Skip to content
Abstract, colorful album cover with swirling red, orange, and pink tones. The text "animals as leaders" appears at the top, and a circular shape with radiating lines is featured in the lower center.

Loud Rock Charts 4/15

Whats good KZSC metal community? Hope you are all doing splendidly. Here are the charts and adds for this week. So many strong albums! ADDS 1    GAMMA RAY    Empire Of The Undead    Eagle Rock 2    TRIPTYKON    Melana Chasmata    Century Media…

Read More
A surreal painting of a human face merging with abstract, feather-like shapes, creating a mystical and ethereal effect. The face appears to emerge from a dark background, with dramatic, flowing textures radiating outward.

Loud Rock Charts 4-8

Here are this weeks CMJ charts for your viewing pleasure.  I had to give Behemoth number one after seeing them slay on Sunday in San Francisco.ADDS 1    OFF!    Wasted Years    Vice 2    BLACK LABEL SOCIETY    Catacombs Of The Black Vatican   …

Read More
Abstract, colorful artwork with swirling red, orange, and pink hues radiating outward from a central circular shape. The text "animals as leaders" appears near the top center of the image.

Loud Rock Charts 4-1

Greetings metal community.  Here are the charts and adds for this last week of march.  Sorry for the slightly delayed notification, I have been sleeping off a mean bangover from seeing Exmortus last night. ADDS 1    RONNIE JAMES DIO    This…

Read More

Mid-March New Indie Rock

End of the quarter finals are facing UCSC students, including yours truly. Here are 10 new indie rock releases that will help anyone concentrate: 1. CHERRY GLAZERR - Haxel Princess 2. TACOCAT - NVM 3. HABIBI - Habibi 4. DAMAGED…

Read More
Album cover for "Kindly Bent to Free Us" by Cynic, featuring a vibrant, intricate tree with glowing branches and roots against a dark background, and the band’s stylized logo above it.

Loud Rock Charts March 4th

Whats good metalheads? Here are the charts and adds for this week from KZSC! Yay new Hirax!! ADDS 1    BLACK EXPLOSION    Elements Of Doom    Metalville 2    VANDEN PLAS    Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 1)    Frontiers 3    CHRYSALIS    Focus On…

Read More
Album cover for Iced Earth's "Plagues of Babylon," featuring a demonic figure with a staff standing above chained, zombie-like figures in a dark, apocalyptic setting, with the album title at the bottom.

Loud Rock CMJ Charts February 18th

ADDS 1    SKINDRED    Kill The Power    Cooking Vinyl-Red River 2    I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN    Beloved    Epitaph 3    SEVENTRAIN    Bleeding 4    UNGUIDED    Fragile Immortality    Napalm 5    CYNIC    Kindly Bent To Free Us    Season Of Mist CHARTS 1    ICED EARTH    Plagues…

Read More
Album cover for "Delivering the Black" by Primal Fear, featuring a metallic eagle with outstretched wings, a dark sky with a full moon, and the album title in bold letters at the bottom with a cross.

Loud Rock Charts February 11th

Hello Santa Cruz.  Here are the CMJ charts and adds for February 11th.   ADDS 1    WOUNDED KINGS    Consolamentium    Candlelight Records 2    SARKE    Aruagint    INDIE 3    VAN CANTO    Dawn Of The Brave    Napalm 4    BIBLICAL    Monsoon Season    New Damage 5   …

Read More

Loud Rock Charts January 7th

Happy new year! Here are the loud rock adds and charts for January 7th. ADDS 1    LEGION OF THE DAMNED    Ravenous Plague    Napalm 2    ICELAND    Iceland    Glacier 3    ATOM STRANGE    The Lost Cosmonauts    RayGun 4    EVERY MAN IS AN ISLAND  …

Read More

December Loud Rock Charts

Hello everyone, here are the top charts and adds for December.  Here's looking forward to a new year of loud rock!  Have a wonderful holiday. ADDS 1    AFTER THE BURIAL    Wolves Within    Sumerian CHARTS 1    PROTEST THE HERO    Volition    Razor…

Read More
Four young men stand outdoors near a building, smiling and relaxed. They wear casual clothing, including a plaid shirt, a patterned t-shirt, a jacket, and dark jeans. Trees and train tracks are visible in the background.

New Rock Releases For November

Thanksgiving may mean turkeys to many people, but here are some new Rock releases for early November that are anything but: 1. NIGHT BEATS - Sonic Bloom 2. AUDACITY - Butter Knife 3. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Red Hot And Fela…

Read More
Black and white photo of a band performing in a basement. A guitarist passionately sings into a microphone, with another person shouting in the foreground. Musical equipment and string lights decorate the space.

YUPPIES – s/t

Boredom. It's all around us -- in our classrooms, at the park, in our bedrooms, choking up our thoughts and actions like static on the TV screen. Disaffected youth toss cigarette butts into the streets in front of the local…

Read More

Rock Charts – Last Week of September

Top 10: 1. DODOS - Carrier 2. JOANNA GRUESOME - Weird Sister 3. JACUZZI BOYS - Jacuzzi Boys 4. TERRY MALTS - Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere 5. DENT MAY - Warm Blanket 6. CRYSTAL STILTS - Nature Noir 7…

Read More
Four people stand against a tan brick wall, each wearing casual clothes and holding oversized black-and-white face cutouts in front of their faces. The scene is quirky and playful.

Rock Charts – Mid-August

HUNXXXX!  We've been loving the new Hunx and His Punx album at The Great 88.  Here's our current Top 10: 1 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Street Punk 2 SMITH WESTERNS Soft Will 3 COOL GHOULS Cool Ghouls 4 MALLARD Finding Meaning…

Read More