Tag: rap-rock

P.O.D. just had their 2008 full length “When Angels and Serpents Dance” all remixed and remastered and will re-release this magnificent album on October 14th 2022. You can preorder on CD and Vinyl right here. Check out a cool lyric video for the moving song “Tell Me Why” below this post. What is your favorite song from this album?… Continued →

This is a band whom I have seen live twice now & they put on an impressive show. And of course the P.O.D./Bad Brains influence isn’t a bad thing either! This is just the type of music I am glad to have permeated the mainstream airwaves. Coconut Dracula put them on the map & as of today, April 1st, they have released It’s Not Easy Being Human. … Continued →

Beekin was a rap/modern rock hybrid that hailed from Tennessee. They released one full length 2009’s All That’s Left Behind which sported the single Take Everything, but also has a decent cover of Mister Mister’s Broken Wings. … Continued →

Rap & Metal hybrid act XL & DBD that has been making music since the early 90’s, return with a new album titled “The Beginning of Closure”. Check out the lead single “Vacillate” below this post. The album releases on April 14th through Roxx Records.… Continued →

Cam Smith of Hotel Books fame has announced a new side project, Camp Hope. Musically, Camp Hope deviates from the emo/post-rock atmosphere of Hotel Books, opting for a poppy rap-rock approach comparable to early Linkin Park. Check out the debut single, Ready to Fall, below. The band has also announced their first album, “Michael”, will be out 1/26. … Continued →

Pax217 announced their LIVE album (from The O.C. Supertones final show) as well and have provided an update on it which you can view (in video form) below.… Continued →

Thousand Foot Krutch are gearing up to release a new LIVE Record called “Untraveled Roads” and have dropped the first music video from this recording for the track “Untraveled Road”. Check out the video below and if you like TFK, buy the album here.… Continued →

Check out the brand new Manafest song titled “House of Cards” in a nice little lyric video, below. If you like the song and want the new album “Stones”, order one right here.… Continued →

P.O.D. have dropped their brand new song titled “Soundboy Killa”. The song will drop on September 8th worldwide through all digital networks. You can read more about the single right here. Listen to song below. Thoughts on this new track?… Continued →

Orange County, CA. rockers PAX217 will be releasing a very special LIVE album soon. It will be a pay what you want type release so make sure you check this one out. … Continued →

Raleigh rap-rock group Cold Comfort resurges with a lyrically-abrasive four-track mixtape.

Raleigh’s own grunge/rap rock outfit Cold Comfort has announced a new album (or maybe EP?), set for release in TWO DAYS! It appears to be titled Year of the Crow. Check out the cryptic  announcement video and their previous material below: … Continued →

When I Learn to Sing The process of finding a front man for a rap-rock band is no simple task. There are many stringent qualifications that must be met. You need someone who can hype up a crowd, rhyme words at a fifth grade level, look good in parachute pants and a backwards hat… and maybe even sing. Matters became complicated to an even further extent in the case of Christian rap-rock bands circa the year 2000. In addition to the previous check list of “skillz”, the mythical creature known as the “front man of a Christian rap-rock band” was in this era expected to be one part adolescent rebel and another part pastoral guide and counselor.… Continued →

Rock The Party Around the turn of the century a new genre of music would see a meteoric rise in popularity. Teenage boys were stoked. Music critics were not. This genre would come to be known as “rap-rock”. Rap-rock was exactly what it claimed to be, a mixture of hip-hop and alternative rock or metal, usually played with down-tuned guitars and loads of testosterone fueled angst. Although pre-internet North Dakota was always a couple of years behind the rest of the world, rap-rock made a fairly timely breakthrough thanks to MTV and massive radio hits by groups like Rage Against the Machine, Linkin Park, Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, and 311.… Continued →