Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 13, 2018
On September 7th, Downpour, the metalcore supergroup featuring current and former members of Shadows Fall, Unearth and Cannae will release their debut album. Today (13) the group has premiered the song “Truth in Suffering.” Pre-orders for the record is available via the band’s PledgeMusic campaign. Depending on how much you are willing to spend, you […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 3, 2018
Downpour (Ex-Shadows Fall, Unearth, Seemless) are gearing up to release their highly anticipated debut album. The group originally recorded the album back in 2015 and it has been shelved until the time felt right for them. Their self-titled LP does not have a release date, however, it’s expected to arrive sometime this year. Preorders are […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 23, 2017
2017 could be the year for Downpour to drop a full-length album. It was three years ago that the group featuring vocalist Brian Fair (Shadows Fall, Overcast), guitarist Matt Lebreton (Frozen, Cannae), bassist Pete Gelles (Birch Hill Dam, Sorrowseed), and drummer Derek Kerswill (ex-Unearth, Seemless) shared their first song. Now, a few weeks later, the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 17, 2015
Welcome to Metal Power Rankings: Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll wind up on the list. We’re writing this from the upstairs at the New England […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 15, 2015
One of the most recognizable faces of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal was Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair, whose floor-length dreadlocks and signature vocal style put him alongside Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe and Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta as the leaders of the movement. On a hiatus of sorts, Shadows Fall isn’t playing the […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 7, 2015
It’s hard to believe that the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest will be celebrating its 17th year this year – until you see the lineup for this year’s festival. Testament, Between the Buried and Me, Exodus and Nails have already been announced, and now it’s got a whole crop of new additions to the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 8, 2014
If you’re anywhere in the Northeast, you’ve likely already marked April 17th, 18th and 19th on your calendar, as the 17th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival had already announced it’s dates. Now the first wave of bands have been announced, and it’s a damned impressive list, with Between the Buried and Me, Overcast, Testament, […]
Posted by Matt Brown on March 17, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/ZK1M-WjnAEk[/youtube] We still don’t know too much about the new group Downpour apart from the fact it features Brian Fair (Shadows Fall), Derek Kerswill, (ex-Unearth, Kingdom of Sorrow), Matt LeBreton (Frozen) and Pete Gelles (Birch Hill Damn). But in the video above, we get a taste of what we can expect to hear from with a […]
Posted by Matt Brown on February 17, 2014
The latest band from the Massachusetts metal scene has some familiar faces (and dreads). Downpour is a new group featuring Brian Fair (Shadows Fall), Derek Kerswill, (ex-Unearth, Kingdom of Sorrow), Matt LeBreton (Frozen) and Pete Gelles (Birch Hill Damn). According to the band’s newly launched Facebook page, the band will be making its debut this […]
