Best Of 2022

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Rock Solid Pressure

The ‘Best Of 2022’ On The Rock Solid Pressure Show

Here’s the charting positions from our ‘Best Of 2022’ broadcast on The Rock Solid Pressure Show. We get hundreds of submissions per day, so obviously we don’t, and can’t chart all the submissions we receive. But huge congratulations to all the bands that made the cut and took honors this year. January 1st of 2022 also marked our 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on the air. We’ve been through FM Syndication, a TV Show, 17 huge Industry Showcases, booked over 800 huge national acts, and at last count, we’ve booked way over 4000 local bands. The broadcast started in the Northeast (CT) when we worked for Sony Records (NYC) in 2002. Moved the show to Florida in 2004, and stayed there for 15 years. We’ve now been in Reno NV for almost 4 years, and we’re still going strong. But with all that history under our belts, we keep writing new chapters. We’re currently on ‘Rock Rage Radio’ and The Rock Solid Pressure Show is now being broadcast in 115 countries.

2022 was another amazing year for new music releases and it’s all documented below. Also, if you missed our ‘Best Of 2022’ Special broadcast, it will be posted shortly at our site http://www.RockSolidPressure.com . Again, congrats to all the bands that made the cut this year. And we thank each and every one of you for supporting the broadcast, and our concert events over the years. Without your support, we could have never come this far.

All the charting positions are submissions from our Record Label Media Partners, and the PR Firms we are associated with. We also chart independent releases. All submissions have to fit the format for The Rock Solid Pressure Show to be nominated. If you don’t see one of your favorite albums of 2022 on these charts, then the Record Label (or PR firm) didn’t send it to us. Or they did send it and it didn’t fit our Dungeon format. These charts are nothing like the mainstream. Some of it is, but all our submissions have to be otherworldly, dark, mysterious, sci-fi, horror related, medieval, twisted comedy, weird, and oh yeah, HEAVY! The music can be ultra badass, but if the lyrics don’t fit then we have to pass. We ‘do not’ spin stuff that’s lyrically uplifting, political, love oriented, fun party bands, etc. You’ll see all that stuff on other charts but not here. And our charts have been nationally recognized since 2002. Here goes..

*NATIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2022 (Hard Rock/Metal): Allegaeon: Damnum (Metal Blade Records)

*INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2022 (Hard Rock/Metal): The DooD: Firefly

*STONER/DOOM ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2022 (This also includes Desert, Psychedelic, Fuzz): Patriarchs In Black: Reach For The Scars (MDD Records)

*SONG OF THE YEAR 2022: Amon Amarth (Ft. Saxon) w/ Saxons And Vikings (Metal Blade Records)

*EP OF THE YEAR 2022 (Hard Rock/Metal): As Paradise Falls: Madness/Medicine (Eclipse Records)

*STONER/DOOM EP OF THE YEAR 2022: Huntsmen: The Dying Pines (Prosthetic Records)

*SINGLE OF THE YEAR 2022: Eternal Frequency w/ A.I. (Independent)

*THE TOP 45 NATIONAL ALBUMS OF 2022 (Hard Rock/Metal)

ALLEGAEON: Damnum (Metal Blade)
MACHINE HEAD: Kingdom And Crown (Nuclear Blast)
ENTERPRISE EARTH: The Chosen (MNRK Heavy)
WITHOUT WAVES: Comedian (Prosthetic)
MISERY INDEX: Complete Control (Century Media)
ARCH ENEMY: Deceivers (Century Media)
SEVENTH STORM: Malidictus (Atomic Fire Records)
CORPSEGRINDER: Corpsegrinder (Perseverance Music Group)
SAXON: Carpe Diem (Silver Lining Music)
WILDERUN: Epigone (Century Media)
LORNA SHORE: Pain Remains (Century Media)
NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER: The Bones That Grew From Pain (Metal Blade)
PSYCROPTIC: Divine Council (Prosthetic)
MASS WORSHIP: Portal Tombs (Century Media)
JUDICATOR: The Majesty Of Decay (Prosthetic)
I AM: Eternal Steel (MNRK Heavy)
EYES OF THE LIVING: Fear Comes Knocking (Blood Blast Dist.)
INVICTUS: Unstoppable (MNRK Heavy)
OZZY OSBOURNE: Patient Number Nine (Epic)
WEREWOLVES: From The Cave To The Grave (Prosthetic)
HAMMERFALL: Hammer Of Dawn (Napalm Records)
VOIVOD: Synchro Anarchy (Century Media)
ANVIL: Impact Is Imminent (AFM)
MEGADETH: The Sick, The Dying, And The Dead (Tradecraft/Universal)
AMON AMARTH: The Great Heathen Army (Metal Blade)
REVOCATION: Netherheaven (Metal Blade)
GOATWHORE: Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven (Metal Blade)
HIGHWAY SENTINELS: The Waiting Fire (Louder Than Loud Records)
SOULLINE: Screaming Eyes (Massacre Records)
INDUCTION: Born From Fire (Atomic Fire Records)
LACUNA COIL: Comalies XX (Century Media)
A-Z: A-Z (Metal Blade)
THE MACHINIST: All Is Not Well (Prosthetic)
ATHEMON: Athemon (Wormhole Death Records)
DEFLESHED: Grind Over Matter (Metal Blade)
ECITON: The Autocatalytic Process (Wormhole Death Records)
ARTISAN: The Stain Of Life (Sublevel Records)
STERCORE: The Death Head (Gothoom Productions)
UNDEATH: It’s Time To Rise From The Grave (Prosthetic)
DAWN OF ASHES: Scars Of The Broken (Artoffact Records)
DARK FUNERAL: We Are The Apocalypse (Century Media)
CROWBAR: Zero And Below (MNRK Heavy)
INGESTED: Ashes Lie Still (Metal Blade)
ALIGN THE TIDE: Hollow (Cleopatra Records)
FUNERAL CHIC: Roman Candle (Prosthetic)

* THE TOP 18 INDEPENDENT ALBUMS OF 2022 (Hard Rock/Metal))

THE DOOD: Firefly
EXTINCTION IN PROGRESS: Shades Of Pale
PILLAGING VILLAGERS: Pillaging Villagers
TUBEFREEKS: Unhinged
TWELVE GAUGE FACELIFT: Lion-Weight
MOONSHADE: As We Set The Skies Ablaze
BLACK CROSS HOTEL: Hex
WASTED: The Haunted House
SOCIETY 1: Black Level Six
DIE WITH FEAR: Sonata Di Morte
PSYCHOSTICK: And Stuff
DIRTY SHIRT: Get Your Dose Now
SINNRS: Detrahamus
A FITTING REVENGE: Omnipresence
TRAITOR: Exiled To The Surface
DISCONNECTED: Disconnected
VICE: For The Fallen
INEXORABLE: Not My Funeral

*THE TOP 20 STONER/DOOM ALBUMS OF 2022

PATRIARCHS IN BLACK: Reach For The Scars (MDD Records)
GREENBEARD: Variant (Sailor Records)
LUNAR WOODS: Dead End (Independent)
STONE NOMADS: Fields Of Doom (Gravitoyd Records)
KRYPTOGRAF: The Eldorado Spell (Apollon Records)
IAN BLURTON’S FUTURE NOW: Second Sun (Seeing Red Records)
UMBILICUS: Path Of 1000 Suns (Blood Blast Dist.)
ABRAMS: In The Dark (Small Stone Records)
LUGNET: Tales From The Great Beyond (Pride & Joy Records)
OZYMANDIAS: The Spire (Independent)
CASSIUS KING: Dread The Dawn (Nomad Eel Records)
VOLTAGEHAWK: Electric Thunder (The Label Group)
DRUIDS: Shadow Work (Pelagic Records)
THE WATCHERS: Nyctophilia (Valley Of Fire Records)
SATAN: Earth Infernal (Metal Blade)
GALLOWS DOWN: Gallows Down (Independent)
VALLEY OF THE SUN: The Chariot (Fuzzorama Records)
BIRTH: Born (Metal Blade)
UFOMAMMUT: Fenice (Neurot Records)
GITHYANKI: Rollin The Dice (Independent)

*THE TOP 20 EP’s OF 2022 (Hard Rock/Metal)

AS PARADISE FALLS: Madness/Medicine (Eclipse Records)
VIO-LENCE: Let The World Burn (Metal Blade)
GREAT AMERICAN GHOST: Torture World (MNRK Heavy)
SCATTERED STORM: In This Dying Sun (Blood Blast Dist.)
GREYBUSH: This Is Punishment (Hangnail Records)
FROSTBITE: Take The Dream (Independent)
FALL AND RESIST: Darkness Of Now (Independent)
IMAGES OF EDEN: Weathered And Torn (Pavement)
UPON YOUR GRAVE: Gold & Decay (Independent)
DEATH DEALER: Fuel Injected Suicide Machine (Steel Cartel)
ZEISTENCROIX: Cruxifiction (Pavement)
TRIAL OF ASCENSION: Origin (Independent)
THROUGH THE NOISE: Tragedies (Eclipse)
ONES TRUE WILL: Amoral Vendetta (Independent)
EWIGKEIT: Out Of The Woods (Death To Music Records)
VOLCANDRA: Border World (Prosthetic)
HAUNTED BY SILHOUETTES: No Man Isle (Eclipse)
DALI VAN GOGH: New Blood Old Wounds (Wormhole Death Records)
CHILDREN OF THE VOID: Garden Of Bones (Independent)
HEAVENLY TRIP TO HELL: Pumpkin Man (Independent)

*THE TOP 4 EP’s OF 2022 (Stoner/Doom)

HUNTSMEN: The Dying Pines (Prosthetic)
TRUST US: Non Zero Sum Game (Apollon Records)
GHOST OF FU KANG WALKER: Self Titled (Wormhole Death Records)
ELECTRIC HIGH: Walls Fall Down (Independent)

* THE TOP 60 SINGLES OF THE YEAR 2022 (All Genres) So great to see all the independent releases topping this chart for 2022

ETERNAL FREQUENCY: A.I. (Independent)
HIDDEN MACHINE: Main Character (Independent)
THEY MIGHT BE ZOMBIES: Drifting Away (Independent)
NECESSARY EVIL: I Saw The Devil (Independent)
JAKOB SIN: My Epitaph (Independent)
HOK-KEY: The Quest For Fire (Wormhole Death Records)
TYRANT: Of Ash (Pavement)
TIWANAKU: Visitor From Titan (Avantgarde Music)
GENUS ORDINIS DEI: The Entropic Queen (Eclipse)
MAN MACHINE INDUSTRY: Betrayer Of The Code (Independent)
THE VIOLENT INZIDENT: Fou Fou (Independent)
RESISTING VEGAS: Assimilation (Independent)
TALAS: On The Take (Metal Blade)
SURVIVALIST: With Wrath (Earache Records)
SHELTERED SUN: Commanding The Sceptre (Independent)
SUPER MONSTER PARTY: Dead Space (Independent)
GODS OF CENTAURUS: Sleeping Wide Awake (Independent)
TERRAPHOBIA: Apathy Of Fear (Independent)
EMBRYONIC AUTOPSY: Cauterized Womb Impalement (Massacre Records)
DIAMORTE: Where The Light Grows Cold (Independent)
SADISTIC RITUAL: End Of All Roads (Prosthetic)
NARCOTIC WASTELAND: Morality And The Wasp (Independent)
WARCLOWN: Chloroform (Independent)
LOCKJAW: Silence The Fear (Independent)
BAD BIBLE: A Place Beyond Time (Independent)
HUMANIAC: Owl, Moloch, And Redwood Trees (Independent)
GODLESS THRONE: The Despairing Eve Of Murder (Independent)
MORBIKON: Contagion Borne Of Phantom Vessel (Tankcrimes)
TERMINA: Translucent (Independent)
MATRICIDE: Walk Into The Flames (One Eyed Toad Records)
MENTAL FRACTURE: Clockwork (Independent)
BLOODY REDEMPTION: Shotgun Lullaby (Awakening Records)
SINNER: My Scars (Atomic Fire Records)
LIONS AT THE GATE: Bed Of Nails (Independent)
NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE: God Plutonium (Iron Shield Records)
ABHORIA: False Idols (Prosthetic)
MANTAR: Horder (Metal Blade)
CELESTIAL WIZARD: Ice Realm (Independent)
DROWND: Save Yourself (Armalyte Industries)
HEAD TRIP TRAUMA: Spiral (Independent)
CARRION: Morbid Nailgun Necropsy (Wormhole Death Records)
MISFIRE: RIP (MNRK Heavy)
ROSE FUNERAL: Father Death (Independent)
BEYOND THE STYX: Scorch A.D. (WTF Records)
SLOWBLEED: No Shepherd Of Wolves (Creator Destructor Records)
MIDNIGHT: Devil Virgin (Metal Blade)
THE RISEN DREAD: White Night (Wormhole Death Records)
SCARS: Hail The Fallen (Wormhole Death Records)
EMBERWAKE: Misery (Independent)
MARTO: Nihil (Rockhopper Records)
SYRYN: Succubus Queen (Independent)
WINGS OF DESTINY: Rise Above Them All (Wormhole Death Records)
PUPIL SLICER: Thermal Runaway (Prosthetic Records)
CHUGGER: Five Feet Down (Wormhole Death Records)
THY ENEMY: Unattainable (Independent)
ANTAPEX: Sign Of The End Times (Independent)
ALL THIS FILTH: Still Bleeds My Heart (Independent)
AMERICAN ANYMEN: Destroy Interesting (Eclipse)
ENEMY OF THE ENEMY: Born Unchained (Wormhole Death Records)
CHILD OF CAESAR: Exitus (Dr. Music Records)

*HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR 2022: Terrifier 2

Yes, after 2 years of not listing a Horror Movie Of The Year (because they all sucked), this charting position returns in all it’s bloody, ragged glory. TERRIFIER 2 was amazing! The gore and splatter was just relentless and so well crafted. We literally reveled in the moment. As most horror fans know, this marked the return of Art The Clown from the first Terrifier, and All Hallows Eve. Those 2 films really didn’t impress us. But Terrifier 2 had everything ‘real’ horror fans have been missing for the past couple years. And that included a decent budget, great acting, dark comedy, and the FX were outstanding. And yes, it had a theatrical release which is the criteria to make this chart. So it looks like ‘real’ theatrical horror films are making a comeback in a big way. Fans of the genre, including us, have noticed some directors moving away from all the slow, boring, and safe films that have been passing itself off as a Horror Movie. In fact, we saw quite a few decent horror films in 2022, and we’d like to give nods to PEARL and X as well. Let’s keep this trend going. Let’s keep protesting the crap and hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.

And before we leave 2022 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a toast to all our Family, Friends, Musicians, and Actors we lost in 2022…We salute all our fallen family and brethren and will remember you forever.. Save us a place at ‘Stage Left’ at that great gig in the sky..

Best Of 2021

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Rock Solid Pressure

The ‘Best Of 2021’ On The Rock Solid Pressure Show

Here’s the charting positions from our ‘Best Of 2021’ broadcast on The Rock Solid Pressure Show. Congratulations to all the bands that took honors this year. 2021 saw an explosion of live music in most parts around the world (finally). We still live with Covid but we have our Concerts back, and that’s all we care about. We have no interest in Government. They can all rip each other to pieces (Hmm, that would be interesting), and create diversions to piss you off. But as one of the last ‘real’ Independents left in this Country, we’ve learned that if you just ignore it, it won’t bother you. We’ve always enjoyed unity with everyone, and we’ve been doing that successfully with all styles of Metal and Hard Rock for 20 years!! AND OH YEAH, January 1st marked our 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on the air. We’ve been through FM Syndication, a TV Show, 17 huge Industry Showcases, booked over 700 huge national acts, and at last count, we’ve booked way over 4000 local bands. The broadcast started in the Northeast when we worked for Sony Records in 2002. Moved the show to Florida in 2004, and stayed there for 15 years. We’ve now been in Reno NV for almost 3 years, and we’re not worn out yet (lol). But with all that history under our belts, we keep writing new chapters. And 2021 was another amazing year for new music releases. Actually, we had more submissions than we’ve ever seen in our 20 year history. We stated that last year, but 2021 was bigger. ALSO, if you missed this ‘Best Of 2021’ Special broadcast, it should be up on our podcast platform now at our site http://www.RockSolidPressure.com . Again, congrats to all the bands that made the cut this year. And we thank each and every one of you for supporting the broadcast, and our concert events over the years. Without your support, we could have never come this far.

All the charting positions are submissions from our Record Label Media Partners, and the PR Firms we are associated with. We also chart self-released submissions. All submissions have to fit the format for The Rock Solid Pressure Show to be nominated. And our charts are nationally recognized.

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2021 (Rock/Metal): Eternity’s End: Embers Of War (Prosthetic Records)

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2021 (Stoner/Doom/Experimental): DVNE: Etemen Aenka (Metal Blade)

*SONG OF THE YEAR 2021 (Rock/Metal): Accept: Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)

*EP OF THE YEAR 2021 (Rock/Metal): KrashKarma: Storm (Split Nail Records)

*THE TOP 55 ALBUMS OF 2021 (Rock/Metal)

ETERNITY’S END: Embers Of War (Prosthetic)
SUPER MONSTER PARTY: Sidequest (Independent)
ROB ZOMBIE: Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast)
MEPHISTO: Pentafixion (Wormhole Death Records)
AT THE GATES: The Nightmare Of Being (Century Media)
GOJIRA: Fortitude (Roadrunner)
XAEL: Bloodtide Rising (Pavement)
SPACE CHASER: Give Us Life (Metal Blade)
EVIL DRIVE: Demons Within (Universal)
AGAINST EVIL: End Of The Line (Doc Gator Records)
ASSAULT: Aevumet Illustrata (East Breath Records)
ANGELUS APATRIDA: Self-Titled (Century Media)
SILENT WINTER: Empire Of Sins (Pride & Joy Records)
THE CROWN: Royal Destroyer (Metal Blade)
IMMORTAL GUARDIAN: Psychosomatic (M-Theory Audio)
FOUR STROKE BARON: Classics (Prosthetic)
RAVENOUS: Hubris (Feast Beast Records)
SUMMONING THE LICH: United In Chaos (Prosthetic)
ACCEPT: Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
ABORTED: Maniacult (Century Media)
WINGS OF DESTINY: Memento Mori (Wormhole Death)
ALCATRAZZ: V (Silver Lining Music)
RISEUP: Destructive Machine Chilling Time (Eclipse)
MURDER MONDAY: Chug Violence (Independent)
INHUMAN CONDITION: Rat God (Blood Blast Dist)
TRIBULATION: Where The Gloom Becomes Sound (Metal Blade)
ALL AGAINST: I Am Alive (Wormhole Death)
ADARRAK: Ex Oriente Lux (Independent)
STORMTIDE: A Throne Of Hollow Fire (Metal Hell Records)
KILLRAZER: The Burial Begins (Battlegod Productions)
TALES OF THE OLD: The Book Of Chaos (Pride & Joy)
THE END OF MELANCHOLY: Nature Unleashed (Independent)
AEON: God Ends Here (Metal Blade)
ALMOST DEAD: Brutal Onslaught (Art Gates Records)
W.E.B.: Colosseum (Metal Blade)
REAPING ASMODEIA: Darkened Infinity (Prosthetic)
MONARCH: Future Shock (Independent)
GOREGANG: Long Live The Grime (Blood Blast Dist)
THE LURKING FEAR: Death Madness Horror Decay (Century Media)
WEREWOLVES: What A Time To Be Alive (Prosthetic)
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND: Zodiac (Independent)
MINUS LIFE: Contorted Reality (Independent)
HATE: Rugia (Metal Blade)
COGNIZANCE: Upheavel (Prosthetic)
SUMMONERS CIRCLE: Chaos Vector (Independent)
FRACTAL UNIVERSE: The Impassable Horizon (Metal Blade)
HUNTED: Deliver Us (Pitch Black Records)
DOMINATION CAMPAIGN: Onward To Glory (Prosthetic)
EVERDAWN: Cleopatra (Sensory Records)
DEPTHS OF HATRED: Inheritance (Prosthetic)
ARTILLERY: X (Metal Blade)
ZYCH: Dante’s Inferno (Metal Assault Records)
CRIMINAL: Sacrificio (Metal Blade)
BEYOND GRACE: Our Kingdom Undone (Prosthetic)
IOTUNN: Access All Worlds (Metal Blade)
INCEPTION OF ETERNITY: Last Exit To The Past (Independent)
IMAGES OF EDEN: Angel Born (Pavement)
HIDDEN INTENT: Dead End Destiny (Independent)
DEATHCRAEFT: On Human D-Evolution (Wormhole Death)
SANCTION: The Overview Effect (Independent)
THE ODDEVEN: Dance Of The Dead (Pavement)
BAEST: Necro Sapiens (Century Media)
VENUS SYNDROME: Cannibal Star (Rockshots Records)
ALICE COOPER: Detroit Stories (Ear Music)
CERBERUS: Communion (Independent)

* THE TOP 50 TRACKS OF 2021 (All Genres Of Hard Rock/Metal))

ACCEPT: Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
SINISTER KING: A Cure For Insomnia (Independent)
THE MIGHT BE ZOMBIES: The Panic Culture (Independent)
THE DOOD: 13 (Independent)
MOTHER OF EXILE: You Make Me Sick (Independent)
HIDEOUS DIVINITY: Chestburst (Century Media)
ARCH ENEMY: Deceiver Deceiver (Century Media)
AMERICAN TERROR: Attitude (Independent)
LIONS SHARE: Under Attack (Independent)
RACHEL MOTHER GOOSE: My Ascending Day (Pride & Joy Records)
SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE: Snake Charmer (Sensory Records)
MOYRA: The Eyes Of Rats (Independent)
CULTT OF SHE: Everybody Hates Me (Independent)
FOUR TRIPS AHEAD: Remnants (Dr. Music Records)
RATTLESNAKE MILITA: Dark Reflections (Independent)
BURIAL AT SEA: Contravene (Independent)
ESTRIVER: Primordial (Wormhole Death)
MISS LAVA: Doom Machine (Small Stone Records)
SINSATION: Cursed (Night Train Records)
CORPORAIN: Pitch Black (Volcano Records)
BLOODY HELL: Midnight Man (Rockshots Records)
NOTHING SACRED: Final Crime (Rockshots Records)
DESTINI BEARD w/ SAM HAYNES: Incantations At Midnight (Independent)
ANTAPEX: Until Your Blood Runs Cold (Independent)
EMPIRE OF DISEASE: God Ends Here (Wormhole Death)
RANSOM: Killing Time (Independent)
BENTHOS: II (Eclipse Records)
AREIS: Under The Sun (Wormhole Death)
BE UNDER ARMS: The Blood Oath (Independent)
BARBARIAN PROPHECIES: Supreme Vampire (Iron Matron Records)
WARLAB: Decipher The Code (Independent)
PARALLAX: Blood Moon (Independent)
BLUD RED ROSES: Into The Half Light (Curtain Call Records)
SIGNUM DRACONIS: The Borderland (Rockshots Records)
WHITE CITY GRAVES: Bump In The Night (Independent)
CAMERA OBSCURE TWO: To Bleed To Feel Alive (SelfMadeGod Records)
VOKONIS: Blackened Wings (The Sign Records)
BACKLASH: Backlash (Independent)
THE NORSEMEN COMPANY: Master Of The Dark (Perris Records)
CULT OF SCARECROW: Robotized (Wormhole Death)
MOTHMAN & THE THUNDERBIRDS: Nomad (Independent)
INNASANITORIUM: Accelerated Oblivion (Independent)
DEMIAURA: Equinox (Pavement)
THE DAY OF THE BEAST: Venomous Procession (Prosthetic)
MOLTEN: Zombies Curse (Independent)
ANIMA INSIDE: Prophets Words (Rock On Records)
MAGG DYLAN: Pawns (Eclipse Records)
RED CAIN: Baltic Fleet (Sliptrick Records)
WHO WANTS THE CROWN: Safeword (Independent)
FATE DEFINED: No Hope (Independent)

