New Blood In the Dirt

In the past I'd say five to seven years I've gotten into metal music heavier than I've ever been.  When I was younger I was way more into the grunge scene.  Guys like Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, and Nine Inch Nails.  I was always into guys like Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer, but I just really immersed myself in the metal world heavily because I wanted to dive deeper into the crazy spiral that is heavy metal.  So this list is a list of groups that I have either discovered recently in the past year, or guys that I've discovered in the past five years or so that I feel are showing great promise, and that are just plain bad-ass.  Some of them have been around for a while, and some not so long, so here they are.

- Lamb of God -

- Shadows Fall -

- Mastodon -

- Devildriver -

 - Daath -

- Between the Buried & Me -

- The Black Dahlia Murder -

- Trivium -

- Baroness -

- The Sword -



Now here are just ten of the bands that I have gotten into lately.  There are many more but these are the ones that I'm really getting a good feeling from.  Lamb of God has so much talent in it that I know they will be one of the forefronts of the metal community.  Mastodon brings a lot of classic elements to this new age metal scene that I really respect them.  Bran Dailor is just amazing on the drums.  Matt heafy from Trivium is such a great guitar play.  He has accomplished so much at such a young age.  Another band that I got in to with their new release is The Sword.  I've known about these guys for a while but really neglected getting into them because they are from Austin, and I'm really not heavy into the alternative scene that is so prominent here in Austin.  But when I got their new one I was greatly surprised.  I love their old school Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, feel but with a heavier crunch to it.  They groove really well and that's what I like.  So I definitely recommend The Sword's new one Warp Riders.  So until next time stay hard, stay heavy.