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Toxicity turns 25
#systemofadown #toxicity #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #alternativemetal #numetal #rickrubin System of a Down releases Toxicity on September 4, 2001 -- a time when nu-metal was dominating hard rock. But the band managed to sidestep the genre's cliches, delivering a breath of fresh air with some erratic tempos and middle-eastern melodies. Not to mention the political statements. Legendary producer Rick Rubin helped focus the band's…
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Toxicity turns 25
#systemofadown #toxicity #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #alternativemetal #numetal #rickrubin System of a Down releases Toxicity on September 4, 2001 -- a time when nu-metal was dominating hard rock. But the band managed to sidestep the genre's cliches, delivering a breath of fresh air with some erratic tempos and middle-eastern melodies. Not to mention the political statements. Legendary producer Rick Rubin helped focus the band's…
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Toxicity turns 25
#systemofadown #toxicity #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #alternativemetal #numetal #rickrubin System of a Down releases Toxicity on September 4, 2001 -- a time when nu-metal was dominating hard rock. But the band managed to sidestep the genre's cliches, delivering a breath of fresh air with some erratic tempos and middle-eastern melodies. Not to mention the political statements. Legendary producer Rick Rubin helped focus the band's…
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Toxicity turns 25
#systemofadown #toxicity #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #alternativemetal #numetal #rickrubin System of a Down releases Toxicity on September 4, 2001 -- a time when nu-metal was dominating hard rock. But the band managed to sidestep the genre's cliches, delivering a breath of fresh air with some erratic tempos and middle-eastern melodies. Not to mention the political statements. Legendary producer Rick Rubin helped focus the band's…
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Toxicity turns 25
#systemofadown #toxicity #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #alternativemetal #numetal #rickrubin System of a Down releases Toxicity on September 4, 2001 -- a time when nu-metal was dominating hard rock. But the band managed to sidestep the genre's cliches, delivering a breath of fresh air with some erratic tempos and middle-eastern melodies. Not to mention the political statements. Legendary producer Rick Rubin helped focus the band's…
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On 4 September 2001, System Of A Down released their second album, Toxicity.
Establishing their framework of dynamics and experimental elements, they delivered — seemingly eternally relevant — songs about the prison-industrial complex, class war and police brutality, while still going platinum.
"Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around"- "We can′t afford to be neutral on a moving train"
03. Deer Dance
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On 4 September 2001, System Of A Down released their second album, Toxicity.
Establishing their framework of dynamics and experimental elements, they delivered — seemingly eternally relevant — songs about the prison-industrial complex, class war and police brutality, while still going platinum.
"Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around"- "We can′t afford to be neutral on a moving train"
03. Deer Dance
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On 4 September 2001, System Of A Down released their second album, Toxicity.
Establishing their framework of dynamics and experimental elements, they delivered — seemingly eternally relevant — songs about the prison-industrial complex, class war and police brutality, while still going platinum.
"Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around"- "We can′t afford to be neutral on a moving train"
03. Deer Dance
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On 4 September 2001, System Of A Down released their second album, Toxicity.
Establishing their framework of dynamics and experimental elements, they delivered — seemingly eternally relevant — songs about the prison-industrial complex, class war and police brutality, while still going platinum.
"Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around"- "We can′t afford to be neutral on a moving train"
03. Deer Dance
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On 4 September 2001, System Of A Down released their second album, Toxicity.
Establishing their framework of dynamics and experimental elements, they delivered — seemingly eternally relevant — songs about the prison-industrial complex, class war and police brutality, while still going platinum.
"Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around"- "We can′t afford to be neutral on a moving train"
03. Deer Dance
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📻 Vortex Indie 🎸 (Indie pop, indie rock, classic rock)
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Disco del mese 🏆
👤 Chat Pile 📈 46 👥 114K
🔗 Who Loves The Sun 7️⃣.5️⃣
🏠 2026 (The flenser)
#️⃣ Alternativemetal Noiserock
La formazione di Oklahoma City si consacra nel pantheon dei nuovi giganti noise rock
a cura di Michele Corrado
#Ondarock #MusicianSky #MusicSky #Music
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Songs For The Deaf
#queensofthestoneage #songsforthedeaf #rock #stonerrock #alternativerock #heavymetal #hardrock #desertrock #alternativemetal #davegrohl #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #joshhomme QOTSA release their 3rd album on August 27, 2002 featuring a damn powerhouse lineup -- Dave Grohl on drums, front-man Josh Homme, bassist Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan on vocals. Both the critics and fans loved the album -- a conceptual road trip from Los…
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Mother’s Milk
#rhcp #mothersmilk #redhotchilipeppers #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musicansky #alternativemetal #funkrock #funkmetal #flea #JohnFrusciante #ChadSmith #AnthonyKiedis August 16, 1989 ~ The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their first album with John Frusciante and Chad Smith in the fold ... After the loss of founding member Hillel Slovak in '88 and original drummer, Jack Irons left the band, Flea and Anthony rebuilt by recruiting an 18 year-old…
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Mother’s Milk
#rhcp #mothersmilk #redhotchilipeppers #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musicansky #alternativemetal #funkrock #funkmetal #flea #JohnFrusciante #ChadSmith #AnthonyKiedis August 16, 1989 ~ The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their first album with John Frusciante and Chad Smith in the fold ... After the loss of founding member Hillel Slovak in '88 and original drummer, Jack Irons left the band, Flea and Anthony rebuilt by recruiting an 18 year-old…
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Mother’s Milk
#rhcp #mothersmilk #redhotchilipeppers #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musicansky #alternativemetal #funkrock #funkmetal #flea #JohnFrusciante #ChadSmith #AnthonyKiedis August 16, 1989 ~ The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their first album with John Frusciante and Chad Smith in the fold ... After the loss of founding member Hillel Slovak in '88 and original drummer, Jack Irons left the band, Flea and Anthony rebuilt by recruiting an 18 year-old…
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Mother’s Milk
#rhcp #mothersmilk #redhotchilipeppers #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musicansky #alternativemetal #funkrock #funkmetal #flea #JohnFrusciante #ChadSmith #AnthonyKiedis August 16, 1989 ~ The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their first album with John Frusciante and Chad Smith in the fold ... After the loss of founding member Hillel Slovak in '88 and original drummer, Jack Irons left the band, Flea and Anthony rebuilt by recruiting an 18 year-old…
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Mother’s Milk
#rhcp #mothersmilk #redhotchilipeppers #80srock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musicansky #alternativemetal #funkrock #funkmetal #flea #JohnFrusciante #ChadSmith #AnthonyKiedis August 16, 1989 ~ The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their first album with John Frusciante and Chad Smith in the fold ... After the loss of founding member Hillel Slovak in '88 and original drummer, Jack Irons left the band, Flea and Anthony rebuilt by recruiting an 18 year-old…
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In This Moment Announce New Album Witch, Release Powerful New Single “Crawl”
Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum alternative metal outfit In This Moment have announced their ninth studio album, Witch, set for release on August 28 via Better Noise Music. The album marks the band's first full-length release with the label. -
A Perfect Circle have returned with the new single “Starless,” marking the band's latest release ahead of their first European and U.K. tour in eight years.
Details: https://metalinsider.net/video/a-perfect-circle-return-with-new-single-starless
#APerfectCircle #MaynardJamesKeenan #BillyHowerdel #JoshFreese #Starless #AlternativeMetal #RockNews
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A Perfect Circle have returned with the new single “Starless,” marking the band's latest release ahead of their first European and U.K. tour in eight years.
Details: https://metalinsider.net/video/a-perfect-circle-return-with-new-single-starless
#APerfectCircle #MaynardJamesKeenan #BillyHowerdel #JoshFreese #Starless #AlternativeMetal #RockNews
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ANKOR (Catalunya) presenta nou single: "NAGATO · purple eye" #Ankor #HeavyMetal #PowerMetal #AlternativeMetal #Rock #Gener2026 #Catalunya #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
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By Baguette of Bodom
Electronic music and metal joining forces is often treated with suspicion. Not electronic in the ‘band member finds a Casio keyboard in their cellar’ sense,1 but a genuine fusion of the two with synthesizers on the forefront. Esprit D’Air is one of the more recent bands making waves with their take on this mix. A Japanese band formed in London in 2010 and spearheaded by Kai (The Sisters of Mercy—yes, that one), they’ve quickly formed their identity around a catchy blend of alternative metal, J-rock, and trance, among other stranger things. One break-up and reformation later, debut album Constellations finally appeared in 2017, followed by 2022’s Oceans and 2024’s Seasons.2 Fourth full-length Aeons is looking to delve deeper into Esprit D’Air’s niche, attempting a more varied package without any of their usual guest features help. How do they handle this melting pot of genres alone?
