Traditionally, Germany has a proud metal history. Everyone from Accept, to Sodom, to the legendary Kreator have called the European country their home, and even today there’s no shortage of exciting acts to emerge from the country. Case in point, German death metal band Necrotted. Having been a solid unit since 2008, the band’s new…
Compared to even a decade ago, musicians really have to watch what they say publicly on the Internet. Your band probably isn’t selling that much in the way of albums, and any statement that is potentially controversial can potentially spread across social media in a matter of minutes, if not seconds. Screenshots have no half-life,…
We’ve mentioned it plenty of times here, but most of the bands playing an atmospheric bent of post-hardcore/metalcore today have Hopesfall to thank for pioneering that sound. Their groundbreaking album The Satellite Years, released on October 15th, 2002, still hasn’t aged a bit. It’s a work of art that expertly ebbs and flows between quiet…
Starting out as a somewhat under the radar post-hardcore band in California, Thrice have slowly grown to become one of the most exciting rock bands of recent memory. It was really on 2002’s sophomore record The Illusion Of Safety that the band started to make a name for themselves in the melodic hardcore scene –…
