Track Of The Day - The Gateway Edition

Although Godsmack's 2018 album When Legends Rise has more of a hard rock direction, even a couple of the more catchy singles like this one can have the metallic heaviness of Breaking Benjamin:

The catchy alt-metal of Addicted shines the most in this surprised-filled track:

A beautiful alt-rock/metal 6-minute closing epic to touch the hearts of all music listeners:

Basically a better revamp of "Figure.09" with killer heavy riffing, plus an awesome "One Step Closer"-esque yell-fest in the bridge:

Linkin Park's earliest version of "Runaway" is the highlight of their Xero demo:

An amazing track with sweet piano and drums:

The heavy guitars and drums, as well as emotional cleans and screams, can have you thinking of Architects with violins:

A true f***ing banger of alt-metalcore:

Kicking things off hard is this heavy track in which fast rhythms and grooves stick together with some clean melodies:

This dynamic highlight can sound so melancholic and malicious, sometimes at the same time:

A rap-ish nu metal highlight in which Freeman's rapping actually works quite greatly:

This highlight shines interestingly with soft grunge melancholy while having some brutal death growls in the bridge:

A strong standout that's both accessible and anthemic, to get the live crowd moving:

One of only two tracks I like from the poor St. Anger album, this monstrous 8-minute epic should be re-recorded with the improved production the band would have later, guitar soloing, audible bass, and none of the G****MN SNARE:

Thanks to YouTuber Michael Shea's better re-recording of Metallica's St. Anger, its closing track is finally living it up as a true 8-minute epic:

Although I don't like Karmacode as much as I did 10 years ago, there are still a few amazing songs like this one remaining immortal in my memory:

The gothic strength of Comalies and the groove-metalcore-ish sound of Delirium actually become one in this mighty first single and ending track of the new Lacuna Coil album:

Nothing I can say can do this perfect song justice: