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[Review] Adrenaline Mob ‘Omertá’

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Comprised of some of the most talented musicians in the rock/metal scene, Adrenaline Mob has a lot going for it. After all, it’s Mike Portnoy (ex-drummer of Dream Theater), Russell Allen (singer of Symphony X), John Moyer (bassist of Disturbed), and guitarist Mike Orlando. With that kind of line-up, you gotta wonder what the final product is going to sound like. Dream Theater and Symphony X? Hell yeah! It’s gonna be some intense prog metal! But wait, Disturbed? So, it’s gonna have some commercial heavy rock appeal? And Mike Orlando, who played with Zakk Wylde and Bumblefoot, which means we’ll likely hear some shredding. 
Is this the final product? Is this the sound that the band delivers? And, ultimately, is it all worth it? Find out below.

So, this album is NOT prog metal in any way, shape, or form. Let’s get that out of the way immediately. Those who expected the combination of Mike Portnoy and Russell Allen to overshadow the material can consider themselves set straight now. Rather, this album can be placed alongside bands such as Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold, and the like. I’d almost call this bro-metal but it doesn’t have that sense of hubris and ego surrounding it. 
While sounding tight and focused, my issue with the album was that none of the songs seemed to offer anything new or exciting. Rather, I felt like I’d heard these songs before. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. After all, I found that head was nodding along and my foot was doing a lot of tapping. 
What works really well for this album is that there is a great deal of variety in the guitar work. From pitch shifting to 12-string acoustic guitars, the effects and changes in instruments gave a real sense of separation to the songs, something that many albums fail to achieve. 
While I was hoping for something a bit more interesting from this group of musicians, I can see Omertá being a very solid foundation for growth for this band. There are a lot of ways this band can go and it’ll be interesting to see what the future brings from them.
The Final Word: Omertá is solid heavy rock/metal radio material. If you’re a fan of Five Finger Death Punch, this debut album from Adrenaline Mob that will appeal greatly to you. Personally, I found it to be a little bland and generic for my tastes. 
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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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April 9, 2024

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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…

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