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In 2009, Myspace was beginning to disintegrate, and scene bands were growing less and less popular. Despite their distinct capabilities of genre-blending emo, pop punk, metalcore, neon pop, electronica and more, the scene started to die and was aching for a rebirth. As the year progressed, new bands emerged, and seasoned musicians cultivated their craft […]

Atreyu frontman Alex Varkatzas has not been a fan of the clean vocals in metalcore throughout recent years, calling them “whiny,” “annoying” and “a shitty direction” in a recent interview with Banger TV, (via Team Rock). Read more: Wisconsin venue employee says “no more metalcore” “Since our break, the way it’s evolved, it’s got really whiny,” he […]

Meshuggah are known for being relentlessly heavy, and even after 27 years of earth-shattering riffs, they have no plans to turn the volume down any time soon. “We still feel there is so much we can do within this framework that we are,” drummer Tomas Haake told Metal Wani. “We're not completely free. We can't […]

Whitechapel are streaming their new album, Mark Of The Blade, ahead of its June 24 release via Metal Blade Records. (Pre-orders are on sale now.) Stream the LP, which also includes the band’s first songs with clean vocals (“Decennium” and “Bring Me Home”), in full below. Read more: Whitechapel frontman calls out genre elitism, compares metal […]

UPDATE: Thursday, April 7, at 6:55 p.m. EST Apparently, guitarist Householder was only kidding when he said there wouldn’t be singing on the band’s new album. So, this is not an apology for making a joke, but I should know by now you can't joke on social media. Singing WILL occur on the new album. […]