*THE TOP 10 STONER/DOOM/FUZZ/EXPERIMENTAL ALBUMS OF 2021

DVNE: Etemen Aenka (Metal Blade)
RED FANG: Arrows (Relapse)
CASSIUS KING: Field Trip (Nomad Eel records)
HIPPOTRAKTOR: Meridian (Pelagic Records)
THE VELVET SUPERSLOTHS: The Velvet Supersloths (Hell On The Rock Records)
MOONSHINE OVERSIGHT: The Frame (Wormhole Death)
OV MOROS: Of Whispering And Reflections (Independent)
RASCAL WHACK: Maliveni (Independent)
ROBOTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: Mystic Goddess (Small Stone Records)
THE STONE EYE: South Of The Sun (Eclipse Records)

THE TOP 15 EP’s OF 2021 (All Genres Of Hard Rock/Metal)

KRASHKARMA: Storm (Split Nail Records)
GRIEVING: Songs For The Weary (Interstellar Smoke Records)
SCATTERED STORM: Oblivion (Independent)
BRUNDARKH: Haunted Worlds (Independent)
IMPENDING DOOM: Hellbent (MNRK Heavy)
TRIAL OF ASCENSION: Phoenix (Independent)
THE TROOPS OF DOOM: Absence Of Light (Blood Blast Dist)
PER WIBERG: All Is Well In The Land Of The Living (Despotz Records)
GORETHRONE: The Descension (Independent)
GAMA BOMB: Thunder Over London (Prosthetic)
HAMMERDRONE: A Trinity Of Rage (Independent)
CROMAGNUM: Born Free (King Metal Records)
BLACK SUN: Silent Enemy (Rockshots Records)
DEAD AGAIN: Humanitys Collapse (Independent)
SKYHAMMER: The Skyhammer (Independent)

*And before we leave 2021 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a toast to all the great Musicians, Friends, Family and Actors we lost in 2021…We salute all our fallen brethren and will remember you forever.. Save us a place at ‘Stage Left’ at that great gig in the sky..

http://www.RockSolidPressure.com

Best Of 2020

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Rock Solid Pressure

The ‘Best Of 2020’ On The Rock Solid Pressure Show

Hey Fiends..Here’s the charting positions from our ‘Best Of 2020’ broadcast. Congratulations to all the bands that took honors this year. It was the worst year the world has ever seen due to Covid. But It was another amazing year for new music. Actually, we had more submissions then we’ve ever seen in our 19 year history. ALSO, if you missed the broadcast last night, it should be up on all the podcast platforms now. Again, congrats to all the bands that made the cut this year. This was a tough one.

All the charting positions are submissions from our Record Label Media Partners, and the PR Firms we are associated with. We also chart self released submissions. All submissions have to fit the format for The Rock Solid Pressure Show to be nominated.

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Rock/Metal): Static-X: Project Regeneration Vol. 1

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR(Stoner/Doom): Vessel Of Light: Last Ride (Nomad Eel Records)

*SONG OF THE YEAR (Rock/Metal): Cancel Culture by ANGERHEAD

*SONG OF THE YEAR (Stoner/Doom): Lord Lumieres by FENISIA (Eclipse Records)

*EP OF THE YEAR: Book Of The Dead: Bound In Flesh Inked In Blood (Rebel Pyro)

*THE TOP 55 ALBUMS OF 2020 (Rock/Metal)

STATIC-X: Project Regeneration Vol. 1
LAMB OF GOD: Lamb Of God (Nuclear Blast)
SORCERER: Lamenting Of The Innocent (Metal Blade)
MIKE LePONDS SILENT ASSASSINS: Whore Of Babylon (Silver Lining Music)
DARK FORTRESS: Spectres From The Old World (Century Media)
SEPULTURA: Quadra (Nuclear Blast)
GENUS ORDINIS DEI: Glare Of Deliverance (Eclipse)
BONDED: Rest In Violence (Century Media)
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Verminous (Metal Blade)
WIDERUN: Veil Of Imagination (Century Media)
THEY MIGHT BE ZOMBIES: Reanimate (Combat)
ANVIL: Legal At Last (AFM)
BENEATH THE MASSACRE: Fearmonger (Century Media)
ENSIFERUM: Thalassic (Metal Blade)
ORACLE: Hindsight 2020 (Pavement)
WITHIN THE RUINS: Black Heart (eOne)
ANNIHILATOR: Ballistic Sadistic (Silver Lining Music)
OBSIDIAN TIDE: Pillars Of Creation
BEAR: Propaganda (Pelagic Records)
CIRITH UNGOL: Forever Black (Metal Blade)
BLEED FROM WITHIN: Fracture (Century Media)
IN MALICE’S WAKE: The Blindness Of Faith
WEREWOLVES: The Dead Are Screaming (Prosthetic)
ARMORED SAINT: Punching The Sky (Metal Blade)
SMOKE & MIRRORS: Anthems Of The Quarantine
ETERNAL DELYRIA: Paradox Of The Mechanical Angel
PSYKOTRIBE: The Devils Complex (EMP)
LIK: Misanthropic Breed (Metal Blade)
SODOM: Genesis XIX (eOne)
CULT OF LILITH: Mara (Metal Blade)
EMPYREAL SORROW: Praey
CYPHER MACHINE: Myopic
ART OF SHOCK: Dark Angeles (Century Media)
INFERA BRUO: Rites Of The Nameless (Prosthetic)
DIAMOND HEAD: Lightning To The Nations 2020 (Silver Lining Music)
MENTAL DISASTER: The Repulsive Abomination (Death To Music)
THE OUTFIT: Vikings (Pavement)
SOULBURN: Noa’s Dark (Century Media)
CHURCH OF THE DEAD: Church Of The Dead (Stay Heavy)
WRECK-DEFY: Powers That Be (Sublevel)
GAMA BOMB: Sea Savage (Prosthetic)
ACCUSER: Accuser (Metal Blade)
SIX FEET UNDER: Nightmares Of The Decomposed (Metal Blade)
KILL RITUAL: The Opaque And The Divine (Dissonance)
ETHER COVEN: Everything Is Temporary Except Suffering (Century Media)
ANAAL NATHRAKH: Endarkenment (Metal Blade)
CALIBRE: The Storm Inside (Downfall)
NAGLFAR: Cerecloth (Century Media)
HARLOTT: Detritus Of The Final Age (Metal Blade)
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE: Diamonds (Metropolis)
ELEGY OF MADNESS: Invisible World (Pride & Joy)
SORTOUT: Conquer From Within (Dr. Music Records)
SECRET RULE: Against (Pride & Joy)
MAGG DYLAN: Amethyst (Eclipse)
OLD ROGERS REVENGE: Vengeance Of Blackbeard (Pavement)

* THE TOP 50 TRACKS OF 2020 (Rock/Metal)

ANGERHEAD: Cancel Culture
AMERICAN TERROR: PC-Me (EMP)
SUPER MONSTER PARTY: It’s Resident Evil
PIG: Situation (Armalyte Industries)
NOTHGARD: Lightcrawler (Metal Blade)
DEATH DEALER: Every Nation (Steel Cartel)
ALLIGATOR BLOOD: Death Of A Heretic (Self Righteous)
SHATTER BRAIN: Pitchfork Justice (Wormhole Death)
LIONS SHARE: Shotgun Messiah
CRAFTING THE CONSPIRACY: Dream Sequence
GARY SCHUTT: There’s A Spider In The House
TERRADOWN: Black Blood
TRIAL BY COMBAT: Exsanguination Exite
ARTILLERY: The Last Journey (Metal Blade)
PARALYSIS: Tombstone
RAVENSCROFT: Vengeance Is Mine (Pavement)
VANKALE: Return To The Fold
DEIMLER: Your Coffin (Awakening Records)
HALF TON HAMMER: Surveillance
ZOMBIEKING: Kings (Pavement)
CONCRETE: Parasites (Black Voodoo)
AGAINST THE GRAVE: Bleeding You
TEMNEIN: A Few Drops Of Blood
THE ODDEVEN: Again (Pavement)
AUTUMN LIES BURIED: Last Ride
WINTERS VERGE: A Thousand Souls (Pride & Joy)
FATES WARNING: Scars (Metal Blade)
BEHEMOTH: Shadows Ov Ea Cast Upon Golgotha (Metal Blade)
PSYCHOSOMATIC: Riot Squadron (Nefarious Industries)
FALCONER: In Regal Attire (Metal Blade)
WELICORUSS: Frostbounded (El Puerto Records)
UNTO THE WOLVES: A Culture Of Machines
OVERSENSE: White Wolf
INCANTATION: Fury’s Manifesto (Relapse)
OPERUS: Book Of Shadows (Pride & Joy)
CARNEFICINA: Somniphobic
ANOVA SKYWAY: Diet Of Worms
CLOCKWORK SKY: Longinus (One Eyed Toad)
PISSING RAZORS: Left For Dead
DEVILSKIN: Corrode
BROTTHOGG: Resurrection
OF THE FALLEN: Servitude
CHIP & THE CHARGE UPS: This Bomb Aint Gonna Light Itself
VIOLENT LIFE VIOLENT DEATH: Dead With Me (Innerstrength)
CERBERUS: Dusk
HOUR OF ANQUISH: Oblivion
VILEST BREED: Big Takeover
MALFESTED: Masked With Skulls Of The Fallen
DELUGE: Baine (Metal Blade)
BLACK MAGNET: Trustfucker (20 Buck Spin)

*THE TOP 10 STONER/DOOM ALBUMS OF 2020

VESSEL OF LIGHT: Last Ride (Nomad Eel Records)
HUNTSMEN: Mandela Of Fear (Prosthetic)
ELDEN: Nostromo (Fuzzorama)
KIRK WINDSTEIN: Dream In Motion (eOne)
KANAWHA: The Sky Was The First To Fall
HORISONT: Sudden Death (Century Media)
PHLEFONYAAR: We Rest When The Crows Feast
CRUEL CURSES: Pray For Sun, Plan For Rain
DEAD LORD: Surrender (Century Media)
BLACK PYRAMID: Quantum Phoenix (Burnout Records)

*THE TOP 10 STONER/DOOM TRACKS OF 2020

FENISIA: Lord Lumieres (Eclipse)
WITCHRIDER: Keep Me Out Of It (Fuzzorama)
RUFF MAJIC: Swine Tooth Grin (Mongrel Records)
16: Sadlands (Relapse)
CLOSE THE HATCH: Exit Anxiety
EWIGKEIT: Yesterdays
ONE STEP FROM FALLING: Rigamortis (Pavement)
MONKEYSTIK: Wake Up
DEMISED: In The Creek (Maldito Records)
SORCIA: Nowhere But Up (Incineration Ceremony)

THE TOP 5 EP’s OF 2020

BOOK OF THE DEAD: Bound In Flesh Inked In Blood (Rebel Pyro)
FROM THE RUINS: Into Chaos (No Life Till Metal Records)
THRASH BANDICOOT: Milwaukee Cannibal
VICIOUS CIRCLE: Unearthed Precision (Sublevel)
EXOMNIA: Aftermath (Alcyone Records)

*Before we leave 2020 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a final toast to all the great Musicians, Friends, Family and Actors we lost in 2020…We salute all our fallen brethren and will remember you forever..Save us a place at ‘Stage Left’ at that great gig in the sky..

http://www.RockSolidPressure.com

Best Of 2019

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Rock Solid Pressure

THE ‘BEST OF 2019’ ON THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE SHOW

Hey Fiends..Here’s the charting positions from our ‘Best Of 2019’ broadcast. Congratulations to all the bands that took honors this year. It was another amazing year for new music. ALSO, if you missed the broadcast last night. You can listen to it at our site http://www.RockSolidPressure.com

All the charting positions are submissions from our Record Label Media Partners, and the PR Firms we are associated with. We also chart self released submissions. Also, all submissions have to fit the format for The Rock Solid Pressure Show to be nominated.

