Korn: The Paradigm Shift – Album Review
Gone are the experimental dubstep-drenched days of “Path of Totality” to make way for Korn’s 11th studio album “The Paradigm Shift”. The major change that sets the tone of the album is the return of founding guitarist Brian “Head” Welch after...
Kings of Leon: Mechanical Bull – Review
“Mechanical Bull” presents itself as a comeback album of some sorts considering the Followill’s “short” hiatus following Caleb’s rehab. Metaphorically speaking, the title seems fitting for the Followill’s proverbial wild ride and challenges they had to...
AFI: Burials – Album Review
“Burials” is the band’s 9th studio album and first in four years. Reinventing themselves on nearly every album, “Burials” follow suit with an interesting take on loss, anger and the desperate need to be heard through difficult times. The...
Trivium: Vengeance Falls – Album Review
Trivium is back and we needed something amped with all guns blazing after 2011’s “In Waves”. Their 6th studio album, “Vengeance Falls” did not fail to produce the goods, living up to their Heavy Metal / Metalcore defining sound. There are...
Arctic Monkeys: AM – Album Review
Arctic Monkeys had a difficult time to live up to their ground breaking album in 2006 when their demos started spreading like wild fire on the internet. Their debut album “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not,” broke a record for the fastest...
We Came As Romans: Tracing Back Roots – Album Review
We Came As Romans launched their debut album in 2009 with “To Plant a Seed” and it is still their flagship album making the rounds on my playlists. In many ways, the guys laid the foundation of their sound with a good mix of growling/clear vocals, solid...
Hands Like Houses: Unimagine – Album Review
Australian rockers Hands Like Houses is back with “Unimagine”, their second album short on the heels of their first studio album released last year. The guys signed with Rise Records before the release of their debut album “Ground Dweller” and they haven’t looked back...
Alter Bridge – Fortress Album Review, The Heaviest AB album to date!
The latest studio album from Rock masters Alter Bridge is out, and you are in for a massive surprise! They guys didn’t hold back and gave us their heaviest and most intense album yet! Fortress is their fourth studio album, and we’ve been looking forward to...
Avenged Sevenfold: Hail to the King Album Review
Avenged Sevenfold’s latest album ‘Hail to the King’ is finally available. We’ve been following the bands lucrative teaser release method of ‘Hail to King’ starting with a 30 seconds preview of the first single ‘Hail to the...
Falling in Reverse – Fashionably Late Album Review
We’ve always enjoyed the post-hardcore band Falling In Reverse. They released their second album “Fashionably Late” and if there’s ever a recipe to alienate your fans and build up new ones in a matter of a month, then “Fashionably...
Queens of the Stone Age…Like Clockwork – Album Review
Queens of the Stone Age…Like Clockwork – Album Review Queens of the Stone Age has been a formidable force in one of the most under-represented music genres out there. The album is well received after a 6 year hiatus for the band led by the songwriter, singer and...
City and Colour: The Hurry and The Harm – Album Review
Dallas Green is better known for his work as the former vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. Green has spread his wings since, he debuted his first full-length album in 2005, titled “Sometimes”, which hit Platinum...
Alice In Chains: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here – Album Review
Alice In Chains: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here – Album Review “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here” seems to replicate much of the sound and style of their previous groundbreaking album; however the final product seems a bit diluted. It’s the...
Black Sabbath “13” – Album Review
Considering the fact that most of us were not even born when the band made their first appearance on stage, leaves GeekShizzle a bit humbled to even consider a review of one of the biggest Heavy Metal acts to still walk the earth today. The album “13” is...
Goo Goo Dolls Magnetic Album Review
The 10th studio album from the American Rock band Goo Goo Dolls was released earlier this month, and we were rather anxious to get our hands on it. On Magnetic the ‘Goos’ did what we hoped they would, they went back to their roots and produced a classic...
Airbourne: Black Dog Barking – Album Review
Australian rockers Airbourne released their third studio album called ‘Black Dog Barking’, proving once again that Rock is far from dead, long live Rock n’ Roll! Airbourne: Black Dog Barking – Album Review We love it when a band stick to what they...
Climate Control: Preludes Album Review
Here at GS we like to keep an ear on the local South African music scene, so naturally it was quite the pleasure when we heard that Johannesburg post-hardcore rock band Climate Control released their debut album Preludes. The group formed officially in 2007, the debut...
Bring Me The Horizon: Sempiternal – Album Review
“Sempiternal” is produced by the legendary Terry Date (Deftones, Slipknot, Pantera to name a few). The album has been described as lush and euphoric, not what we would expect from the Sheffield UK metalcore band. The lead singer, Oliver Sykes, pushed his creative...
Joe Satriani – Unstoppable Momentum – Album Review
We’ve been fans of guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani for ages now. Since the days of Flying in a Blue Dream, and the latest Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards album we’ve had his music on our playlists. His music truly transcends the use of words, why use words...GeekShizzle’s Hot Picks
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