There’s this band called THE EXPLOSION that’s turning lots of heads these days, you may have heard of them in fact. Well if you have and you dig them, here’s another band that should be on your playlist – THE ARRIVALS. Actually, no matter what else you like, I recommend “Goodbye New World,” to all. [...]

Contrary to the lyrics to one of the many catchy-as-a-baseball songs on this disc, these guys are indeed “pretty ordinary.” But heck, so are 99% of the punk bands that romp around this nation, and there’s something to be said for the flattery of imitation. On the side of good and not evil, ANTIFREEZE are [...]

“Dude, you’ve gotta come over and hear this!!!” “What is it?” “The new AMERICAN NIGHTMARE.” “Shit! you have that?!?!? I’ll be right over.” Everytime I get disallusioned with hardcore, I look to what labels like FERRET, EULOGY, INDECISION and EQUAL VISION put out as to restore my faith in originality and sheer mind-blowing power. AMERICAN [...]

I don’t think that there is a more consistent sounding band than ALL. Time after time, song after song, ALL sounds like ALL and there no other way to describe it. It’s not the most intense music, nor is it bland by any means, but if you want to hear catchy, melodic punk rock with [...]

I guess a live ALL disc shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. When they release an album, people still flock to them, and when they tour, the same occurs. There are some things that people can just count on, and ALL being a pop-punk staple to their “elder” scene is certainly one of them. It’s [...]

From the bin of it’s too good to be true, comes perhaps one of the most amazing releases in a long time. Okay, that might be a slight overstatement, but there’s no way around saying it – I absolutely adore this disc, and you’ll probably have to pry this cherished piece of plastic out of [...]

Here comes the metalcore meatwagon, get the heck out of its way!! Anyway…AGE OF RUIN play dark and twisted music with severely heavy breakdowns, demon scaring vocals, and fire, lots of fire. And oh yeah, they are really good at it too. I’m very picky with this style of music, so bear with me, but [...]

Before our very eyes, AFI continues to put out releases that will merit the term “classic” ten years down the road. After unleashing the incredible ground breaking album “Black Sails in the Sunset,” in the spring of 1999, AFI transformed themselves from being merely a punk band, into one of the most dynamic and intriguing [...]