Mind Equals Blown

Having exploded out of the subconscious of Toronto’s hardcore punk scene in 2008 and becoming the darlings of critics everywhere with only their second album, Hail Destroyer, Cancer Bats are back with their highly anticipated fourth album, Dead Set on Living.

If you’re short on patience, then you probably can’t stand The Mars Volta. The quintet – infamous for their ever-changing soundscapes – are back with their sixth full-length, Noctourniquet, and as expected (though more so this time around), a complete reworking of the band’s sound has taken place. Notorious for their self-indulgent and unabashed abuse

Listening to Dead Swan’s new EP, Anxiety and Everything Else, is exhausting. Not tiring in the sense that the music is a chore to sit through, but because it’s damned near impossible to remain seated while listening to the quintet from Brighton, UK, tear through the EP’s seven tracks. If anything, the band perfectly captures

For the uninitiated, Lamb of God are a hard-rocking, whiskey-drinking metal quintet from Richmond, Virginia, though their name may convey images of a meek lamb in a meadow. That’s all the introduction you’ll need, because the band have returned with a brand spanking new album, Resolution, – their seventh studio album – and after the mis-step in 2009 that was Wrath, LOG fans will rejoice at the return to form.

Mind Equals Blown staffer Shaun Tan recently had the opportunity to interview two members of Japanese Metal/Electronica band, Crossfaith. He spoke to vocalist Kenta Koie and Terufumi Tamano, who handles sampler/panorama duties, through band manager/translator Rew Kubayashi.

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Who’d have known that bragging about stealing seven shirts (the thief later claimed to have stolen only two) from Defeater’s merch table during their show at Chain Reaction two days ago would have created such a fuss?

Most everyone, upon leaving their teenage years behind, will wince in embarrassment at some the bands they once spent hours listening to in their formative years; of having to acknowledge that: “Yes, I actually loved that band and it’s music.” For me, that band is none other than hater magnet, Alesana.