The subject of today’s head to head is “Come Undone” by Duran Duran. The highly influential New Wave band formed in 1978 and enjoyed huge success throughout the 80s. They’ve been covered multiple times including most notably by Deftones and count among their fans KoRn vocalist Jonathan Davis. The track itself was the second single
A while back when discussing the success of Stay Sick Recordings and what we’d do if we won the lottery, Gecko came up with an idea. That idea was to create a record label of our own and then go to bands who have now gone their separate ways and cash inject them back into
For reasons unknown we’ve always associated Depeche Mode with Christmas and in particular “Enjoy The Silence”. A track that has been covered many a time by all manor of influenced bands and the second single from their seventh studio album “Violator” released in 1990. On the album, Barry Walters of Rolling Stone Magazine complimented its “heavier hooks,
It’s been 4 long years since “Watchers of the Rule” saw Unearth show us some Slayer influence and announce Nick Pierce as their full time drummer. In that time we’ve seen a few playthrough videos and gear demos from guitarists Ken Susi and Buzz McGrath but the band had otherwise remained largely silent. Until the announcement they
It’s Monday and you know the drill. 1993 saw the release of a classic video game for the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive in “Rock ‘n Roll Racing”. It’s premise was pretty simple – drive around a 3D track in a seemingly Micro Machine sized car and take every action possible to win –
The Metalcore sound appeared in the post-Nu-Metal World as the fusion of Metal and Harcore, taking the breakdowns that we know and love and adding them to the layered guitar work of the more traditional Metal sound. Kerrang! Magazine have published an article detailing their “21 Best U.S. Metalcore Albums of All Time” – you
For shits and giggles…! Today’s song is “Them Bones” by Alice In Chains. Here’s It Dies Today‘s version in full Metalcore glory, from the “Lividity” Sessions, the only album to feature ex-Still Remains bassist Jason Wood on vocals. And here’s Suicide Silence‘s Deathcore version, from 2009’s “No Time To Bleed”. RIP Mitch Lucker.
Originally released in 2004 via Trustkill records, “The Caitiff Choir” by It Dies Today was the part of a wave of Metalcore albums at the height of the genre. Metalcore had taken over from Nu-Metal and Trustkill were a label milking it for all it was worth and as history documents, mistreating a number of