Aeons is here to have fun, first and foremost. While the resurrected post-2016 incarnation of Esprit D’Air is technically a solo project—Kai being the only ‘official’ full-time member—they do function as a band in practice. Frontman Kai and partner-in-crime Takeshi Tokunaga are behind most of the album’s writing and instrumentation, with Jan-Vincent Velazco handling the drum department. It’s difficult to pin down simple comparison points to Esprit D’Air’s genre soup shenanigans, but the majority of Aeons is built around alternative metal filtered through an anthemic, rock-oriented quality, the likes of X Japan (“Like a Phoenix”). Occasionally, their sound even leans towards the AOR, power-ish metal soar of newer Battle Beast (“Shadow of Time,” “Silver Leaf”). The guitar work usually resides next to or behind the keyboards, but it does a fine job adding extra heaviness to the album, and the instrumentation in general is tight and snappy. Kai’s vocal chops also play a major role on the record, further decorating strong choruses with melodic, J-rock-inspired vocal lines (“Chronos,” “羽ばたけ”).
Esprit D’Air has a penchant for strong hooks, especially on keyboards. Tracks like “Silver Leaf” and “Like a Phoenix” highlight the album’s greatest strengths, fusing together J-rock with extremely catchy synth patches that borrow from both techno and trance. Crucially, its multifaceted arsenal of keyboard and guitar styles makes the songs distinct from one another. Though the guitars could be more prominent, their relatively simplistic rhythmic role is complemented by powerful leads and intricate solo work when needed. The band’s attitude on instrumentation and songwriting is at times reminiscent of the way Elyose fuses early 2000s electronic and metal influences together, occasionally drifting towards their modern djentier alt-metal sound (“Chronos,” Lost Horizon”) or even the melodic downtuned attack of Periphery (“Quetzalcoatl”). Through their spectrum of styles, Aeons fulfills the band’s threat to feature more variety in a sleeker form.
The variety of Aeons, while intriguing, is a double-edged sword. There’s a particular spot around tracks 8–10 where the album’s alternative edge morphs into an edgier, nu-informed sound, both instrumentally and vocally (“Broken Mirror,” “絶望の光”). Despite Esprit D’Air kind of pulling it off, it doesn’t fit the album’s mood, especially not with all of it centered on one region. Half-ballad “Stardust” also quiets the album’s thunder somewhat, its bright but melancholic soundscape causing Kai to overstep his optimal vocal range. Fortunately, the majority of Aeons is memorable and at times even infectious. Its brevity softens its missteps; where Oceans landed at almost an hour, Aeons does more in nearly half the amount of time. This slick 35-minute runtime means its speed bumps aren’t fatal, but the middle of the album does still sag in comparison to the powerful start and finish.
Aeons ends up being an entertaining, tight bundle of melodic genre-defying goodness. Its catchy rock/metal attack blends together everything ’00s, and the electronic influences are particularly satisfying. The record’s inconsistency does leave something to be desired, and its sonical direction is unfocused at points, but the positives ultimately outweigh its stumbles. When I picked up the promo for Aeons, I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into or what to expect. Now, it’s apparent Esprit D’Air have made an album that amounts to more than its components imply. I reckon their appeal can reach beyond their cited genre tags, and there’s plenty of room to further expand on their best qualities in the future.
Rating: Good!
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: FLAC
Label: Starstorm Records (self-run)
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: November 7th, 2025#2025 #30 #aeons #alternativeMetal #battleBeast #electronicMetal #electronicore #elyose #espritDair #jRock #japaneseMetal #nov25 #periphery #review #reviews #starstormRecords #theSistersOfMercy #tranceMetal #xJapan
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By Samguineous Maximus
Astronoid and I have a history. Their 2016 debut Air was one of those lightning-in-a-bottle releases that blew the doors off my early metal fandom. A delirious cocktail of shoegaze shimmer, sugar-coated harmonies, and blast-beaten bliss, it felt like nothing else at the time, and it sent me tumbling down the blackgaze rabbit hole. Add in the fact that these guys hailed from my quiet corner of New England, and I was all in. I caught them live a handful of times back then, and each gig felt like watching a small band punching way above their weight. 2019’s Astronoid wasn’t a bad album, but its shift toward more conventional post-rock didn’t grab me in the same way, and it eventually fell out of rotation. Their next release, 2022’s Radiant Bloom, was a marked improvement, combining the atmosphere and immediacy of their debut with the songwriting lessons of its follow-up. Still, it didn’t quite recapture the euphoric heights of Air. Now, with a string of impressive live gigs under their belt, including an opening slot for Blink-182 of all people, and a streamlined lineup reduced to a trio, the band returns with their fourth full-length, Stargod. The big question: can Astronoid finally outdo Air, or are we doomed to orbit its glowing corpse forever?
