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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: 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; […]

SINGLE: Hands Like Houses – “I Am”

Michael Bird
As maligned as much of Rise Records’ roster is by rock elitists, some bands seem to have come to command more respect than others. Hands Like Houses have never truly corresponded to the stereotypical sound the label largely exports, and so feel like the black sheep of the label in some respects. More mature and […]

ALBUM: Fifth Harmony – “Reflection”

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 […]

ALBUM: Virtue Lost – ‘Volumes EP’

Michael Bird
Passion is an underrated quality in bands. The difference between a truly motivated group and shameless coattail-riders comes down to more than just sound and influences, and real passion is immediately apparent from the best of any genre, but rock and metal in particular. What makes many of the crop of modern metalcore acts so […]

ALBUM: Tyler Carter – “Leave Your Love EP”

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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