Category: Alt Rock

FUEL return with “Pendulum”, their seventh studio album and a sharp reminder that the band’s post-grunge engine still has plenty of fuel left in the tank. Thick guitars, bruised melodies and Aaron Scott’s powerful vocals give the record a familiar early-2000s punch without making it feel trapped there.

“Pendulum” marks another chapter in the band’s current era, with founding guitarist and songwriter Carl Bell once again steering the material while vocalist Aaron Scott brings a fresher, more elastic voice to the front. Longtime drummer Kevin Miller, guitarist Mark Klotz and bassist Tommy Nat round out a lineup that sounds tighter and more settled than ever.

“Want It” and “Pull Me In” hit first with compact, radio-ready hooks, while “Bad

“Smashes and Trashes” is a sharp snapshot of SKUNK ANANSIE at their most combustible: muscular alternative rock, big emotional hooks and Skin’s unmistakable voice slicing straight through the mix. The bonus-track edition adds two acoustic versions, giving the compilation a slightly more intimate tail after all that electric tension.

The core 15-track set pulls together staples from the band’s first three albums and adds three then-new songs — “Tear the Place Up”, “Because of You” and “Squander” — making this more than a simple greatest-hits package. “Charlie Big Potato”, “Hedonism”, “Weak”, “Secretly”, “Selling Jesus” and “Brazen” still hit with that uniquely SKUNK ANANSIE mix of bruised melody and sharp-edged rock, while

Mexican rock outfit SERES return with “Uno”, a 12-track album that moves through alternative rock, melodic hard rock and heavier metallic shades without locking itself into a single lane. There is a restless quality to the record — atmospheric in places, riff-driven in others, with Spanish-language melodies keeping the whole thing grounded and human rather than overly polished.

The short “El Contacto de Ra” works as a doorway into the album before “Salí de Mí”, “Ángel” and “Irreal” start opening up its melodic side. “Corazón Magnético” and “Bebé” bring a warmer pull, while “Unidad”, “Tu Reflejo” and “Embrujo” lean further into the band’s broader rock vocabulary. “Renacer” gives the second half an appropriately uplif

Artist (band) country: Istanbul, Turkey
Genre: Hard Rock, Alternative Rock
Year of release: 2012-2023

2012 – Rüyadan Kaçış – 00:51:39
2014 – Kavga Başladı – 00:37:56
2019 – Aynı Şarkı [Single] – 00:03:53
2019 – Bazen [Single] – 00:03:15
2020 – Aynı Şarkı (Akustik) [Single] – 00:03:57
2020 – Kabullenilmiş Çaresizlik [Single] – 00:03:43
2022 – Yüzeysel Merhamet [Single] – 00:03:51
2023 – Defalarca [Single] – 00:05:34

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