Life is (usually) tough for expansion teams in American professional sports. With rare exceptions (the 2018 Vegas Golden Knights stand out), expansion teams generally are terrible. I mean, they’re just starting out anyway – their entire team identity is built off players that made their names on other teams, as well as new draftees.
Australian progressive metalcore band Northlane will release Obsidian very soon, following 2019’s phenomenal dark and experimental project Alien. Part of understanding Alien involves taking a look back at Mesmer, released five years ago this day. Mesmer dropped as a “surprise” full-length on March 24, 2017 with no prior announcement of its release date. Earlier that month, the…
Love him or hate him, the ultimate Slipknot nemesis, Machine Gun Kelly, is no doubt successful. 2020’s pop-punk reinvention Tickets To My Downfall was a star-studded affair that still sells a ton of copies each week (relatively speaking, compared to the time before streaming). The Mainstream Sellout (his words, not ours, it’s literally the title…
13 records in and Cradle Of Filth is still going as hard as ever with no signs of slowing down. During their live stream event last night the band premiered their video for the single “How Many Tears To Nurture A Rose?” and it is now out for the public. The band continues their run…
