Browsing all articles from September, 2010.
Review: The Sin Committee – Confess EP (2009)
On one hand, The Sin Committee stick to a bygone era of nu-metal with relatively simple riffs with downtuned riffs and strong bass rhythms, at least initially. The idea of listening to another nu-metal band in 2009 would probably immediately turn off many potential listeners almost immediately, including myself, however, after only a few minutes, [...]
The Horrifics: Horror Hardcore Punk
Does punk get any better than this? I submit that it really does not.
VIMBY – The Horrifics
Quality Suicide Silence Live Footage
Apparently Suicide Silence did a promo show at Hot Topic headquarters, and the result is really good quality footage. I wish other non-DVD performances were this well shot!
Review: Landmine Marathon – Rusted Eyes Awake (2009 Reissue)
Upon its release in 2008 on Level Plane Records, Landmine Marathon’s Rusted Eyes Awake took the metal world by storm with a sudden burst in popularity. Their selling point? An extremely heavy dose of death thrash done in a modern way while maintaining old school death metal sensibilities (i.e. no excessive usage of triggering on [...]
Trivium Announce Fall Headline Tour
This fall, Trivium will embark on their first headlining tour since 2006 with Whitechapel, Darkest Hour and Dirge Within. Tour dates below!
September 11 – Crazy Donkey – Long Island, NY
September 13 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
September 15 – Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH
September 17 – Cowboys Bar – Guelph, ON
September 18 – Orbit Room – [...]
Review: Interrogate – Scarred For Life (2009)
Northern Ireland’s Interrogate is not what I’d call an original commodity. In fact, these Europeans sound like their continent’s equivalent of our Diecast with a strong hardcore and melodic base. Now considering I am a fan of Diecast (save for Internal Revolution), this comparison is not only apt, but encouraging for this reviewer.
Before I begin, [...]
Insomnium? Yeah, they’re pretty good…
Maybe it’s just me, but for some reason every time I see the Finnish melo-death metal band, Insomnium, referenced, someone kisses their asses profusely shortly after. I like the band and all but they are kinda “been there, done that” for me. They sound like an even more melodramatic version of Dark Tranquility with Amon [...]
Review – Job For A Cowboy – “Ruination”
After listening to the first track off Job For A Cowboy’s new CD, Ruination, I knew I was in for a treat. Halfway through the album, I knew that I was listening to a career defining album. By the time I was done with it, I was ready to listen to it again. To put [...]
New Eryn Non Dae. Clip Premieres
French metallers Eryn Non Dae. shot a clip to their new song ‘The Decline And The Fall’ recently, which has debuted Vs-Webzine which can be found here. This is perhaps one of the most artistic, bizarre and original videos I have ever seen for a metal song, and I really like it’s style accompanied by [...]
