"Progressive" is often a catch-all term used to refer to music that defies conventions. If it's hard to label, then calling it "prog" is the mental...

It still feels bizarre to see so many new metal bands citing a genre as divisive as nu-metal as an influence. It’s understandable, though....

Several years ago I went to a Swallow The Sun gig, where I met vocalist Mikko Kotamäki. This was right around the time I...

It's never easy to replace a singer. Ask Blaze Bayley about trying to replace Bruce Dickinson, or Anette Olzon about trying to replace Tarja...

Since the last time I met with Barney, right before the release of Utilitarian, I had been looking forward to an opportunity to do...

Has it really been almost three years since Napalm Death's last offering?  It feels like it was just yesterday when I was gorging myself with...

Unearth have been a part of North American metalcore since 1998, and have influenced countless bands. Rather than play the angular, math rock-oriented form...

You wanna know how utterly shitty I am? Necrowretch's new EP Even Death May Die is made up of 2 songs. TWO fucking songs,...

The importance of Sick Of It All to the revered New York hardcore scene is nearly impossible to overstate; with a career spanning nearly...

I have taken a lot of swings at Butcher Babies before. I see them as shitty gimmick band that owes all of its fame...