We asked an array of metal lovers -- including metal writers, show promoters, and members of bands like Converge, Tomb Mold, Undeath, and Infant Island -- what metal bands they think people should be keeping an eye on this year. Here's what they came up with...
Virginia screamo (and more) Infant Island will hit the road to belatedly celebrate their great 2020 releases 'Beneath' and 'Sepulcher,' and they'll be joined by some other likeminded bands...
...and no one knew is a screamo band fronted by Short Fictions' Alex Barkley that also features members of Massa Nera, Indisposed, and Coma Regalia, and they've just released the very good new EP 'debris' on Middle-Man Records...
In 2011, the new wave of post-hardcore came into full effect with seminal albums by Touche Amore, Pianos Become the Teeth, La Dispute, Defeater, Title Fight, and more. This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks back on those albums for their 10th anniversary, the overall punk landscape of 2011, and today's young bands who are starting their own new wave
Lacrima is the new band fronted by Funeral Diner vocalist Seth Babb and also featuring members of You and I, Hundreds of AU, Coma Regalia, Massa Nera, and more...