We don’t know if they were inspired by the recent “Revivalcore” nostalgia for early ’00s metalcore, but the, ahem, core—guitarists Dave Buschemeyer and Trevor Dykstra—of Canadian blackened metalcore outfit Spread the Disease have reunited on a new full-length, The Darkness, the Dread, the Suffering. The pair… Read More »Full Album Stream: Spread the Disease –The Darkness, the Dread, the Suffering
A lot has changed within Crowhurst since the band, led by frontman Jay Gambit, released their last major project, III, in 2019. Though the band released a few smaller projects in the immediate aftermath, it’s been seven years since Gambit and his ever-changing list of collaborators released a… Read More »Interview: Crowhurst Founder Jay Gambit Discusses New Album, Thorns
There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of… Read More »ONLYONEOF: A Career In Song Ratings
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VAYONN are the second new boy group to emerge from Kin Jaejoong’s iNKODE label, adopting a brighter sound palette than their hip-hop peers KEYVITUP. They teased their debut with the so-so Watta Day last month, and I suspect that song will play better in the… Read More »Song Review: VAYONN – MUAH!