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR: David Ellefson- SLEEPING GIANTS (Combat Records)

*SONG OF THE YEAR: Welcome To The Garden State by OVERKILL (Nuclear Blast)

*EP OF THE YEAR: MURDER MONDAY (Independent)

*THE TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2019

SLEEPING GIANTS: (Combat Records)
TRONOS: Celestial Mechanics (Century Media)
OPETH: In Cauda Venenum (Nuclear Blast)
LACUNA COIL: Black Anima (Century Media)
ORACLE: 7 Deadly Sins (Independent)
SERMON: Birth Of The Marvelous (Prosthetic)
OVERKILL: The Wings Of War (Nuclear Blast)
ENTOMBED A.D.: Bowels Of Earth (Century Media)
RAMMSTEIN: Self Titled (Universal)
PER WIBERG: Head Without Eyes (Despotz Records)
PALADIN: Ascension (Prosthetic)
GABRIEL & THE APOCALYPSE: Alpha Bionic (Pavement)
CORVOYD: Event Horizon (Independent)
SORXE: The Ark Burner (Prosthetic)
FORGERY: Edge Of Perception (Battlegod)
NILE: Vile Nilotic Rites (Nuclear Blast)
FLOTSAM & JETSAM: The End Of Chaos (AFM)
VESSEL OF LIGHT: Thy Serpent Rise (Independent)
SWAN VALLEY HEIGHTS: The Heavy Seed (Fuzzorama)
SWALLOW THE SUN: When Shadow Is Forced Into Light (Sony)
DEATH ANGEL: Humanicide (Nuclear Blast)
SNOW BURIAL: Ostrava (Prosthetic)
QUEENSRYCHE: The Verdict (Century Media)
5 RAND: Dark Mother (Time To Kill Records)
PARALLEL MINDS: Every Hour Wounds (Pitch Black)
ARCHER NATION: Beneath The Dream (EMP)
FLUX AMUCK: The Alternate (Independent)
CANDLEMASS: The Door To Doom (Napalm)
LIV SIN: Burning Sermons (Despotz Records)
LEGION OF THE DAMNED: Slaves Of Shadow Realm (Napalm)
SCHAMMASCH: Hearts Of No Light (Prosthetic)
FRANTIC AMBER: Bellatrix (GMR)
VENOM PRISON: Samsara (Prosthetic)
MYTH OF CREATION: Trials (Pavement)
THE THREE TREMORS: The Three Tremors (Steel Cartel)
WORMWITCH: Heaven That Dwells Within (Prosthetic)
NIGHTRAGE: Wolf To Man (Despotz)
DIAMORTE: The Red Opera (Dark Star Records)
WHEEL OF SMOKE: Sonic Cure (Polder Records)
VALLEY OF THE SUN: Old Gods (Fuzzorama)

* THE TOP 40 TRACKS OF 2019

OVERKILL: Welcome To The Garden State (Nuclear Blast)
LION’S SHARE: Pentagram
LOKA: Let It Die (Cross The Limit)
MYTH OF CREATION: Misanthrope (Pavement)
A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION: Becoming (Metropolis)
FLOTSAM & JETSAM: Unwelcome Surprise (AFM)
EPOCH CRYSIS: Under Control (Blastbear)
FACE WITHOUT FEAR: Deliverance
QUEENSRYCHE: Light Years (Century Media)
BLACKTOP MOJO: The Void (Cuhmon Records)
IN FLAMES: Voices (Nuclear Blast)
VESSEL OF LIGHT: Bleed Into The Night
SATANS TAINT: Skullcrusher 2 (Megaforce)
9ELECTRIC: God And Man (Pavement)
GENUS ORDINIS DEI: Nemesis (Eclipse)
POWDER FOR PIGEONS: Shitstorm City
CAGE: Door To The Unknown (Heavy Metal Media)
MYCELIA: It’s All Just Me (Eclipse)
VON DETTA: The Vault (Polder Records)
IMAGIKA: Suffocate On Hate (Dissonance Records)
BOREAL HYMN: Labrynthian Graves
LUCA SELLITTO: Land Of The Vikings (Pride & Joy)
WEIGHT OF THE TIDE: The Architect
BLASPHEMOUS CREATION: Lioness Rage
WADING NINE: Digital
UNKNOWN: Serpents Lullaby
REXORIA: Brothers Of Asgard (Pride & Joy)
FOUR TRIPS AHEAD: The Descent (Dr. Music Records)
ONE DAY AT A TIME: Signal Satellites
AMYGDALA: Wish Upon A Shooting Star (Prosthetic)
ADRIAN BENEGAS: Servants Of The Death (Pride & Joy)
HELLSCREAM: Slaves Of The Sand (Pure Steel)
WASTE DOWN REBELS: The War Effort
BLUD RED ROSES: Pieces On The Ground
ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR: Lullabies (Pavement)
OV MOROS: Manifesto To The Stars
GLASYA: Neverland (Pride & Joy)
EVERWAR: Thrasher
WHAT IS BROKEN: Meant To Be
FROM NORTH: From North (Downfall Records)

*THE TOP 5 EP’s OF 2019

MURDER MONDAY: Murder Monday
MOBILE DEATHCAMP: Vol 4-ish (Pavement)
ORION’S REIGN: Symphony Of War (Pride & Joy)
LORDS OF SALEM: Hell Over Salem
WRECKED BY APATHY: As Above, So Below

*CONCERT OF THE YEAR 2019: STATIC-X REUNION (Memorial To Wayne Static) at The Orpheum in Tampa Florida Nov 16th. Also featuring DOPE, WEDNESDAY 13, RAVEN BLACK

*HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR: IT PART 2

*Before we leave 2019 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a final toast to all the great musicians, friends, family and actors we lost in 2019…We salute all our fallen brethren and will remember you forever..Save us a place at ‘Stage Left’ at that great gig in the sky..

BEST OF 2018

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Rock Solid Pressure

THE ‘BEST OF 2018’ ON THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE SHOW

Hey Fiends..Here’s the charting positions from our ‘Best Of’ special last night. Congratulations to all the bands that took honors this year. It was an amazing year for new music. One of the best we’ve seen in a few years. ALSO, if you missed the broadcast last night. You can listen to it at our site http://www.RockSolidPressure.com It’s located right under our Slideshow on the Home Page

All the charting positions are submissions from our Media Partners, Record Labels, and the PR Firms we are associated with. We also chart self released submissions. Also, all submissions have to fit the format for The Rock Solid Pressure Show.

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR: MIKE LePOND’S SILENT ASSASSINS: Pawn & Prophecy (Frontiers Records)

*SONG OF THE YEAR: ‘Don’t Trust Anyone’ by WARLAB

*EP OF THE YEAR: DECEPTIVE INTRUDER

*THE TOP 27 ALBUMS OF 2018

MIKE LePOND’S SILENT ASSASINS: Pawn & Prophecy (Frontiers Records)
NEKROGOBLIKON: Welcome To Bonkers (Seek And Strike Records)
MASTODON: Emperor Of Sand (Reprise)
JUDAS PRIEST: Firepower (Epic)
VOIVOD: The Wake (Century Media)
MYCELIA: Apex (Eclipse Records)
PSYCROPTIC: As The Kingdom Drowns (Prosthetic Records)
BURIED ABOVE GROUND: The Crown (Seek And Strike)
INFERA BRUO: Cerement (Prosthetic)
BARREN EARTH: A Complex Of Cages (Century Media)
BORN FROM TRAUMA: Born From Trauma
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: Automata (Sumerian Records)
CO-OP: Co-Op (EMP Label Group)
SKELETONWITCH: Devouring Radiant Light (Prosthetic)
BURIAL AT SEA: The Art Of Retribution
VESSEL OF LIGHT: Woodshed (Argonauta Records)
NAPALM DEATH: Coded Smears (Century Media)
SAHE: Savage
THE DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF DISOBEDIENCE: Buttercup
MADVICE: Everything Comes To An End (Time To Kill Records)
MURDER THE CROW: Where Are All The Superheroes
EXMORTUS: The Sound Of Steel (Prosthetic)
AT THE GATES: To Drink From The Night Itself (Century Media)
OPERATION MINDCRIME: The New Reality (Frontiers Records)
5 RAND: Sacred Scared
OMNIUM GATHERUM: The Burning Cold (Century Media)
QFT: Live In Space (Despotz Records)

* THE TOP 27 TRACKS OF 2018

WARLAB: Don’t Trust Anyone
PIG: The Revelation (Metropolis Records)
CODE RED RIOT: Panic And Pain (Sony Records)
STONE LEADERS: Seeker (Vanity Music)
SIX FOOT SIX: From The Ground
REV JONES: Bakwash
WE HUNT BUFFALO: Angler Must Die (Fuzzorama Records)
ORIONS REIGN: The Gravewalker (Pride & Joy Records)
WAR OF THRONES: Kingdom
FATAL MALADY: Duct Tape (EMP Label Group)
CHTHONIC: Carved In Bloodstone (Spinefarm / Universal)
HEIDRA: A Crown Of 5 Fingers (Time To Kill Records)
DEVILLE: Gold Sealed Tomb (Fuzzorama Records)
LUCIFER: Faux Pharaoh (Century Media)
TAD MOROSE: Turn To Dust (GMR)
ORACLE: Into The Unknown
MARDUK: Werewolf (Century Media)
FACE OFF: Lynx Purr (Transcending Records)
JASON CHARLES MILLER: Riverbank (Sony Records)
HATCHET: Where Futures Regress (Combat records)
VILEST BREED: No Bows
THE WILKOF PROJECT: Pocketful Of Pride
OV MOROS: Arrival
I OWE NOTHING: Resonator
MERRYWEATHER STARK: Rockers Lament
S.K.O.R: Bubbleman (GMR)
TOLERANCE ZERO: Swing Or Shut Up

*THE TOP 4 EP’s OF 2018

DECEPTIVE INTRUDER
WRECKED BY APATHY
WARLAB
INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE

*CONCERT OF THE YEAR 2018: THE HEAVY HITTERS CONCERT SERIES at State Theatre

Usually this honor is reserved for one of our most ‘enjoyable’ national concert events that we put together. And we had lots of those in 2018. But we broke tradition in 2017 and gave this honor to the ’15 year Anniversary of The Rock Solid Pressure Industry Showcase’. Mainly because it was a landmark year for us. We’re also breaking tradition for 2018 as well, and bestowing the honor to THE HEAVY HITTERS CONCERT SERIES. This was also a huge, and sad, landmark for us, and the music scene in general. This series was our final bow at State Theatre. After 11 solid years of growing the legacy, and making State Theatre even ‘more’ historic. Our time was over at that venue. The extreme glory days were over, and we were forced to continue at other venues. All the people that we started this incredible run with were all gone, and things were getting weird. So we planned our exit in spectacular fashion (Would you expect anything less?). For all the bands and cool people that know us. Our main concern from day one was to open the floodgates for local bands to play on that stage. Bands that ‘never’ would have had a chance to play there in the 90’s and early 2000’s. So we went right to work back in 2007. We started putting local bands on huge national shows, and putting together huge festivals with ‘just’ local bands. and at last count, we booked over 2500 local and regional bands from the State of Florida. and countless national acts

Along the way, quite a few local bands rose up to prominence from playing the Theatre. Many of these bands made State Theatre their home. They started their career and learned their craft on that stage. As they grew into professional units and started touring, they always came back for a ‘Home Town’ show at State. But the final 2 years, the venue fell into total disarray, and it was closed more than it was open. Fire Marshall issues and a bunch of other problems caused a lot of the bigger agents to pull out from booking shows. But we were determined to stay till the end. We had a plan to give the scene, and a lot of these prominent bands, a final hurrah at their home base..Hence ‘Heavy Hitters’! It was a month long concert series that featured bands that started there and became huge names in our State, and around the Country. It featured well known names like THE DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF DISOBEDIENCE (THE DOOD), PSYKOTRIBE, KADAVER DOLLS, DRASTIC FALL, CYPHER MACHINE, FROM THIS FIRE, CRUSHTONE, AEGEA, MURDER THE CROW, DARK SUMMER, THE ROSEWOODS..And others that played there on a few occasions like WARLAB, OTHERWORLD, 3KD, SHATTERED, DEAD END RIVER, and a few first timers like AURORAE, THE FALLEN SHALL PREVAIL, OXMOORE, SHATTERED SOULS

We’ll always hold this series close to our black hearts. It was our official final bow at the venue, although we did do a couple more shows over there before the venue closed. Those shows also featured bands that made State Theatre their home. They ‘would’ have been included in the Heavy Hitters series, but I couldn’t get the dates so we ran them as a ‘final shows’ kinda thing. These shows included prominent bands like 5 STAR HOOKER, SUNSHINE & BULLETS, COLDCLOCK KNOCKOUT, CRUEL CURSES, TOGETHER IN EXILE, RISING UP ANGRY, MEATSPACE, SKARZ, MEKA NISM, and first timers DECEPTIVE INTRUDER, THE WILKOF PROJECT. Not sure what the future holds for State Theatre, but we just wanted to go out with a ‘bang’..Like the way we came in

*HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Halloween

So, in 2017 it seemed we were moving out of all this politically correct bullshit that was passing itself off as ‘Horror’ at the movie theaters. In 2018 all that crap came back with a vengeance. Thank the ‘Me Too’ movement. Seriously, the horror that we know and love is long gone. There’s still some cool stuff being released in the underground, but we like the experience of the big screen for our horror fix. Well, it seems those days are over. And we also fear the ‘PC Police’ will wind up editing all the classics that we love. Advice? Get those great movies ‘off’ your computers. Burn them to a DVD and HIDE THEM (lol) Does that sound drastic? Really? Look at the world we are living in. You will never see any type of horror film like those slash and hack classics from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s. Rob Zombie’s newest release ‘3 FROM HELL’ will most likely be an underground release. Rob would never knuckle down to the PC Police. If he did, I would really be surprised. Anyway, since there’s not really any heavy gore or ultra violent stuff allowed in the theaters anymore. There was still a couple movies that held our interest, due to a cool plot. And HALLOWEEN certainly held our interest throughout. Even for the novelty aspect alone

A lot of the purists hated it and called it blasphemy. And we can agree with that to a point. It’s just that the whole damn thing was so untraditional. For starters, the story wanted us to believe that this was ‘Part 2’ to the original Halloween 40 years later. Yes, it’s blasphemy to forget about the original ‘Halloween Part 2’, which was basically the best horror sequel in history. And this time around, Michael Myers is ‘human’ with no supernatural abilities. And Laurie Strode is ‘not’ his Sister..The whole premise of the film is that Laurie Strode has been waiting for a showdown with Myers for 40 years. And of course, she get’s it. We liked the movie because Jamie Lee stole the show and played Strode as a psychotic, pistol packin Grandma. Yeah, it was certainly politically correct throughout most of it, but it had it’s moments. We certainly want to see this again and examine it further though. Other movies that we’ll give nods too in 2018 are HEREDITARY, HELL FEST, THE NUN

*Before we leave 2018 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a final toast to all the great musicians, friends, family and actors we lost in 2018…We salute all our fallen brethren and will remember you forever..Save us a place at ‘Stage Left’ at that great gig in the sky..

J-Rock

BEST OF 2017

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Rock Solid Pressure

THE ‘BEST OF 2017’ ON THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE SHOW

Hey Fiends..Here’s the national charting positions from our ‘Best Of’ special last night. Congratulations to all the bands that took honors this year. It was another amazing year for music. ALSO, if you missed the broadcast last night. You can listen to it at our site http://www.RockSolidPressure.com It’s located right under our Slideshow on the Home Page

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR: ADRENALINE MOB: We The People (Century Media)

*SONG OF THE YEAR: GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS by Apocalypse Orchestra (Despotz Records)

*EP OF THE YEAR: NINE MILE DRIVE

*THE TOP 15 ALBUMS OF 2017

ADRENALINE MOB: We The People (Century Media)
WEDNESDAY 13: Condolences (Nuclear Blast)
F.K.U. : 1981 (Despotz Records)
ARCH ENEMY: Will To Power (Century Media)
WITHOUT WAVES: Lunar (Prosthetic Records)
THE HAXANS: Party Monsters (Another Century Records)
ART OF ANARCHY: The Madness (Century Media)
GENUS ORDINIS DEI: Great Olden Dynasty (Eclipse Records)
LIV SIN: Follow Me (Despotz Records)
ICED EARTH: Incorruptible (Century Media)
QUADRUS: Entropia
JUNIUS: Eternal Rituals (Prosthetic Records)
AS PARADISE FALLS: Digital Ritual (Eclipse Records)
GRAVESHADOW: Nocturnal Resurrection
VAMPIRE: With Primeval Force (Century Media)

* THE TOP 20 TRACKS OF 2017

APOCALYPSE ORCHESTRA: Garden Of Earthly Delights (Despotz)
JORN: Blackbirds (Frontiers Records)
JOSH TODD & THE CONFLICT: Fucked Up (Century Media)
ILIUM: Tombsouls (Nightmare Records)
CORRODED: Fall Of A Nation (Despotz Records)
3 KISSES: Kill Shock
MARTY FRIEDMAN: Something To Fight (Prosthetic Records)
DREAM EVIL: Six Hundred & 66 (Century Media)
TUBEFREEKS: Wicked Sky
REGIS LIMA w/ BRETT HESTLA: 2 Sides
MIND OF FURY: Ten Feet Under
MURDER THE CROW: In All Honesty
THE DOOD: Back In The Pile
THE SHAPE: The World Away (DME Records)
THE LIGHTBRINGER: Infinite Stars Of Creation
MEGA COLOSSUS: Sunsword
FRAGILE MORTALS: The End Is Near (Bumblefoot Music)
MODERN DAY OUTLAW: Head Wake
PULSE 8: The Calling
SHATTERED: Parasites Of The Earth)

*THE TOP 4 EP’s OF 2017

NINE MILE DRIVE (Self Titled)
CHLOVER: The Calavera EP
CRUEL CURSES: These Good Omens
FINAL CURSE: The Unbinding EP

*CONCERT OF THE YEAR 2017: The Rock Solid Pressure Industry Showcase 2017 (15 Year Anniversary) at State Theatre

We always said we would never pick the Industry Showcase for ‘Concert Of The Year’. Mainly because we reserve this honor for a national show. But the Showcase was beyond amazing. An entire weekend to commemorate a 15 year landmark. How could we ‘not’ pick this as Concert Of The Year. So much happened for a lot of bands, and results are ‘still’ coming in. This was another extremely busy year in the field for us too. We also expanded our scene to other venues. And we’re still expanding. Wait till you see what we have planned for 2018. But we had a blast in 2017. So many great national concert events like WHITECHAPEL, NONPOINT / 10 YEARS, MUSHROOMHEAD, METAL ALLIANCE, JACKYL, WEDNESDAY 13, SUPEROINT / DEVIL DRIVER, ANVIL, and many many more. These are the shows we really had fun at. Although we had ‘tons’ of national concert events in 2017. Sometimes we don’t even like being there. Either the Tour Managers are dicks, or the band themselves rub us the wrong way. The national concerts listed above are events that remind us why we’re in this business in the first place. We had WAY too much fun at these events.. We do not pick ‘Concert Of The Year’ by attendance. We judge it by the overall enjoyment of the entire day and night. We would love to pick a local show as Concert Of The Year..because it always IS..EVERY YEAR (lol). That’s where all our hard work for the scene comes together. SO WE DID (lol) The Showcase is our legacy, and it was easily the best time we had at an event in 2017!! It was historic, and we’ll probably never see a Showcase like this again. An entire weekend of Showcase bliss. Friday was the ‘Alumni’ portion of the show and it was beyond incredible. We had PSYKOTRIBE, THE CUNNINGHAM WAKE, THE DOOD, SEVEN YEARS PAST, DARK SUMMER, POLAR SUMMER, COLDCLOCK KNOCKOUT, MURDER THE CROW, SAHE, and AGEA. On Saturday we had DARK MATTER, TOGETHER IN EXILE, CHLOVER, ESCAPE, A DYING LIGHT, RE-BIRTH, FROM DARKNESS ARISE, OTHERWORLD, ALMONDY BROWN, ITZ LYRIKAL, NEVERTEL, OXMOORE, A BRILLIANT LIE, BAD BLOOD, CRUEL CURSES, MR. HANDSOME, NO POLITICS, HOSS, STRANGER THAN FICTION and THE ACTUAL SITUATION. This event was actual scheduled for September, but the Hurricane, which destroyed most of the State of Florida, hit us on the weekend of the Showcase and we had to postpone until December. Good thing we did, or we would ‘not’ have had that ‘Dream Panel’ of Industry Reps that we ended up with. Believe it or not, I’m still recovering from this LOL

*HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Jigsaw

So, could 2017 be the end of all the Politically Correct tweenie PG-13 bullshit that passed itself off as ‘Horror’ throughout 2016?..Could be. JIGSAW and IT gave us back a thrilling experience at the theaters. But as always, the underground pumped out a LOT of great, nasty horror though. That is mainly where the REAL Horror fans go to get their fix these days. And it didn’t disappoint. We saw great releases like CULT OF CHUCKY, BETTER WATCH OUT, RAW, A DARK SONG, HOUSE ON WILLOW STREET, and lots more But it seems Horror is back at the theaters. Horns up!!

*Before we leave 2017 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a final toast to all the great musicians, friends, family and actors we lost in 2017…This was a sad year. It was filled with Death and Destruction. Our world has never seen a year like this before..We salute all our fallen brethren and will remember you forever..Save us a place at ‘Stage Left’ at that great gig in the sky..

J-Rock

Best Of 2016

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Rock Solid Pressure

THE ‘BEST OF 2016’ ON THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE SHOW

Hey Fiends..Here’s the charting positions from our ‘Best Of’ special last night. Congratulations to all the bands that took honors this year. It was another amazing year for music. ALSO, if you missed the broadcast last night. You can listen to it at our site http://www.RockSolidPressure.com It’s located right under our Slideshow on the Home Page

*ALBUM OF THE YEAR: MEGADETH: Dystopia (Tradecraft / Universal)

*SONG OF THE YEAR: L.M.M. by NETHERLANDS (Prosthetic)

*EP OF THE YEAR: VOIVOD: Post Society EP (Century Media)

*THE TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2016

MEGADETH: Dystopia (Tradecraft / Universal)
ROB ZOMBIE: Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Dispenser
OPETH: Sorceress (Nuclear Blast)
THE DEVILS MUSIC: The Devil’s Music (Coffee Jingle)
ABORTED: Retrogore (Century Media)
WITHERSCAPE: The Northern Sanctuary (Century Media)
SAINT DIABLO: Devil Horns And Halos (Eclipse)
LAST IN LINE: Heavy Crown (Frontiers)
JESUS CHRUSLER SUPERCAR: 35 Supersonic (SPV)
OPERATION MINDCRIME: Resurrection (Frontiers)
HAKEN: Affinity (Inside Out)
METALLICA: Hard Wired To Self Destruct (Blackened)
PRETTY MAIDS: Kingmaker (Frontiers)
HEAVEN SHALL BURN: Wanderer (Century Media)
STARKILL: Shadow Sleep (Prosthetic)
HELSTAR: Vampiro (EMP)
CASUALTIES OF COOL: Casualties Of Cool (Inside Out)
LORDI: Monstereophonic (AFM)
LACUNA COIL: Delirium (Century Media)
ASTEROID: Asteroid 3 (Fuzzorama)
CYPHER MACHINE: Cypher Machine
METAL CHURCH: XI (Rat Pak)
THE D.O.O.D.: Playtime In The Apocalypse
BORKNAGAR: Winter Thrice (Century Media)
DESPITE: Synergi (Eclipse)
THEM: Sweet Hollow (Empire)
BOMBUS: Repeat Until Death (Century Media)
FATES WARNING: Theories Of Flight (Inside Out)
NIGHTWISH: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Nuclear Blast)
ORACLE: Beyond Omiga

* THE TOP 25 TRACKS OF 2016

L.M.M. by NETHERLANDS (Prosthetic)
TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG by TREAT (Frontiers)
THE VENGEFUL ONE by DISTURBED (Reprise)
SEVENTH SEAL by FLOTSAM AND JETSAM (AFM)
OM GENERATOR by MOTOROWL (Century Media)
EVERYONE’S WATCHING by SUNSHINE & BULLETS (Melodic Revolution)
ANONYMOUS by GEMINI SYNDROME (Another Century)
ANDALE by COLDCLOCK KNOCKOUT
A DIFFERENT WORLD by KORN (Roadrunner)
DOWN TO MARS by ENTOMBED A.D. (Century Media)
CONTRACT KILLER by FUNERAL FOR A CLOWN
PUT YOUR DEATH MASK ON by WEDNESDAY 13
SILENCE IS RAGE by DARK MATTER
NIGHT HIDES THE WORLD by SPELLCASTER (Prosthetic)
CRASH THE PARTY by 5 STAR HOOKER
MUD SANK THE CASKET by SCREAMING AT THE SILENCE
HAVOC by CIRCUS MAXIMUS (Frontiers)
NEW MACHINE by CODA CUTLASS
CRASH N BURN by BAD BLOOD
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE by ANVIL (Steamhammer)
DEVILS PREACHER by BLASTED TO STATIC (Metalopolis)
FAREWELL TO THE FLESH by HOUR OF ANGUISH
REFUGE OF LIES by DEATH REQUISITE
HAIL THE KING by NEW CLUE
CEMETERY PROMISES by STUCK WITH GREEN

