Hardcore music too many is a lifestyle, a code, a community. These are important for many because it gives them a sense of pride and an identity. But at times these ideals can lose track of the main purpose of making music in the first place: to have fun. Despite…
So here we are with the second installment of this month’s cavalcade of punk music in just about every style imaginable. Punk is, after all, as much a mindset as a musical style, right? Right. There’s a lot to get to so I won’t hold you up. Dig in, enjoy.…
Listen: it’s no secret (because we choose not to make it a secret) that a vast majority of the writers and editors here at Heavy Blog belong to the left side of the political map. There are exceptions and there is variety; “the left” is not some monolithic, featureless plateau…
Trying to convince some of the staff at Heavy Blog that hardcore can be great isn’t the nightmarish task it probably could be. Thankfully, outside of the rare shitpost thread, opinions and feelings about genres are shared genially; almost lovingly, at times. Everyone knows not to try and beat a…
As promised, we said we would update you all on the bands that were to be announced when the Life And Death tour was announced. Terror and Bane were announced as the headliners, with addition to Forced Order supporting on the tour. So, as it stands, the tour is Heavy…
The second Life and Death Tour has been announced for this August, and will be featuring Baltimore’s Turnstile (who will be on the whole tour, unlike last year when they played only a few shows), Long Island’s own Backtrack (though, aren’t headlining like they did last year), New Jersey’s Heavy Chains, with the…
With the new release from Northlane receiving tons of praise, a new song from Architects and the promise of a new album soon, The Acacia Strain, Terror, and Glass Cloud releasing new albums last year to much acclaim, and the upcoming album from Misery Signals on nearly everyone’s most anticipated albums…
The surprisingly so-so All Stars Tour now has tour dates! The trek — featuring Every Time I Die, Veil of Maya, iwrestledabearonce, and more — will run through July and August. Special guests Volumes will be performing July 26th-August 11th and Structures will appear July 19th-25th and August 12th-17th. Here are the dates:…
I tend to think of these yearly summer package tours that Sumerian Records and the Pantheon Agency put on as falling on a certain spectrum. One one end you have Summer Slaughter, meant for fans of more extreme music which has now branched out to appeal to prog fans. On…
Lamb of God are hitting up the smaller second markets on their upcoming headlining tour, so now there’s a greater chance of catching them close to your neck of the woods!
