Gatekeeping is defined as this: “The activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something”. This can apply to many things, but few forms of art and expression can embody this word more than music. Especially hardcore, metalcore, and many heavier sorts of music, but it can also be applied to any genre of…
While the tracklist for the upcoming 20th anniversary edition of the album isn’t official from the band just yet, we do know we’re getting at least one never-before-heard Linkin Park song on Friday, February 10th. This will arrive in the form of “Lost”, long rumored by fans to be a song called “Thoughts That Take…
Earlier about a week ago, we revealed that Linkin Park was heavily teasing a major celebration of the 20th anniversary of their sophomore album, Meteora. While not quite as big as Hybrid Theory in terms of sales, the record proved that Linkin Park was here to stay. It might have looked effortless on the surface,…
Making any sort of an impact in a genre as crowded as progressive metalcore is, well, a tough task. The Northern managed to do just that a decade ago, though, and despite some bumps in the road since then, they’re still plugging away. Their 2013 EP Imperium helped garner the band some fast attention, and…
