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SHOW: ‘Out Of Control Tour’ – The Ghost Inside, The Acacia Strain + MORE (March 25th: Expo Five in Louisville, KY)

Matthew Powers
The elevated walls of aircraft-hangar-turned-concert-venue Expo Five in Louisville, KY were packed in tight for a night that was ‘out of control’. Two genre-defining tour packages met up for one massive date on March 25th, making for a thrilling, eclectic night for heavy music fans. The show began late in the afternoon, 5:30 PM to […]

ALBUM: Hollywood Undead – ‘Day Of The Dead’

Matthew Powers
Rap-rock. It’s a world where many musicians dare not tread. Coincidentally, genre-hybridizing has become increasingly popular lately (even accepted). Enter: Hollywood Undead, a band who has been blending genres together for over 10 years now. It must be odd to be in the band members’ shoes though. Bands like Dangerkids and Hacktivist are actively blending […]

ALBUM: While She Sleeps – ‘Brainwashed’

Michael Bird
As pointless an exercise as “what if?” history is, it’s tempting to consider where While She Sleeps would be by now if their rocket to the top had not had its engines cut by the news that vocalist Loz Taylor required throat surgery. Their debut proper ‘This Is the Six’ had owned metalcore in 2012; […]

ALBUM: Sleeping With Sirens – ‘Madness’

Michael Bird
In the wake of an album as gingerly received as ‘Feel’ was, for Sleeping With Sirens to open the promotion of its successor with songs as comparatively raucous as “Kick Me” and “We Like It Loud” was a bold move. Where the 2013 album attempted to streamline the group’s rough edges and elevate them above […]

ALBUM: We Are Harlot – ‘We Are Harlot’

Matthew Powers
History repeats, in music especially – The reemergence of nu-metal in recent years for instance. Some bands are so rooted in an older sound that it feels as if the musicians came from a time machine and not the modern music scene. Such is the case with Roadrunner Records’ most recent signing We Are Harlot, […]

ALBUM: Falling In Reverse – ‘Just Like You’

Matthew Powers
Nostalgia is a universally revered feeling. Depending on when you grew up one song can really take you back to your younger years and make you feel like an old fart. With the current generation there is undoubtedly nostalgia to be gained from listening to early post-hardcore bands, one of those bands being Escape The […]

ALBUM: Imagine Dragons – ‘Smoke + Mirrors’

Michael Bird
Heading the trifecta of indie bands that broke big in 2013 (joined of course by Bastille and The 1975), it was Imagine Dragons who scored the wildest success of the bunch thanks to the clutch of anthems included on their grandiose debut ‘Night Visions’. Songs as immediate and enormous-sounding as “Radioactive” and “Demons” were never […]
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