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
In 2018 vocalist Richard Barthel stepped down from Los Angeles California’s Matriarchs and that seemed like the end of the band, who had been around since 2014, their debut “Scandalous Jointz” produced by Nick Jett of Terror and Mastered by Matt Hyde, (Lionheart, Hatebreed, Deftones) an ambitious effort that had been followed by a quartet of singles
A ghostly new video and single entitled “Weighted” has surfaced from Volumes after a period of quiet following the tragic passing of former guitarist Diego Farias. It’s the third new single following “Pixelate” and “Holywater” from the new line up of the band that is now fronted by their former vocalist Michael Barr alongside his
…with their upcoming new album “Passenger” out 16th October via SharpTone Records, Metalcore mainstays Kingdom of Giants have given us another cut from the record in “Blue Dream“. The track features a guest vocal appearance from Michael Barr of Volumes. Raising the Barr with a DJentlemen? Enough already! Inception time?
Collaborators of late have taken so many forms but this one is something special. Carcosa guitarist Andrew Baena has teamed up with Red Handed Denial vocalist Lauren Babic, Christina Rotondo and K Enagonio for a cover of “Erased” by Volumes, so that’s three vocalists taking on the job of two from the original cut that
The return of Michael Barr to Volumes has been controversial to say the least. He bowed out of the band back in 2016 after the remastered version of “No Sleep” appeared with some vocal changes and that return four years on also saw the exit of the much loved but controversial Gus Farias. In this
Usually when it comes to the crunch of an interview you might find yourselves as the interviewer asking the questions with one or two members of a band providing their insight on the material that they have crafted together. Having taken some time out of their busy schedule however we’ve been graced by the presence
A second single from the freshly re-tooled Volumes has surfaced going by the name “Pixelate“. It comes with a video directed by Orie McGinness and represents their first release since the tragic passing of guitarist Diego Farias. Interestingly neither this track nor “Holywater” feature any clean vocals from Myke Terry with the the music taking
On the day that Gun Drummer covers “Illuminate” by Born Of Osiris in his own unique style, we find out that they have now abandoned their March European Tour trek. The reasons are simple enough. Having seen Oceans Ate Alaska bow out to be replaced by Uneven Structure at the last minute, Volumes have now
Playing new single “Holywater” for the first time, the new line up of Volumes were filmed at Hawaiian Brian’s in Honolulu Hawaii. Interestingly the set includes “Feels Good” a single that appeared after Michael Barr left the group and completely skips over the material from the more recent “Coming Clean” EP, instead going back to
