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title: "What Are AltWire Listening To? Week of March 8th"
url: https://altwire.net/altwire-listening-to-03-08/
author: "Altwire Staff"
published: 2020-03-08T16:22:08+00:00
updated: 2026-11-11T03:24:43+00:00
categories: ["News"]
tags: ["eminem", "Hip-Hop & Rap", "Metal", "Punk & Emo", "Wage War"]
source: "AltWire (altwire.net)"
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# What Are AltWire Listening To? Week of March 8th

*By Altwire Staff · March 8, 2020*

Welcome, friends, to another brand new weekly AltWire series!

We here at AltWire are all (unsurprisingly) huge fans of music, so every Sunday we’d like to put our heads together for a ‘What Are AltWire Listening To?’ – Simply put, every week we share our most listened to album of the week with a little commentary from ourselves, just in case we can convince you to check out our albums of the week!

**What is Jessie Lopez listening to?**

[![Album cover for Wage War's Pressure: a large faceted diamond floats over an orange platform against a black, grainy background.](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wage-War-Pressure-150x150.jpg)](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wage-War-Pressure.jpg)

**Artist: Wage War Album: Pressure (2019) Genre: Metalcore**

“This album is really everything I look for when it comes to what I enjoy in metal. From the more meaningful tracks that I can really relate to like "Will We Ever Learn" to "Low" and "Take The Fight" that get me hype and ready to go after vocalist **Briton Bond** drops that 'blech'. I will most likely have this album on repeat for a few weeks and keep coming back to it.”

**What is Derek Oswald listening to?**

[![Gold-outlined cross with a beveled, three-dimensional look, set against a solid black background](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Justice-150x150.jpg)](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Justice.jpg)

**Artist: Justice Album: Cross (2007) Genre: Electronic/House**

“I've been spending much of my time this week revisiting **Justice**'s 2007 album *Cross* (self-titled on digital platforms), as it's always been one of my favorites. The crunchy bass lines of "Genesis" and "Let There Be Light" helped shape and inspire and shape my sound as an electronic artist, and continue to do so 13 years after the release of this record. With almost 400 albums being sampled for use on *Cross*, I consider it to be the electronic music equivalent of *Paul's Boutique.* **Justice** are heroes of mine, and this is a truly fantastic album!”

**What is Elysant Avery listening to?**

[![Album cover: silver jet's tail fin labeled "Kamikaze" and "FU-2," with a flame bursting from the engine](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Eminem_-_Kamikaze-150x150.jpg)](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Eminem_-_Kamikaze.jpg)

**Artist: Eminem Album: Kamikaze (2018) Genre: (Hip-hop)**

“The *Kamikaze* album by **Eminem** is one of my favorites. It has an old school feel that **Eminem** had seemed to be lacking in his last few albums but, he came out fighting with this one. **Eminem** is known to be one of the most incredible lyricists in our time, and this album showcases his talent and wordplay. To me, this is a breakout album we have been waiting for from him. He doesn’t care what others think or who he disses; this album is just **Eminem**, not caring, and doing what he does best.”

**What is Mark Stoneman listening to?**

[![Cover of Hannibal Season 3 Vol. 2 soundtrack by Brian Reitzell: two men embracing, one in a bloodstained shirt, on black](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hannibal-150x150.jpg)](https://altwire.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hannibal-scaled.jpg)

**Artist: Brian Reitzell Album: Hannibal Season 3 Volume 2 OST (2015) Genre: Soundtrack**

“In my recent creative writing I’ve needed to tap into the kind of material that fits a certain horror/thriller mood. With the subject material being darker in direction, I usually turn to one of three albums: the heart-breaking **Buckethead** album *Pike 13*, the brilliant **Akira Yamaoka** masterpiece *Silent Hill 2 OST*, or (more recently) **Brian Reitzell**’s stunning *Hannibal Season 3 Volume 2 OST*. As a huge fan of the series, the album holds a special place in my heart. As a writer, it’s an invaluable source of inspiration for the darkest corners of my head.”

Until next Sunday, that’s it for *What Are AltWire Listening To?* – why not share with us your most listened to album of the week with a little comment of your own?

Thanks for reading!

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From AltWire: https://altwire.net/altwire-listening-to-03-08/