The combination of death metal heaviness and hardcore aggression Employed to Serve create makes for some of the intense music in their particular scene. It also means they tend to appeal to multiple demographics, from metalcore kids looking for something with extra bite, to an older death metal crowd looking for something new and fresh. … Continue reading 325: EMPLOYED TO SERVE
Today an album was released titled โBloodmoon: Iโ. The album is being presented as a Converge album, but is actually a collaborative piece from Converge, Chelsea Wolfe, frequent Wolfe collaborator Ben Chisholm, and Cave In/Old Man Gloom/Mutoid Man/basically everything member Stephen Brodsky. The result is an entirely other beast than Converge, and thatโs why I … Continue reading 323: BLOODMOON
When Throwing Bricks first started out, they were essentially a hardcore punk band, but nine years later they released their first full length album and it was something entirely more confronting. Throwing Bricks are an amazing example of that sludge/post/hardcore mix I find myself increasingly enamoured with. Itโs blisteringly heavy, yet oddly melodic at times, … Continue reading 297: THROWING BRICKS
Where does one even start with Gwar? How about the Metal Archives, normally quite particular about such things, simply lists Gearโs genre as various. Fucking various. As genre-hopping as some bands are, there arenโt many that even the infallible Metal Archives find themselves unable to categorise. Throughout their 37-years-and-counting lifespan, Gwar have dabbled in various … Continue reading 282: GWAR
Formed in 2015 in Lithuania, Erdve combine the threatening approach of sludge metal, with sinister edge of black metal, and fuel it with the raw fury of hardcore. Their second album, โSavigailaโ (which translates to self-pity), released in July of this year, is 42 minutes of this artful combination perfected. But Erdve continue to push … Continue reading 268: ERDVE
With a merciless blend of grindcore, death metal, and clear hardcore roots, Pupil Slicer burst into existence just a few short years ago. Based in London, the trioโs monstrously heavy sound betrays their relatively small lineup. That is to say, they make an awful lot of noise for just three people, and that is most … Continue reading 167: PUPIL SLICER
a band a day. 