Alright, now that’s a post title! Challenging yourself to listen to and cover new genres is one of the most important things you can do to keep things fresh as a journalist, I find. In 2014, I did it with black metal and have never looked back since. Now, I’m…
So, yours truly has relocated to South Florida which has turned everything upside down in my personal life but not in any sort of bad way. After all, South Florida during the end of (North American) winter is never that bad, comparatively speaking. Anyway, in all of that moving I…
A decade ago you’d be laughed at for telling everyone that Scandinavia’s hottest musical export would be hardcore music. Scoffed at. Derided. Ran outta town. Well, sorry, but that’s just how it is now. Norway’s Oberst are the latest in a long line of Scandignarly bands blending the traditional frosty…
Bergen’s Blood Command are one of those bands who should be way bigger than they are. Bill gave them a favorable shout-out in his most recent punk round-up, but the band remain a relatively uncelebrated quantity, especially when compared with the quality and consistency – not to mention the sheer…
March turned out to be a massive month for solid releases all over the punk spectrum so let’s just dive in, first with the albums that need checking out and then the singles and EPs that have been spinning here at Wannabe Manor. Albums The Maine – You Are OK…
Photo courtesy of our friend Patrick Häberli of Prog Hippie Since we first heard it, it hasn’t left our ears much since. Uneven Structure’s much anticipated debut album Februus is making waves that will no doubt propel them to the forefront of progressive metal. We spoke with uneven axeman Auré “worC”…
Right, on to some proper news then! Protest The Hero seem to have a knack for picking awesome European bands to take on tour with them. They brought TesseracT along on the North American leg of their Scurrilous tour, almost on a whim apparently – I read they they sniffed…
