American rockers Saving Abel recently released their third album
entitled “Bringing Down The Giant.” All of the band’s former albums reached
the Top 50 on the Billboard Album chart and were also Top 5 on the Billboard Rock
chart.
Saving Abel come out blazing with the title song as they
show the edgier side to their music with loud guitar chords and pounding drums.
They take a more mainstream rock approach in the songs “Amazing” and “Picture
of Elvis” and even attempt to place you in the backwoods of of country in “You Make Me Sick.” Their
hard rock sound returns in “New Loser” and “Me And You," while the album closes with the feel-good,
pop rock of “Constantly.”
Saving Abel is currently on tour through the end of August, hitting
states all over the U.S. For more information on the new album “Bringing Down
The Giant” and for a complete list of live dates, please visit savingabel.com.
Progressive metal band, The Contortionist has released their
second full-length album “Intrinsic” through Good Fight Music. The album
follows their 2010 release “Exoplanet,” which laid the ground work for what was
to come.
The six-plus minute opener, “Holomovement” has everything,
from hardcore metal vocals to a Rush-like song structure. They follow that with
aggressive beginning of “Feedback Loop” which then leads into an expanding keyboard
solo before returning again to the aggressive drumming and guitars. Their songs
are all structured similar with that “take hold” beginning, before their music
finally reaches out to grab your attention. One of the exceptions is “Anatomy Anomalies”
with its rising volume, as it peaks and then retreats back to a soft, gentle
keyboard. The album closes with “Parallel Trance” as you find your mind
floating along in a transcendental state.
The Contortionist is headlining a tour with Jeff Loomis. They
will be on the road for about a month making their way across the U.S. For more
information, check out goodfightmusic.com/artists/thecontortionist.php.
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