Rebecca Earnst
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Ryan Sitkowski of Motionless in White performed their Hometown show in Scranton September 9.
Looking for new music? Try listening to the biggest albums of the summer. Over the course of the three months, artists from all genres released music on music platforms. Metal artists such as Motionless in White, I Prevail, and Pierce the Veil released some of the biggest albums of the summer.
Scoring The End Of The World- Motionless in White
Scoring the End of the World is the sixth studio album from American metalcore band Motionless in White. The apocalyptic cyberpunk album was released June 10, 2022 through Roadrunner Records. The first single Motioness put out for the album really set the overall tone. Friday, March 11 Motionless kicked off the album release with “Cyberhex”. Keeping the fans on their toes, Motionless released the “end of the world '' single to not only start the album run, but to keep the fans wanting more. The cyberpunk-themed song will feel like you are being transported to an alternate universe. Motionless are no strangers to attacking first world problems head on with their songs.
Scoring the End of the World not only showcases those problems but it demolishes every other band who has tried to do the same. The fifth track, “Slaughterhouse”, featuring Bryan Garris of Knocked Loose, takes a new look on the politics of 2020 and tears apart the whirlwind of a year that was. With catchy lyrics and chorus, you will have this song memorized within minutes. Scoring the End of the World made seven Billboard charts within the first week of being released: No.12 Billboard Top 200, No.1 Current Rock albums, No.1 Current Hard Rock albums, No.2 Internet Albums, No.2 Top Rock Album Overall, and No.3 Pure Album Sales Overall. The last and final achievement for the album is for the Top 5 on active rock charts single, “Masterpiece”. Grab your tissues because Masterpiece of a song is sorrowful. You can catch Motionless on tour with Ice Nine Kills and Black Veil Brides this fall starting October 31 through December 12.
True Power- I Prevail
Fast-rising, Grammy-nominated Detroit metal band, I Prevail, released their third studio album
True Power, August 19, 2022. The proclaimed “self-healing” album has fifteen songs, with a song for just about anyone. I Prevail released the furious song “Body Bag” June 17, 2022 to start off the album run. Prevail does not hold back lyrically with “Body Bag”.The tone of the song is delivered with pure loathing towards anybody’s haters. Looking past Prevail's hard shell, deep down inside there is a soft side. “Doomed”shows just that with its melodic side. Vanlerberghe takes a step down from trying to tear your face off to making you cry. You can catch I Prevail on tour with Pierce the Veil right now until November 22, 2022.
Pass The Nirvana- Pierce The Veil
San Diego’s Pierce The Veil released their new single, “Pass The Nirvana”, September 1, 2022. The very anticipated single starts the album run for Veil’s upcoming album. Fans have been waiting for new Pierce the Veil for six years since their last studio album, Misadventures. You can catch Pierce The Veil on tour right now with I Prevail until November 22, 2022.