Sunday, March 24, 2019

Power Chords Podcast: Track 37--Tesla and Whitesnake



Opening Act:
Bon Jovi working on 14th album
Gene Simmons--Vinnie Vincent not joining KISS on ‘End of the Road World Tour’
Sebastian Bach’s new solo album
John Anderson open to YES reunion
Passing of Bernie Torme

Ear Candy:
Whitesnake--Slide it In (2019)
Tesla--Shock (2019)

Six Degrees of Frankie B.

Liner Notes:
Facebook comments on our Motley Crue/Dream Theater episode

Rockversation: James Christian
Matt recently spoke with the House of Lords singer at one of their shows. You can follow House of Lords on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HouseOfLordsB.

Bonus Track: Crucify by Steel Prophet
From the upcoming album THE GOD MACHINE, out April 26th on Rock of Angels Records.

Thanks for listening! If you're subscribing on iTunes or Google play, please leave us a review, as it will help spread the word about the show! You can find more news, reviews, and discussion at powerchordspodcast.com. You can also hit us up on twitter at twitter.com/powerchordspod, and email us at powerchordspodcast@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Power Chords Podcast: Track 36--Overkill and The End Machine


Opening Act:
Record Store Day Release Highlights
Keith Flint of The Prodigy passes
Whitesnake box set details
Guns and Sweet form Sunbomb

Ear Candy:
Overkill--The Wings of War (2019)
The End Machine (2019)-

Six Degrees of Frankie B.

Top of the Pops:
Billboard Hot Mainstream rock Tracks for the week of 3/21/81

Rockversation: Chris Caffery
Matt spoke with the former Savatage and current TSO guitarist about his new band Spirits of Fire. The band’s self-titled album is out now on Frontiers Music SRL. You can keep up with Chris on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ChrisCafferyMusic.

Bonus Track: Anthem--Immortal Bind
From the album Nucleus, which will release on March 29, 2019 on Nuclear Blast.


Thanks for listening! If you're subscribing on iTunes or Google play, please leave us a review, as it will help spread the word about the show! You can find more news, reviews, and discussion at powerchordspodcast.com. You can also hit us up on twitter at twitter.com/powerchordspod, and email us at powerchordspodcast@gmail.com.

Monday, March 4, 2019

Book Review: THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD

I came across Paul Tremblay's The Cabin at the End of the World during a recent search for Lovecraftian horror that introduced me to The Fisherman from John Langan (which I loved). And while I would not personally categorize The Cabin at the End of the World as overly Lovecraftian, it definitely is an apocalyptic tale that provides constant tension punctuated by some truly horrific moments.

The Cabin at the End of the World starts out innocently enough, with a family vacation. A young girl named Wen and her fathers are enjoying a peaceful, lakeside cabin stay in New Hampshire. Until a stranger shows up. And then three more strangers follow.

I want to stay as spoiler-free as possible, and it's hard to talk about this story without spoiling it. So I'll draw on some movie references as I go. I just mentioned strangers, and at first, the story seems to be headed in the direction of The Strangers, or Funny Games. But the way Tremblay takes the horror fan's expectations or assumptions and shatters them is really great. And what follows is one of the most claustrophobic stories about the apocalypse that I've ever read.

Tremblay gets into the heads of each character in the story, giving them all a depth that makes you wonder who you should be rooting for. And the impossible choice that the main characters are faced with reminded me of the opening scene of 1983's War Games. Human emotion, human connection and how they affect logic and reason are really explored deeply. As for the Lovecraftian element of the book, it's perhaps best captured by a passage from Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu:

"...some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."

The Cabin at the End of the World is one of those "read in one sitting" kind of stories. It's well worth your time, and it will leave you pondering it's central question for quite a while.

You can get The Cabin at the End of the World on Amazon here.

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Thrash It Out Vol 4, Track 9: "Battering Ram" by Saxon


In which Antony and I discuss the twenty-first studio album from the legendary Saxon. You can listen to and download the episode here.

And if you want to join in the discussion, head over to our Facebook group here.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting the show on Patreon.

Your homework for next episode is Sepultura's CHAOS A.D.