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What GC was spinning in 2018 (Final)
5) Never Fade - Alice in Chains
I am a big AiC fan and like pretty much everything they put out. Rainer Fog was a great album and is typical AiC: somber lyrics with excellent guitar and
vocal harmonizing. Duvall isn't Staley but he fits well with the band's sound.
4)Strange Aeons - Necronomidol
It was a good year for Necronomidol. They did a tour of Europe and performed as a headliner for a festivals in Portland and Anaheim. Along the way they released two versions of Strange Aeons once as a single and another on a full length album. Unfortunately, the end of the year also came with the announcement that two members, one a original, would be leaving right after the new year.
3)hate!hate!hate! - Hikari Shiina
Shiina has had a strange career. Starting off as a teen model in fashion magazines she then expanded into being a pop idol, which she was half hearted with. A meeting with the then management and producer of the original BiS led her to doing more of her own thing including using her growling 'death voice'. From there she built a following doing death pop, pop songs with growling vocals in them and a macabre sense. Her latest release ditched the pop sounds completely going straight to metal.
2)Soil - There There Theres
The There There Theres are one of the most experienced alt-idols groups starting off as Bellring Heart Girls before disbanding and reforming under a different name even keeping the same stage costumes. Soil is typical of their style gloomy yet very catchy. The b-side of the single that this song comes from is also very good.
1)Turn Me On - Band-Maid
2018 was the year of Band-Maid for me. Their only misstep was the Start Over single other than that they put out the album of the year and went on a small world tour. Turn Me On shows off Kanami Tono's, the band's main songwriter, influences from Metallica and is all around a damn great hard rock song particularly the live versions which feature a bass and drums intro.
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