*THE TOP 5 EP’s OF 2016

VOIVOD: Post Society EP (Century Media)
SKELETONWITCH: The Apothic Gloom (Prosthetic)
PROGRESSIVE CHEMISTRY: Scars & Demons
SUMMONERS CIRCLE: Become None
MURDER THE CROW: Murder The Crow

*NATIONAL CONCERT OF THE YEAR 2016: MARTY FRIEDMAN (State Theatre)

This was another extremely busy year in the field for us. So many great national concert events like CRADLE OF FILTH, SKINDRED, LITA FORD, OTEP-FEST, MAX & IGGOR CAVALERA, KINGS X, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, and many more. These are the shows we really had fun at. Although we had ‘tons’ of national concert events in 2016. Sometimes we don’t even like being there. Either the Tour Managers are dicks, or the band themselves rub us the wrong way. The national concerts listed above are events that remind us why we’re in this business in the first place. We had WAY too much fun at these events.. We do not pick ‘Concert Of The Year’ by attendance. We judge it by the overall enjoyment of the entire day and night. We would love to pick THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE INDUSTRY SHOWCASE as Concert Of The Year..because it always IS..EVERY YEAR (lol). That’s where all our hard work for the scene comes together.It’s our legacy, but we can’t name it Concert Of The Year, or we’d be doing that EVERY YEAR!! Same with the tons of local shows we’re involved with every week. We ALWAYS have fun at those events..well..mostly

We picked MARTY FRIEDMAN as Concert Of The Year because this event stands out as a magical night for us. The entire experience was fun. This was also a great send off for our friend KAI before he moved back to Japan. As most of you know ‘Marty Friedman’ lives in Japan as well. We were all invited on his tour bus. We even did an interview that was half in Japanese (Thank you KAI). That was a first for the Rock Solid Pressure Show.. Our friends in DRASTIC FALL and WAR OF THRONES were also on this show. So yeah, it was a huge party. And Marty’s band and crew treated us like Family. But the main thing was Marty’s performance. It was INCREDIBLE!! We’ve seen all the Guitar ‘hero’ shows, but this made our jaws drop from start to finish. A historic night at State Theatre

*HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Rob Zombies ’31’

Ok, let it be said that 2016 was the WORST year for theatrically released Horror Films EVER!!. Yes, there were tons of ‘So Called’ Horror Films at the Movies but they ALL SUCKED!! It was all this Politically Correct tweenie PG-13 bullshit..One thing though, the underground pumped out a LOT of great, nasty Horror though. That is mainly where the REAL Horror fans go to get their fix these days. But thank you Rob Zombie for giving us an exhilarating experience at the Theater and ‘attempting’ to single handedly save the genre.

*Before we leave 2016 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a final toast to all the great musicians, friends, family and actors we lost in 2o16…This was a sad year. It was filled with Death. Our world has never seen a year like this before..We salute you all and will remember you forever..

That’s it..We’ll cya in the field… J-Rock

http://www.RockSolidPressure.com

Mass Hauntings

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Rock Solid Pressure

Hey Fiends,

Hope you all had a frightfully festive ‘Shocktober’….It was certainly monstrous mayhem down here on the Tampa Bay Gulf..We have been so busy in the field with concert events. It’s been near impossible to get myself focused to do a blog. The days of the weekly, and bi-weekly blogs are over. If you like reading my rants about everything, and like to check out what we have been spinning on The Rock Solid Pressure Show..Then look forward to me spilling my guts and giving you a splattering of everything that’s been happening every two months…So let’s begin

My last blog was on Aug 23rd. Since then, so much has happened in our dark world. I’ll start with a rundown of concert events that rocked our scene to it’s foundations. On Sept 3rd, we were honored to be involved in the return of THE MOSH PIT OLYMPICS which destroyed THE LOCAL 662 in St. Pete and featured THE CUNNINGHAM WAKE, ESCAPE, SCREAMING AT TE SILENCE, (DE)ABSOLVE, DIVINE SCIENCE, and A DYING LIGHT..Then on Sept 11th, a special concert on a special day for America, we had AUDIOTOPSY at The State Theatre. This was a kickass show that also featured lot’s of our friends like CYPHER MACHINE, KADAVER DOLLS, MEATSPACE, FROM DARKNESS ARISE..Then on Sept 23rd and 24th, probably the MOST important event for our scene every year ‘THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE INDUSTRY SHOWCASE WEEKEND’..And man, it really delivered this year. So many great things happened for quite a few bands. Record deals are in the works for a few bands. Tours are in the works. Big shows at massive concert events like ‘Rocklahoma’ were awarded, Free merch packages and studio time was awarded, and lot’s more. Believe me, the 14 Year Anniversary of the event was totally off the chains. It started on Friday the 23rd with the PRE-PARTY which was held at THE LOCAL 662. The place was packed as you can imagine. We had a stellar lineup of Showcase Alumni bands. Many have since been signed. We had PSYKOTRIBE, A LIGHT DIVIDED, DRASTIC FALL, THE DOOD, SAHE, CHRONOLOGIC..Then the next day, Sept 24th, The Showcase exploded in all it’s raging glory at The State Theatre. We damn near broke an attendance record this year. The place was packed as soon as we opened the doors at noon. The lineup was to DIE for as well. We had THE CRUZ BROTHERS, DEVIATE THE PLAN, SHOTGLASS SERENADE, ALMONDY BROWN, POLAR SUMMER, CODA CUTLASS, UNDERTONE, COLDCLOCK KNOCKOUT, CRUSH TONE, WAR OF THRONES, AEGEA, MEATSPACE, CYPHER MACHINE, MURDER THE CROW, THE DEFIANT, FUNERAL FOR A CLOWN, KADAVER DOLLS, (DE)ABSOLVE, BLOOD BATH & BEYOND..Needless to say, every single band launched their name into the stratosphere at this year’s Showcase. So much stuff happened for bands, and it’s still happening..That was September..

Then we ushered in our ‘Shocktober Celebration’ and it was one of our busiest Halloween seasons on record..It kicked off on Oct 1st at The State Theatre with a HISTORIC show. Which will most likely make our ‘Concert Of The Year 2016’. We had MAX AND IGGOR CAVALERA performing the entire ROOTS album in it’s entirety. Along with some Sepultura classics at the end..And man, it was INSANE!! The lineup was also insane. We had COMBICHRIST, ALL HAIL THE YETI, ONI, PSYKOTRIBE, GRASPING AT THE SHADOW and THREE KNUCKLES DEEP..If you were not there, you missed another historic event at the Theatre..Then we geared up for a 4 day run of concert events..On Oct 13th we had WEDNESDAY 13 at The State Theatre, along with ONE EYED-DOLL, GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE, THE CUNNINGHAM WAKE, THE DOOD, NO KOMPLY. This was an insane night that will also live in the memory banks. Wednesday 13 was so excited to hear that State Theatre was haunted..And yes, the place was built in the 20’s and everybody down here knows the place is haunted. I have had quite a few encounters with the spirit world over there..I’ve been working there for 9 years. Wednesday 13 even called out to the spirits from the stage. That was cool. Then the next night on Oct 14th, we had a HELLUVA local show called THE GREAT PUMPKIN JAM which featured ALL our friends like DEVIATE THE PLAN, POLAR SUMMER, SUNSHINE & BULLETS, AEGEA, FROM THIS FIRE, ESQUE. And if it couldn’t get more historic, we had an amazing moment at that show from SUNSHINE & BULLETS. I’ve been working with this band from day one. They are kinda like the kids I never had. Or the kids I don’t know about (LOL). Anyway, Rich, the Guitar Player / Vocalist proposed onstage to Amanda, the Bass Player / Vocalist..It was amazing to see this. It was also a huge crowd. I saw tears running down people’s eyes. Even our Music Administrator ‘Brandon’ was tearing up. can you say WOW MOMENT? And yes, their reception will be at State Theatre. Then we geared up for a 2 day run on Oct 15th and 16th for the TAMPA HEMP-FEST which was a giant Outdoor festival somewhere in Lutz. Thousands of people attended. Patty and myself were honored to be hosting this amazing show. I also put most of the bands on the bill that featured DRASTIC FALL, ALMONDY BROWN, TRIGGER CITY TRIO, BAD BLOOD, CRUEL CURSES, SHOTGLASS SERENADE, AZZITIZZ, G2P, and more. Big shout out to JEREMY & CANDY GOMEZ for putting together one of the coolest outdoor events we have ever had the pleasure to be involved with. And last but not least..We ended our Shocktober Season’ of amazing shows with an AMAZING Halloween Party at State Theatre on Oct 28th. We are actually ‘still’ recovering from this event which was called THE HALLOWEEN PSYKO-FEST and it featured PSYKOTRIBE, DIDGES CHRIST SUPERDRUM, COLDCLOCK KNOCKOUT, SAHE, SINISTER CIRCLE..It was a Halloween Party that was for the history books. You can see all the amazing pics from all these events at our facebook pages..

AND HEY, during this time, I was voted the 2nd Runner Up for PROMOTER OF THE YEAR in Creative Loafing Magazine. 97X was the winner, but I beat out ‘Live Nation’ who came in below me. It’s funny because I’m NOT a Promoter (LOL). I’m part of the ‘In-House Booking’ at State Theatre. I WISH I made the money that Promoters make, but hey, It’s nice to FINALLY be recognized for all the hard work I’ve been doing on the scene for many many years. I have to thank ALL of you for voting. It melted my black heart indeed. Now let’s get to the playlists. Here’s what we have been spinning for the last couple months..

THE PLAYLISTS TO DIE FOR..

10/24/16

CRADLE OF FILTH: Vampyre At My Side
TYPE O NEGATIVE: Love You To Death
ROB ZOMBIE: In The Bone Pile
ALICE COOPER: The Awakening
CORNBUGS: Bone Saw
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILM: Preacher Man
KING DIAMOND: Is Anybody There (debut track)
BLACK SABBATH: Cornucopia
LORDI: The Unholy Gathering (debut track)
FROSTBITE: The Name Of Blasphemy
JOHN 5 : The Judas Cradle

10/17/16

SAVATAGE: The Dungeons Are Calling
VAMPIRE: Night Hunter
TEAM CYBERGEIST: Zombie
SLIPKNOT: Sarcastrophe (debut track)
GWAR: Torture (debut track)
MUSHROOMHEAD: Graveyard Du Jour (debut track)
ST. MADNESS: Carl The Clown
JOHNNY GRUESOME: Over The Hill
THE A-BORTZ: The Walking Dead
STUCK WITH GREEN: Cemetery Promises (debut track)
CAPT CLEGG: Transylvania Terror Train

10/10/16

OPETH: The Seventh Sojourn (debut track)
WEDNESDAY 13 : Put Your Death Mask On (debut track)
KORN: A Different World (debut track)
ABORTED: Forged For Decrepitude (debut track)
PSYKOTRIBE: Vengeance (also interview with Psykotribe & Oni)
SUMMONERS CIRCLE: Become None (debut track)
SKELETONWITCH: The Apothic Gloom (debut track)
HYDROVIBE: The Killer Inside

10/3/16

HEAVEN SHALL BURN: The Loss Of Fury (debut track)
THE DEVILS MUSIC: This Is The End (debut track)
DGM: Ghost Of Insanity (debut track)
ASTEROID: Silver & Gold (debut track)
OPERATION MINDCRIME: A Smear Campaign
OPERATION MINDCRIME: Left For Dead (also interview with Geoff Tate)
OUR LAST ENEMY: Pariah A.D. (debut track)
SPIDER MOUNTAIN: Stupid Life Of A Mom Eater

