The term Metalcore often becomes synonymous with a large group of bands that, for the most part, sound very similar. A stylistic approach to heavy music that was born as early as the '90s, but rose to prominence in the 2000s, there are a few...
A year of division and social unrest, 2019 saw many artists utilizing their platforms to speak out on topics such as mental health, peace, love, and those dreaded political affairs. No matter the subject of their lyrics, intent upon composing a soundtrack for the final...
New York City in the mid '80s was the place to be for Punk, Hardcore, and crossover Thrash Metal. Straight out of the trenches of that very NYC scene came a band called Prong. Formed back in 1986, and led since by Guitarist and sole...
Just shy of forty years ago, the politically driven Agnostic Front was introduced to the New York Hardcore scene. A highly influential band, also considered pioneers in pushing the crossover Thrash movement, they have continued to make an impression across the land album after album,...
Fall 2019 is going to keep the Hardcore albums coming! Issuing the full-length follow-up to 2017’s highly-acclaimed You’re Not You Anymore, the Canadians in Counterparts present Nothing Left to Love on Friday, November 1st, 2019, via Pure Noise Records.Formed in Ontario, Canada in 2007, Counterparts...
What do you get when you take a social media and politically scarred society, inner turmoil, and a band with the fortitude to address it head on? The answer is the sophomore album of Austin, Texas rockers Fire From The Gods, American Sun, which is...
Long Island’s own Stray From The Path continue their hard-hitting affront and refusal to mince words with Internal Atomics. UNFD present the wonderfully heavy album on Friday, November 1, 2019.New York has always been a stronghold for Hardcore, and Stray From The Path are one...
Critically acclaimed and very much beloved Post-Hardcore/Metalcore act Norma Jean are set to make a brazen return to your eardrums with All Hail. Solid State Records delivers the heavy on Friday, October 25th, 2019.Obviously named for Marilyn Monroe, the Grammy Award-nominated Norma Jean formed in...
All hail the almighty Norma Jean! With over two decades under their collective belt, these heavy hitters have been making music for longer than many of our readers have been alive. Formed in the Atlanta suburbs in 1997, the Grammy Award-nominated band made their full-length...
Beloved Metalcore outfit Killswitch Engage are prepared to present their highly-anticipated eighth studio album, Atonement, on Friday, August 16th, 2019, marking their debut on Metal Blade Records.Few bands enjoy the celebrated reputation of the two-time Grammy Award nominated Killswitch Engage. Formed in Massachusetts in 1999,...
