Wilderness
assisted by Raidar

drums performed and recored by Marco Minnemann

background vocals on Wytches bt Marina Kiss

artwork: Brigitte Roka
photo: George Contreras

thanks you: Marina Kiss Kayukov, Edward Kayukov, Qin Li, Kyna Li McCoy, Daiane Daros, Kuzya, Rufus, Huckleberry

all songs written by Aboleth

Conquer Divide
Genre
Post-Hardcore, Metalcore, Rock

Band Members
Kiarely - @kiarelydivides
Janel- @janeldivides
Kristen - @kristendivides
Izzy - @izzydivides

Past Members:
Tamara
Ashley
Sarah
Suzie

Hometown
US/UK

Record Label
Artery Recordings

Affiliation
Sony RED

About
Six girls with a passion for music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z4L4DXdXLI

Biography
Conquer Divide is a metalcore band with members hailing from the U.S., the U.K. and Serbia.

Personal Information
Photography - Tim Harmon
Artwork - Justin Morter
Album Artwork - Bailey Zindel

Current Location
everywhere

General Manager
Eric Rushing - The Artery Foundation

Press contact
Amy Sciarretto for Atom Splitter PR: amy@atomsplitterpr.com

Booking agent
US: Adam@tailoredtalentagency.com
UK/Europe: Beckie@xraytouring.com
Japan: kenji@fiveoneinc.com

Shaman's Harvest
The Official Shaman's Harvest facebook page.

Deep inside Missouri’s capital city, you will find one of the most amazing bands to emerge from the Midwest. This 5-piece features Nathan “Drake” Hunt on vocals, Josh Hamler on guitar, bassist Matt Fisher, Derrick Shipp on lead guitar and Adam Zemanek on drums. Together, they have formulated their own unique mix of modern and classic rock with a southern twist that has energized fans across the nation.
Shaman’s Harvest has successfully endured a long journey and cultivated a large national fan base. “Dragonfly,” from the album SHINE, truly showcased their unique ability to create a dynamic original sound. Their debut single from the critically acclaimed album landed on both the Billboard Active Rock (#13) and Heritage Rock (#9) charts and set the boys up to be one of the biggest truly independent rock bands of today. This brought on national tours with Adelitas Way, Puddle of Mudd, Black Stone Cherry, AC/DC, and not to mention the largest of national festivals. The band’s hard work and dedication to touring catapulted them into the spotlight and opened doors to many opportunities including professional sports teams, WWE wrestlers, and movie soundtracks using Shaman’s Harvest songs.
Spending most of 2012 in the studio, Shaman’s Harvest continues to forge ahead with their Fifth full-length album titled “Smokin Hearts & Broken Guns” due for release late summer 2014 featuring “Dangerous” as the first single. In support of the new album, Shaman’s Harvest will be hitting the road in 2014 bringing thier unique style of Rock n Roll to a venue near you.

Current Location
Jefferson City, MO

General Manager
Phil Dunscombe
freshmgmt@icloud.com

Press contact
freshmgmt@icloud.com

Booking agent
Anthony Paolercio
UTA
apaolerico_a@unitedtalent.com

Molasses Barge
Genre
Doom Metal/Heavy Rock

Band Members

Brian "Butch" Balich - Vocals
/
Amy Bianco - Bass
/
Dave Fresch - Guitar
/
Justin Gizzi - Guitar
/
Wayne Massey - Drums

Hometown
Pittsburgh, PA

Record Label
Blackseed Records

About
The official home of the Molasses Barge ! Get yer doom on !

Current Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Press contact
justingizzi2@yahoo.com

Booking agent
mbarge09@yahoo.com

Friends since high school, Pravada continues to put out Beautiful Haunting Pop

Simon and Garfunkel lost the hope, like a one hand Stevie Wonder, some Gay dance nights, whiskey mornings, Brazilian hospital release music. Yeah, fun-dark-pop

Neil and Bee find eachother in the classifieds and end up making great guitar pop together

Based in London, Neil Fitzsimon and Bee Brogan aim to produce “pure pop for now people.” Neil and Bee were both members of the band, Pretty Blue Gun, who were signed to an indie label, licensed to Sony. They released two albums which were critically acclaimed. Some of the guest musicians included members of The Art of Noise, Dave Bronze (Eric Clapton’s bass player), Tobias Boshell (Moody Blues) and Pip Williams, who played guitar on the Walker Brothers’ track, ‘No Regrets’. The albums were produced by Pat Collier, who produced Katrina and the Waves’ international hit, ‘Walking on Sunshine’. The band went on national tours across the UK, until disbanding.

Neil Fitzsimon, the songwriter, and Bee Brogan, the vocalist, then went on to form a songwriting/production partnership that led to placement of their songs in Film and TV. They also wrote a musical, Jack Dagger, which was showcased at the Greenwich Theatre, London for the Musical Futures Award. It was also showcased at the Bridewell and the Royal College of Music in London. They have also just had a song placed in a USA Sci-Fi Feature film. They recently had a track reach number 3 in a French national download chart.

All songs are written by Neil Fitzsimon. Vocals, keyboards, drums and engineering by Bee Brogan. All guitars played by Neil Fitzsimon. 

Fitzsimon and Brogan see themselves as a studio act much in the vein of Tin Tin Out and Talk Talk. Their influences range from The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Webb, Jacques Brel and David Bowie. 

New album, “Big Blue World” is due for release in June, with another scheduled for fall 2018 release.

Joél Hernandez Reinvents Guitar Driven Pop

Prodigiously gifted singer, songwriter and guitarist Joel Hernandez is just 20, but the pop-rock wunderkind has already absorbed a lifetime of music. Growing up in El Campo, Texas, he soaked up the region’s diverse soundscapes. Through his multi-generational musician family, he learned how to be a thoughtful and emotive songwriter. Joel’s debut is rife with standout tracks. On the bluesy pop rocker “So Young,” he shares a wise-beyond-his-years perspective on young relationships. “That’s about living in the moment with the people in your life because, as bitter sweet as it is, you know they’ll leave your orbit soon,” Joel says. The amorous “It’s Only You” smoothly melds urban pop to atmospheric rock. 

The after-the-love-is-gone ballad “Where Are You Now?” tugs at your heartstrings and sticks in your ears like a Top 40 hit from the future. The anthemic “Spirit Of Summer” celebrates being young with irresistible pop-rock hooks and undeniable melodies. Joel showcases his bluesy roots on “Can’t Get Through” which boasts a sleek pop chorus a la John Mayer. “The album reflects all the different styles of music I grew up with. Back home, you could go out any night of the week and catch two-step music, blues, hard rock, salsa, and Tejano. All these flavors shaped me, and that’s the diversity I wanted to share on my album,” Joel says. This is Joel’s first foray in the pop-rock arena, and he’s doing it with an album of flair, dimension and depth. Joel reflects on this milestone saying: “This is a big step to a career in music, and I’m so excited to get out there and share this album with everyone. It feels like this has been a lifetime in the making.”