Pop punk bands all with the same sound: Junction 18, Glasseater, and Dynamite Boy. New Fearless bands: Knockout, Rock Kills Kid, Brazil, and classic Big Wig.
Less metal than one might expect, MoonBabies ventures deep into the night with a lush landscape of sounds that incorporate prog rock, jazz, and New Age.
Nice-guy punk’n’roll with hard rock touches in guitarville. Feel like they germinated out of a hopped-up power-pop combo, whittled into more of a gut punch.
An army of vocalists, many distinct, some cliché, each committed to enunciation like a diction school, most recalling the many facets of Bruce Dickinson.
While Assemblage 23 projects the image of high energy and fast-paced music, the songs “Cocoon” and “Lullaby” offer a break, clocking in at well under 100 bpm.