The core sound of Stargod is unmistakably Astronoid, but this time the group leans further into pop-focused songwriting. Their trademark mix of prog, shoegaze, and post-rock remains intact with all the familiar hallmarks: gleeful blast beats, major-key harmonies, soaring choirboy vocals, and buoyant synths. However, they’re used in the service of sharper, chorus-driven compositions that rely on dynamics and layering to strengthen their saccharine, high-energy attack. Slower, ballad-like tracks such as “Stargod” and “Beneath the Lights” exemplify this approach, building evocative, vocal-centered songs on synth-forward grooves while guitar harmonies are added or stripped away for maximum impact around a memorable chorus. These are nicely balanced by more immediate up-tempo cuts which swirl around a hypnotizing central synth motif (“Explosive”) or follow a pop-punk tinged guitar charge (“Dream Protocol ’88”) which melds the band’s familiar sense of high-energy elation with this record’s improved sense of dynamics and hooks. Stargod is a thoroughly pleasant and varied record—balanced, uplifting, and easy to throw on to just bathe in Astronoid’s signature jubilance.
Part of Stargod’s shimmer comes from the newfound confidence radiating from Astronoid’s vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter, Brett Boland. His ethereal tenor has always been central to the band’s sound, but here it shines brighter than ever, carried by lush vocal harmonies that elevate every track. Beyond his usual roles, Boland also handles drums on this record and co-mixed the entire album with bassist and synth player Daniel Schwartz. The result is Astronoid’s best-sounding release yet. The synths, in particular, stand out—glowing with both playful innocence and heartfelt emotion—while every element, from the warm, nuanced drumming to the crunchy, reverberant guitar leads, feels immediate and expressive. Mid-tempo rockers like “Third Shot” and “Sabian” land especially hard, gliding between soaring choruses, restrained verses, and climactic solos. Altogether, Stargod feels like the complete, uncompromising realization of a band finally confident in pursuing their true sound.
My biggest critique of Stargod might seem like a bit of a cop-out, but my favorite tracks are the ones that most closely resemble the blast-heavy style of Air. The opening tracks, “Embark” and “Love Weapon,” bring back the high-energy, blast-driven sound of Astronoid’s debut, but with tighter songwriting and immaculate production. This style makes a return on the closing track, “Arrival,” which ends the album with a stunning climax. On repeated listens, I find myself feeling slightly underwhelmed by the middle section of Stargod as it relaxes its grip on the throttle. While those middle tracks are still beautiful and engaging in their own right, I do find myself longing ever so slightly for more blast beat goodness and it’s a bit disappointing that my favorite moments still come from the songs that echo the band’s earlier sound. That said, taken as a whole, Stargod is still a remarkable accomplishment.
With Stargod, I see Astronoid in a position similar to where Leprous found themselves with Malina. While I miss the sheer bombast of Astronoid’s earlier sound, I can’t help but admire the impeccable craftsmanship on display as the band continues to evolve. Stargod is packed with intelligently written, dynamic pop songs that capture the magic of what made Astronoid special in the first place, while confidently showcasing the sonic maturity they’ve developed over the years. Is Stargod a true sequel to Air? Not at all—but it doesn’t need to be. It stands as an impressive record that thrives on its own strengths.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: 3DOT Recordings
Websites: astronoidband.com | facebook.com/astronoidband
Releases Worldwide: November 7th, 2025#2025 #35 #3DotRecordings #AlternativeMetal #AmerianMetal #Astronoid #Leprous #Nov25 #PopMetal #PostRock #PostMetal #ProgressiveMetal #Review #Reviews #Shoegaze #Stargod
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Video: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=T0noDEl73vA
Lilac | Katatonia https://open.spotify.com/track/0jsdJ36JFwadIMScIewxj5 #music #darkmetal #gothicmetal #progressiverock #alternativemetal #shoegaze #topНе забувайте стежити за нашим музичним каналом [Музика на хвилях піратського Радіо 390]. Зі швидкістю ноти. Музичні треки: https://tinyurl.com/signal-music-wave
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TohLPeaks – Pvnk Rxck
#Alternative #IDM #alternativemetal #autismcore #breakcore #cybergrind #electronic #experimental #industrial #metal #metalcore #noise #shoegaze #voidcore #Japan
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https://tohlpeaks.bandcamp.com/album/pvnk-rxck