Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 16, 2023
Former At The Drive-In guitarist/vocalist Jim Ward’s post-hardcore band Sparta will hit the road this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 2002 sophomore album Wiretap Scars. The tour’s first leg will feature support from ’68 and Thursday/No Devotion vocalist Geoff Rickly. Tickets go on sale this Friday (17th). Tour Dates: 05/04 […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 27, 2021
From visualizers to live and everything in between, here are fifteen videos to check out this week. 01) Evile – “The Thing (1982) British thrashers Evile are set to release their first album in eight years, Hell Unleashed, this Friday (30th) via Napalm Records (pre-order here). The group has shared a […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 22, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad time with a Nightwish album, so its nice to get one while the world is in such a muddied state. Their new double album is […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 21, 2020
Friday’s aren’t always for new albums. It’s also a day filled with video premieres. We’ve been compiling these fresh videos on lists, and now we want to give everyone a chance to vote for their favorite. Check out eight videos that were released today (21st) and take our poll at the bottom voting for […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on January 24, 2020
Sparta, featuring ex-members of At The Drive-In, has announced a new album. Trust The River is slated to hit shelves April 10 via Dine Alone Records. Along with the album announcement, the band has released a video for the album’s first single, “Believe.” The track features extra guitars from Chicano Batman’s Carlos Arevalo. It’s video […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 10, 2018
For those who love cats, post hardcore, and reunions, Sparta have returned with another new single. Jim Ward (ex- At The Drive-In) has been on and off relaunching the group since 2013 when they were originally planning to record a new album. It’s been pretty quiet since 2006’s Threes. However, they did release two songs […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on March 18, 2016
At The Drive-In excited a lot of fans at the beginning of the year when they announced plans for both new music and tour dates. However, the Texas post-hardcore band will be doing so without co-founding member Jim Ward. The group took to its Facebook page to reveal that they would be continuing on without […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on January 9, 2012
It’s been eleven years since At The Drive-In went on an “indefinite hiatus.” Following the band’s demise, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez went on to form The Mars Volta, while the remaining members started Sparta. But now it would appear that the influential post hardcore band will be reuniting. On a newly launch website, as […]
