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Here are the 10 most influential bands of hardcore

Hardcore has gone through countless stylistic changes since its inception and has inspired a variety of movements within music. Whether it’s the early veterans of the genre such as Black Flag or later acts who spawned metalcore and heavier subgenres by branching off hardcore such as Converge, these pioneers have been repeatedly used as an […]

Kurt Ballou (Converge, Godcity Studios) teaching mixing fixes for audio engineers

Converge guitarist and Godcity Studios founder Kurt Ballou will crank out another CreativeLive audio production tutorial this Tuesday, November 24—this one is being called Fix it in the Mix. The premise will be to “explore organic approaches to recovering and enhancing the natural tones from original performances without replacing drums with samples and re-amping guitars.” Aspiring engineers, take […]

Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown

Every Time I Die From Parts Unknown You know what happened when Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou was enlisted to produce the new Every Time I Die album? Pure sweaty, spitting, bleeding bliss rained down upon the scene—and it was good. On From Parts Unknown, Ballou has captured a band of MVPs, pushing drummer Ryan Leger […]

Every Time I Die announce studio time with producer Kurt Ballou (Converge)

Every Time I Die have announced that they are recording for their new album at GodCity Studio with producer Kurt Ballou (Converge). “Kurt Ballou had always intimidated the living shit out of me, so I was overjoyed when the decision was made to record our next record with him at GodCity and I mean that […]

Converge's Kurt Ballou announces recording course for creativeLIVE

Converge guitarist and GodCity Studio owner Kurt Ballou has announce his own two-day recording course for creativeLIVE. He's worked with bands such as Code Orange Kids, Modern Life Is War, Defeater, Torche, Have Heart and Give Up The Ghost. From the course description, Ballou will teach viewers the “basic and advanced techniques he uses in his […]

Black Breath - Sentenced To Life

Black Breath Sentenced To Life Alongside labelmates Nails and All Pigs Must Die, Seattle’s Black Breath have been doing a fine job of keeping the spirit and sound of crust punk alive and well in recent years. With 2010’s Heavy Breathing, they took the fuzzy clamor, sneering obnoxiousness and hardcore attitude of Discharge or Hellbastard […]