6th December saw the 15th Anniversary of the only Job For A Cowboy release do feature their notorious pig squeal vocals as the Arizona Deathcore Kings who later shifted to a more Death Metal orientated sound, with sessions for “Doom” taking place in May 2005 at Blue Light Audio Media Studios in Phoenix. Their debut
Surpassing 12 million views on YouTube, the music video for “Downfall” by TRUSTcompany has to go down as one of the bigger ones in Alternative Metal, not to mention the 19 million plus Spotify Streams. The band formed in 1997 and by 2002 found themselves on Geffen Records for their debut full length record “The
The average life span of most bands might be just 3 records but some achieve more in those 3 than others achieve in a career 10 times as long. One such band, who burned out rather than fading away was Bloodsimple; the quartet of Vision of Disorder frontman Tim Williams and guitarist Mike Kennedy alongside the
In an interview Dope frontman Edsel Dope infamously once said that major labels pick up bands, throw them against the wall and see what sticks and that with the majors there is no second chance or opportunity to mature with the knowledge gained if you don’t make your targets. One band that suffered such fate
Essentially the brainchild of the bands only consistent member Ginger Wildheart after he was given the boot from The Quireboys in 1989, The Wildhearts arrived on the scene from Newcastle to drink our beer and steal our women. Their rock and roll life style, issues with labels, recreational drugs and depression lead to a revolving
Known for a chaotic live show that had the potential for injury to be sustained at any point with frontman Casey Chaos leaping from pretty much any elevated object within reach, Amen are a band who have a reputation that far outweighs their commercial success. Four studio albums and a couple of rarities collections, multiple
Back in the year 2000 Long Beach California Nu-Metal outfit The Deadlights were a regular on the second stage at the Ozzfest annual festival tour and appeared with the likes of Kittie, Disturbed, Slaves on Dope and Primer55, their self titled debut album landing via Elektra Entertainment the February before hand. Taking their name from
Crunchy breakdowns and pummeling rhythmic battery are the stuff of Legend. A band who rose to prominence following a raw and brutally punishing 4 song demo that lead to their 2010 debut “Valediction“, which offers up the mind of Hardcore Vs Metal crossover that The Acacia Strain love to hear. Back in 2011, they were
Back in 2006 a Hardcore band broke out of San Francisco with an album entitled “Killafornia” via Trustkill Records fronted by Carl Schwartz with numerous references and samples from the 1982 first chapter of the Rambo franchise. That band is First Blood. Something like 26 musicians have performed in the band since they started out
Arguably the re-birth of Soulfly from more stripped back sound so a full on Metal onslaught thanks to the much more technical sounding riffs of Marc Rizzo and thunderous bass from Bobby Burns, “Dark Ages” saw the band resurgent in 2005. It remains to this day one of the bands darkest releases exploring aggression and
