As anyone who grew up listening to heavy music knows, the blending of hardcore, punk, and metal’s a common enough thing. It happens. Not a big deal. When bands combine those elements it can be transcendental (see Converge, Kylesa, Disfear, Nails, Black Breath, Coalesce), slickly ho-hum (lots of metalcore), or too often blandly pathetic (why [...]
Stereogum — As anyone who grew up listening to heavy music knows, the blending of hardcore, punk, and metal’s a common enough thing. It happens. Not a big deal. When bands combine ... more info