Mind Equals Blown

For fans of the saturated deathcore genre, I give you In the Midst of Lions and their new release, Shadows. I’m gonna be honest, this is your run-of-the-mill generic deathcore album; full of guttural vocals, breakdowns to the brink and chugs. So many chugs. Well, rather than focus on the apparent negatives that displease so many of

With Chelsea Grin riding high on the release of their newest album My Damnation, I decided to hit up guitarist Jaek Harmond and see what plans they have in store for their fans. To my surprise, they have their first ever headlining tour coming up and have already started writing for their next album. Read

Making a b-sides and rarities record is usually reserved for bands who want to reward their die-hard fans in some way. Though the power of the internet has made it easier to obtain said tracks prior to a band doing such a thing, most bands still sneak acoustic tracks and the now popular remix cuts

In Dying Arms‘ brand new self-titled album has me split right down the middle. One half says this is a pretty damn good album that covers a broad area of core music, and the other half says that they have some laughable generic moments that left me wondering if they take themselves seriously. The first

MEB: So tell people a bit about The Contortionist. How did you guys all meet? What is the meaning of the band name? What bands were you all in before The Contortionist? Robby Baca: We met in high school. The band name doesn’t have much meaning, although I suppose it describes our sound pretty well. That was

It’s a tough thing to decide between liking and loving something. Sometimes, everything can be in place to make a record sound great, but there’s just something missing or off. I Declare War’s newest record falls into this category. There’s engaging breakdowns, ample use of melody when needed and solid songwriting in terms of moving

What do you do when you’re weeks away from releasing your debut album, a freshly departed front man, and have a half finished album without vocals? You man the fuck up. That is exactly what Indianapolis-based band, The Contortionist, did. With two self-released EP’s, Good-Fight Music finally took notice of the band, signed them and sent

I Declare War breaks through with its first album on the newly formed Artery Recordings, Malevolence. If anyone knows anything about I Declare War, its that they tend to ‘bring the heavy’ as some might say…and that is definitely the case with this record. This album doesn’t fuck around in the slightest. No catchy chorus,