What happens when you combine Coheed and Cambria and Saosin with speed metal and metalcore? You get Ahimsa Sunrise, a new band ffrom Pennsylvania that is the nightmare of every elitist metalhead; a bad that you desperately want to hate, but you can’t help but enjoy…even if it’s just a little bit. Ahimsa Sunrise combines [...]
Swanky, new age hard rock with an emo-ish (I know what a cop out that term is, but find a replacement and I’ll use it), quasi-hardcore approach is a common denominator in modern rock with a range from the heavy stuff with Atreyu and Killswitch Engage to the lighter side of things with the likes [...]
Initially when one goes to the VTT Myspace page, you are greeted with a site that is laughably stereotypical of underground nu-metal acts. I was so turned off by VTT’s page that I almost hit the “back” button on my browser, but then I realized how much a jack ass move that would be. I [...]
Crysknife, a band who makes no qualms about admitting the origins of their name. A crysknife is a weapon in Frank Herbert’s Dune, and the brothers Campitrelli (Tom and Steve) are unabashed fans of the series, so as fate had it, Crysknife was brought into the world prepared with affection and zeal to create music [...]
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, [...]
Bay Area hard rockers Flanelhed combine a progressive atmosphere with straight to the point riffs. This is my first exposure to this group, and my initial contact with them is good. The band’s 2008 effort Amnesia is a full length of modern rock with metal flair. Its fairly rare when I grow to enjoy a [...]
Swedish industrial/goth band Deathstars, have released their third release this year called Night Electric Night, combining elements from Rammstein, Cradle of Filth, Marilyn Manson and Clawfinger, the result however, is far from electric. I was surprised to find out that Emil Nödtveidt and Ole Öhman, both former members of Dissection, along with an assortment of [...]
It has come to a point in the history of the KISS franchise, that literally, nothing is off the table for the aging rockers and their publicists. We have had lunch pails, coffins, toys, facepaint, condoms and anything else you can probably think of. Recently, a website has popped up to promote a supposed new [...]
Straight up, good time hard rock with a touch of hardcore is the order of the day for NYC based SOS, whose call to arms is the very sound they usher in to clubs everywhere–a return to a wholesome yesteryear filled to the brim with bare bones rock without all the mainstream fluff that has [...]
