Track Of The Day - The Gateway Edition

Modern nu metal with metalcore/industrial/grunge influences from New Orleans:

An early demo from the band's Underground series, that I would recommend for fans of the band's heavier work:

An explosive highlight of Living Colour's usual funk/alt-metal/rock:

This one is more of an ode to modern metal, but it's still really cool. After starting with a cinematic symphonic intro that would almost make you think it might lead symphonic metal, the track is actually an alt-metal blend of a Linkin Park-esque rapping verse, a pop punk chorus inspired by A Day To Remember, and a bridge filled with the melodic metalcore of early Avenged Sevenfold and the nu metal of Slipknot, all 4 of those bands paid lyrical tribute to in said chorus:

The blend of electronics and metal from Obsidian continues in this destructive highlight featuring Parkway Drive's Winston McCall:

A nu metal standout jam-packed with growls and violence, not too far off from the likes of Slipknot and Linkin Park:

An epic standout of Of Mice & Men's more melodic atmospheric direction:

A perfect rocker with optimistic vocals and harmonic nostalgia for both heavier metalheads and rock listeners:

An alt-rock/metal tale of drug usage (say no to drugs!), keeping me awake after the album's opening one-two slump:

Another single by Jeris Johnson, this one being an alt-rock/metal ballad not too far off from the bands my brother likes such as Breaking Benjamin, Skillet, Three Days Grace, etc., while following a power metal-like medieval fantasy theme in the music video:

I can almost consider this highlight dark disco metal, but it's a little more suited for The Gateway:

An epic diverse start to this offering from this well-known Armenian-American experimental nu/alt-metal band:

The other day I encountered this collaboration single between Rvshvd and All That Remains. I thought it was going to be nothing but a country rap song and I would've given it a "thumbs down to Hell" if it was, but it turned out to be something different and pretty good. Basically like one of All That Remains' ballads but with a decent country twist. Nice potential as an alt-metal track!

Another killer collaboration with an alt-metalcore band, this one between Norwegian metal producer Alesti and The Word Alive vocalist Telle Smith. I'm picking up some Hard Reset vibes here, even though this track came out a couple years before that The Word Alive album:

As I continue to discover more Gateway bands, here's an alt-/groove metal supergroup consisting of members of Sepultura/Soulfly, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Mastodon:

And here's one of the least-liked bands of modern rock/metal, which I wouldn't have liked either if not for some awesome songs from their new album that can kick a** and take no sh*t:

An instant classic that aptly shows the band not caring about anything except their own thing:

An aggressive alt-metal anthem featuring Jinjer vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk:

An amazing alt-metal anthem that can surpass that similarly-titled Linkin Park hit:

One of the best songs by the band to really level things up:

This awesome epic by Black Veil Brides is the longest song by the band, and probably the best one too:

A heavy almost ballad-ish track with some of the best aspects of their latest album:

The band stay true to what they are in the closing track of The Mourning EP:

David Draiman still has his strength from Disturbed in the opening track of his side-project Device's solo album:

An aggressive metallic anthem of Godsmack's journey so far:

I would give the album a slightly higher rating if the standard edition included this anthemic bonus track that's one of the best things the band has ever done: