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Massachusetts-based post-hardcore/post-metal stalwarts Cave In are not only back, but unleashing their previously limited-released, vinyl-only comeback EP on CD along with a bonus DVD. Entitled 'Planets of Old,' the four-song offering houses Cave In's first new material in years, while the 12-track DVD showcases clips from the band's first reunion show in Allston, Mass...

Just a year ago Trap Them released 'Seizures in Barren Praise' and shook up the lives of hardcore and grindcore lovers all over the universe. Like the three other road-crazed bands Trap Them played with at The Crazy Donkey Nov. 3 -- Toxic Holocaust, Skeletonwitch and Black Dahlia Murder -- they are always on tour, too...

"Five minutes," A man yells from stage to the crowd filling the bar and halls of Atlanta's Masquerade on Oct. 7. Earlier in the year, this same venue hosted the Scion Rock Fest, which boasted one of those sludgiest and numbingly unforgiving metal festivals to ever happen in the U...

Most critics and metal fans agree that many of today's metalcore bands were undoubtedly influenced by a handful of albums that reared their heads in the late '90s and early '00s. They are as follows: Converge's 'Petitioning the Empty Sky'; Dillinger Escape Plan's 'Calculating Infinity'; Shai Hulud's 'Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion'; Cave In's 'Until Your Heart Stops'; and Poison th

On hiatus since 2006, Boston's revered hardcore-turned-experimental metal outfit Cave In have recently reunited to play two free Scion-sponsored shows in Los Angeles and Atlanta with Coalesce. But right on the heels of their first warm-up show in Allston, Mas...

It's like a late '90s hardcore redux with Coalesce and Cave In sharing bills again. Recently announced under the banner of the Scion Metal Show, both bands will be playing free shows in Atlanta and Los Angeles on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, respectively...

"It's a collaborative record," Converge frontman Jake Bannon told Noisecreep about his band's forthcoming effort, 'Axe to Fall.' "There were a lot of people involved, and it's not just a four-piece band record. We have a diverse group of friends who worked with us on the record...

This morning, when I woke up at 6 AM to start writing this very column, it was still dark. The sun hadn't even started peaking out over the horizon, and all you could hear was the sound of garbage trucks crawling through my neighborhood and collecting everyone's recyclables...

The tides where changing in hardcore in the late '90s -- a new sound was emerging, one of chaos with metal in its veins. This change in hardcore is where bands like Cave In, Coalesce, Botch and Dillinger Escape Plan forced themselves into existence and led many hardcore kids to dump their basketball jerseys and Jnco parachute shorts for more fitting clothes, and, in some cases, grab the pomade...

Don't be surprised to see less and less of Doomriders in the future, because Cave In -- drummer J.R. Conners' primary band -- have recently ended a three-year hiatus and are planning to record and tour. Not to mention Doomriders frontman Nate Newton's primary band, Converge, has a new record coming out as well...