Interviews
Interview: OWEL
idobi senior writer Catherine Yi sat down with OWEL to discuss the emotional rollercoaster of crowdfunding, touring smart, and playing the Michael Cera equivalent of a show.
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idobi senior writer Catherine Yi sat down with OWEL to discuss the emotional rollercoaster of crowdfunding, touring smart, and playing the Michael Cera equivalent of a show.
The Selfie Sticks Have Been Banned From More Music Festivities A couple of months ago I told you about a venue in the U.K. banning selfie sticks. Well, it just got better. Both Coachella and Lollapalooza have now also banned the death sticks that people use to take selfies with (side note: I totally wasn’t using one at the Grand Canyon last weekend or anything…) Anyway, this is a VERY good thing. Music festivals often involve an abundance of of alcohol, crazy people, and unmentionables with medical cards that validate their “back problems”. We don’t need to add metal poles… Read more »
The full lineup for this year’s Lollapalooza festival has been announced.
We are usually skeptical about the influence of sponsors in underground metal and hardcore but we suspend our criticism when Game Of Thrones is involved. HBO is serving Killswitch Engage-flavored Kool Aid and we are shamelessly drinking every last drop. The extended version of “Loyalty” has the audio from this unforgettable scene (spoiler alert) in season 4. In all honesty, the song itself is much heavier than we expected. The yarling chorus is there, we expect that from commercially successful hard rock bands, otherwise “Loyalty” hangs with some of the hardest songs on this playlist. Theories returns to Howl’s top… Read more »
We try not to get carried away with industry talk but Torche should be commended for superb timing with the December release of “Minions”, the first single from Restarter out this week. Relapse Records took advantage of the music industry’s slowest season and the track kicked around Howl’s playlist for three months since. The Agonist continues to rip with Eye of Providence, their first effort with vocalist Vicky Psarakis. The band was on the rise before Arch Enemy recruited Alissa White-Gluz in 2014. “Gates of Horn and Ivory” proves The Agonist hasn’t lost a step and can compete with the… Read more »
Most metal bands release singles one or two weeks before the album but Theories dropped “Cycle Of Decay” three months before Regression, their Metal Blade debut due March 24th. It is easily worth 90 days of hype. The Seattle grindcore act appropriately takes the lead from Napalm Death, whose video for “Smash A Single Digit” was released this week featuring a truly sketched out Barney Greenway. Stick To Your Guns, Venom, Cancer Bats, The Crown and Rise Of The Northstar also brought new music to Howl’s Featured Playlist this week. Night Demon, Feed Her To The Sharks and Cruel Hand… Read more »
Napalm Death retains top status this week but Sylosis‘ Victims And Pawns debuts in second place. They survived an RV accident to release this album but it’s so solid it doesn’t need extra points for valiant effort. Look for more from Sweden’s Raised Fist. From The North is Epitaph Records’ first major contribution to Howl in 2015 and the band’s first release in over five years. Lord Dying returns to the featured playlist after “A Wound Outside Of Time” spent most of December 2014 among Howl’s top tracks. Emmure released a new video for “A Gift A Curse” this week.… Read more »
The first round of new releases in 2015 is a refreshing shower on our parched holiday playlist. Also, we have a neat little graphic now. Napalm Death debuts in first. It would be hard to see their name behind most of the others on this list but Apex Predator – Easy Meat serves shredded metal carnitas for your ear tortillas. Tofu carnitas, of course, courtesy of Chef Barney Greenway. The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Feed Her To The Sharks, Night Demon and Monument were also new to your featured playlist this week. Slipknot and The Ghost Inside were on… Read more »
Since disbanding A Rocket To The Moon last year, Nick Santino has been one busy guy.
Even if you’re convinced that a band changing their sound is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, it’s perfectly natural for someone’s music to develop and shift from album to album. But every once in a while, those shifts are so dramatic that the early work ends up sounding like it was released by an entirely different band than the more recent material.
