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ALBUM: Feed Her to the Sharks – ‘Fortitude’

February 11, 2015

Michael Bird

As controversial a label as Victory Records has become, their roster and alumni is a formidable one that stacks up against near enough any of their rivals. Feed Her to the Sharks are far from the biggest name to sign on, but that shouldn’t deter fans of metal and hardcore from taking a swim in […]

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Relic Hearts

February 4, 2015

Alfredo Preciado

Meet Relic Hearts, a five-piece rock band hailing from State College, PA. For the fans of Chiodos, Get Scared, and Chasing Safety. MEMBERS: Jonnie Baker – Vocals Aaron Bossinger – Guitar Nicholas Walters – Guitar Scott Alexander – Bass Dirk Taylor – Drums BIO: “After realizing the answers they were searching for lay solely inside […]

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ALBUM: Fifth Harmony – “Reflection”

February 3, 2015

Michael Bird

Reality television and music has proven a consistently toxic combination. It’s easy to see why – reality TV is after all celebration of the mundane that overdramatizes everything it touches. On both sides of the Atlantic televised talent shows have become the default entry point to the music industry. This wouldn’t be a problem if […]

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ALBUM: Enter Shikari – ‘The Mindsweep’

January 20, 2015

Michael Bird

With aggressive, hardcore-tinged rock and cutting-edge electronic dance music now sitting as natural bedfellows, it’s easy to forget how exciting and unique 2007’s Take to the Skies must have sounded to an unsuspecting world. Ever since that now innocent-sounding debut Enter Shikari have carved out a career of battling expectations alongside the grand issues of […]

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ALBUM: Palisades – ‘Mind Games’

January 11, 2015

Matthew Powers

New Jersey sextet Palisades want to make it known that their live shows can be just as fun on the dance floor as they are in the pit. The ambitious group began to show this quite obviously on their previous full-length ‘Outcasts’ but on the highly-anticipated follow-up ‘Mindgames’ it’s blatant that the musicians that make […]

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ALBUM: Tyler Carter – “Leave Your Love EP”

January 8, 2015

Michael Bird

It didn’t take a genius to identify Tyler Carter as far more than your stereotypical metalcore clean vocalist upon his rise to prominence with the ill-fated Woe, Is Me. His smooth, dulcet tones were a world away from the piercing whine of many of his contemporaries, and even from the start he had a star […]

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