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Rock USA 2019 took place on July 18-20 on farmland in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This incredible festival always has an amazing crowd, great food and beverage options, and the best rock bands on the planet. Red Sun Rising played a blistering set under the burning sun on Friday, July 19, 2019. The band went on indefinite …

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Rock USA 2019 took place on July 18-20 on farmland in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This incredible festival always has an amazing crowd, great food and beverage options, and the best rock bands on the planet.

Red Sun Rising ©2020 Johnnie Crow Photos

Red Sun Rising played a blistering set under the burning sun on Friday, July 19, 2019. The band went on indefinite hiatus in February 2020. Band members Mike Protich, Pat Gerasia and Dave McGarry are now in a new project called The Violent.

Red Sun Rising ©2020 Johnnie Crow Photos

Unfortunately, Rock USA 2020 had to be canceled. Stay tuned for information about next year’s killer lineup at http://www.rockusaoshkosh.com/

Red Sun Rising ©2020 Johnnie Crow Photos

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Inkcarceration Music and Tattoo Festival Reveals Daily Set Times and Stages https://gameon.media/2019/06/07/inkcarceration-music-and-tattoo-festival-reveals-daily-set-times-and-stages/ Sat, 08 Jun 2019 02:02:00 +0000 https://gameon.media/?p=841

INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival Reveals Daily Set Times and Stages   The Second Annual INKCARCERATION: Taking Place July 12-14, 2019 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory | GET TICKETS HERE!   INKCARCERATION 2019 to Also Feature: 70+ Tattoo Artists Food Trucks & Beverages Tent & RV Camping “Escape from Blood Prison” Haunted House Attraction + …

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INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival Reveals Daily Set Times and Stages

 

The Second Annual INKCARCERATION: Taking Place July 12-14, 2019 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory | GET TICKETS HERE!

 

INKCARCERATION 2019 to Also Feature:

70+ Tattoo Artists

Food Trucks & Beverages

Tent & RV Camping

“Escape from Blood Prison” Haunted House Attraction

+ More!

The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival will return to the historic Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, OH, on July 12, 13 and 14! This year’s massive line-up will be led by none other than colossal rock bands  ShinedownGodsmack and Five Finger Death Punch. Quickly becoming one of the nation’s premier rock festivals, INKCARCERATION will feature over 30 bands on two outdoor stages, 70 tattoo artists, reformatory tours, gourmet food trucks, the best drinks and for the first time, the haunted house attraction, Escape from Blood Prison.

 

Today, INKCARCERATION has revealed the daily set times and stages for performing bands!

 

INDIVIDUAL DAILY LINE-UPS:

Friday July 12th:

Doors at 3:00 PM

 

Main Stage

10:00 – 11:15: Shinedown

8:50 – 9:40: Taking Back Sunday

7:40 – 8:30: Skillet

6:00 – 6:30: Fozzy

4:50 – 5:20: Awake at Last

3:40 – 4:10: Broken Hands

 

Second Stage

6:40 – 7:35: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

5:25 – 5:55: The Funeral Portrait

4:15 – 4:45: The Everyday Losers

 

Saturday July 13th:

Doors at 12:00 PM

 

Main Stage

9:30 – 11:00: Godsmack

8:00 – 9:00: +Live+

6:05 – 7:00: Motionless in White

4:45 – 5:25: Red Sun Rising

3:25 – 4:05: Buckcherry

2:10 – 2:45: Light the Torch

1:00 – 1:30: Titans in Time

 

Second Stage

7:05 – 7:55: Andrew WK

5:30 – 6:00: Stabbing Westward

4:10 – 4:40: Eyes Set to Kill

2:50 – 3:20: Raven Black

1:35 – 2:05: Monster Dolls

12:25 – 12:55; Impending Lies

 

Sunday July 14th:

Doors at 12:00 PM

 

Main Stage

9:30 – 11:00: Five Finger Death Punch

8:00 – 9:00: Seether

6:05 – 7:00: I Prevail

4:45 – 5:25: Starset

3:25 – 4:05: Issues

2:10 – 2:45: Smile Empty Soul

1:00 – 1:30: Scattered Hamlet

 

Second Stage

7:05 – 7:55: P.O.D.

