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EP: Cane Hill – ‘Cane Hill’

November 2, 2015

Matthew Powers

A successful sound can stick around years after it has been established. At this point, the members of Slipknot are still probably cashing checks from sales of their self-titled and Iowa records alone. Profound influence can be both flattering and all too familiar. When the play button was pressed on Cane Hill’s opening track “Oxblood” […]

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ALBUM: Like Moths To Flames – ‘The Dying Things We Live For’

November 2, 2015

Matthew Powers

Like Moths To Flames are looking back to the brutally heavy sound that got them known on their third full-length The Dying Things We Live For. A relentless sense of aggression and end-of-the-rope fixation fill the album, even moreso than we usually hear from the band. What this spells for the listener is an album […]

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ALBUM: Coheed and Cambria – ‘The Color Before the Sun’

October 14, 2015

Michael Bird

Some bands try and sound otherworldly; others construct entire fictional universes to place their songs in. Coheed & Cambria have proven over the course of seven LPs that they have more imagination and creativity than almost every other band under the sun, not only in the “Amory Wars” storyline that runs through their back catalogue […]

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ALBUM: Trivium – ‘Silence In The Snow’

September 28, 2015

Matthew Powers

When you’ve been a band for 10 years, it’s completely understandable to want to mix things up. Trivium are one such band who have been consistently experimenting from the start, however. Each album has been its own entity with a separate set of influences and different frameworks. This way of going about releasing music has […]

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SINGLE: Asking Alexandria – “Undivided”

September 28, 2015

Matthew Powers

Asking Alexandria’s new single ‘Undivided’ brings back the attitude and furiousity that earlier mass-hit ‘I Won’t Give In’ (that has consistently been in the top 15 on Sirius XM Octane’s weekly Big Un’s countdown) lacked. Whereas ‘I Won’t Give In’ was an ambient post-rock anthem of desperation and persistence ‘Undivided’ is a defiant statement made […]

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ALBUM: Parkway Drive – ‘Ire’

September 26, 2015

Michael Bird

Many are the bands that can’t effectively reproduce their studio sound in a live setting; few are those who excel live to the point they can’t recreate the magic on record. Parkway Drive might be the biggest single example of the latter – each of their gigs is a ceremony of sonic intensity, mosh nirvana. […]

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ALBUM: Lana Del Rey- ‘Honeymoon’

September 23, 2015

Kat Tanaciev

Lana Del Rey has recently dropped her fourth album, titled Honeymoon, which was released September 18th. In comparison to her previous albums, Honeymoon, while still having that bluesy feel everyone has come to love, seems a bit slowed down. Many of the songs on this album are slow and nostalgic, and are missing some of […]

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ALBUM: Reflections – ‘The Color Clear’

September 18, 2015

Matthew Powers

When a band takes a leap from their debut album to the follow-up that ends up being so massive you believe the musicians in question possess infinite skill the result is often jaw-dropping. It’s like the sequel being better than the original in a movie trilogy – It doesn’t happen as often as we’d like. […]

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ALBUM: Blessthefall – ‘To Those Left Behind’

September 18, 2015

Matthew Powers

Blessthefall’s latest work To Those Left Behind doesn’t stray far from already-claimed musical territory but does show sides of the band that previously hadn’t been explored. It’s during these moments that the album especially shines. While the heavier moments in songs such as ‘ol faithful album opener “Decayer” and the frenetic title track successfully expand […]

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ALBUM: The Black Dahlia Murder – ‘Absymal’

September 12, 2015

Matthew Powers

It is not with ear-shattering shrieks and speedy guitars that The Black Dahlia Murder begin their seventh studio album ‘Abysmal’ but with an ominously-building set of classical strings. Nothing stays soft for long, though, as the track ‘Receipt’ explodes into a careening cacophony of fiersome double-bass, ever-changing rhythms and energetic melodeath riffs. Following the experimental assault of ‘Everblack’, ‘Abysmal’ is […]

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