Primal Rock Rebellion
Awoken Broken
Spinefarm Records (2012)
As far as supergroups go, I could probably count the number of successful ones on one hand. And, quite frankly, that's using as broad and weighted a definition of "successful" as a sufficiently drunk reading of the dictionary could possibly allow. That's because no one wants to hear a group of otherwise successful musicians get together and simply rehash the same old music they've always been playing. A good supergroup will take elements of their original bands and combine them in new and surprising ways without simply redoing their old ideas into the ground. Surprisingly, this pair of UK musicians, guitarist Adrian Smith of heavy metal band Iron Maiden and vocalist Mikee Goodman of mathcore/tech death act SikTh, have managed to do just that: they've taken ideas from both of their own distinct styles and created something that sounds like neither. You can hear as much from the band that is their lovechild, the collaborative project Primal Rock Rebellion, on their 2012 debut Awoken Broken.Of either act, Primal Rock Rebellion definitely takes the least from Iron Maiden, though there are still some prominent facets of their sound intact. Most noticeably borrowed from them is the fact that Primal Rock Rebellion's … Read more
The Pirate Ship Quintet
Rope for No-Hopers
Denovali (2012)
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Bird Sounds
New
Big Action (2012)
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