INTERVIEWS
CAN’T LOSE
An interview with vocalist Olin May of Boston hardcore act Can’t Lose about the band and Boston Hardcore more broadly.
BROKEN HABIT
An interview with Dublin’s Broken Habit covering the band’s origin story, the return of nu metal, the Nightshade EP (plus a bonus review of the EP), and much more!
DR. LAINA DAWES
An interview with Doctor Laina Dawes of Columbia University on heavy music scholarship, her book WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal, her upcoming book Engaged Aggression: New Ways of Thinking About Black Music, and more!
GENTILESKY INTERVIEW
An interview with vocalist Yaprak Kırdök of Turkish-Sardinian punk/post-punk outfit Gentilesky on their origin story, the upcoming Dream LP, and more!
NEGATIVE FRAME
An interview with guitarist Olly Coyne of London metal-hardcore hybrids Negative Frame on their past, present, and future. “New Lows,” the first single from their first full-length album Break The Ice out August 7th, has just dropped!
NAUTICAL MILE
An interview with Perth, Australian pop-punk outfit Nautical Mile on their return from hiatus.
DOCTORS JAN HERBST AND MARK MYNETT OF THE HEAVINESS IN METAL MUSIC PRODUCTION PROJECT
An interview with Doctors Jan Herbst and Mark Mynett of the University of Huddersfield about their groundbreaking research into heaviness in metal music production.
GREG HALL
An interview with Edinburgh-based photographer and videographer Greg Hall on the scene in Scotland, getting involved in your local scene, career highlights, and more!
ESCALATE
An interview with vocalist László Mészáros of Hungarian vegan straight edge hardcore band Escalate covering such topics as the Hungarian hardcore scene and their forthcoming EP for New Age Records, The Cry of Nature.
INFERNAL DIATRIBE
An interview with vocalist Cam Garnett of Portland, Maine’s metallic hardcore band Infernal Diatribe covering their signing with Cheap Life Records, the Maine scene, and more!
MICROWAVES
An interview with Pittsburgh-based math-rock/experimental rock band Microwaves covering their upcoming release Temporal Shifter, genre labels, and more!
EYESOFSORROW
An interview with Twin Cities metalcore band eyesofsorrow covering their origin story, influences, releases, and more!
FLOOR 13
An interview with Southern Maine chaos merchants Floor 13: “We…really enjoy experimenting with our sound, and do not want to be labeled as just one genre. We take creative liberties that in many ways would not apply to traditional hardcore and we want it to stay that way. We have always felt like that is what makes Floor 13 sound unique and undefinable.”
TRC
An interview with vocalist Chris Robson of London hardcore legends TRC, covering the band’s history, return, and more!
ETHAN BURKE OF SACO VALLEY UNITED
An interview with Ethan Burke of Maine hardcore label and booking agency Saco Valley United, covering the local scene, highlighting some of the great bands on their roster, and more!
WESTERN GRIP
An interview with Missouri doom country duo Western Grip, covering their origin story, breaking down their debut release Follow Your Nightmares track-by-track, and more!
LAST EMBRACE
From Bangor, Maine, Last Embrace: “I’d say we’re firmly placed in the Metallic Hardcore genre. When we started writing songs for this band, we looked at everything from the classics like Hatebreed, Merauder, and 100 Demons to more modern influences like Missing Link and God’s Hate.”
FEELS LIKE HEAVEN
From Stockholm, Sweden, Feels Like Heaven: “I have heard people call us melodic hardcore and compare us to the revolution summer sound, but I’d like to argue that we are just a hardcore band no matter what we sound like.”
CORRECTIVE MEASURE
Vocalist Braden Sinclair from Maine hardcore band Corrective Measure dishes on all things CM past, present, and future!
DIAMOND CONSTRUCT
An interview with vocalist Kynan Groundwater of Australian metalcore mavericks Diamond Construct on the new single “Discarded,” touring Europe, genre home bases, and more!