The Contortionist, known for grinding together a wide variety of angular and calculated takes on the progressive metal genre (also called”djent” if you really want to go there), are growing up. In 2013 vocalist/keyboardist Jon Carpenter left the group, and was replaced by Mike Lessard and Eric Guenther (the new standalone keyboard player). […]
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ALBUM REVIEW – “Hold On Pain Ends” by The Color Morale
We All Have Demons and My Devil In Your Eyes earned The Color Morale their stripes for all the right reasons. It was a breath of fresh air to see such a musically talented band so bent on flooding the genre with an air of positivity, since the previous holders of that niche-within-a-niche boiled down to We Came […]
ALBUM REVIEW – “Finished People” by Sleeping Giant
It is anthemic, a shade repetitive, in-your-face, singularly focused and all of that is totally ok, Finished People is yet another cry for the salvation of the world from Christian hardcore (Christcore? Can that be a thing?) staples Sleeping Giant. Since 2006 the band’s no-filter style has taken zero prisoners, made no apologies and undoubtedly saved some souls […]
ALBUM REVIEW – “No Coast” by Braid
No Coast should not be an important album, it should be classified as a lame return of a collection of dusty musicians attempting to rekindle their old creative flames. This could not be a more inaccurate description of Braid’s latest effort. No Coast is equal parts punchy, emotive, fun, dynamic and highly original emo music. There’s […]
ALBUM REVIEW-“In Humor and Sadness” by ’68
There is no doubt that, not long after The Chariot broke up in late 2013, the band’s voracious (think cult) fanbase was extremely pleased to hear that frontman Josh Scogin was furiously working on a new project. Rumors and social media posts began fleshing out details about the new project within just a few months […]
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