5:30 – 6:00: From Ashes to New

4:10 – 4:40: Kerbera

2:50 – 3:20: Beyond Unbroken

1:35 – 2:05: Monster Dolls

12:25 – 12:55: Rivals

 

 

In addition, INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival will host 15 gourmet food trucks serving up the most delicious local eats! This year’s festival will feature Island Noodles, Smash Time Food Truck, Chicky Chicky Waffle, Zaki Food Truck, Swat Food Truck and Catering, Bistro de Mohr, Pizza Cottage, Three Lil Piggies BBQ, The Gaucho & The Gringa, OH Pizza and Pretzels, Loops Food Truck, Dirty Frank’s Hot Dogs, Graeters Ice Cream, Barroluco Argentine Comfort Food and Gorilla Gurt! Visit https://www.inkcarceration.com/faq to learn more about what each truck has to offer!

 

While the stages and food trucks will be busy outside, INKCARCERATION will feature 70 local and regional tattoo artists tattooing all weekend inside the reformatory. Appointments are recommended if there is a specific artist you would like to work with. Visit www.inkcarceration.com/tattoo for information on how to book your appointment and to see a full list of featured tattoo shops, companies and artists. Tattoo competition details and judges will be announced soon.

 

INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival‘s incredibly unique festival setting – the historic Ohio State Reformatory – is considered one of the most haunted buildings in the country and the setting of the 1994 cinematic classic/IMDB’s highest rated movie of all time, The Shawshank Redemption (celebrating its 25th anniversary his year). The Ohio State Reformatory is centrally located about an hour away from Cleveland, Columbus, and Canton/Akron, Ohio and within a three-hour driving distance of Toledo, Dayton, Cincinnati, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, Michigan and southern Ontario. Additionally, INKCARCERATION features tent and RV camping for a true outdoor festival experience!

 

Escape from Blood Prison is the annual Halloween haunted house attraction hosted at the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. It typically runs from the end of September through early November every year, but INKCARCERATION will make this spooky attraction available for festival goers to experience all weekend long in 2019! Once Blood Prison takes over the reformatory, the enormous facility is filled with bloodthirsty inmates waiting for victims to enter and try and make it through the facility alive!

 

INKCARCERATION 2019 Ticketing Details:

 

All available via https://https://inkcarceration.frontgatetickets.com/!

 

VIP & CAMPING PACKAGES – SOLD OUT!

 

Now offering MILITARY DISCOUNTS via GovX (12% off Weekend Tickets Only)

Visit GovX here to buy tickets!

 

Single Day General Admission (Early Bird)

ONE General Admission Wristband includes:

– Field pass for concert

– Access to the tattoo convention

– Self-guided reformatory tours.

Starting at $65

 

Weekend General Admission

ONE 3-day General Admission Wristband includes:

– Field pass for concert the entire weekend

– Access to the tattoo convention

-Self-guided reformatory tours.

Price $199    

 

In April, INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival was awarded Mansfield, Ohio’s prestigious Tourism Award of Excellence, and has been recognized by the United States House of Representatives, Ohio Senate, State of Ohio Representatives and Congressional Proclamation.

 

“The job the crew at INKCARCERATION did coming out of the gate demanded to be recognized,”  says Destination Mansfield President Lee Tasseff. “Our organization has worked with national events over the years, but nothing compared to the level of professionalism demonstrated in producing a head-turning concert event of the highest order on the iconic grounds of the Ohio State Reformatory…it was and is a perfect match. The community can’t wait to witness this year’s festival!”

 

Susan Fisher, Co-Producer, INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival, says, “We’re so honored to receive the Tourism Award of Excellence and be recognized by our Ohio State Representatives. We are grateful to our partners at Destination Mansfield who, along with Mansfield City officials, our local hotel partners and hundreds of Richland County volunteers, are gearing up to help us welcome our festival guests to a bigger and better INKCARCERATION 2019, from all around the world — as far as New Zealand.”

 

In its first year, INKCARCERATION brought enormous entertainment to over 18,000 fans, and this year, the festival aims even higher.

 

Stay tuned for more news coming soon about INKCARCERATION 2019!

INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival online:

Website – www.inkcarceration.com

Tickets (Field, Camping & VIP) – https://inkcarceration.frontgatetickets.com/

Facebook – www.facebook.com/Inkcarcerationfestival

Twitter – www.twitter.com/InkcarFestival

Instagram – www.instagram.com/inkcarcerationfestival

The Historic Ohio State Reformatory online:

www.mrps.org

www.mrps.org/learn/film-and-television

www.shawshanktrail.com/photos

 

INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival is produced by Inkcarceration LTD.

