Posted by Jordan Jerabek on December 13, 2016
2016 flat-out ruled. Here’s ten of my favorites of the year, records I believe to be genre standouts, albums that set a new standard, or just unbelievably consistent pieces from start to finish. Let’s be honest, with so many great records (and some yet to come!) it’s hard to whittle down to only ten, but I’ve […]
Posted by Nick DeSimone on July 31, 2015
Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. It’s Friday, and all I want to do is listen to some hardcore. Oklahoma’s Allusion and their EP “Land of Sleep” are the cure to the Friday afternoon slump. Their sound is rooted in moshy […]
Posted by Nick DeSimone on July 16, 2015
You might remember Forest Wars from our Amplified special on some of the band submissions we received at this year’s New England Metal and Hardcore Festival – the Ohio hardcore band couldn’t make it down themselves, but actually had friends come by to sign them up! The first taste of their music we got was […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on November 11, 2014
The definition of the word obliterate is to wipe something out completely, to utterly destroy whatever the intended target might be. In the case of Los Angeles based Obliterations this is exactly their intent with every track on their newest full-length album, Poison Everything. Somewhere in the extreme music timeline the worlds of punk and […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on August 1, 2014
Rough day at the office? Maybe the commute was extra long, maybe the boss was giving you the business for the most mundane reason in existence? Tired of reading and hearing propaganda passed off as news? Extra annoyed with all the armchair historians laying claim to who should bomb who in 140 characters or less? […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on July 25, 2014
There’s a prevailing theory that the world as we know it is on the brink of collapse. The banking and financial systems are stealing our money, only to eventually crumble under the weight of their own obesity when there’s nothing left to steal from us. The environment is decaying faster than a banana peel left […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on January 31, 2014
Our friends in the Great White North have been churning out some of the finest in extreme music for well over three decades now. One place where Canada’s contributions to heavy music have been criminally overlooked though is in the world of hardcore. One of Canada’s current hardcore exports though will certainly raise some eyebrows […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on January 17, 2014
Every now and then a band comes lumbering out of a scene and immediately places themselves right at the forefront. In this case the scene in question is Nashville. “Music City” has long been known as a Mecca of country, folk, bluegrass and the blues, amongst other genres. But Nashville has also seen it’s fair […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on July 19, 2013
In this metal world of ours that grows increasingly obsessed with anything we can label “retro” or, much worse, bands simply cramming as many notes as possible into songs that have little passion behind them, coming across a band like Atlanta’s Dead In the Dirt becomes quite refreshing. Granted, “refreshing” in this case is equivalent […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on April 19, 2013
Metal history is littered with stellar debuts. It’s also chock full of albums that were able to take multiple genres and merge them into a sort of rainbow coalition of extremity. But for a band to hit home runs on both fronts is a rare and unique feat for sure. Colorado’s Call Of The Void […]
