rise and fall

It's a rare pleasure when the Hope Conspiracy hit the road, and the decade-old group of Boston boys have a solid offering of dates in the coming weeks. Currently in Europe, the band returns to the States Jan. 15 with its only East Coast date in New York City at the Cake Shop...

The folks at Deathwish Inc. have just released 'Our Circle Is Vicious,' the newest album from Rise and Fall. The Belgian band is one of Europe's biggest hardcore acts, but their newer material crosses more into the metal side of their sound...

Sinister hardcore isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Belgium, but don't tell that to Bjorn Dossche. The singer fronts Rise and Fall, a four-piece annihilation machine that has just released a contender for hardcore album of the year...

Any remnants of summer have come to pass as fall is in the air and the cold sets in. Nevertheless, the metal still forges on. This month, tons of new releases are coming in from familiar favorites such as Lita Ford, Powerman 5000 and Pearl Jam...

Converge used their just-wrapped one week club tour to preview some new material from their forthcoming record. Their one-hour set at Europa Night Club in Brooklyn, New York proved that even as they close in on 20 years as a band, they've lost nothing in intensity, tearing through standards like "The Saddest Day" and "Plagues" as if trying to avoid being shown up by openers Gen