{"id":73302,"date":"2024-07-23T18:33:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T23:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=73302"},"modified":"2024-07-23T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T23:49:09","slug":"the-rods-rattle-the-cage-music-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2024\/the-rods-rattle-the-cage-music-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rods | Rattle the Cage"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\r\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Derric Miller<\/span><br \/>\u2014 Managing Editor \u2014<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Rods just pummel you. You&#8217;ll understand hearing <em>Rattle the Cage<\/em> the first time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Such a weird mix of musicians. Bassist Villano is not always tied to music this heavy. But he slays.<br \/>&#8220;Wolves at the Door&#8221; is a highlight. It is snarling yet majestic. How? Who knows, it&#8217;s The Rods. Rules can eat it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The title track is heavier than an induced coma. These guys have far too much fun recording music. If they are this happy making music, you&#8217;ll be happy hearing it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8220;Play it Loud&#8221; also sears your ear. Bass-centric, it&#8217;s a bit different than the breakneck speed you are used to. Still, a mammoth highlight on a ripper of an album.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you just want The Rods just pummel you. There&#8217;s an insane energy coming from this band. Nothing is more fun than listening to Rattle the Cage rock your fool head off. The Rods got ya.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Genre: Metal<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Tracklisting;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>01. Now And Forever<\/strong><br \/>02.&nbsp;<strong>Wolves At The Door<\/strong><br \/>03.&nbsp;<strong>Cry Out Loud<\/strong><br \/>04.&nbsp;<strong>Rattle The Cage<\/strong><br \/>05.&nbsp;<strong>Can&#8217;t Slow Down<\/strong><br \/>06.&nbsp;<strong>Metal Highways<\/strong><br \/>07.&nbsp;<strong>Hell Or High Water<\/strong><br \/>08.&nbsp;<strong>Play It Loud<\/strong><br \/>09.&nbsp;<strong>Shockwave<\/strong><br \/>10.&nbsp;<strong>Hearts Of Steel<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>THE RODS<\/strong>&nbsp;are:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>David &#8220;Rock&#8221; Feinstein<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Vocals, Guitars<br \/><strong>Freddy Villano<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Bass<br \/><strong>Carl Canedy<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Drums<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Web: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialRodsPage\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialRodsPage\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Hardrock Haven rating: [usr 7.9 size=20]<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Derric Miller\u2014 Managing Editor \u2014 The Rods just pummel you. You&#8217;ll understand hearing Rattle the Cage the first time. Such a weird mix of musicians. Bassist Villano is not always tied to music this <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2024\/the-rods-rattle-the-cage-music-review\/\" title=\"The Rods | Rattle the Cage\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":73303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[16296,10482],"class_list":{"0":"post-73302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music-reviews","8":"tag-rattle-the-cage","9":"tag-the-rods"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}