You know what they say: If it’s too loud, you’re too old. But you know what they should say? If it’s too loud, you should probably turn it down a bit. Otherwise you’re liable to end up as deaf as I’m getting — this site isn’t called Tinnitist for nothing, folks. But even I can’t resist the urge to crank up the albums below. Now, will someone please answer that damn phone?
TINNITIST’S PICK
The Wildhearts
Renaissance Men
If you’ve never heard of The Wildhearts, I pity you as I would the village idiot. And I am willing to bet you’re from North America. For some reason that I’ve never been able to fathom, these fearsomely fantastic British hard-rawk rebels have never been able to get any traction on this side of the Atlantic, despite being deservedly beloved in their homeland. Well, here’s your chance to do your small part in making up for that. The long-overdue Renaissance Men is the on-again, off-again band’s ninth album and first new LP in a decade. It’s also a balls-out blast of wall-to-wall punk and metal that’s as good as anything they’ve ever released.
READ THE FULL REVIEW AND HEAR THE ALBUM HERE
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Airbourne | Boneshaker
All Eyes West | Like Lightning
Asomvel | World Shaker
Babymetal | Metal Galaxy
Black Mountain | Destroyer
Crobot | Motherbrain
Deflore & Jaz Coleman | Party in the Chaos
The Drippers | Action Rock
Emil Bulls | Mixtape
Exhumed | Horror
Gatecreeper | Deserted
Gloo | A Pathetic Youth
GosT | Valediction
Grey Hairs | Health & Social Care
Guitar Wolf | LOVE&JETT
The Jackets | Queen of The Pill
Danko Jones | A Rock Supreme
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Infest The Rat’s Nest
Kryptos | Afterburner
Motörhead | 1979
Bob Mould | Sunshine Rock
Nightstalker | Great Hallucinations
Oh Sees | Face Stabber
Refused | War Music
Shotgun Sawyer | Bury the Hatchet
Slipknot | We Are Not Your Kind
Steel Panther | Heavy Metal Rules
Tool | Fear Inoculum
Volbeat | Rewind, Replay, Rebound
Waax | Big Grief
White Collar Sideshow | I Didn’t Come Here to Die
The Wildhearts | Diagnosis EP
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