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I write reviews for CaliberTV and enjoy the existence of music.

REVIEW: Sylar – ‘Seasons’

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On their third full-length, rap-rockers Sylar pack an arsenal of stadium-ready riffs and a shot of tried-and-true to initiate their change in “Seasons”. After declaring “Help!” in 2015, Sylar are detailing the next step in moving forward on their new record, Seasons – change. Beginning down the path to alternative metal and pure rap-rock from the […]

REVIEW: Ice Nine Kills – ‘The Silver Scream’

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Ice Nine Kills bring a sense of fun and inspired frenzy to metalcore on horror movie-inspired romp, ‘The Silver Scream’. This is a band that loves the b-movie style of over-the-top humor and gore found in the 70’s and 80’s, so it makes total sense that they would encompass such a topic on their fifth […]

Watch Falling In Reverse Perform “Losing My Mind” & “Losing My Life” LIVE At The Final Vans Warped Tour

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If Warped Tour were to have a poster child, Ronnie Radke would certainly be at the very least a contender in the running. Falling In Reverse have spent seven summers on the Vans Warped Tour due to popular demand – six of those summers being consecutive. And the reason why is abundant when you realize […]

The Devil Wears Prada – “Mammoth” LIVE! No Sun / No Moon Tour

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In the current heavy music scene, there are certain bands that are considered “can’t-miss” when they roll through your town. The Devil Wears Prada are absolute white lightning in that case. If you’ve never seen them live before, that’s okay, but you should reconsider your life decisions. Just to persuade you a bit more, we […]

ALBUM: The Wise Man’s Fear – “The Lost City”

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On their sophomore “sequel” effort, ‘The Lost City’, Indiana’s The Wise Man’s Fear find ways to be both brutal and beautiful, sometimes in the same minute. Preferring a strict metalcore approach over the current trends in the wider expanses of their scene, TWMF play a cinematic and crushing form of the genre dubbed “fantasycore”, grabbing […]

The Wise Man’s Fear – “The Lost City” Album Stream + Track By Track

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Indiana metalcore up-and-comers The Wise Man's Fear have just released their second full-length "The Lost City", but we have both an exclusive stream of it and a track-by-track for you right now!

ALBUM: Volumes – ‘Different Animals’

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Having been looked to as standouts in the prog metal derived, time-signature tortured djent movement, Los Angeles’ urban hooligans known as Volumes have returned after a three year silence. With a slightly different lineup, extra layers and a bit of new flavor, we have been given the band’s third full-length, “Different Animals”. What’s on offer […]

ALBUM: Our Last Night – ‘Selective Hearing’

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Being the prime example of a contemporary post-hardcore group, Our Last Night have spent a copious amount of time honing their sound. Choosing to focus on releasing admittedly solid covers of anything from current pop hits to 60’s rock classics the last two years, these hard-working fellas took their time in pushing new original material […]

ALBUM: Motionless In White – ‘Graveyard Shift’

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On ‘Graveyard Shift’, Scranton, PA spooks Motionless In White are simultaneously the same band you remember from 2010’s smash metalcore hit, ‘Creatures’ and their newer (re)incarnation. However, they’re also equipped with the proper tools to welcome in a whole new assortment of guests to their metal haunted house. It all started with a mouse..   […]

ALBUM: Falling In Reverse – ‘Coming Home’

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The album art for Falling In Reverse’s new and fifth full-length, “Coming Home”, is a decidedly minimalistic zoomed-in portrait of a space helmet. Are the quirky Nevada-based pop-punk/whatever other genre they fancy-core outfit gunning for the prog genre? Not quite. Even though these songs aren’t about space, they’ll make you think of its vast expanses […]
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