RELEASED: June 25 Vibe check don t you feel out of place? That s one of the many knowing lines in the bouncy yet bleak Top Shelf, a track on the recent debut album from Memphis, Tenn., post-hardcore upstarts Honoré. The patter might be present-day, but the sound surrounding it brings to mind the many underground acts that layered a clean singer and a screamer atop chunky guitar riffs in the aughts which
isn t a bad thing. In fact, Honoré seem content to bring that style back around while proving that Memphis is now home to a lot more than just Elvis nostalgia and soul music history.
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Top 10 Founders of Power Metal
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Rainbow
Rainbow are a British rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1993 to 1997. They were originally established with Ronnie James Dio as the lead singer and lyricist. Rainbow were ranked No. 90 on VH1 s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. The band has sold over 28 million albums .
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Rainbow created power metal - Gates Of Babylon was the first power metal song ever. Eyes Of The World was the first symphonic power metal song (no symphonic orchestra but symphonic vibe from start to finish). A Light In The Black and Kill The King were among the first speed metal songs. Currently speed metal is a subgenre of power metal because speed metal is a smaller subgenre than power metal. But chronologically speed metal emerged before power metal - power metal is a mix of speed metal and traditional metal (slower than speed metal and faster than traditional metal).