Fox Reviews Rock

This is our brand new weekly feature (Normally) on a Monday! The New Rock Roundup will rank the latest releases spanning across the world of rock music. With entries from rock, metal, metalcore, punk, pop punk, alternative and indie!

There will be a brief explanation about why I (Fox) enjoy the song in question from each category before I rank them at the end in terms of my own preference. I would love to hear your own person ranking as well as why you agree with or disagree with my comments.

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New Rock Roundup

Rock

AFI – Ash Speck In A Green Eye.

I honestly would not have been able to tell you this was AFI if didn’t already know! It is so much more upbeat than their normal tunes. I like the change in pace, it feels almost 70s like in nature too. So if you like that era check this out.

Metal

Megadeth – Tipping Point.

Screw it this weeks metal tune is thrash infused! Megadeth are absolute mammoths in the Metal scene and this song is much better than I was expecting.

Metalcore

Fit For A King ft Chris Motionless – Witness The End.

There is no getting away from it, the aggression in these vocals are not going to be most peoples cup of tea. But I like the contrast between that and the vocals from Chris Motionless (Motionless In White). If only 5% of people like this song then I’d be happy! Please check out the incredibly technical guitar work at play too.

Punk

Upchuck – New Case.

This doesn’t feel like a typical punk song, but the driving bass and chilled out vibe tickles my fancy!

Pop Punk

First Time Caller – No Hard Feelings.

This gives me major early Blink 182 vibes mixed with a little bit of Sum 41.

Alternative

Talk Heavy – Wedding Bands.

I really like when titles of songs can be taken in multiple ways. This is one of those occasions. This is more towards punk than rock , but as its not traditional punk or pop-punk I think it fits the alternative label well.

Indie

Tender Glue – My Sweetest Tone (Time Machine).

This feels like the sort of song an Indie band would sneak in to be edgy and differentiate from the rest of the upbeat songs on their album. Honestly Indie DOES NOT need to be upbeat. Count me in!

Fox’s Ranking

1st Place: AFI

2nd Place: Megadeth

3rd Place: Upchuck

4th Place: Talk Heavy

5th Place: First Time Caller

6th Place: Fit For A King

7th Place: Tender Glue

Let us know if you agree with the ranking and the comments about each song!

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