Justified Arrogance

One of the coolest 2000s bands that saw universal praise and adoration was Tear It Up. In the punk realm, just about every band says they...

There's a merry-go-round of trends. Recently there's been a lot of people asking about good death metal and a lot of people trying t...

Speaking of essential death metal, we arrive at this modern classic. Death Breath is from Sweden, it has guys from Entombed, it bears a huge...

This is what you need to know about hardcore in the USA in the 2000s. Three labels held it down harder than all others: Youngblood, Lockin O...

A LOT of bands from the NYHC scene get love. I mean all of em, if you wrote a scratch demo in a bathroom in 1988 NYC you probably have a cul...

It is interesting how somehow Ildjarn is underrated by so many, especially by purported black metal fans. Perhaps more remarkable than Ildja...

Do you wanna know what the most pretentious subgroup of music fans is? There is a group of metal fans who won't listen to Slayer after 1...

Not too long ago, someone asked me who the hardest band of the early 00s was. I thought about it and said No Warning. I was told that was th...

This one is for a lot of the youngins who fuck with modern hardcore. Before Europe became Dwid's hideout and before Chubby Fresh was wan...

Tony Erba might be the most underrated frontman in hardcore history. That's not hyperbole. He doesn't have a bad band on his CV (whi...