Despite the welcomed return of guitarist Clint Lowery after a six year absence, this veteran alternative metal band reported that sessions for their eighth studio record were harder than any previous album, due to various personal issues. They certainly are exorcising some demons on this track, angrily demanding that a former lover cut them completely out of their lives.
The title track from the 2010 album of the same name finds lead singer Matt Tuck leading his fellow heavy metal loving Welshman in hot pursuit of a girl who's got him feeling feverish. The track builds speed as his thoughts get less and less rational, to the point where he's ready to trade everything for a girl he hasn't even met.
This 2010 top rock single features an anthemic, stirring, symphonic sound. Lyrically, the Memphis-based Christian band energize their fans while reminding them it's up to them to remain awake and alive, even when others are pressuring them to feel as though things are out of their control.
After nearly five years of non-stop touring, these Canadian hard rockers took a break and returned to their family lives for a quick breather. This pause clearly influenced the theme of the their album 'Life Starts Now,' particularly the second single, 'The Good Life,' which revels in the simple pleasures of home.
Quite hard to tell if the protagonist from the third straight top rock song off last year's 'Dear Agony' is real or a figment of someone's imagination. The lyrics are either about a monster, determined to punish people who haven't lived up to their potential, or, possibly, the manifestation of an extremely powerful wave of self-doubt that attacks when the lights go out at night.
Lead singer M. Shadows happily welcomes an evildoer to his new digs -- either hell or a mental home, hard to tell. He gives a full rundown of the pain that awaits on the churning verses, then uses the deceptively angelic, soaring choruses to remind the villain that their arrival is, well, their own fault.
With one song, Godsmack songwriter Sully Ema manages to take a rock star AND a football hero down a few notches. Without revealing names, he's admitted the song is about diva-like behavior from another musician who Sully toured with recently. But the song's title came about after the longtime Raiders fan watched rival Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers cry after a loss.
The anti-pollution message of Disturbed's first single from their upcoming 2010 album 'Asylum' couldn't be more timely, in light of the Gulf of Mexico's recent environmental disaster. The song's tightly coiled, urgent musical delivery gives the message even more weight. Too bad heavy metal can't plug a leaky well.
Five Finger Death Punch make their second appearance on our top rock song countdown, recording a studio version of Bad Company's self-mythologizing and self-titled anthem, after performing it in concert for years. Naturally, these war-obsessed metalheads ramp up the stakes both musically and lyrically.
1. I have been seriously rocking out to the new CD "Infestation" by 80's rock legends RATT. It really recaptures their original sound but totally new and refreshing. The production is also flawless. It is all the original line-up except for the late Robin Crosby but Carlos Cavazo of Quiet Riot fame is a great replacement. I also think the CD has some of guitarist Warren DeMartini's best work ever.
Posted at 2:21PM on Aug 15th 2010 by Toy Gunn