Hardcore New Label Alert: Check Out Up And Coming Hardcore Label NERVE DAMAGE Of all the regional scenes making a name for themselves in Hardcore music, Ohio has to be one of the most impressive. There’s a... Eric AndersonMarch 21, 2025
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Events Dreary North Fest: A Conversation With Brett Ray About The Extreme Music Festival’s First Annual Event Before the world went into quarantine, Brett Ray’s Dreary North Fest was one of the most highly anticipated events of the year. Now that... EvanMCAugust 31, 2021
Experimental Exhalation Denial: A Look At Pestilential Breath, The Catastrophic New Collaboration By FED ASH and GOD OF GAPS When I reviewed Fed Ash’s monumental 2020 LP, Diurnal Traumas, I was sure that the band had produced the harshest, most terrifying release of... EvanMCAugust 18, 2021
Art BRAT: Where Pageants Meet Punk All good death metal begins with a “BLEGH.” That’s exactly what New Orleans death metal/hardcore group BRAT does on their debut EP, Mean Is... Teddie TaylorAugust 11, 2021
Power Violence Rural Anti-Bastard Mapleviolence: A Look At VOID BRINGER ‘Cruel and Unusual’ Syrup-slow when it’s not falcon-fast, Void Bringer‘s approach to grinding hardcore is a breath of fresh Green Mountain air. While it is a favored... EvanMCJuly 8, 2021
Events Stoking The Flame: DROPDEAD And The Invincible Ryan Butler When I took my partner to her first heavy music concert, she was struck by how warm it was, by how quick people were... EvanMCJune 23, 2021