Sometimes, you just need to rock. You’re looking for something direct, powerful, something that punches you in the stomach and gets the old dance muscles going. In that mood, there’s nothing like good, percussive metal, music that nails both the tone and the dynamic structure you’re looking for, dynamic, aggressive,…
There are albums which leave such an impression on you when you first hear them that it echoes out and influences all future plays of the album. It’s usually not just the music but a combination of presentation, your mood, what’s going around you, the weather, and more that sends…
Welcome back to Genre Genesis. For newcomers, here’s a brief overview of how this works. Four of the other editors – Nick, Scott, Jonathan, and Eden – have partners who are, shall we say, not nearly as invested in heavier music as we tend to be, and so their knowledge…
It’s hard to write these intros without spoiling other posts from our end of year content; after all, this intro is focused on 2018 and what it has been and that’s addressed in multiple upcoming posts as well. However, it still needs to be done and this post is, nominally…
Look, no matter how hard I try and no matter the fact that a “proper” end of year post is coming up next week, I can’t not have an introspective/retrospective mood when writing this intro. We are, after all, already in December and the end of year looms large. However,…
Hello, I have returned! All the thanks to my brother from across the world, Eden, for taking ownership of this place for the past couple of months while I experienced multiple large life events (honeymoon, moving to a new state/metro area, getting a new job). I am back though to deliver you all the best in all things post-rock and metal. And I am doing so at an excellent time because I come bearing an awesome announcement!
Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure…
When a band loses a vocalist, there are times where it signals the end of that band. For better or worse, it’s over. Other times, they will find a new vocalist either within or outside of the group and soldier on, sometimes under the same name or a different moniker…
When letlive. suddenly called it a day, midway through 2017, the heavy music world lost one of its best and most exciting new bands. The band’s unexpected dissolution suggested that not all was well within the letlive. camp, and fans only had to wait a couple of months for iconic…
Even a cursory glance of our biweekly playlist updates will reveal that there is a great deal of variety among our staff’s musical tastes. Due to this, we brainstormed the idea of Playlist Swap, where two of our contributors pick their favorite track from each of the nine albums in their grid…
