After an eight-year absence, Krazy Fest, the Southeast's premiere punk and hardcore festival, has been resurrected. Performers will include Krazy Fest alumni Hot Water Music, Hot Rod Circuit, Bane, Cave In, and Bouncing Souls. The festival also welcomes scene veterans Against Me...
Sure, 2010 was the year of metal dreams come true -- especially the Big Four (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) burying all their weapons to tour overseas this year -- but what we're looking forward to is that tour finally hitting the States in 2011...
In 1998 it began with 'The Mosquito Control' EP, embossed with a metallic insect that became the seal of the quintet and containing what for most became the first listens of a spacious yet destructive sound -- which became the pin pointed definition of post-metal...
Megadeth will be playing 'Rust in Peace' in its entirety on their upcoming tour, the same one in which Testament will be performing their debut album, 'The Legacy.' With their latest EP, 'Planets of Old,' just released on CD, would post-hardcore quartet Cave In follow suit and perform a classic album like 'Until Your Heart Stops' in full...
On Jan. 25, Cave In will release their first CD in four years, as the vinyl-only EP they issued earlier this year, 'Planets of Old,' will be packaged along with a DVD of their June 2009 reunion show. Singer Stephen Brodsky is happy that it's coming out on another format, even though that wasn't the original plan...
This past November, the multi-coastal -- and multi-country -- band Narrows pulled off their first East Coast tour, with a few Southern dips in the route, that many (including members of the band) thought was never going happen due to the battles with schedules and the miles that separate members of the hardcore supergroup that features members of Botch, Unbroken, These Arms Are Snakes and Tropics
Cave In and Converge share more than just the first letter of their name and a connection to the New England hardcore scene. In fact, Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky once filled in as Converge's touring bassist, and Converge drummer drummer Ben Koller has played in both bands...