Tag: Coal Chamber

Riff Police! Pull Over! #62: Kittie Vs Coal Chamber!

Rewinding the tape back to 1997 and Roadrunner Records Monte Conner taking a chance on a Nu-Metal quartet from Los Angeles California by the name of Coal Chamber. The band had been around 5 years at the point where their self-titled debut was ready and were something of a known entity having performed on the

Throwback: “Fiend” by Coal Chamber!

Widely recognised as the heaviest and most aggressive album from Los Angeles Californian Nu-Metal quartet Coal Chamber, “Dark Days” was produced by Ross Hogarth and appeared via Roadrunner Records in May 2002. It was the album that sowed the seeds for vocalist Dez Fafara’s next project, Groove Metallers Devildriver after tensions within the band that boiled

Bootleg: “Loco” from Devildriver!

Devildriver frontman Dez Fafara told us before the last Coal Chamber album “Rivals” in 2015 that he would have played Coal Chamber songs live with Devildriver if he didn’t think there was a chance of Coal Chamber coming back. Last July he said that they were never coming back and true to his word, as

Bootleg: Devildriver in San Antonio Texas!

Sadly while Devildriver are co-headlining with Static-X on the 20th Anniversary Tour for “Wiscon Death Trip”, they won’t be following them over to the UK in September. So here are a pair of Pro-Shot cuts from their set in San Antonio Texas on 23rd June. Sticking to the classics. “I Could Care Less” and “Grinf**ked”.

Review: “Never Young” by Loser

Hailing from Detroit, Michigan and signed to Emmure frontman Frankie Palemeri’s Red Zone Records are Loser, a band that claim to fuser Nu-Metal and Grunge in a new style called Psychedelia. Stating that their influences are Slipknot, Deftones, KoRn and Nirvana, the 5 piece of Sammy Morales (drums), Erik Into (bass), John Hillman (guitar), Brandon

Spotlight: The Return of Static-X!

Having taken the time to digest the announcement that the remaining members of the original line-up of Static-X (Bassist Tony Campos, Drummer Ken Jay & Guitarist Koichi Fukuda) are reforming the band to record a new album “Project Regeneration” and tour the World for the 20th Anniversary of “Wisconsin Death Trip”, it’s time we talked about

Review: “Outlaws Till The End Vol. 1” by Devildriver

Santa Barbara quintet Devildriver have been around since 2002 in once incarnation or another, with frontman and former Coal Chamber vocalist Dez Farfara being the only original member in the current line-up. The groove metal band are one that should be noted as having the rare element of getting heavier with each progressive release, rather

Where Are They Now? #3 Dry Kill Logic

Formed circa 1995 in Westchester County, New York as Hinge, Dry Kill Logic changed their name and rose to the main stage from humble beginnings. First creating their own label, Psychodrama Records upon which they released two EPs and spawned the unforgettable “Pork Chop Sandwich”. In 2000, they were picked up by Roadrunner Records for