New Videos - August 2020!

I don't intend to talk much about my personal life, but my microwave broke last weekend, and it's been an interesting week putting together meals until I can afford a new one.  Using the stove and oven in the middle of August isn't exactly great, but you know what is?  Rock and metal music videos!  Here's what I got!

Yup, another Primal Fear track.  I wasn't sure about this one at first, with the quieter verses, but then the chorus comes in and Scheepers is back at full volume, and the song starts to click.  I suppose it's a heavy, crunchy ballad?  Solid work, regardless.

High Spirits is one of those bands who call back to the hard rock sounds of the early 80s: a bit Night Ranger, a bit old-school Judas Priest ("Heading On The Highway"), and a lot of upbeat rockin' feels.

DGM are a great Italian prog metal group who's last album, The Passage, was an incredible discovery for me.  Here, in anticipation of their next album, they do it all over again, with all kinds of technical chops buoyed by epic choruses and melodic splendor!

Landfall is a new bad from Brazil, and this track seems to have found the middle ground between soaring AOR and driven pop metal.  Huge vocals, chunky riffs, and a solid 80s rock attitude!  Definitely a promising sound from these guys!

Yup, more AOR.  This one really doesn't do anything particularly amazing, but just plain feels comfortable.  Lots of warm nostalgia for that early 80s, happy rock and roll.  Very much like Find Me or The Defiants.

We're gonna finish this one with something a little different.  Heathen are a classic Bay-Area thrash metal group and this definitely has the chops.  But this also has a melodic side often found in that particular style.  Very crunchy without getting too gritty.