Unapologetic American… Metal, Hardcore, Dadcore, Corecore, (who the f*** knows anymore) core band Willem Dafrend have shared a music video for “Angry Sticks” from their critically acclaimed album “Old Ghosts / New Garments“. It’s a song so good that it not only paved the way for the St. Louis, Missouri natives to open for Darkest
It’s been four years since the last confession of Saint Louis Missouri Metalcore quartet Willem Dafrend with 2021 debut album “Nails” very well received. Inspirations from the likes of Converge, Norma Jean and Every Time I Die ensured a smattering of light lyrical humour and a electric energy in their aggressive style but with time
Filmed by Matt Yates at Wreck The Halls III on 7th December 2024, a full set from Hardcore Punks Willem Dafrend is now streaming in cyberspace. The show was a fundraiser for charity Toys For Tots and saw them joined on stage by This Is Falling, Nolia and Volition to name but a few and
2023 was a phenomenal year for Metal Noise and another record breaking one, so it’s time we said a HUGE thank you to an awful lot of people who make it all possible. It has always been all about the bands first and foremost. Without them making the soundtrack to our lives there would be
After doing a pair of exclusive interviews with MetalNoise.Net (who are they?!) back in January, Saint Louis Missouri Hardcore crew Willem Dafrend only went and shot a music video for “Can’t Find The End” with Tristan Shannon behind the camera. That ensures that the dust is not allowed to settle on the bands debut album
How does a record of eight cuts of Hardcore in the vein of bands who were pioneering the genre in 2005 get pieced together? What kind of gear do you need to create that kind of sound? What’s it like working without an outside ear in the room when recording a record? We spoke to
Watch Road to Perdition and then put on the new Willem Dafrend album “Nails” and you might find yourself in familiar territory with vocalist Craig Niemoeller inspired by the Tom Hanks character in writing a record that marks the bands full length debut as they look to escape Saint Louis, Missouri and get on the road.
“When we started writing the record, I had just watched Road to Perdition, and the first few songs were loosely themed on the Tom Hanks character. No nonsense gangster who gets betrayed by his partner and ends up killing him. The second half of the record follows that same guy into retired suburban hell. The
