Hailing from picturesque Kimberly, British Columbia — which is actually closer to Montana’s Glacier National Park than anywhere geographically challenged Americans might have heard of in British Columbia — comes progressive metal quartet Phaeton. Earlier this year the band released their third full-length, Neurogenesis a… Read More »Video/Single Premiere: Getting Tech-y With Phaeton’s “Augmented”
Before I take a brief look at many of K-pop’s smaller agencies, there are a few that I have more to say about. Consider these “bonus” write-ups — shorter than the “big four” but longer than a paragraph or two could cover. As usual, the… Read More »Grading the K-Pop Agencies 2025: STARSHIP ENTERTAINMENT
We’re here to set the mood for Black Friday with some dank, depressive doom from Swedish trio Hexjakt. Hexjakt means “witch hunt” in Swedish and these bearded badasses are providing the soundtrack to a good ol’ fashioned witch burning on their rumbling, lumbering full-length debut, Blessing… Read More »Full Album Stream: Hexjakt –Blessing of the Damned
It has been over 12 years since the release of the last mainline entry in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. In that stretch, Jon Mackey has seen the beginning and end of his previous band Vatican—including a pair of full-length albums and a number of… Read More »KILL FEED 075: We Talked to Jon Mackey of DYING WISH Before We Got GTA VI
There have been a few acts this year who have subverted my expectations in great ways. Leading that pack are NOWZ, who rebranded from “Nowadays” earlier this year and have finally been given great material. Both Fly To The Youth and Everglow were fantastic summer… Read More »Song Review: NOWZ – HomeRUN