Local Loft Episode 145

Bishops of Frankfort and Joliet Maids of Mettle. Rock and Roll Royalty in the making. Clench your Dead Man's Hand's fist and pump it in the air. It's another hour ( and sixteen minutes) of the best and newest metal,punk,prog rock,power pop, and alt rock from all over Chicagoland and Illinois.

Veteran Joliet rockers Deadman's Hand are actively working on a new EP where the vocals don't grunt and are clean, and the groove pounds into your brain tissue like a sonic drill, We get a two song sneak listen to their new work,temporarily titled Rubusto Supremo: The Couch Burning Sessions.

If you've a Halloween hangover that won't go away, keep your mask on and safely head to Sugar Skull in Franklin Park. Manteno's Ephinepic and three other hard charging metal bands get ready to rip the stage wide open. Singer Cody Zupan rocks up a riot with his other famous band,Extraction Point, in a new music video from their forthcoming second release, Campaign For Human Degradation.

Glam metal was not just limited to Poison,Cinderella and a bunch of other bands in 

the 80's. Singer Deanna Whalen combined good looks with outstanding vocal range as Maid Of Mettle. A rock back nine years ago this week, when she brought her exquisite singing talent for Kat 105.5 listeners to enjoy for the first time.

 

Along with these, you're treated to unlimited post Halloween ear candy helpings of.

 

Deadman's Hand-Blood

Deadman's Hand-Not The Only One

Macabre-Your Window Is Open

Extraction Point-Forced Compliance

Ephinepic-Mr. Sinator

Dead Original-Bought and Sold

Prison City Brigade-Open Ended

Bishop Of Frankfort (Interview in The Kat 105.5 studio-11/4/10)

Bishop Of Frankfort-Overstimulated

Bishop Of Frankfort-Against The World

Bishop Of Frankfort-Rosebud

Maid Of Mettle(Deanna Whalen interview in The Kat 105.5 studio-11/5/11)

Maid Of Mettle-The River (unplugged in The Kat 105.5 studio)

Maid of Mettle-In The Garden

Maid Of Mettle-Sleepless