Mind Equals Blown

If there’s any band out there that is fierce enough to combine immaculate brutality, Texas heat, and plenty of “oh shit!” moments into one record, it’s Upon a Burning Body with their take on foot-stomping entitled Red. White. Green. These guys have got serious love for their state – more so than a lot of

This sounds nothing like anything Impending Doom has ever written. That being said, Baptized In Filth is a very surprising album by how different it sounds compared to anything in their past catalog. Let’s take a short retrospective: Nailed. Dead. Risen. was a muddled goregrind/death metal album with few breakdowns, Serpent Servant was leaning towards

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