Montreal’s Show of Bedlam sound like a mix of Neurosis, Oathbreaker, and Swans. Their sophomore album, Transfiguration, is full of odd sound clips, industrial influence, and extreme dissonance that add up to a [...]
Death on Fire is the product of one-man instrumentalist Tim Kenefic. Based out of Chicago, Kenefic is an extremely talented jack-of-all-trades musician who studied music at Indiana University and occasionally fills in [...]
Progressive metal, as it’s very name suggests, can and should be taken in any direction imaginable. While the overarching genre has stagnated to a point that there is a definitive “progressive” [...]
Buffalo, NY-based Bungler has recently finished up their exciting two month “West for the Winter” tour, showcasing a dynamic that gets you on your feet. Displaying an effective mingling of hardcore sounds in their [...]
Dying Whale rides between the steps of doom and the waves of panic with Last Moments of Misery. Released through Nefarious Industries, and produced/engineered by Lee Dyess (producer/engineer on From First to Last, [...]
Metal has had a bad run with hardcore. The early results of their union were perfectly acceptable. However, after that first wave of metallic hardcore, the style gained momentum too quickly resulting in a poppy, [...]
Shawn Bates has been an integral part of the Indianapolis music scene for the past seven years, fronting the hardcore band ASD and starting the independent record label Haunted Records. We were lucky enough to catch [...]
Extreme metal is about to be unleashed in the Indy scene thanks to Occult Deceiver, who will be releasing their first album, Dark Ritual. The band was founded in 2013 by Ty Winslow and Jeff Parks from the remains of [...]