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Not Tonight Josephine release self titled EP
If you’re ready for a new post hardcore EP to rock to, look no further than Not Tonight Josephine’s latest release. The quartet released their self titled collection earlier this week.
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If you’re ready for a new post hardcore EP to rock to, look no further than Not Tonight Josephine’s latest release. The quartet released their self titled collection earlier this week.
We try to keep our featured tracks as hype-free as possible. Our playlist should reflect the very best (and ideally, newest) metal and hardcore out there right now. That’s why we waited for Stick To Your Guns‘ Disobedient release week to pass before we revisited the album for consideration at the top of our featured tracks. Sure enough, this album strikes the critical balance between fast hardcore and clean vocals that every melodic hardcore or metal band ultimately tries to achieve. Also worth praise is the minimal presence of samples that once preceded many tracks in older Stick To Your… Read more »
Rotting Out lands a top berth on Howl’s featured tracks this week, possibly with the help of hardcore’s most charming smile and sheer intimidation. More of what we’re talking about in the video for “Born“. Stick To Your Guns returns to the spotlight with the release of Disobedient which has a cameo from the aforementioned friendly, muscular Walter of Rotting Out. We hope two mentions in one review will keep us safe from that gentleman. Ensiferum, 36 Crazyfists and Dr. Living Dead! debut both on Howl and among our features. If you think you know what Dr. Living Dead! sounds… Read more »
Make Do and Mend are streaming their latest full length album ‘Don’t Be Long’ a week before it’s release. The album follows the band’s 2012 release, ‘Everything You Ever Loved.’
Here are our thoughts on the 2015 Grammy Awards last night.
idobi Howl will take an intellectual approach to metal and hardcore with Metal DNA, the latest addition to Howl’s growing lineup of original programming. Music blogger and podcast host Shawn Kupfer will analyze a new band every week, deconstructing their sound by playing music which influenced that band and tracking his subject’s impact on other bands. In the debut of Metal DNA, Kupfer breaks down Slipknot, linking them to Slayer, White Zombie and more surprising influences like Beastie Boys. Metal DNA airs Saturday nights at 8pm ET on idobi Howl. Fans can stream Howl at ido.bi/howl or on mobile devices… Read more »
We compiled a list of special artists we think rule and labels should be paying attention to.
Denver independent concert promoter Mark Maladjusted will join B Lo on Metalix Monday, January 26th to announce a concert headlined by a major name in the hardcore genre. The announcement may also indicate a return to concert promotion for Maladjusted, who earned his reputation by booking local shows at Denver homeless youth shelter Sox Place in the mid 2000s. Hear the newest metal and hardcore first along with the best Denver bands on Metalix Mondays 9-11 pm ET on idobi Howl.
Stick To Your Guns are premiering a new single off of their upcoming record release, Disobedient, which will hit the shelves on February 10th via Sumerian Records.
The Color Morale have announced a headlining tour in support of their latest release, Hold On Pain Ends, released last September through Fearless Records.
