Chelsea Grin - Desolation Of Eden
Desolation Of Eden Salt Lake City-based six-piece Chelsea Grin have all the deathcore basics down. The galloping, triggered double-bass drums; the pinched squeals of guitar at the end of downtuned riffs; the ultra-low breakdowns; the vocals that alternate gut-churning growls with witchy screeches. That's all superficial, though. What's important is what's uniquely theirs, and that's the...
Of Mice & Men - Of Mice & Men
Of Mice and Men Yes, Of Mice & Men were formed by the former Attack Attack! frontman Austin Carlile. You should keep reading, though; they're nowhere near as awful as that implies. OM&M don't break any new ground–fans of overwrought screaming that leads into piercingly shrill clean vocals, ultra-percussive guitar riffing, and breakdowns every 30...
Jeff Kummer - Your Best Alternative
Your Best Alternative Most people never view drummers as anything more than doting timekeepers for their favorite bands (or the guy who is forced to stare at his bandmates' asses for approximately 75 minutes every night). But a number of stickmen have left the kit for the front of the stage and achieved some pretty...
Angels & Airwaves - Love
Love It's been four years since the first Angels & Airwaves album came out; in that time, the buzz around the band has gone from a fever pitch down to a dull roar, once fans realized that frontman Tom DeLonge's promises of the band essentially being bigger than Jesus were a tad bit overblown. Don't...
Butch Walker And The Black Widows - I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart Say what you will about Butch Walker's day job. Sure, the pop production maven has written and produced hits for some less-than-credible musicians (oh, hey, Lindsay Lohan, what's up?), but in the end, Walker has always been able to separate his production work from his solo...