FLASHBACK - Grip, Inc.

How time flies, kids: FLASHBACK!  So, it would be over-charitable to say that I have never liked Slayer; however, Dave Lombardo's band Grip Inc. was a completely different animal (and is again, but more on that in a minute.)  With political lyrical content focusing on the horrors of the real world, Grip took both Slayer fans and groove metal fans by storm.  The band appeared to come to an end with the October 2008 death of singer Gus Chambers, but ADDave and crew have since made several appearances as Grip Inc. with Casey Chaos on the mic.  Try "Rusty Nail" from the Nemesis album; you won't be sorry.

Emmure

Ok kids, it's Emmure today.  CRANK IT!

Phoenix/Nebulin

Ok kids, today it's Phoenix/Nebulin (yes, that whole thing is their name.)  Now, this is a still-regional band out of Miami that I like, and while their music runs the spectrum from full-on goth to metal, it certainly feels to me like they belong on here, mainly because I think some of you will really dig 'em.  If you do dig 'em, or you don't dig 'em, or you think I've gone soft and wanna kick me in the balls, I wanna hear about it, so leave comments.  Whatever else you do, CRANK IT!

On a side note, the singer, Phoenix Doval, was not the singer of Half-Cocked, but she sure sounds like her.  Half-Cocked was a very cool band.  Just sayin'.

Unearth

Ho-lee crap, kids - it's Unearth today: seven strings worth of hurricane-force metalcore destruction. Enough said - it's "My Will Be Done" - CRANK IT!

Flashback - L7

Times flies, kids: FLASHBACK!  In the fifties, "L7" was a slang term used to indicate that a person was "square", which meant straitlaced and uncool, the term coming from the act of touching the thumb of each of one's hands to the forefinger of each of the other's hands to form a square shape.  (Try it a couple of ways, and you'll see the "L7.")  Anyway, the band L7 was the opposite of uncool; it was METAL.  I mean, the ladies' music was actually kinda punk/grunge, but it was also so heavy that it falls pretty squarely into at least the stoner category.  But of course, it speaks for itself: let's go with "Freak Magnet" today - CRANK IT!