Rocktober '00s Song #16: "New Moon Rising" by Wolfmother (2009)

Our last song before we head into the Halloween week -- which will feature songs with dark, monstrous, or spooky themes -- is a crushing hard rock song from Australian rock band Wolfmother.  They released their self-titled debut in 2005 and followed it up four years later with the album Cosmic Egg.  Both albums went to #3 on the Australian album chart, and they went to #22 and #16, respectively, on the Billboard album chart.

I'm a big fan of Wolfmother.  They play straightforward, Zeppelin- and Sabbath-inspired hard rock, which, frankly, there isn't enough of anymore.  Lead singer Andrew Stockdale can wail with the best of 'em.  He can also wail on the guitar, and the rest of the band follows suit with pounding hard rock rhythms.  

"New Moon Rising" was the band's first single off Cosmic Egg, and it's just an awesome hard rock song.  It starts out with a heavy, Iommi-esque riff that sets the tone for the song.  The verses are subdued, laying the foundation for the explosive, soaring choruses.