BrokenHope

Broken Hope Broken Hope are one of those death metal bands that were more popular after they broke up than when they were actively making records. Bassist Shaun Glass went on to form the more mainstream rock band SOiL and the thrash combo Dirge Within, while guitarist Jeremy Wagner became an accomplished and published author...

Broken Hope, the recently reunited death metal vets, have revealed that they've signed a deal with Century Media Records. The Chicago band recently wrapped up a comeback tour opening for Obituary and now feature former Gorgasm frontman Damiam Leski in the vocals spot ...

Dirge Within guitarist Shaun Glass is a heavy metal lifer. In the '80s he was a member of Sindrome, a thrash favorite within tape-trading circles with their godly Into the Halls of Extermination demo. In the '90s he spent time in gore-hungry death metallers Broken Hope...

Former Broken Hope axe-slinger Jeremy Wagner recently released 'The Armageddon Chord,' his debut novel. Anyone already familiar with Wagner's lyrical work from his death metal days knows the guy has a gift with words...

Death metaller-turned-author Jeremy Wagner says he loved books long before he loved banging his head. "I know for a lot of metalhead readers, they got into horror books through bands talking about certain writers like Stephen King and H...

On Jan. 20, Joe Ptacek, former vocalist for 1990s death metallers Broken Hope, died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 37, and news of his passing has shocked the Illinois metal community. The erstwhile band's former guitarist, Jeremy Wagner, broke the news to fans online, saying in a statement that it was "with profound sadness and shock that my fri

"I can turn on my garbage disposal and let it rip for an hour, with a blast beat on top of it, and get the same result as music that has no melody," Dirge Within guitarist (and ex-Soil axe) Shaun Glass told Noisecreep, referring to heavy music that doesn't incorporate memorable melodies into the mix...

Dirge Within guitarist Shaun Glass has an extensive hard rock history. Having cut his teeth in the death metal band Broken Hope before moving on to the much more commercially accessible rock band Soil, from which he parted several years ago, Glass is doing his thing with his new band Dirge Within, who recently inked a deal with E1 Entertainment...