There are some diverse affectations in this photo; let’s talk about them. 

 Take your great taste in mathcore to the next level by getting into Syracuse-based “volume worshippers” Bleak.

Melk En Honing
Drinking and driven
dB Rating: 8/10

Slaughter’s Strappado hits closer to home for this particular hack than any of our previous entries. That’s because Slaughter hailed from the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, home to a ridiculously disproportionate number of metalheads in the ’80s.

The strange, aqueous nature of the music that Stern offers on its new record (Bone Turquoise, to be released on August 7 by New Atlantis Records) becomes a lot less unexpected when you realize that  the band includes Toby Driver, the scary genius behind Maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot, as well as Kayo Dot co-conspirators Keith Abrams and Tim Byrnes.

It’s nice to know the Author & Punisher mastermind has a sense of humor, and it’s on full display in this extremely fucking weird, occasionally hilarious video.

No, a fairy in a green dress is not a part of the contest.

“Monday Is Here is about something that happened in my childhood that effects how I still perceive things,” says lead dreamweaver Mike VanPortfleet.

It’s almost Independence Day, so let’s celebrate with a rousing cover from a German power metal band!

The five-piece is finally gearing up for a new album, but in the interim, self-releasing a 7-inch/digital single called “Xenophobe”/”Fear Itself” and we’re proud to unleash the former track first.