Weirds is not a heavy band. Or not heavy in the way that I’m accustomed to when reviewing God Dethroned or Suffocation. But on their début album, Swarmculture (Alcopop!) there is certainly traceable amounts of Hard Rock in Weirds’ diet. There’s also an abundance of post-Punk, synths, and even a dash of Blues in their musical makeup. Is this a case of too many cooks in studio?Continue reading
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Coming into this review I wasn’t familiar with Meatwound’s body of work. So yeah, I write for a music magazine and I’m not versed in all of the current bands. Leave your pitchforks and angry tweets at the door, please. Anyways, unsure of what to expect, I cranked Meatwound’s sophomore release, Largo (Magic Bullet) on my Bluetooth speaker and well, I was surprised. Surprised in the pleasantly sort of way.Continue reading
New York noise-rock band Fashion Week has announced their next album So Last Season, due out this March on their own label InDebth Recordings. Details belowContinue reading
The 2017 Hellfest Open Air Festival will be taking place from June 16th-18th in Clisson, France next year, and the final lineup has now been confirmed. Continue reading
Boston stoner rock gods GOZU have signed a world-wide deal to Metal Blade Records and their sub-label Black Light Media led by celebrity chef Chris Santos. They are currently writing a new album for release in 2017. Continue reading
90s metal legends Helmet have dropped a brand new song and lyric video for their song ‘Bad News’. The track is from their upcoming new album Dead To the World, due out from earMUSIC on October 28th.Continue reading
Helmet will go down as one of the greatest and most influential bands ever. This fact is undisputed. Coming out of new York City at a time when a generation of bands bred on New York Hardcore values married to the talent of thrash bands (with some general avant-garde weirdness for good measure), Helmet stood out like a sore thumb of weirdness. Continue reading
Arizona punk and sludge merchants Hex Volt are streaming their new EP at Ghost Cult today. The Best Hex Volt EP Ever (it’s their only one) releases this Friday and you can hear it below: Continue reading
Legendary avant-garde metal band Helmet have signed a new record deal with earMusic and will release their first new album in six years. Entitled Dead to The World, the album will release on October 28th.
Nashville based rockers The Dead Deads released their new album last week, For Your Obliteration via Tishimon Records,Continue reading