In our latest #CoverStory , we spoke to Damnation Festival’s Gavin McInally about coping with headliner pullouts, a new bigger venue, fresh challenges, and an almost sold-out 2022 event.
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Quebec #deathcore veterans Despised Icon revisit their genre-bludgeoning back catalogue to rework five classics for new EP #DÉTERRÉ (@nuclearblast).
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More traditional than modern, there’s a charming allure, a cultured feel, to the songs on #MOMO .’s I Was Told to Be Quiet. Vinyl out now via #YellowRacketRecords .
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Self-describing his style as “a transparent conversation with himself,” with “Agua” ( #XYZ123 ), selassiethe1st delivers casual flamboyance pregnant with thick, sonic symbolism.
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.The Smashing Pumpkins delivered a two-hour+ set rife with old hits at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, with superb support from Our Lady Peace and Poppy.
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.The Refusers guitarist/vocalist #MichaelBelkin chats about their new single “Eat the Bugs” and its animated video, the band’s distaste for digital emulations, and not giving a fuck!
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#MollyMaguires debut the superb, Halloween-ready video for their multi-faceted composition, “No Reason to Run.”
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Supporting her debut rock/metal EP #SinnerAndSaint , 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲🕷𝓛𝓪𝔂𝓷𝓮 chats about her formal training in theatre, an unbridled passion to be onstage, and staying authentic.
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With their #ImitationLife record due Jan 20th, 2023, via Fort Lowell Records, with LAUDS’ guitarist #JHoltEvansIII discusses his favourite studio, stage gear, and ProCo Rat 2 fuzz/distortion pedal. #GearedUp
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Vaguely reminiscent of Post Malone, only more viscous and condensed, #Geistha ’s “ROCKST4RS” forges a muscular, mesmerizing soundscape.
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New York #garagerockers Lily Mao have delivered quite a banger with their latest song, “Wolves,” which focuses on the many political and social ills that have overrun modern society.
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.Louis Emory and The Reckless Few joins us for a special #trackbytrack rundown of his #LoveItaly EP, explaining the wonderful inspiration and insight behind the writing of these songs.
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Belgian #postrock trio Brutus returns with their hard-hitting and emotion-packed album, #UnisonLife , via Hassle Records. Read our review right here!
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.Osyron drummer #CodyAnstey joins us for a #GeardUp interview regarding his drums of choice, the #Tama Starclassic Maple drums, and of course, his best “gear goes wrong” story.
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#325 (CURSED BLESSINGS RECORDS) is the third EP from St. Catharine’s, Ontario outfit #TheHoldouts . It’s #punk , it’s #hairmetal , it’s rock n’ roll, whatever: it’s good.
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UK genre-smashers Sugar Horse team up with a collection of friends for the brilliant new EP, #WaterlooTeeth , out via #SmallPondRecords .
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.Slave to sirens’ fight depicted in Sirens (@OscopeLabs) mirrors the fight the youth, new generations and embittered oppressed are engaged in with the powers that be as they introduce progress to a nation that’s itself at a crossroads.
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Rock superstar #CoreyTaylor raises hell at Hull Bonus Arena with help from rock dance troop CherryBombs. Check out Graham Finney’s photos and coverage here.
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