Reviews – Archive

After the mass acclaim from fans of ‘Via,’ Volumes have been trying to reach that same level of power as their debut. After the departure of Michael Barr, the band continued with Gus Farias and the addition of Myke Terry,...

It was 2016 at the Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. Converge was joined by Chelsea Wolfe, her bandmate Ben Chisolm, and Cave In vocalist/guitarist Stephen Brodsky. The unlikely combination of artistry under the name Blood Moon performed revamped Converge classics...

NOTE: The following piece is a collaborative effort between staff writers Mateo Ottie and Tyler White. “Pull me back to the nightmare, I’d rather be fragile than forever alone.” This simple line that closes the album summarizes Silent Planet’s fourth...

“The record is about how we romanticize the negative and the darkness in our lives so much, we put it into this art, and I feel like we put it out there as our own personal catharsis, but it’s also...

“WHERE IS YOUR GOD, KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW NOW? is my memoir. If you listen close enough, you’re listening to an audio blueprint of the past 6 years of my life, as a person and an artist. It’s also a...

Combining intense breakdowns, polyrhythmic technicality, sporadic guitarwork, and abrasive vocals, the New Jersey metalcore group, Sentinels, have crafted an aggressive masterpiece in ‘Collapse by Design.’ From beginning to end, Sentinels refuses to ever let up, constantly bombarding listeners with technical...