REVIEW: Shinedown – Papa Roach – Asking Alexandria – Savage After Midnight: Live at Lacrosse Center


Music, throughout history, has had a way of influencing the social behavior and norms found in human societies. Music is a universal language that is capable of bridging the gap between disparate people and entire social classes, cultures, and continents. Music can also be a tremendously personal thing, a song that has certain significance to one person may hold no meaning for the next. The current immeasurable dissonance in the social climate that spans the entire globe seems to push lost souls to seek comfort in music. In my humble Skullgurl opinion, that reason alone is why the world needs more bands like the four I saw on the second day of October 2019. Continue reading →


Asking Alexandria Shares Animated Video For “Vultures”


Metalcore leaders Asking Alexandria has shared a new animated music video for their song ‘Vultures’! The song comes from their 2017, self titled album, out now via Sumerian Records. Direct by T.G. Hopkins, with animation from Bento Box Entertainment, the clip interprets the narrative of the lyrics perfectly. Check it out!

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God Damn- Everything Ever


tumblr_odyjn04t6c1tcuaago1_1280When you release an album as strong and visceral as “Vultures” as your début calling card which British rock band God Damn did in 2015- then you might forgive the band for heading their bets when it came to their second offering. It would have been very easy and very tempting to deliver another slab of their corrosive, howling rock’n’roll. In this age of not really being able to take real risks, giving the punters another Vultures might have been a very good idea indeed. Continue reading →