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Episode 44: Royal Thunder’s Mlny Parsonz Talks New Album ‘Rebuilding The Mountain’-SLIS Podcast Royal Thunder are back with Rebuilding The Mountain, their first album in 5 years, out June 16th via Spinefarm. Like past efforts including Wick and Crooked Doors, it sees the group continue their unique marriage of classic rock and 90’s alternative with […]
Hobosexual ‘Monolith’ Review: Seattle duo make a rock sound as huge as their album title. [rating=5] Let’s face it: there aren’t that many great new hard rock bands anymore. Sure they exist (Royal Thunder is one example), but they’re sorely underrepresented in the 21st century. Well luckily for those of us who like heavy tunes […]
Royal Thunder ‘Wick’ Review: Atlanta rockers continue refining their unique blend of moody, anthemic metal. [rating=4] Atlanta’s Royal Thunder proved a revelation on their 2015 release Crooked Doors. That album showed a quantum leap in development of the group’s moody and muscular brand of hard rock. It also cemented Mlny Parsonz as one of the […]
Royal Thunder Holy Mountain Concert Review: rockers turn in a sultry set on a mild Texas night. [rating=5] Just a few short months after their high-profile SXSW appearance, Atlanta hard rockers Royal Thunder returned to Austin for a set at Holy Mountain this past Sunday. Following the vintage 80’s NWOBHM riffage of Houston’s Venomous Maximus, […]
