I’m not going to start this write-up and pretend like I have a solution for grief or that I’ve made peace with the fact that Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder is no longer with us. As of this writing, it’s been nearly a week since his passing and frankly, I’m still trying to process that. Telling myself that it can’t be true since I’ve seen Strnad and his bandmates have seemingly all the fun onstage at least seven times.
In time I’ll accept what has occurred. But let’s take a look back.
Cave In stopped by a gorgeous setting in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon for Gibson TV’s “The Songbook” series. The latest episode, which Revolver is premiering right now link below, Steve Brodsky and Adam McGrath, who sit down for a stunning playthrough of ‘Shake My Blood,’ off the band’s latest album, 2019’s Final Transmission. A deeply personal record, it was completed after the tragic death of Cave In’s founding bassist Caleb Scofield in an auto accident. Continue reading
In a story we have been following for some time, Old Man Gloom have formally announced their highly anticipated brand new album, Seminar: VIII Light of Meaning, out May 22, 2020, via Profound Lore Records. The album will be their first without Bassist/vocalist Caleb Scofield, who died in 2018. Caleb had been a member since 2001 and the album Seminar II: The Holy Rites of Primitivism Regressionism (Tortuga Recordings). Stephen Brodsky of Cave-In/Mutoid Man is now the bands’ full-time bassist. Listen to the new song ‘EMF’ and pre-order the album below. Continue reading