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INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival Reveals Individual Daily Music Line-Ups + Single Day Tickets Available Now   The Second Annual INKCARCERATION: Taking Place July 12-14, 2019 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory | GET TICKETS HERE!   INKCARCERATION 2019 to Also Feature: 70+ Tattoo Artists Food Trucks & Beverages Tent & RV Camping “Escape from Blood …

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INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival Reveals Individual Daily Music Line-Ups + Single Day Tickets Available Now
 
The Second Annual INKCARCERATION: Taking Place July 12-14, 2019 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory | GET TICKETS HERE!
 
INKCARCERATION 2019 to Also Feature:
70+ Tattoo Artists
Food Trucks & Beverages
Tent & RV Camping
“Escape from Blood Prison” Haunted House Attraction
+ More!
 

 

 
The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival recently announced its return to the historic Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, OH, on July 12, 13 and 14. This year’s massive line-up will be led by none other than colossal rock bands  Shinedown, Godsmack and Five Finger Death Punch. Quickly becoming one of the nation’s premier rock festivals, INKCARCERATION will feature over 30 bands on two outdoor stages, 70 tattoo artists, reformatory tours, gourmet food trucks, the best drinks and for the first time, the haunted house attraction, Escape from Blood Prison.
Today, INKCARCERATION has revealed the festival’s individual daily line-ups! In addition, single day tickets are now on sale via https://inkcarceration.frontgatetickets.com.
INDIVIDUAL DAILY LINE-UPS:
Friday July 12th:
Shinedown
Taking Back Sunday
Skillet
Fozzy
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Awake at Last
The Funeral Portrait
The Everyday Losers
 
Saturday July 13th:
Godsmack
+Live+
Motionless in White
Red Sun Rising
Buckcherry
Andrew WK
Stabbing Westward
Light the Torch
Eyes Set to Kill
Raven Black
Impending Lies
Monster Dolls
 
Sunday July 14th:
Five Finger Death Punch
Seether
I Prevail
Starset
P.O.D.
From Ashes to New
Smile Empty Soul
Kerbera
Beyond Unbroken
Rivals
Monster Dolls
 
 
INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival‘s incredibly unique festival setting – the historic Ohio State Reformatory – is considered one of the most haunted buildings in the country and is the setting of the 1994 cinematic classic/IMDB’s highest rated movie of all time, The Shawshank Redemption (celebrating its 25th anniversary this year). The Ohio State Reformatory is centrally located about an hour away from Cleveland, Columbus, and Canton/Akron, Ohio and within a three-hour driving distance of Toledo, Dayton, Cincinnati, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, Michigan and southern Ontario. Additionally, INKCARCERATION features tent and RV camping for a true outdoor festival experience!
Stay tuned for more details coming soon regarding gourmet food trucks and more.
With the concert happening outside, INKCARCERATION will feature 70 local and regional tattoo artists tattooing all weekend inside the reformatory. Appointments are recommended if there is a specific artist you would like to work with.  Visit www.inkcarceration.com/tattoo for information on how to book your appointment and to see a full list of featured tattoo shops, companies and artists. Tattoo competition details and judges will be announced soon.
Escape from Blood Prison is the annual Halloween haunted house attraction hosted at the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. It typically runs from the end of September through early November every year, but INKCARCERATION will make this spooky attraction available for festival goers to experience all weekend long in 2019! Once Blood Prison takes over the reformatory, the enormous facility is filled with bloodthirsty inmates waiting for victims to enter and try and make it through the facility alive!
INKCARCERATION 2019 Ticketing Details:
 
VIP & CAMPING PACKAGES – SOLD OUT!
Now offering MILITARY DISCOUNTS via GovX (12% off Weekend Tickets Only)
Visit GovX here to buy tickets!
 
Single Day General Admission (Early Bird)
ONE General Admission Wristband includes:
– Field pass for concert
– Access to the tattoo convention
– Self-guided reformatory tours
Starting at $65
 
Weekend General Admission
ONE 3-day General Admission Wristband includes:
– Field pass for concert the entire weekend
– Access to the tattoo convention
-Self-guided reformatory tours
Price $199    
In its first year, INKCARCERATION brought enormous entertainment to over 18,000 fans, and this year, the festival aims even higher. Stay tuned for more news coming soon about INKCARCERATION 2019!
INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival online:
Tickets (Field, Camping & VIP) – https://inkcarceration.frontgatetickets.com/
The Historic Ohio State Reformatory online:
INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival is produced by Inkcarceration LTD.

