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Most bands find it difficult to keep finding new inspiration to put out records that don’t tarnish their legacy. This is especially true when they find themselves recording their ninth studio album which is the situation Coheed and Cambria…

For Syracuse’s Gorham Brothers Music, they had to do it their way. They had to because that’s how they've always done it. The three brothers, Ryan, Brad, and Bobby have been entrenched in the local music scene for over ten years now. Some…

What better way to start off the year with a strong dose of strong raw hardcore. Philly based Blacklisted have crafted another dose of feedback driven, groove based, punk infused hardcore with their fourth record When People Grow, People…

American Beauty/American Psycho marks the sixth studio album for Fall Out Boy and with it comes a major style change to a band that has constantly changed their sound. Long gone are the pop-punk songs of Take This To Your Grave and From…

It’s hard for some bands to take an extended break and make their comeback with the same fire and passion they had the first time around. They’re fighting against the naysayers who claim they’re just making a quick buck off the name and…

Six years after their last album, 2008's All Hope Is Gone and down two members, Slipknot is aiming for the jugular with .5: The Gray Chapter. Following the tragic death of bass player Paul Gray who was said to be a chief songwriter in the…

Cannibal Corpse are nothing if not punishing and unrelenting, but since their career defining album Kill in 2006 they've also become complacent, yet at the same time they're consistent. Cannibal Corpse has yet to put out a bad album but…

Indianapolis based progressive metallers The Contortionist show with the third record, Language that when modern prog metal works, it's great, but when it starts to falter, it can be cringe inducing. The band does a lot right on this album,…

From the bizarre wreckage that was the breakdown of popular metalcore band, As I Lay Dying, comes Wovenwar. The band is comprised of the entire As I Lay Dying lineup, sans disgraced vocalist Tim Lambesis - recently sentenced to six years in…

With The Flesh Prevails, Fallujah are primed to become kings of their genre; though that might be by default because there might not be another band doing what they do. Or at least as good as they do it. Mixing the vocals of brutal death…