The Modern Rock Thread

[Fire breath]

Ok some of you may get into these bands and albums.

Anberlin - The vocals are a bit emo and I prefer a more manly vocal but the songs are cool and catchy. Interesting video which I don't really understand.


Mindslip - Rising Up. Like this album a lot. Heavy and melodic with more powerful clean vocals.


Seven Year Riot - heavy riffed up modern rock with a hint of glam in the lyrics especially as you will hear in this song! Like Hinder pretty much.


Signum A.D. - Pretty cool modern rock. Nice vocals in this one. Good power and decent melodies.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVP5RnV0Jo&feature=related[/ame]

Something to Burn - Transitions. This band is quite cool but look a bit too emo goth for me. The singer especially but his voice is actually really good especially in the chorus when he sounds more full and melodic. The song has a really good chorus. The video is typical stupidness and has a hottish emo chick in it. I suppose they should get some marks for that. Marks off for the stupid kiss at the end though!

This is one of their other songs.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHd7hEl2BM&feature=related[/ame]

Bleeker Ridge - This one is great stuff. Reminds me of a younger version of my faves Alter Bridge both vocally and musically. Great melody in the vocals and strong music.

Another great tune with a huge chorus again pretty close to Alter Bridge.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOGZmqiOjdM&feature=fvw[/ame]

Default - Comes and Goes. Strong melodic modern rock with great crystal clear vocals.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_hwx4LMGfo&feature=related[/ame]

Skillet - Hero. Ok these guys are quite a famous band much more than the ones above. They are very good though and both the male and female(and she drums!) singers are very good.

 

[modernwizardry]

There is an Anberlin CD called Never Take Friendship Personal that is a good album. They are kinda watered down now. I don't listen to this type of music much anymore. All the bands were great until they got popular and then changed their sound.

 

[Fire breath]

So no one liked any of these bands then? If you try one I recommend the Bleeker Ridge album as it rules badly. You should give it a chance if you like Alter Bridge or heavy and melodic bands. Even the ballads are great too. I guess I'm trying a bit too hard though with this style of music.

 

[Corsair]

Modern alt. rock doesn't really do anything for me. But as far as rock that's been released in the last 5-6 years, there isn't -much- that really gets me goin, but there are some pretty big exceptions:

There are a few exceptions though; there's the Protomen, but they don't really sound modern:



Some stuff that's generally classified as post-rock, like Grails:


I -really- dig the Giraffes:


Plus you have to give props to a lead singer who thinks it's a good idea to make a music video out of footage of himself getting the shit knocked out of him by a guy twice his size.

King Hobo:


I also enjoy the hell out of Spiritual Beggar's earlier stuff; however their more recent offerings really don't do anything for me either.