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Inkcarceration Music and Tattoo Festival 2019 Announces Massive 3-Day Line Up https://gameon.media/2019/02/24/inkcarceration-music-and-tattoo-festival-2019-announces-massive-3-day-line-up/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:13:53 +0000 https://gameon.media/?p=465

INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival Announces Massive 3-Day Line Up   Featuring Shinedown, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, +Live+, Taking Back Sunday, Seether, Skillet and Many More   The Second Annual INKCARCERATION: Taking Place July 12-14, 2019 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory | GET TICKETS HERE!   INKCARCERATION 2019 to Also Feature: 70+ Tattoo Artists Food Trucks & …

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INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival Announces Massive 3-Day Line Up
 
Featuring Shinedown, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, +Live+, Taking Back Sunday, Seether, Skillet and Many More
 
The Second Annual INKCARCERATION: Taking Place July 12-14, 2019 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory | GET TICKETS HERE!
 
INKCARCERATION 2019 to Also Feature:
70+ Tattoo Artists
Food Trucks & Beverages
Tent & RV Camping
“Escape from Blood Prison” Haunted House Attraction
+ More!
 
Watch a New INKCARCERATION Teaser Here
 


 
The wait is over! The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival has announced the massive line-up scheduled to perform at its second annual event, set to feature colossal rock headliners ShinedownGodsmack and Five Finger Death Punch! Quickly becoming one of the nation’s premier rock festivals, INKCARCERATION – taking place this year on July 12, 13 and 14 at the historic Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, OH – will feature over 30 bands on two outdoor stages, 70 tattoo artists, reformatory tours, gourmet food trucks, the best drinks and for the first time, the haunted house attraction, Escape from Blood Prison!
This year’s electrifying line-up also includes +Live+, Taking Back Sunday, Seether, Skillet, I Prevail, Starset, Red Sun Rising, Motionless in White, Fozzy, Buckcherry, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Andrew W.K., P.O.D., Stabbing Westward, Light the Torch, From Ashes to New, Smile Empty Soul, Eyes Set To Kill, Awake at Last, The Funeral Portait, Kerbera, Raven Black, Beyond UnbrokenRivals, Impending Lies and The Everyday Losers, plus special performances by The Monster Dolls.
Field, Camping and VIP tickets are on sale NOW via https://inkcarceration.frontgatetickets.com/!
Once again, INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival will take place at one of the most unique festival settings in the country – the Ohio State Reformatory. Considered one of the most haunted buildings in the country and the setting of the 1994 cinematic classic/IMDB’s highest rated movie of all time, The Shawshank Redemption (celebrating its 25th anniversary his year), the Reformatory is centrally located about an hour away from Cleveland, Columbus, and Canton/Akron, Ohio and within a three-hour driving distance of Toledo, Dayton, Cincinnati, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, northern West Virginia, Michigan and southern Ontario. This is the perfect destination festival! Additionally, INKCARCERATION features tent and RV camping for a true outdoor festival experience! See below for more details.
Stay tuned for more details coming soon regarding tattoo artists, gourmet food trucks, and more!
INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival promoters promise an epic year. “Building off such a strong inaugural year, we are so stoked to give our fans even more in year two. With Billboard chart-topping bands such as ShinedownGodsmack and Five Finger Death Punchleading the way, tattoo artists from around the globe, and the historic backdrop of the haunted Shawshank Prison, INKCARCERATION 2019 will be the don’t miss rock event of the summer in the Midwest!”
It’s Halloween in July at INKCARCERATION 2019!
Mentioned above, Escape from Blood Prison is the annual Halloween haunted house attraction hosted at the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. It typically runs from the end of September through early November every year, but INKCARCERATION will make this spooky attraction available for festival goers to experience all weekend long in 2019! Once Blood Prison takes over the reformatory, the enormous facility is filled with bloodthirsty inmates waiting for victims to enter and try and make it through the facility alive!
“It’s an honor to be able to open the doors of Blood Prison a couple months early and give the guests of INKCARCERATION a few scares in July! The warden, his family and the Blood Prison inmates are all excited to meet the fans at INKCARCERATION,” says Vic Amesquita, manager of Blood Prison.
INKCARCERATION 2019 Ticketing Details:
Weekend Field Passes:
– 3-day General Admission
– Field Passes to the concert for the entire weekend
– Self guided reformatory tours
Starting at: $139
Weekend VIP:
– 3 day VIP wristband
– Field Passes to the concert for the entire weekend
– Self guided reformatory tours
– Air-conditioned VIP lounge w/seating & tables
– Free catering (dinner) Friday, (Lunch & Dinner) Saturday & Sunday
– Private bar
– Dedicated bathrooms
– Raised viewing platform
– Dedicated entrance to the event
Starting at: $299
Weekend Camping Packages:
Tent Camping
– General Weekend Tent Camping includes 1,000 sq. ft. space for your car and up to 3 tents.
– 2 cars and 2 tents can also fit. 1000 sq ft is yours to work with.
RV Camping
– General Weekend RV camping includes hookups for electric & water.
Both camping packages include:*
– Access to showers and bathrooms
– Shuttle service to and from the festival (shuttles run every half hour)
– Small fires are permitted, see camping info for more details
*Admission must be purchased separately
Weekend Tent camping: $175
Weekend RV camping: $299
 
