Gottwald was brought onto Lavigne’s last album, “The Best Damn Thing,” under similar circumstances. “That record was done before Luke got in,” Gottwald’s manager Mark Beaven says. “Her manager said, ‘Look, the record’s done. But if he can come up with a first single, we’d ...
A few ground rules here: We’ve tried to cover the entirety of rock history, while making sure that each album still sounds great a few years after its release. This list adheres to a fairly narrow definition of “rock,” confining it to largely guitar-based music, and making exceptions ...
“Rotting while they breathe, death comes slow.” This lyric was one of the most impactful in the then infantile death metal genre and succinctly paints a terrifying image in the listener’s mind. Death’s cover for ‘Leprosy’ might be the scariest thing to be dominated by pink hues with...
prog / death progenitors Opeth delivered in full in 1999 with ‘Still Life.’ Contained within was everything the Swedes had been hinting at, fully realizing their vision of light against dark, painting with broad-brushed death metal rhythms and Akerfeldt’s best-in-the-business growl...
Find the best Buick-driving raps of the year over in Milwaukee. (Sorry to my West Coasters; you guys have Ohtani and The Valley; take your Ws.) On Get Yo Scat Dirty, Vol. 2, Big Steff’s relentless stream of get-rich-quick schemes and drug dealing soap operas could break speedometer...
We've picked out 50 of the biggest rock acts covered by Loudwire, scanned over their recorded and live histories and offered our takes on the best cover song for each of these bands. For some, the picks were quite simple given the immense popularity of one cover or the lack of depth ...
The city inspired his biggest, best, and most cinematic album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. These songs are steeped in a kind of magical realism stemming from the intensity of adolescent emotions, full of heart-on-sleeve choruses, slap-bass funk, vintage synth swells, and a desire for home...
Also ranks #1 on The Best Chicago Blues Bands/Artists Also ranks #3 on The Best Musical Artists From Mississippi Also ranks #4 on The 60+ Best Mississippi Delta Blues Artists, Ranked 6 Buddy Guy Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, A Man & the Blues 3,808 votes See: The Best Albums ...
and we make up heaven and God as substitutes for our mother’s belly. Yes, we all want to go back to the heavenly womb. But that time will never occur again. The best times happened before we were even out of that place. No use in calling upon God because God was your Mom. She...
And when it comes to what makes an album cover scary, the music that accompanies it can bolster this and creates a sense of immersion. Scariness can also be captured through different mediums (photography, makeup and special fx, painting, etc.). The atmosphere and situations are ones we'd...