MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER – “STEP UP, (I’M ON IT)” EXCLUSIVE PREMIER
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 1:00pm by Vince NeilsteinSouthern hard-rock/metallers Maylene and the Sons of Disaster are back with their latest concoction of swampy, humongous grooves, their third album aptly titled III. This is just straight up, metal-influenced southern hard rock — no gimmicks, no shenanigans, just maximum rockage. The first single, “Just a Shock,” is currently streaming on their MySpace page and we’ve got an exclusive stream of the track “Step Up (I’m On It)” for you right here.
III comes out next Tuesday, June 23rd on Ferret Music, and the band will be on tour for 2 months starting in July with Emery.
-VN
Sweet! I love these guys. They sound very unshowered & whiskey-breathed. Good stuff.
Yeah, only that they’re not whiskey breathed because they’re christian and don’t drink. (: but they’re probably the most badass band on the planet. And they’re new album was fucking genius. They’re my favorite. (:
That’s a great song. I have never heard of them besides the banner on the side of the page. I learned of a new band that I like today. I almost was happy about that but then the Depakote kept me safe from my emotions.
yeah Depakote……… that sucks.
I like these guys. They have a great sound. I feel like I should be driving a swampboat while holding a shotgun and drinking an ice cold Budweiser when I listen to them.
i actually have to listen to them every time i go bowfishing haha, i just get so pumped up.
Exactly what I expected for the new CD. I’m definitely pumped to hear the rest.
Song is rockin’! Nice to see more Christian bands get noticed.
Christianity *could* use a little more publicity, that’s for sure. It’s very under-the-radar as far as religions go…
This song is tasty, I am pumped for the new album. Makes me wanna down some Jack and praise Jesus
Its surprisingly good.
excellent! I wish they weren’t on Ferret….
$15 for the cd and a tshirt, what a deal!
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With the intro I figured, “Oh great, another sound-alike Southern rock band,” but I stuck with it and it turns out to be pretty greasy and good, if not overly original.
are you serious? if you consider southern rock to be a trend that’s come around in the past couple of years, MAYLENE STARTED IT.
Southern Rock was around Waaaaay! before Maylene made a single note on a guitar. They do have a great sound though!
i didn’t say they invented southern rock. I said they started the trend. since they went big, countless imitators have popped up – most of them have fizzled out. there WAS no southern rock/southern metal sound you’d hear at shows.. until maylene.
Fuck yeah. Love this band. Good shit.
heard only one song by them and i like that one better, more metal. title has something to do with dark or evil, from Maylene 2
Darkest of Kin?
I’ve had the album “II” for a while and I think it’s pretty damn bad-ass, overall and I still jam it frequently. I think these guys are a cut above the other southern-metall/rock sound-alike bands that are out there (Artimus Pyledriver, I’m looking at you). I like their style and their whole “hillbilly-outlaw-on-the-run” Ma Barker thing they’ve got going is pretty interesting and is a little different, but different in a way that I like. Looking forward to the new album.
fuck ya maylenes back… keep on showering the plains with your southern groove
their singer is still “the underoath dude” as far as i’m concerned, i liked a few of their songs from that era.
Was kind of hoping for things to be a little bit heavier than the first two songs they’ve let loose, but the riffage is still good. I miss Dallas actually screaming. It seems like they’re most interested in being catchy than being nasty.
This IS Dirty South.
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wow this is one of the few cases in which a line-up change actually worked out for the favor of the band. Besides that, am I the only person wondering what this cd is actually going to be about since they all died at the end of II? haha.
they all died at the end of the self-titled, too.. or did you not listen to it? haha.
this is nasty it sounds a little like there first cd which i loved
This album is what I expected it to be. They get more and more original the longer they stay around. I love their first album, but their musical talent is broader than the git nasty sound they produced on their first run. All I know is my foot never stops tappin to the music and thats what makes for good listening, when you dont lose interest in the song and skip to the next.
for everyone who had not heard maylene before you guys are retards this album is gonna be soooo good getting wasted to this album daily !!!
Southern by the grace of god, cant wait for the new album
Jesus Christ is probably headbanging around with this new album. It’s fucking awesome!
Go to rollingstone.com and check their new video for Step Up (I’m On It).