In this episode, Keefy chats with Flynn Joseph Zimmer of Gasket! Their recent EP “Babylon” released in 2024 via Blue Grape Music!Continue reading
Tag Archives: Metalcore
ALBUM REVIEW: Mugshot – All The Devils Are Here
Over the years, I have come across music that covers the full spectrum of emotion and appreciate most of it. Sometimes I just need a good angry album to take the edge off, and Mugshot has delivered just that. All The Devils Are Here (Pure Noise Records) is a storm of twelve tracks that blow past you in less than half an hour. The mixture of hardcore punk and Swedish death metal ebbs and flows in either direction as the album progresses, keeping my attention.Continue reading
CONCERT REVIEW: Turnstile Live at Technopolis
Amazing to watch a band grow so exponentially over the last few years, that in a distant country like Greece, Turnstile were upgraded to a larger outdoor venue, a big deal for acts that come to Athens.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Archers – Temporary High
Melodic Metalcore has come on in leaps and bounds in the past half decade, with acts like Catch Your Breath earning their stripes with the high numbers of streams on TikTok as well as Bad Omens becoming a stand-out act in the genre with the help of a single album, the cleaner, more Pop and R&B-influenced side to the genre is making waves in the scene. Continue reading
EP REVIEW: Our Chronicle – If These Walls Could Speak
Our Chronicle delivers a sound that is both aggressive and atmospheric, drawing inspiration from modern metal heavyweights such as Sleep Token, Bad Omens, Spiritbox, and Bring Me the Horizon. With the release of the new self-produced EP If These Walls Could Speak (Self-Released), sole member Oliver Price showcases his ability to craft a fully immersive sonic experience entirely on his own.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Feed The Beast – Mercy
Fresh onto the Hardcore/Metalcore scene in 2021 were Feed The Beast, with their debut single with “Flowtick.” Since then, the band have been grinding hard releasing a slew of singles, EPs, and an album already. Now, with their second full-length album in tow, Mercy (Futureless Records). The band are once again here to show what they’ve got to offer the world of metal and hardcore. Continue reading
CONCERT REVIEW: L.S. Dunes – From Indian Lakes – Plague Vendor Live at The Majestic
Going to concerts on a Tuesday night may seem like a young man’s game. So does enduring a mosh pit for three songs to get some photos.
But I am over 40 and still here to tell the tale, just a bit worse for wear.
CONCERT REVIEW: Machine Head – In Flames – Lacuna Coil – Unearth Live at The Fox Theater Oakland
Making my way to Oakland via the BART, I was super excited to return to the Fox Theater for a night of metal. Heading out extra early, not wanting to miss any of the Bands, I met up with my bro and one of our best West Coast correspondence Pags ,I hadn’t seen in a year and a half in person, and I am so glad we got to reconnect and hang before the big night. Picking up our credentials was a breeze, and I’m always appreciative of the fantastic staff at The Fox.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Magnolia Park – Vamp
The press release can call it “neo-gothic” or whatever they want, but Magnolia Park‘s Vamp (Epitaph Records) is Nu Metal, landing somewhere between Linkin Park, and Oh! The Horror. What that means in this context is that I really dig it. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Jivebomb – Ethereal
Baltimore-based hardcore punk group Jivebomb released their debut full-length record Ethereal via Flatspot Records. Clocking in at just 15 minutes, the group’s inaugural LP is a heavy-hitting, unrelenting body of work that cements the group as one of the genre’s most brutal and poetic up-and-coming acts. Continue reading