D.X. Ferris

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Maria Brink proves she's 'Mother' of metal on new In This Moment album

In This Moment’s imminent seventh album, Mother, is so tightly under lock and key that even frontwoman Maria Brink can’t tell us much about it.  “I’m gonna bring a little heaven/I’m gonna bring a little hell,” Brink alternately croons and snarls on the chorus of their lead single, “The In-Between.” But she revealed to AltPress […]

John Dolmayan (System Of A Down) on the weirdest Eminem cover ever

The long-overdue solo debut from System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan is filled with great songs and truly timeless classics. Granted, he didn’t write any of them.  But that’s half the point of recording a covers album. Since the songs were already written, maybe These Grey Men should have arrived long before its Feb. […]

‘Punk Goes...’ has one volume Fearless Records is still hoping to pull off

On one level, punk is an extreme reaction to the music taking place around it. And that’s why Fearless Records’ long-running Punk Goes… series is the essence of punk, even though its various and sundry volumes are full of pop songs and unplugged renditions of fierce, fiery and furious punk tunes. Now 19 years old, […]

Cro-Mags: NYC hardcore icons enter a new age of harmony

Cro-Mags founder Harley Flanagan staged a sneak attack last week. After an expensive legal battle and decades of drama, the iconic hardcore band formally released new music for the first time in nearly 20 years. The worthy Don’t Give In EP is technically three singles, released with some surprising new partners. True, Flanagan released a […]

Punk lifers TSOL ponder “Is This Our Wonderful World?”—watch

The new TSOL single and its unconventional release are either the least punk thing the band have done in their 41-year history—or maybe the most. The song itself is almost as old as their singer, Jack Grisham, whose gentle croon is in fine form, even though he’s feeling every minute of his 57 years, many of […]

Mastodon - The Hunter

Mastodon The Hunter On The Hunter, Mastodon have gone back to basics at the height of their powers. The Atlanta quartet’s fifth disc lacks two of its signature elements: a concept-album storyline and cover art by Paul Romano. But the band stand undiminished, combining Leviathan’s raging metal with the sterling production of the proggier Crack […]

Exclusive: Tom Morello comments on West Memphis Three release; Henry Rollins, others weigh in

The West Memphis Three, a trio of men who have been in jail since 1993 after being accused of killing three second-graders, have been freed. According to the Los Angeles Times, defendants Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin “pleaded guilty to the murders of three 8-year-old boys in May 1993, but are able to […]

Sublime With Rome - Yours Truly

Sublime With Rome Yours Truly The late, great Brad Nowell rocked out ska and spat hip-hop verses like few white guys ever have—and then passed away in his prime. In death, the reggae-schooled bro became the meathead’s Bob Marley. As Sublime With Rome proves, however, Nowell is irreplaceable. His former Sublime bandmates Bud Gaugh (drums) […]

Weerd Science - Sick Kids

Weerd Science Sick Kids Terrible Things drummer Josh Eppard is best known for his stint with Coheed And Cambria, a gig that ended when he chose opiates over prog rock. Now Eppard has cleaned up, but drugs are still preying on his mind on Sick Kids, his second solo rap album. Darker and tighter than […]
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