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March 10, 2012 in
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Mychildren Mybride are an interesting band that I’ve always sort of liked, but would never pay to see them live at a show or wear a Mychildren Mybride hoodie. Their 2010 release Lost Boy was a boring release that brought …
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March 6, 2012 in
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The Mars Volta have and always will be a quirky, eccentric band made up of the remnants of At The Drive In with added experimentation and energy. I’ve always enjoyed whatever the guys have released, with exception of 2009 release …
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March 6, 2012 in
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Chances are this isn’t the only review of Every Time I Die’s Ex Lives you’ll read, and chances are every single review you read about this album had an introduction filled to the brim of overzealous flattery. It’s a known …
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February 22, 2012 in
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If you’re a fan of metal, you’re most likely a fan of Autopsy or the very least heard of them. I won’t go off on a historical tangent about how Autopsy basically created the death metal genre like others will …
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February 20, 2012 in
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It looks like the popularity of djent is starting to explode, what was once a genre really only known by guitarists who owned 7 string guitars is now starting to hit the mainstream just like dubstep used to be unknown …
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February 7, 2012 in
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Born To Suffer are a Russian metalcore band from Russia (obviously), the Cold War may be well and truly over but the metalcore genre unlike the Cold War is certainly not over regardless of how stale and boring it has …
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February 6, 2012 in
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Welcome back to another episode of: Will it Djent. Today’s contestants are a band called I, The Breather from Baltimore, Maryland with their new album Truth and Purpose. This release would have to be without-a-doubt be one of the most …
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February 5, 2012 in
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Ah, metalcore we meet again. German metalcorers have been around for an outstanding 15 years, not bad for a band that makes music classed as metalcore is it? To Caliban’s credit, they were metalcore before it was even called metalcore. …
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February 3, 2012 in
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I’ve always been somewhwat of a fan of Line 6 effects and amp simulations, just not their guitar amplifiers. It’s not their guitar amplifiers are bad, it’s just the people I’ve known to use them are jerks and ruin the …
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February 2, 2012 in
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These days metal to most means a front-man with long hair, a lead guitarist with a microphone stand providing clean vocals and a synthesiser playing an almost sickenly positive sounding tune. Goatwhore are the exact opposite and have been for …
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February 2, 2012 in
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The mere mention of record label Rise Records is enough for most who know of the label to conjure up vile images of generic sounding screaming bands in their heads, forming an opinion on bands that reside on the label …
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February 1, 2012 in
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Post-hardcore is a rather non-fickle genre, a sea awash with genericism, predictable breakdowns and down-tuned guitars. For those of you familiar with Hopes Dies Last debut full-length Six Years Home you’d already know it wasn’t that great, sounding like a …