Live Music Experience: August Burns Red
While most of their peers are trying (and only sometimes succeeding) to show us how metalcore bands age gracefully, August Burns Red, still in the middle of a decade-plus prime, are showing us how some metalcore bands can actually defy age completely.
Live Music Experience: Bayside/Thrice
Thrice and Bayside are bands from opposite American coasts, but together prove that a band’s prime can last for a long time if they can be humble and consistent.
Metal Tour Of The Year Pt. II
There seems to be a new trend of really stretching the limits of compatible subgenres of metal for the sake of co-headlining tours, especially for veterans of the scene. Let me tell you. I’m here for it. You should be too.
Live Music Experience: Flogging Molly
The fury and frenzy with which Flogging Molly storm their own stage hasn’t changed in the slightest.
Live Music Experience: Gojira
Friends, live music has made its triumphant return, and its name is Gojira.
Beartooth – “Below” album review
“Below” contains much of what you’d expect from a Beartooth record – big riffs, bigger vocals, breakdowns, and catchy hooks.
Capra – “In Transmission” album review
In Transmission, the debut studio effort from Louisiana-based outfit Capra is one such instance. This record is full to the brim with the things that give me warm fuzzies.
Justin Courtney Pierre – “An Anthropologist On Mars” album review
I am a fan of Justin Pierre and Motion City Soundtrack. An Anthropologist on Mars is a familiar breath of fresh air to existing fans, and a more palatable and accessible version of MCS for listeners who are not fans yet.
NOFX – “Single Album” album review
Fat Mike and the guys could have spent 36 minutes telling us why we are all so stupid for not thinking the way they do. Instead, they turn the focus inward, offering an honest, if sometimes bleak glimpse into the mind of an infamous punk rock anti-hero.