Photo taken at INKCARCERATION 2018
In its first year, INKCARCERATION brought enormous entertainment to over 18,000 fans, and this year, the festival aims even higher. Stay tuned for more news coming soon about INKCARCERATION 2019!
INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival online:
Tickets (Field, Camping & VIP) – https://inkcarceration.frontgatetickets.com/
The Historic Ohio State Reformatory online:
INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival is produced by Inkcarceration LTD.

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33-1/3 Best Hard Rock Albums Of 2018 https://gameon.media/2019/01/15/33-1-3-best-hard-rock-albums-of-2018/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:30:01 +0000 https://gameon.media/?p=277

2018 was one of the best years in recent memory when it comes to quality album releases from some of the biggest names in hard rock. The most common theme was struggling with the past couple of years, both internally and externally, while searching for a path to better days and a hopeful future. Most …

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2018 was one of the best years in recent memory when it comes to quality album releases from some of the biggest names in hard rock. The most common theme was struggling with the past couple of years, both internally and externally, while searching for a path to better days and a hopeful future.

Most people don’t listen to music on hard media these days, but if any of you happen to have any of these on vinyl, give it a spin and let us know how much better it sounds.

Here are our 33-1/3 favorite hard rock albums of 2018.

 

1. Shinedown – ATTENTION ATTENTION

Not only a great collection of individual songs that grow on you as time passes, but a concept album exploring the human condition and fragile state of mind.

Best song: GET UP

2. Tremonti – A Dying Machine

On Mark Tremonti’s 4th solo album, the band is at the top of their song writing game, and Mark’s vocals are his best yet.

Best song: Bringer Of War

3. Halestorm – Vicious

Halestorm continues to elevate, expanding their style and always delivering substance. Lzzy Hale’s voice reaches insane heights on this album, full of swagger and a wink of the eye.

Best song: Do Not Disturb

4. Bullet For My Valentine – Gravity

A biting tale of betrayal and redemption, with gnarly guitars and snarling sing along choruses.

Best song: Over It

5. Adelitas Way – Live Love Life

An exploration into sound and instrumentation, with a lot of heart. A band that keeps getting better with time.

Best song: Still Hungry

6. Atreyu – In Our Wake

This album just moves you physically and emotionally, a nonstop assault on your senses.

Best song: Anger Left Behind

7. Sevendust – All I See Is War

Some bands improve with age, and Sevendust is one that keeps writing better and better songs.

Best song: God Bites His Tongue

8. Godsmack – When Legends Rise

Godsmack returned with their best work since the first two albums. Killer lyrics and a few chances vocally and musically that really pay off.

Best song: Under Your Scars

9. Like A Storm – Catacombs

If you don’t know this New Zealand band of brothers, you are missing out. Creative sounds and meaningful lyrics.

Best song: Complicated (Stitches & Scars)

10. Judas Priest – Firepower

The Metal Gods put together their best album since Painkiller, almost 3 decades ago. Shreds upon shreds, and Rob Halford just killing it.

Best song: Rising From Ruins

11. Disturbed – Evolution

Disturbed extended themselves on Evolution, exploring new sounds while addressing the lost of loved ones to addiction and depression. While not quite the grand slam that Immortalized, it is still another home run from a band who is now 7 for 7.

Best song: A Reason To Fight

12. Pop Evil – Pop Evil

Pop Evil self titled this album, fittingly so as it sums up all of the best qualities of the band. Tight musicianship, inspiring vocals and meaningful lyrics.

