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Static Dress release debut project 'Prologue... (Comic Book Soundtrack)'

Static Dress have released their debut project Prologue… (Comic Book Soundtrack). The EP and comic book were also accompanied by a video for “Vague.” Static Dress are the U.K.’s newest offering of heavy and genre-bending music, harking back to legendary early 2000s groups such as the Bled, Underoath and Norma Jean while seamlessly fusing modern […]

grandson and Jessie Reyez team up on “Rain” for ‘The Suicide Squad’–listen

Canadian musicians Jessie Reyez and grandson (Jordan Benjamin) have joined forces to release a collaborative new track, “Rain.” The optimistic new song will be featured on The Suicide Squad, the next film highlighting DC Comics‘ team of antiheroes after 2020’s Birds Of Prey. Read more: Kane Caples knows inclusivity starts with self-acceptance and community “Rain” features […]

Richard Hell knew the '70s was the time for more "psychotic" music

Punk has a million precedents—musical, spiritual. The basic sound and attitude can be traced back to the wildest, most primitive rockabilly records of the ’50s and the most fuzzed-out garage bands of the ’60s, plus the racket the New York Dolls and Iggy and the Stooges raised in the early ’70s. You see it in […]

Here's how Hatebreed rediscovered their purpose on 'Weight Of The False Self'

Four years on from releasing their seventh album, The Concrete Confessional, Hatebreed were supposed to be returning this year with their follow-up. That all changed when the coronavirus pandemic turned the world upside down.   They postponed their touring plans with Parkway Drive. They delayed their new record due to an inability to get physical copies […]