Interviews Higher Power’s Jimmy Wizard: “I could be in jail. Everything could be so different.” February 18, 2020 6:34pm “I never go to the hospital, and this is one of those times where I’m like, I think I’m going to have to go to the hospital.” Jimmy Wizard, singer of the Leeds-based hardcore band […]
Interviews The Word Alive’s Tony Pizzuti: 5 Albums That Changed My Life February 18, 2020 6:02pm Metalcore veterans the Word Alive are set to release their sixth album, Monomania, on February 21st via Fearless Records. (Stream lead single “Burning Your World Down” here). The album title means an “exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm […]
Interviews Misery Loves Co.’s Patrik Wirén on Craziest Show, Dream Show, and More February 17, 2020 3:27pm Industrial-metal stalwarts Misery Loves Co. split two decades ago after releasing three albums, 1995’s self-titled offering, 1997’s Not Like Them and 2000’s Your Vision Was Never Mine to Share. Over most of those 20 years, fans had […]
Interviews Starbenders’ Kimi Shelter: My 5 Favorite Love Songs February 14, 2020 9:34pm It’s pretty fitting that Atlanta-based alt-glam band Starbenders released their abum Love Potions on Valentine’s Day. Not because of the romantic title of the album, but because their entrancing, ultra-heavy goth Fleetwood Mac vibes that […]
Interviews Blasphemer’s Clod “The Ripper” De Rosa: 5 Surprising Albums I Love February 12, 2020 2:21pm Veteran Italian extremists Blasphemer have been making scathing, anti-religious technical death metal for more than 20 years. The band recently dropped their third full-length album, January’s crushing, take-no-prisoners offering The Sixth Hour via Candlelight Records. But […]
Interviews Great American Ghost’s Ethan Harrison: 5 Albums That Changed My Life February 10, 2020 12:57pm Boston-based hardcore group Great American Ghost are gearing up to drop their ferocious new album, Power Through Terror, on Friday, February 14th via Entertainment One (it’s available for pre-order now.) Ahead of the big date, […]
Interviews Creeping Death’s Trey Pemberton: Songs to Live By February 4, 2020 2:31pm At its heart, music is all about emotion. Creeping Death know this. The Power Trip–endorsed Texan death-metal crew conjure all sorts of epic and devastating feeling on their acclaimed 2019 debut full-length Wretched Illusions. That […]
Interviews Cane Hill’s Elijah Witt: 5 Surprising Albums I Love February 3, 2020 2:38pm On their mostly acoustic album, Kill the Sun, released in January 2019, New Orleans ragers Cane Hill embraced what they have collectively called their “weirder and mellower side.” Think of it as their Jar of Flies. Considering his band’s sonic and emotional […]
Interviews Blasphemer: 5 Weirdest Places We’ve Ever Stayed on Tour January 30, 2020 1:00pm Tour life might seem glamorous and fun, but it ain’t for the faint of heart. Between the homesickness and long drives, there’s also the issue of where to rest your head each night. Up-and-coming bands […]
Interviews The Word Alive’s Matt Horn: Craziest, Smallest and Dream Shows January 28, 2020 4:40pm Metalcore veterans the Word Alive are set to release their sixth album, Monomania, on February 21st via Fearless Records (stream lead single “Burning Your World Down” below). The album title means an “exaggerated or obsessive […]