Best song: Be Legendary

13. All That Remains – Victim Of The New Disease

The mysterious death of founding guitarist Oli Herbert shortly before the album’s release lends an otherworldly quality to this powerful performance. The songs are full of guitars and intense vocals.

Best song: Everything’s Wrong

14. P.O.D. – Circles

P.O.D. knocks it out of the park on this one, mixing old school hip hop into their Cali vibe rock and roll.

Best song: Soundboy Killa

15. Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog

The last ones standing are still setting the bar for the Seattle sound.

Best song: Never Fade

16. Ghost – Prequelle

Perhaps the first concept album based on the Plague and the Black Death which killed off half of Europe, Prequelle is spooky, spiritual and catchy.

Best song: Dance Macabre

17. Nonpoint – X

Nonpoint continues their unique phrasing and riffing on their 10th album, another stellar effort.

Best song: Fix This

18. Red Sun Rising – Thread

Red Sun Rising continues the hit-making momentum on their second effort, proving that they will be around for a long time.

Best song: Veins

19. Parkway Drive – Reverence

This is the heaviest album on the list, and probably tops most metal lists for the year. Very aggressive, but also full of hooks.

Best song: The Void

20. Ice Nine Kills – The Silver Scream

Each song is based off of a classic horror movie, a concept that could get corny but never does here, as the tunes stand on their own and the lyrical content touches on an aspect of the movie without becoming cliff notes.

Best song: A Grave Mistake

21. Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators – Living The Dream

One of the most complete albums that Slash has delivered in some time. The Conspirators are a tight band and this sounds most like a band album, rather than a solo act.

Best song: Mind Your Manners

22. Five Finger Death Punch – And Justice For None

5FDP has a formula and they are sticking with it. Fast songs, ballads, and interesting cover songs.

Best song: When The Seasons Change

23. Breaking Benjamin – Ember

The band who practically invented the rock radio sound does it again, showcasing their immense vocal talent and musicianship.

Best song: Torn In Two

24. Three Days Grace – Outsider

Three Days Grace finally comes into its own with this version of the band, ditching the self-loathing for an optimistic view on life.

Best song: The Mountain

25. The Alarm – Equals

Legendary rebels The Alarm returned with an outstanding record, still questioning the status quo and pushing for peace.

Best song: Peace Now

26. Dorothy – 28 Days In The Valley

Dorothy Martin has one of the best bluesy rock voices that you will ever hear. This trippy album could be the soundtrack to a Quentin Tarantino movie.

Best song: Ain’t Our Time To Die

27. Jonathan Davis – Black Labyrinth

The leader of Korn has been quietly working on his solo album for years, and we finally got to experience the fruits of his labor. Very personal and very deep.

Best song: Basic Needs

28. Myles Kennedy – Year Of The Tiger

Somehow Myles Kennedy found time between Alter Bridge and Slash commitments to put out a solo album. This is all Myles, which means it is amazing.

Best song: The Great Beyond

29. Suicidal Tendencies – STill Cyco Punk After All These Years

A sort of new album, which is actually a re-recording of an old Mike Muir solo album. Doesn’t matter, it’s new to me and it is infectious.

Best song: Ain’t Gonna Get Me

30. Avatar – Avatar Country

Dilly Dilly! Avatar returned with an album exclusively about the King. Always heavy and always fun.

Best song: The King Wants You

31. Amaranthe – Helix

Amaranthe fears nothing, blending all kinds of music, with three vocalists getting into the mix.

Best song: Inferno

32. Skillet Side Dishes: Ledger – LEDGER, Fight The Fury – Still Breathing

The members of Skillet took a hiatus and produced 2 separate EP’s. Drummer/vocalist Jen Ledger put out a strong solo album, co-produced by guitarist Korey Kooper. Bassist/vocalist John Kooper got his metal on with guitarist Seth Morrison.

Best song: Not Dead Yet, My Demons

33. Greta Van Fleet – Anthem Of The Peaceful Army

Hot newcomers Greta Van Fleet, the family band with the Zeppelin sound, put out their first full album. While not as strong as their EP From The Fires, it still boasts some great tracks.

Best song: Lover, Leaver (Taker, Believer)

33-1/3. Them Evils – Rollin’ Stoned and Livin’ Free (EP)

Them Evils is a throwback rock band on the rise. This EP showcases the promise of what is to come, real rock and roll shaking our asses.

Best song: Practice What You Preach

33-1/3 Best Hard Rock Albums Of 2018 first appeared on Game On Media.

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