The best way to follow up a successful album is usually by honing in your songwriting and realizing the traits that made said album successful. It’s a fine line, though. Some bands go completely left-field and alienate fans and critics in the process, others choose to double down on thematically similar motifs in the process….
Ever since the release of their 2002 sophomore album Wonder What’s Next, Chevelle have occupied a consistently prolific space in the rock and metal scene. Consistency is the band’s game, as while each of their full-length albums have managed to differentiate themselves from one another, there are subtleties on each one as well. Whether it’s…
For many hard rock and metal bands, balancing heavy riffs with melodic sensibilities is tough balancing act. Make everything too complicated and you risk having an audience that’s narrow. Too melodic and you might get accused of being a sellout. Fortunately, Chevelle have never had to deal with that problem. One of the new millennium’s…
While the band’s new full-length has been announced for release this year, the accolades keep rolling in for Chevelle. One of alt-metal’s most prominent bands over the last 20+ years, Chevelle have combined commercial success and critical heralding like few bands have, outside of maybe Tool. And while they’ve continued to somehow get better over…