9/12/16

MEGADETH: Poisonous Shadows (debut track)
WAR OF THRONES: Creation
CODA CUTLASS: New Machine
HELSTAR: Awaken Untold Darkness (debut track)
UNDERTONE: Mannequins & Maniacs
BLOODBATH & BEYOND: Alcoholocaust (debut track)
BOMBUS: Shake Them (debut track)
THE DEFIANT: Hellride
PHIL RUDD: Head Job (debut track)
AEGEA: Hysteria

9/5/16

GEMINI SYNDROME: Annonymous (debut track)
COLDCLOCK KNOCKOUT: Andale
MEATSPACE: 777
NETHERLANDS: L.M.M.
SKINDRED: Under Attack (debut track)
ALMONDY BROWN: It’s On You (debut track)
HAKEN: Lapse (debut track)
POLAR SUMMER: Tribe (debut track)
THE CRUZ BROTHERS: Yours (debut track)

8/29/16

HEAVEN SHALL BURN: Corium (debut track)
DESPITE: Give Me Life (debut track)
SKELETONWITCH: Black Water (debut track)
FUNERAL FOR A CLOWN: Here I Am
ABORTED: The Mephitic Conundrum (debut track)
MINDSHIFT: A Thousand Scars (debut track)
(DE)ABSOLVE: The Rot
HOUR OF ANGUISH: Farewell To The Flesh (debut track)

AND needless to say, many of these bands are up for ALBUM OF THE YEAR and SONG OF THE YEAR on The Rock Solid Pressure Show’s ‘BEST OF 2016’ broadcast which will air on Jan 2nd. BUT HEY..The biggest and strangest broadcast of them all happened last night on Halloween. We aired THE DANCE OF THE DEAD 2016. We have not exhumed this scare-fest in a few years, and I gotta say, it REALLY delivered the shivers this year. It was a paranormal event like no other. The spirits were extremely active this year. We’re hoping you took our advice and put your speakers in your window and blasted it while you were giving out candy. It seems a LOT of you did and we created a MASS HAUNTING throughout the Country..The kids either ran away in fear (LOL) or you became the ‘coolest house on the block’..The next time Halloween falls on a Monday night..We’ll scare the shit out of you again..And speaking of that.We saw Rob Zombie’s newest movie ’31’ when it came out. And MAN, Zombie really delivered once again. He totally buried all this Politically Correct’ bullshit that has been passing itself off as ‘Horror’ at the theaters these days. RIGHT NOW, I can honestly say this will be the BEST HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR in our ‘Best Of’ show in Jan..

Here’s a rundown of upcoming concerts that you CAN’T MISS if you’re in town..

Sat 11/12: State Theatre: KINGS X w/ Crush Tone, From This Fire, New Tattoo, Aegea

Fri 11/18: State Theatre: THE PLYMOUTH ROCKSHOW w/ Drastic Fall, Almondy Brown, Polar Summer, The Cruz Brothers, Nevertel, Hoss

Fri 11/25: State Theatre: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM w/ Helstar, Hatchet, The DooD, Arakara

Mon 11/28: State Theatre: EPICA w/ Fleshgod Apocalypse, Arkona, The Agonist, Death Requisite

Fri 12/9: State Theatre: DARK MATTER (CD Release) w/ War Of Thrones, Avenging Benji, Dolt, The DooD

Sat 12/10: The Local 662: THE HOLIDAY HAMMERING w/ The Cunningham Wake, Cypher Machine, Divine Science, Half Ton Hammer, Three Knuckles Deep

Fri 12/16: State Theatre: FLAW w/ Progressive Chemistry, Coldclock Knockout. Aegea, 3D Burn

Sat 12/17: State Theatre: KILLER CHRISTMAS 2016 w/ American Fix, Murder The Crow, Hyper Zenith, Sahe, From Darkness Arise, Vladimir Van Nilsson

Sun 12/18: State Theatre: SALIVA w/ 5 Star Hooker, Deviate The Plan, Otherworld, No Komply

That’s all I got fiends..I’ll be back blogging on Jan 3rd..Cya in the field

J-Rock

America?

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Rock Solid Pressure

Hey Fiends,

It’s been awhile since my last blog. June 7th to be exact. And in that short period of time our country has changed dramatically. America has descended into total madness and anarchy. I spoke out about it a few times on my facebook page, and I now feel the time is right to put my thoughts in the blog. Since the last blog we have seen the worst Terrorist attack on our shores since the Twin Towers were brought down. I didn’t live that far away from New York when that happened. I don’t live that far away from Orlando now, and when the massacre at Pulse Nightclub took place, I got that nervous feeling of Deja Vu. That seemed to open up the flood gates for the decline of the American way of life that I love so much. If you are a regular reader of my blog. Or if you listen to The Rock Solid Pressure Show. Then you know of my hatred for Politicians and our crooked Government. I’ve been this way since I was a Teenager. I come from a Military family, so I will always support our troops. I have always rallied for the American way of life. But when it comes to Government. Count me out. Right now we are seeing how crooked our corrupt Government is. They are not even trying to hide it. They will lie right to our faces and there’s not a damn thing anybody can do. C’mon, when the FBI and the Attorney General are pretty much involved in keeping the corruption alive. It seems like there is nothing anybody can do. At least years ago, our bad Government was exceptional at coverups. Guess there is no need for that anymore.

Since June 7th I have witnessed numerous Terrorist attacks on our shores. There was one last night in VA and our Government is feverishly trying to cover it up. This made me stop everything in my busy schedule to put my thoughts in the blog rather than facebook. It’s not just Terrorism. Since June 7th I have witnessed militant groups burning down, and looting portions of our biggest cities. I have witnessed these groups kill cops as well. I have also seen our Government ‘praise’ these groups. Even inviting them to the White House for steak dinners. Just a couple weeks ago, a DC cop was busted for being in league with an anti American Jihadist Muslim group. Yes, he was radicalized. That was swiftly swept under the rug. Is our Government in league with Terrorism? How far does this go? What do YOU think is going on? I would love to hear your thoughts..

My hatred for the Government started a long time ago. Yeah, I was a wild kid growing up in NJ. I came from a lower middle class family. We were poor but I had a great childhood in America, or what used to be America. As kids we would go out and have kid adventures and not worry about being abducted or any of that. I didn’t have a Father around, and my Mother was sick all the time, so I was basically raised by my Grandparents. They struggled in giving us a good life. I watched as the Government foreclosed on our house, and put our Grandparents through hell. Who worked their ass off by the way. This kinda made me a ‘bad’ kid. I was rebelling against everything. I ran with a bad crowd. I left High School in my Freshman year to go work in the factories to help my Grandparents out with bills. No matter how wild I was back in those days. I always tried to help my family. My small NJ town was full of corrupt, and highly racist cops. That was the norm back in the 70’s. These cops hated me and the gang I ran with. They couldn’t wait till I turned 18 to throw me in jail. Which they did on numerous occasions. One time they surrounded my Grandparents house, pulled me out, laid me in the driveway for all the Neighbors to see. Put shotguns to my head. This was all over a bag of weed. These cops also beat the crap out of me on numerous occasions. So, not only did I hate the Government, but yeah, I hated cops too. Cops are no longer like that. This type of law enforcement was wiped out in the late 80’s. But looking back, I learned not to fight the Cops. If you’re involved in crime of ‘any’ sort, even today, if you resist arrest, fight the cops, run from cops, have a weapon that you’re reaching for, then guess what? You have a great chance to be KILLED!!

I refused to vote for the longest time. Our Government never gave me or my family a break in life. My utter distaste for Politicians stands to this day. I was propelled to vote in the early 90’s when Ross Perot was running as an Independent Candidate. THAT was for me. Just about every Musician I knew was voting ‘Ross For Boss’. I even wore the shirt proudly at many of my gigs. And guess what? We ALMOST did it. In the upper right hand of ‘all’ my voter cards states ‘No Party Affiliation’..I am NOT behind the Democrats or the Republicans. Hilary Clinton sickens me. I can’t even look at that Lady. She represents everything I hate in Government. Why is this Lady not in jail? From Whitewater (and the many suspicious deaths that surrounded that scandal), to Libya, Benghazi, FBI, Loretta Lynch, Clinton Foundation, email scandal, and recently, a DNC staffer was found dead. This guy wrote a scandalous book on Hilary. They say it was suicide. Then what about that spy that was recently connected to Clinton who was killed overseas. This crap just goes on and on and on and on. THIS is who our next President will be? REALLY? She even bought off most of the news networks. She controls them. I know some of my friends are Hilary supporters, and I don’t want to offend you, but please remember, I don’t support our Government ok? Then we have Trump on the Republican side. Also scandal plagued, and he acts like a raving lunatic. Some of his views I agree with like keeping our guns, and fighting Terrorism, but he scares me too. Look, I actually met Trump in the 90’s. My band was invited to play his ‘Beach Fest’ 2 years in a row. I got to play in front of 30.000 people on the beach. He was a really cool person,but what I’m seeing on TV is not the guy I met.

If this Presidential race is as confusing to you as it is for me. Then there are OTHER choices. I’m not big on the whole Socialism thing, but Bernie Sanders could have pulled this off if he was running as an Independent. The Democrats made a mockery of this guy and used him as a pawn in their corrupt system. I kinda feel sorry for him. BUT we have Gary Johnson from the Libertarian Party. The first thing on his agenda is to legalize weed in every state. Umm, guess who I’m voting for? Then we have Jill Stein from The Green Party. I know a lot of Bernie supporters are voting for her. 3rd Party Candidates need 15% of polling to join the upcoming debates. This could change EVERYTHING if America wakes up. But we won’t. We’ll keep buying into the rhetoric from the TV pundits. If we have an actual ‘America’ left in 4 years, and I’m not shackled in some kind of concentration camp, or DEAD, then yeah, I will seriously consider running for office. I’m the hardworking American that has had every shit job in existence.I’m the American that has struggled my entire life while Politicians forced bullshit rhetoric down my throat. I’m the REAL American that nobody talks about. If you want REAL change..Then ACT ON IT!! We don’t have to take this anymore..

Here’s a rundown of our playlists from the last 2 months

*8/22/16

CASUALTIES OF COOL: Broken
MOTOROWL: The Highest City (debut track)
TRUCKFIGHTERS: Fiend (debut)
MURDER THE CROW: People Of Planet Earth
OPERATION MINDCRIME: A Smear Campaign (debut)
SPELLCASTER: I Live Again
CRUSH TONE: Bitter Words
BAD BLOOD: Crash N Burn
INGLORIOUS: Breakaway
SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: Dark Light Child

*8/15/16

FAMILY: The Dark Inside (debut)
THE DEVILS MUSIC: Devoid Of Light (debut track)
ROB ZOMBIE: Teenage Rock God (debut track)
HELSTAR: Repent In Fire (debut)
THE DOOD: Infected By Faith (debut track)
GEMINI SYNDROME: Alive Inside (debut)
MOTOROWL: Om Generator (debut)

*8/1/16 (My Birthday Show)

ALICE COOPER: Black Juju
JETHRO TULL: My God
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER: Battlefield
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT: The Raven
BLACK SABBATH: Behind The Wall Of Sleep
MAHOGANY RUSH: Land Of 1000 Nights
LUCIFERS FRIEND: Lucifers Friend
DUST: Learning To Die
BLACK SABBATH: The Writ

*7/25/16

ENTOMBED A.D.: Down To Mars To Ride (debut track)
SUMMONERS CIRCLE: Further Into Dis (debut)
WAYFARER: Catcher (debut)
WITHERSCAPE: God Of Ruin (debut track)
ROB ZOMBIE: Dedicated Gore Whore (debut track)
DESPITE: Synergi (debut track)
NETHERLANDS: New Jocks (debut track)
NIGHTWISH: Life (debut track)
SUNSHINE & BULLETS: Everyone’s Watching (debut)
ARAKARA: Blood Harvest (debut)

*7/18/16

WITHERSCAPE: Wake Of Infinity (debut track)
DESPITE: Praedonum (debut)
ROB ZOMBIE: Get Your Boots On (debut track)
THE DEVILS MUSIC: The Strange And Dark (debut track)
SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: No Mans Land (debut track)
SPELLCASTER: Night Hides The World (debut)
TEER: Pride (debut)
HYPER ZENITH: The Lesson (debut track)
STEVE VAI & STU HAMM: Dyin Day (debut track)

