Finally got a spare hour to sit down with the headphones and really listen to Vended's sophomore album. The influences are plain to see. At points I was transported back to '99 - the riffs, the production, the subtle reliance on the 'vocal hooks' that…
When 'Rockabye Baby' meets 'Bring Me the Horizon'? Is it Pop? Is it Metalcore? Is it both? Let me know in the comments... oh wait, I couldn't be arsed enabling that feature. Oh well. Just have the thought to yourself. Either way, it'…
MAVERICKS. PIONEERS. UNIQUE. IMMUTABLE. (self-posted Spotify Biography). They're not wrong.…
Like a ... Fits nicely following yesterday's Fear Factory post ;)…
I have (in a box somewhere) a Roadrunner sample cassette tape of this release. You know, from when you used to go to gigs, and there would be record label reps there, and they wanted you to buy the 'next big thing' album that was about to be…
Is that even a word? If not, it should be...…
I have David Lynch to blame for exposing me to Rammstein. Featuring prominently in the OST for the late 90's brain bender, Lost Highway, these pioneers of German 'industrial' metal are as distinctive as they come. Being the sheltered little Westerner I was at the time…
Some more 'Aussie' Metalcore for your Wednesday morning. Another Knotfest discovery hailing again from the Apple Isle, Tasmania. When you want to drown out all the noise in the world, this one might be a good candidate to cause the necessary buffer overflow and reset.…