I first discovered Ivy Crown via their track โLonesome and Coldโ, featuring Kim Song Sternkopf of Mรธl. Having only recently become obsessed with Mรธl at the time, anything even tangentially related required my immediate attention. Unlike Mรธlโs bright and soaring blackgaze sound, Ivy Crown areโฆ something else. Iโve seen them referred to as metalcore but, … Continue reading 204: IVY CROWN
Parkway started to really grab my attention with their fifth album, โIreโ - unsurprisingly the point in their history where they started to move away from their metalcore roots - but it was their follow up album, โReverenceโ, where the appeal became undeniable. On โReverenceโ, Parkway completed their evolution into a main stage metal band. … Continue reading 184: PARKWAY DRIVE
Pridelands are a band on the cusp of greatness, though in my opinion the music they are making now is already at that level. A developed, multifaceted, captivating, and genre-bending sound that sets them apart from pretty much any of their peers and, without question, places them squarely on a trajectory to fame, fortune, cocaine and bikini parties.
a band a day. 