One of the most interesting things about 2015 as a year of metal is that many of the best albums have integrated a great deal of emotion and atmosphere in some way or another. From WRVTH’s self-titled techdeath landmark to Hope Drone’s post-rock/atmospheric black metal masterpiece, there’s been a huge…
Hello, and welcome to another edition of pizza-fueled photography, courtesy of Maclyn Bean! This time we have infinite chugs with After the Burial, I Declare War, and Reflections. There are only a few dates left on this tour, so don’t miss out! Reflections I Declare War After the Burial For…
After the Burial have announced a September tour with I Declare War, Reflections, Texas in July and Come the Dawn. Check the dates after the jump. In case you were wondering what Reflections are doing through the rest of july and most of August, they are currently touring with Monuments, Glass…
We recently reported that Scale The Summit’s Chris Letchford has wrapped up work on his jazz-oriented solo album Lightbox. Naturally it wouldn’t take long before music surfaced from the project; the record’s first single ‘The Star Boys’ can be heard below. The recording lineup for Lightbox, in addition to Letchford,…
On Friday, Erra took to their Facebook to inform the public that they are currently recording a five song EP due out sometime in the fall. Then, on Saturday, they posted a small snippet of recording rhythm guitar for the project. They also stated that this is one of many surprising announcements…
Instrumental favorites Scale the Summit have had a little bit of downtime since they wrapped up their tour with The Ocean in March, though it was not time wasted. Guitarist Chris Letchford used that time to wrap up sessions for his upcoming solo album Lightbox, which features Evan Brewer and…
It appears that tragedy has struck Reflections; Jake Foster, the lead singer of the band, had his house catch fire earlier today. He and his friends lost all they owned and a dear friend, Daniel Chase Trabant. Our hearts go out to members of the band, anyone affected by this tragedy, and…
Disclaimer: I never know what it means when people say one band or one album is “better” than another. There’s no giant scoreboard in the sky that gives Necrophagist 150,000 Awesomeness Points and Barry Manilow negative 2,000,000 points. So for me these are the new releases (albums and EP’s) that…
Some tours have lineups so strong that I get dizzy when they’re first announced, as in the BTBAM/Deafheaven tour. Many others though take a lot of consideration. Living about 4 hours away from every market fit for touring —
Days before the release of Reflection’s sophomore effort, Exi(s)t, I got to hit up guitarist Charles Caswell and chat about touring, writing, piracy and McDonald’s of all things. Check it out below!
