Saturday Singles: Voltang - "Garbage People" (Official Music Video)

Voltang is a (hardcore & punk-infused) hard & heavy rock/raw heavy metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. Earlier this month the group put out the official music video for "Garbage People". That in and of itself isn't all that weird.I mean bands put out music videos all of the time. The only thing that is strange about  "Garbage People" is that it is from the band's 2016 album, "Bad Sounds". Loud and proud (and quite a bit like a sharp stick to the eardrums!), the video for "Garbage People" is two or so years late to the party. Even so, Voltang drops a hammer to the top of your head with this maddening metal number. Like the album from which it came, "Garbage People" is mean and ugly. It's pumped up by anger & frustration and geared towards today's lost generation of punks, metalheads, and misfits of all shapes and colors. With a run-time of 4:22, Voltang's new video is better late than never...



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Forgotten Gems: Rubber Whips-Die Suckers

Self-Release/Independent

For those of you who might be new to Heavy Metal Time Machine, Forgotten Gems is normally a place where we cover heavy metal albums that slipped by us unnoticed and/or recordings that we think deserve more praise than they originally got. Today's band easily falls into both of those categories. Falling somewhere in-between raw heavy metal and late eighties/early nineties crossover, "Die suckers" is a wicked five-track demo from Rubber Whips that I won on Ebay. Packed with muscle and a fair share of metal madness, "Die Suckers" absolutely slays everything in it's sight! Not for a minute do I regret shelling out my hard-earned cash for this tape. The only thing that bothers me is the mysterious nature of this group. Other than the fact that it came in a larger collection of tapes that he picked up from Europe, the seller had no information at all about the demo. Looking online has been no help. The only thing that you will find is a picture/mention of the cassette tape on Ebay. Seeing as that listing is the one that landed in my lap, Rubber Whips remains one big mystery! I don't know the band's line-up, where they were from, or even the year when this came out! Talk about frustrating!! Seeing as I have hit a dead end, dear readers/fellow metalheads I need your help. I am looking for any information that I can find about this band and/or this cassette tape. Thank you all in advance...

Season of Arrows-Season of Arrows

The Path Less Traveled Records
2014

Falling somewhere between heavy stoner rock and sludgy (post) heavy metal (with an emphasis in both cases obviously on the heavy part!) we have Nashville-based Season of Arrows and this, their Mikey Allred (Inter Arma, Across Tundras and Yautija) produced debut album. With the smoky voice of lead singer Stormie Wakefield serving as every-bit siren's call, Season of Arrows provides the perfect soundtrack for all your witching hour activities with music that is earthy and decidedly fuzzed-over. Made up of a group of (most-likely given the album's clear approach to song-writing) veteran musicians (some of whom have been in and out of various bands together since 1998!) Season of Arrows has the sound of a much-longer running act then one would normally expect to hear from a debut release. Also featuring the talents of guitarists  Brandon Shepard & David Gates, bass guitarist/backing vocalist  Shawn Van Dusen and drummer Brad Lawson Season of Arrows must be one of Music City's hottest tickets as the band's music is muscular and it pulses with fervent energy! There's not much more that needs to be said about this five-piece band from Tennessee other then to suggest that for those who choose to walk a different path, one under the cover of darkness where the sounds of the night don't so much send chills up your back but invigorate you(!), Season of Arrows would make for a lovely, night-time companion! You can find out more at either of the links below.

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