Tag: HIVE

NEWS: Hive are still The Mirthless Kind!

If you missed it, Chicago Illinois Dark Atmospheric Progressive Metal quintet HIVE dropped “The Mirthless Kind” at the tail end of 2019 and with the help of former The Acacia Strain guitarist Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz who handled a re-amp, mix & master and Cameron Losch who added keys and some atmospherics, it sounds great. They’ve

Review: “The Mirthless Kind” by HIVE

Three years after their self titled debut and a pair of stand alone singles in 2018’s “Pale Black” and “Abdicate”, Chicago Illinois Dark Atmospheric Progressive Metal quintet HIVE are bank. They’ve brought with them a new 6 track offering with Guitarist duo Pierre Worth and Mike Shanahan joined by vocalist Juanye West and a rhythm

NEWS: “Nature Is Predation” from HIVE!

Thanks in no small part to former The Acacia Strain guitarist Daniel DL Laskiewicz and Cameron Loach, HIVE dropped a fresh EP entitled “The Mirthless Kind” this past weekend. The Chicago Illinois quintet call themselves Progressive Metal though we’re of the belief they’re way heavier than they give themselves credit for. Here’s “Nature Is Predation”

NEWS: “Khashoggi” shared by HIVE!

Chicago Illinois Progressive Deathcore crew HIVE have been joined by Cameron Loach for another track produced by former The Acacia Strain guitarist Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz. The cut entitled “Khashoggi”. They’ll be joining Slam Kings Ingested and Portals in a couple of weeks in St. Louis…

NEWS: HIVE stare into the abyss!

Mixed & Mastered job from former The Acacia Strain guitarist Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz (Bury Your Dead), Chicago Illinois Evil Groove crew HIVE have unveiled a second single in 10 days. “Bellow” is the 3rd single from a 6 track EP called “The Mirthless Kind” due out 1st November…

NEWS: Sleepers let off the “Pipe Bomb”!

18 months after their EP “Hive” Buffalo, New York Beatdown Deathcore quartet Sleepers have thrown “Pipe Bomb” at us via Chugcore Promotions! It comes from the bands in the works album “Black Cloud” and having already shared stages with the great and good of the Deathcore and Hardcore scenes, the only way is up for

NEWS: HIVE engage with “Mara”!

Chicago Illinois Evil Groove crew HIVE have returned with a new single entitled “Mara”. Now being managed by EJ Shannon, the man credited with saving The Faceless from oblivion more times than there are stars in the night sky, the song sees a guest appearance from Cameron Loach providing keys and atmospherics. It also sports

NEWS: HIVE return with “Moonlit Eulogy”!

Mixed and Mastered by former The Acacia Strain guitarist Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz (Bury Your Dead) and with animation by Seth Whitehurst, HIVE have returned with “Moonlit Eulogy”! Now describing themselves as “Immensely heavy, down-tuned Deathcore with polyrhythmic nuances to create Dark Atmospheric Progressive Metal”, the Chicago outfit are now managed by E.J. Shannon, the man

Review: “Self-Titled” EP by HIVE

Chicago Illinois is home to HIVE, a band that pride themselves on dark and atmospheric immensely heavy, down-tuned Deathcore combined with the polyrhythmic nuances of progressive Death Metal. The quintet recently started putting out some decent new music with a pair of singles in “Abdicate” and “Pale Black” so we thought we’d check out where it

NEWS: HIVE drop “Abdicate”!

Hailing from Chicago Illinois come HIVE, describing themselves as “Downtuned Deathcore with progressive finesse”. New single “Abdicate” definitely gives a flavour of that. It’s the bands second single release this year, following their self-titled EP in 2016. You can get their current material on Spotify and at Bandcamp.