Tag: Slaves

NEWS: Siamese, Acres and Slaves, October 2021!

Eternal optimists Siamese have announced a European tour trek with Acres in support of headliners Slaves, themselves playing material from their August 2020 album “To Better Days“, their first without controversial vocalist Jonny Craig. Will his replacement Matt McAndrew reprise Drew York’s vocals if Siamese play “Home“? The run is set for October 2021 with

Review: “One” by Black Sky Research

A group of seasoned musicians, each known for music within different subgenres got together in 2019 with the vision of creating music without boundaries, to feed off each others ideas and spark that creativity that often pushes the envelope and gets people talking. In choosing to create a concept piece for their first record, former

Review: “Kaliyuga” by In Hearts Wake

It’s safe to call Byron Bay natives In Hearts Wake veterans of the Australian Metalcore scene at this point with their debut album “Divination” dropping eight years ago in 2012. They’ve toured the Globe relentlessly and we’ve had the pleasure of their live show twice, once on the “Earthwalker” tour and more recently when they

Playthrough: “Heavier” by Slaves!

Having debuted new single “Heavier”, the first single with their new vocalist Matt McAndrew, Slaves have decided to let the music do the talking with sticksman Zach Baker hammering out this drum playthrough of the tune. Only time will tell if they manage to survive Jonny Craig when the next album cycle begins…  

Interview: Slaves announce new vocalist with new single!

Jonny Craig maybe blessed with a fine set of vocal pipes but he’s also a character that has proven to be unreliable. When he left the band he worked so hard to create and keep together in Slaves at an airport hours before a European Tour with Escape The Fate for “Beautiful Death” a couple

NEWS: “Body on Fire” from Slaves!

Jonny Craig’s Slaves have released a music video for a brand new song entitled “Body on Fire”. It’s taken from the bands upcoming new EP “Revision” that will see release via SBG Records on 18th January (with pre-orders available here) and sees the band including new songs with reworkings of some older material.

Bootleg: Slaves in Lakewood Ohio!

Pro-Shot by Leo Sypniewski at The Foundary Concert Club in Lakewood Ohio on 19th September, here’s a full set from Slaves. The Sacramento California post-hardcore quintet fronted by the ever controversial Jonny Craig released “Beautiful Death” in February and have since confirmed drummer Zachary Baker and guitarist Juan Felipe Sanchez as perminent additions to their line-up.

Review: “Epiphany” by Napoleon

Exeter’s Napoleon have long been a band with a reputation for making progressive tech-metal with passion and groove like no other. Combining Wes Thompson’s impassioned vocals and phenomenal range with the guitar work of Sam Osborn who manages to get through the work of two guitarists in the live arena, these boys have talent! We haven’t even

Review: “Dusk” by Impulse

Portland, Oregon crew Impulse signed with Chris Fronzak of Attila fame’s Stay Sick Recordings to re-release their 2017 debut album “Dusk”. Amid the hype around the up and coming US Tech-Metallers, the band dropped lead single “Void” with an accompanying official music video. The album starts with the Nu-Metal inspired lyrics of “Divide” with a gradual build