Noise Rockers Chat Pile Mine the Depths of Human Misery (Without Being Miserable)
Chat Pile’s full-length debut God’s Country is a grim yet thrilling soundtrack to American decline, drawing on heavy traditions from nu-metal to slasher films.
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Cave In’s ‘Heavy Pendulum’ is Fellowship Manifested
Heavy Pendulum feels like a naturally collaborative album between Cave In and Converge. It’s a deeply compelling batch of heavy rock songs.
Fucked Up Commemorate 2011 Landmark ‘David Comes to Life’ with New B-Side Compilation
Fucked Up commemorate their 2011 landmark David Comes to Life with Do All Words Can Do, a B-sides compilation capturing the spirit of the original, even at a fraction of the length.
Drug Church Make a Bid For Post-Hardcore Immortality With ‘Hygiene’
Drug Church have bent the aging punk and hardcore genre into new shapes on Hygiene whilst also becoming tighter, sharper, and more accessible.
Knocked Loose’s ‘A Tear in the Fabric of Life’ is a Fictional Story Infused with Real Emotion
Kentucky metalcore band, Knocked Loose explore trauma and grief through a tragic narrative on their new EP, A Tear in the Fabric of Life.
What Happens When Punk Rockers and Sports Jocks Meet in the Middle?
When punk rockers and sports jocks meet their clash creates a fusion that causes a different kind of explosion.
20 Years of Converge’s Magnum Opus ‘Jane Doe’
Massachusetts metallic hardcore band Converge solidified their legacy with the release of their seminal 2001 album, Jane Doe.
Old School Politicking Gets Powerful Punk Backing on Dead End America’s ‘Crush the Machine’
Released on Southern Lord to mark the US election, Dead End America spit fire in the direction of Donald Trump on Crush the Machine.
MetalMatters: May 2020 – Adapting to Reality
The masterful progressive work of Caligula's Horse, the reinvigorated spirit of Winter through Goden and Old Man Gloom's return alongside a healthy dose of black metal, hardcore-infused outbreaks, and noise rock highlight the month of May in heavy metal.
The 10 Best Punk Albums of 2010
Punk rock gives voice to the hardest of times. As punk is a wide-ranging umbrella genre saturated with numerous subcultures, styles, aesthetics, and attitudes, making a list is more like trying to super-glue together a ripped and torn fanzine. But try, we must.
Punk and Metal: Frenemies for Life
Worlds collided when punk and metal realized they were opposite sides of the same coin.
Rebelling Against the Rebellion: British Punk’s Second Coming
Louder, faster, angrier, and harder than punk ever sounded, second-wave punk in 1979 Britain kept the core instrumental ingredients but used and produced them in ways that boiled off any subtleties or sophistication.