*7/4/16 (Corrosion Of Covers 4th Of July Special)

BROKEN TEETH: Lightning Strikes (Aerosmith) debut
SOULIDIUM: Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd) debut
MEGADETH: Foreign Policy (Fear) debut
THE RODS: Ace Of Spades (Motorhead) debut
THE BLOODLINE: Save Me (Damageplan) debut
THE DOOD: Zombie (Cranberries) debut
RIC SAVAGE: Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf) debut
ANTHRAX: New Noise (Refused) debut
ADRENALINE MOB: Sabbath Medley (debut)
VINNIE VINCENT: Let Freedom Rock (debut)

*6/27/16

THE DEVILS MUSIC: From Beyond (debut)
LACUNA COIL: Ultima Ratio (debut track)
ROB ZOMBIE: Medication For The Melancholy (debut track)
WITHERSCAPE: Divinity (debut)
METAL CHURCH: Sky Falls In (debut track)
WITHEM: The Pain I Collected (debut)
FATES WARNING: Like Stars Our Eyes Have Seen (debut track)
AMERICAN FIX: Electric Skies (debut)
SCATTERED HAMLET: Warning (debut)
NEW CLUE: Hail To The King (debut)

*6/13/16

ROB ZOMBIE: Wurdalak (debut track)
NIGHTWISH: Weak Fantasy (debut track)
MEGADETH: Post American World (debut track)
FOZZY: Scarecrow (debut track)
LORDS OF BLACK: Art Of Illusions Pt 3 (debut track)
BLASTED TO STATIC: Dance Devil Dance (debut)
GODSMACK: 1000 HP (debut track)
5 STAR HOOKER: Crash The Party
CRUSH TONE: Bitter Words (debut)

You can hear a view of these shows (I think) on our player at http://www.RockSolidPressure.com Right now we are getting ready for THE INDUSTRY SHOWCASE WEEKEND which will be Sept 23rd and 24th. Every broadcast will be a special dedicated to this annual event. We’ll be spinning Showcase bands on every show. Along with national releases of course. Not sure when I’ll get angry enough to post the next blog (lol), but here’s a rundown of some upcoming events YOU CAN’T MISS!!

Sat Sept 3rd: The Local 662: THE MOSH PIT OLYMPICS w/ The Cunningham Wake, Escape, Screaming At The Silence, (De)Absolve, Divine Science, A Dying Light

Sun Sept 11th: State Theatre: AUDIOTOPSY w/ Cypher Machine, Kadaver Dolls, Meatspace, From Darkness Arise

Fri Sept 23rd: The Local 662: RSP INDUSTRY SHOWCASE PRE-PARTY w/ Psykotribe, A Light Divided, Drastic Fall, The DooD, Sahe, Chronologic

Sat Sept 24th: State Theatre: THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE INDUSTRY SHOWCASE 2016 (14 Year Anniversary) Doors at Noon

Sat Oct 1st: State Theatre: MAX & IGGOR CAVALERA w/ Combichrist, All Hail The Yeti, Oni, Psykotribe, Grasping At The Shadow, Three Knuckles Deep

Thu Oct 13th: State Theatre: WEDNESDAY 13 / ONE-EYED DOLL w/ The Cunningham Wake. The DooD, No Komply

Fri Oct 14th: State Theatre: THE GREAT PUMPKIN JAM w/ Deviate The Plan, Polar Summer, Sunshine & Bullets, Aegea, From This Fire, Esque

Fri Oct 28th: State Theatre: THE HALLOWEEN PSYKO-FEST w/ Psykotribe, Didges Christ Superdrum, Coldclock Knockout, Sahe, Sinister Circle, The Offering, Dethstar Thrive

That’s all I got..Cya next time

J-Rock

Future? What Future?

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Rock Solid Pressure

Hey Fiends,

So it seems the Sci-Fi movies of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were blueprints for the society we live in today. Technology is moving so fast, it poses the question ‘Will it eat itself?’.. Well for me, it already has. I just saw a show on TV on how Driver-less cars will be the norm in 5 years. We won’t be able to ‘own’ these cars. They will come pick us up and drop us off for everything we need to do. Yeah, like UBER without a driver. There will be ‘zero’ car accidents, but we would not be able to drive our own cars..WHAT? For those that know me, you already know my Techno-Phobe ideals. For those that don’t, I’ll put some things into perspective. I came of age in the 70’s. I was one of those ‘Stoner’ Teenagers in the Mid-70’s. No Computers, No Cell Phones, nothing! The world was a different place. Seeking knowledge was a quest of discovery. But you had to go ‘outside’ to participate in this quest. The things I wanted to learn was not on TV, or even in books. I was obsessed with ‘Black Sabbath’ and Horror Movies. I could learn a ton of knowledge about Horror Films in books and magazines (Thank you ‘Famous Monsters”)..But to learn about the Concert Industry, well ‘Hit Parader’ and ‘Creem’ didn’t do that much for me..When ‘Kerrang’ came out of the UK, that was like the saving grace magazine for the hard rockers like myself. But you really had to go to concerts for the full experience..And man, my experience back in those days was priceless..

At the time, our group of social misfits was unlike anything you can understand. We were a rowdy bunch that was thrown out of High School. We traded our books for Guitars and were on the path to Rock N Roll glory. We lived in a sheltered backwater town of NJ. Every weekend we would venture across the bridge into Philadelphia and see national concerts at ‘The Spectrum’..Every week!! We were obsessed!! We didn’t care who was playing. We needed our fix. Little did we know back then, that we were experiencing historic concert events. It was just the normal life of music crazed kids. I still reflect back on those years with amazement. I rarely get time to say this stuff on air, but I believe one day, when technology eats itself. we will return to those wondrous times. Seriously, I have seen the ‘original’ BLACK SABBATH 3 times in the 70’s. Along with MOTORHEAD, RUSH, PINK FLOYD, RAINBOW (with Ronnie) AC / DC (with Bon Scott), IRON MAIDEN (with Paul DiAnno), JUDAS PRIES, EMERSON LAKE & PALMER. I don’t want this rant to go on forever, so I’ll just say I have witnessed ‘every’ rock band live of the 70’s era. YES, every single one..and ‘multiple’ times at that..

This is what I decided to dedicate my life’s work to..The music industry. By 1980 I was playing the clubs with my own band. My weekends were ‘not’ spent at The Philadelphia Spectrum anymore (Well, unless Sabbath was playing lol). They were spent at clubs and festivals with my band. There were other bands in our circle that we constantly did shows with like CINDERELLA, BRITNEY FOX, OVERKILL, and lots more. They were our equals before they got signed to mega contracts. My band was nothing like any of those bands. We were extremely heavy and dark for those times (Sabbath influence remember). We didnt fluff our hair or wear mascara. We were the ‘Odd Man Out’ on the scene. But hey, the bikers loved us. We did conform to the 80’s standard and we wrapped ourselves in chains, spandex and dripping makeup (ala Alice Cooper) for about a year or so, but the denim n leather came back, and we trudged along, and made a historic name for ourselves on the Jersey Shore.. My touring career pretty much ended in 2002 when I started work for Sony Records, and ‘Rock Solid Pressure’ was born. I have 8 albums under my belt. Some signed, some not. It was a long road. In the 90’s I became a Journalist for a few high profile Metal magazines, which put me back in the venues I was playing, but I would also interview the national acts I was opening for. All of this was a quest for discovery in the REAL world. No technology, no Computers. The lesson of life I learned growing up could ‘never’ be learned on a Computer..

Don’t get me wrong. I have to use a Computer in this day and age like everybody else. I have to use the iphone, and yeah, I rolled with technology. But it’s not something I feel will give the kids of today a REAL learning experience in life. LIPS from ANVIL is a friend of mine. I like having long discussions with him every time the band plays State Theatre. He’s just like me..A great thinker (lol) He believes the Internet will fold one day. Shit, he believes ‘electricity’ will fold one day. Would you be ready for that? I would..In fact, most of the people in their 40’s and 50’s (and beyond) would probably welcome it..All this future technology leaves me with a sense of dread. Am I too old for a brave new world? I just feel there is an implosion coming..That’s all

Here’s a rundown of the Rock Solid Pressure playlist for the past few weeks..Hope you all have been tuning in..

*THE PLAYLIST TO DIE FOR 5/23/16

NIGHTWISH: Your’s Is An Empty Hope (Nuclear Blast) debut
ABORTED: Bit By Bit (Century Media) debut track
CALIBAN: Paralyzed (Century Media) debut track
MYRATH: Legacy (Nightmare) debut
THE DOOD: Jesus Bleeding (debut)
EVERYBODY PANIC: No One Get’s Out Alive (CavGold) debut
NETHERLANDS: L.M.M. (Prosthetic) debut
ROB ZOMBIE: Satanic Cyanide (debut track)
NONHUMAN ERA: The Destiny Machine (debut track)
RED TIDE RISING: New Breed (debut)
THE HELL: Brutopia (Prosthetic) debut track

*MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL 5/30/16

ANTHRAX: Defend Avenge (Megaforce) debut
MEGADETH: The Threat Is Real (Tradecraft / Universal) debut track
TEMPEST RISING: War
RAMMING SPEED: Horns Of War (Prosthetic) debut track
REDNEK MESSIAH: Hunting Season (debut track)
DROWNING POOL: Soldiers (Eleven Seven) debut track
THE DEFIANT: Old 666
EXODUS: War Is My Shepherd (Nuclear Blast) debut track
MANOWAR: Call To Arms (Magic Circle) debut
INGLORIOUS: Inglorious (Frontiers) debut track
MEGADETH: Blood Of Heroes (Capitol) debut (RIP Nick Menza)

*THE PLAYLIST TO DIE FOR 6/6/16

POLAR: Tidal Waves And Hurricanes (Prosthetic) debut
DARK FUNERAL: Beast Above Men (Century Media) debut
MINDSHIFT: Absolution (Eclipse) debut track
ROB ZOMBIE: In The Bone Pile (debut track)
LACUNA COIL: The House Of Shame (Century Media) debut
CRIMSON SUN: Portrait Of A Ghost (Maple Metal) debut
RED TIDE RISING: Sound Of Voices Screaming (debut)
CODA CUTLASS: New Machine (debut)
SCREAMING AT THE SILENCE: Mud Sank The Casket (debut)
(DE)ABSOLVE: The Rot (debut)

*INDUSTRY SHOWCASE NEWS: Do you all have your ticket for the RSP Industry Showcase on Sept 24th? Most of you that attend religiously every year know how fast this event sells out. You can get an ‘Advance Price’ ticket from any one of the 20 bands that have been chosen to perform this year. The event page is now up on facebook. You can see the complete lineup and set times over there. Have you joined? If not..GET TO IT !!

*UPCOMING CONCERT EVENTS

Friday 6/10: The Local 662: CYPHER MACHINE, MEATSPACE, FUNERAL FOR A CLOWN, KRYSTAL FINGER, AUDITORY ARMORY

Saturday 6/11: The Local 662: BLITZ 2 featuring CODA CUTLASS, DRASTIC FALL, SAHE, DIDGES CHRIST SUPERDRUM, CHRONOLOGIC

Saturday 6/25: THE FALLING AXE FEST 5 featuring KADAVER DOLLS, UNBROKKEN, COLDCLOCK KNOCKOUT, (DE)ABSOLVE, GRASPING AT THE SHADOW, KRYSTAL FINGER, OTHERWORLD

Friday 7/1 : State Theatre: STU HAMM with DRASTIC FALL, THE SKARZ, NEW TATTOO

Saturday 7/2 : OL GLORY RISING 3 featuring 5 STAR HOOKER, SAHE, SLINGSHOT ROBOT, POLAR SUMMER, DEVIATE THE PLAN

*To find the ‘official’ event pages for these events. Go to The State Theatre’s facebook page, and The Local 662’s facebook page

Make sure to tune in to THE ROCK SOLID PRESSURE SHOW every Monday night at 7:00pm EST USA..You’ll learn stuff..

That’s all I got..till next month..Cya in the field

J-Rock

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