New York’s ‘Godfathers Of Hardcore’, Agnostic Front, have announced a short run of dates for this November, as part of their ongoing tour to mark the 35th anniversary of their seminal debut album, ‘Victims In Pain’.
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New Jersey based four-piece Lyken21 take their inspiration from traditional heavy metal and blend in hard rock and symphonic elements. Since their debut release, 2012’s ‘Chaos B4 The Crime’, they’ve steadily built up a solid reputation for producing hard hitting metal with big catchy riffs and aggressive rhythmic delivery. Their heavy dynamic consistency has won them a strong fanbase and has made the metal community take notice. Now, they’ve teamed up with some of the creative forces behind the likes of Dillinger Escape Plan and Mike Portnoy to produce a brand-new album offering 11 fresh tracks. Is this to be another building block for their metal fortunes?
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Following The Smashing Pumpkins’ show-stopping performance at Download this past weekend, frontman Billy Corgan played a one-off UK solo headline show at Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox in Glasgow. We sent joung Jess R to check out the action – well, once she managed to make it through the venue’s doors!
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After hearing that Canadian five-piece Obey The Brave’s new album was to affirm them as a major heavyweight in the metalcore genre, our Jolee’s hopes were set high. ‘Balance’ is the guys’ fourth full length album to date, with it demonstrating the stylistic diversity and complexity they have to offer. In our youngest team member’s opinion, the album as a whole, except for one or two songs, screams Beartooth-esque vibes. For fans of Beartooth (of course), The Amity Affliction and The Ghost Inside.
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Moonlight Haze’s debut album ‘De Rerum Natura’ has an impressive lineup both in the band itself and in the guests. You can definitely hear an influence from Chiara Tricarico’s time with Temperance as the sound here is similar to the things she was doing back then but more developed and evolved. ‘De Rerum Natura’ takes far more advantage of her vocal range and musically has a much more aggressive and passionate tone.
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