by Chris Annunziata | Nov 2, 2017 | News, Updates
Extreme metal band Skeletonwitch are back in the studio working on a Spring 2018 release. It has been four years since Serpents Unleashed and the band is very excited to release their first full-length album with new vocalist Adam Clemans. Accompanying them...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 1, 2017 | News, Politics
When Donald Trump won the popular vote election back in November, many liberals looked back to the Reagan/Bush years of 1980-1992 and said “well, at least some good metal and hardcore will come from it.” That was said so much that it almost...
by Nick DeSimone | Dec 16, 2016 | New Music
It seems like only yesterday that we learned that Darkest Hour recorded their Southern Lord debut with Converge’s Kurt Ballou…oh wait, that’s because it was only yesterday. If you had as mighty a hankering to hear what that collaboration sounds like...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 28, 2016 | Gear
If you’ve listened to any album in the past decade or so, if it sounds particularly heavy/awesome, Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou is probably behind it. Nails, High On Fire, Every Time I Die, Trap Them, Torche, Kvelertak and of course Converge are some of the...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 6, 2015 | Metal on Metal, New Music, News, Touring
As we pointed out just earlier this week, anything Converge’s Kurt Ballou has his hands in is usually an instant seal of approval. Be it his own band, Kvelertak, Code Orange or even the National Anthem, it’ll probably wind up sounding good. Especially when...