Break The Cycle
What have we done? What have we become? The opening words to For Today's "Break the Cycle" music video have been swirling in my head for a few weeks now.…
Issues – What Was & What Could’ve Been
Issues were and always will be a band that sticks in the hearts of many. The sound, the emotional connection, the memories, the innovation. All of this and more has defined the band for years and what people will say about them moving forward. It's a damn shame that we'll likely never see another single, EP, or full album release from Issues. With their 2019 release, "Beautiful Oblivion", it seemed as though the boys were about to take over their own entirely self-created genre.
Worm Shepherd – The Sleeping Sun(2023) – EP Review
Worm Shepherd has absolutely delivered one of the best deathcore releases of 2023. Their previous release, 2022's "Ritual Hymns" was symphonic deathcore at its best and I wanted to hear…
The ‘TikTokification’ of Heavy Metal
It’s no secret that TikTok has become a new horizon, or detriment, to our society and culture. That includes music and the music industry as a whole.There are so many…
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Band Spotlight: Malevolence
This British metal outfit has the ‘it’ factor. And when I say ‘it’ factor, I mean ‘it’ 1000 times over! Frankly, every metal band that exists right now needs to…
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Some Metal Fans Need A New Mindset
The heavy metal community is filled with some that act superior because they believe that the music has more intricacies than other genres. This is why much of the genre…
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Band Spotlight: Not Enough Space
There is really not enough space in this post to describe how awesome Not Enough Space is as a metalcore act that has blown up in popularity ever since their…
Crypta – Shades of Sorrow(2023) – Album Review
Crypta has released some of the best death metal singles of the past five years in "Lord of Ruins", "Trial of Traitors", and "The Other Side of Anger". I absolutely…
LET THEM FIGHT: IN GLOOM, REGIONS & TEAM DEATHMATCH – AUGUSTA, GA(SHOW REVIEW)
What can I say? This is the first metal show I've ever been to. And it did not disappoint!Deathcore, metalcore, and hardcore. Anything core in heavy music just gets my…
Metal is in a Great Spot Right Now
Even though metal may never be genuinely mainstream again as it was in the early 2000s, the mainstream alternative is an amazing place to be in 2023. So many fantastic…