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Falling In Reverse adopt honest, genuine feeling in 'Coming Home'
Falling In Reverse Coming Home FILE UNDER: Turning Over A New Leaf ROCKS LIKE: Blink-182, Dangerkids, Anberlin WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Falling In Reverse’s previous records have travelled every corner of the music map. With Coming Home, the band seem to have calmed down and centered themselves a bit more. This record is heartfelt and genuine, compared […]
Step into Creeper's eerie world with 'Eternity, In Your Arms'
Creeper Eternity, In Your Arms ROCKS LIKE: My Chemical Romance, NOFX, Alkaline Trio WHAT'S DIFFERENT: How many punk bands out there loosely base their releases around Peter Pan? This quirky and imaginative aspect of the band is what makes Creeper stand tall as perhaps the greatest punk band in recent years. Their first two EPs, […]
Code Orange's 'Forever' is unexpected at every turn
Code Orange Forever ROCKS LIKE: Converge, Knocked Loose, Deftones WHAT'S DIFFERENT: Imagine being invited to bear witness to a satanic ceremony. That’s what Forever sounds like, in the best way possible. Upon hearing this record, it will be a hard task to find another collection of songs so menacing, so real and so punishing as […]
The Funeral Portrait are the inspiring antidote to stagnant metalcore
The Funeral Portrait A Moment Of Silence ROCKS LIKE: Alesana, My Chemical Romance, Circa Survive WHAT'S DIFFERENT: The Funeral Portrait are one of the most unique bands to appear in this scene in a long time, and A Moment Of Silence is indisputable proof of it. Each track is as unexpected and exciting as it […]
5 new albums from hardcore and metalcore bands that aren't afraid to make a statement
Fit For A King – Deathgrip Fit For A King kick off their new record with the lyrics, “Laying waste to the innocent with no regret/I’m sick of it.” Much of the song this lyric comes from (“Pissed Off”)—and the album in general—is bleak and angry, but that’s not to say it doesn’t have its […]
Atreyu's Dan Jacobs is here to amp up your home decor with 'Jack Racks'
Artists and writers are known to have gone to great lengths to spark their creativity, but what if activating your imagination was as easy as hanging your keys? This is the hope behind Dan Jacobs’ Jack Racks, a key rack designed like an amp that you can literally plug your keys into. “Every time you […]
Escape The Fate talk important message of new “Breaking Me Down” video, hint at new music in 2017
[Photos by Orie McGinness] Escape The Fate have rocked the alternative scene for over a decade now, and with five full-lengths under their belt, they aren’t about to slow down. From the band’s latest record, Hate Me, comes a new music video for “Breaking Me Down,” a heavy ballad that speaks to mental health and self-preservation. […]
10 songs for anyone with an undying love for vampires
Whether you're a vocal vampire person or you instead choose to keep your undying love under wraps, these ten songs are the ideal soundtrack to anyone's obsession for supernatural bloodsuckers. Read more: 10 bands that are actually terrifying Take a scroll through our vampire playlist below, and let us know which track is your favorite in […]
Ice Nine Kills vocalist Spencer Charnas spills guts about love for horror
[Spencer Charnas photo credit: Ellie Mitchell] Vocalist Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills is a vault of horror film facts. Not only is he a super fan of the movies and of gothic literature (which is immediately apparent to anyone who’s ever listened to the band’s music), but he’s also bursting at the seams with statistics […]