Kerr Lordygan blazed between the borderlands of hard rock and metal in the romantic theatre of ‘Just Gonna Be There’

Kerr Lordygan wrote a new chapter of traditional hard rock history with his LP, True Grime; an installation of 16 singles that swagger across the borderlands of hard rock and metal. Balancing melody with ferocity, each single fired up to the thematic core, including the lead single, Just Gonna Be There, which exhibits the theatricality of hard rock icons, effortlessly carried by Lordygan as he uses his chops as an actor and narrator to make the proclamations in the single slam into your senses with maximal impact. Ozzy would be proud. Romance can’t be dead if juggernauts of rock are out here with their hearts on their sleeve, lending their experimentalism with sonic intensity to add feral fuel to the fire of passion. If we lived in a parallel universe where metal motifs blazed during the climaxes of rom-coms instead of plastic pop eagworms, blockbusters would be lining up to sign sync deals with Kerr Lordygan. There are shades of Dio in the grand-scale delivery, Alice Cooper in the performative bite, and Ozzy Osbourne in the full-throated commitment to drama, danger, and the hell-raised romanticism from the LA-based artist who has spent a lifetime in metal, stretching back to high […]

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