Back for the first time since 2014’s Until We Meet EP, Black Dawn have returned with On Blackened Wings, and this five-track EP isn’t only a strong continuation of their previous work but also a nod to bands that have come before them.  “Help Me” kicks it off with killer riffs pounds...

Caleb Johnson is back and sounds as phenomenal as ever on his second album Born From Southern Ground. This album blew me away from start to finish as Johnson has one of the best voices for rock and roll but shows just how versatile he can really be on this album. It’s apparent that he has...

Often times a third record is what makes a band. The first two are important but the third is where we see how the band has grown and if they have what it takes to make the leap from opener to headline status.  With Beasto Blanco’s third offering- We Are– they’ve done just that and...

A band’s debut album is more important than a lot of people realize. Not only does it set the stage for the rest of their career, but it’s the telling point for whether fans will want to come to the shows and, if a band doesn’t have a strong debut record, there’s zero chance fans will...

Shallow Side set the rock world on fire a few years back with their cover of Styx’ “Renegade,” which set the stage for their first full length- Origins, which just released last year. Fast forward just eight months and they’re back again with Saints & Sinners. Normally, when a...

It’s been over three years since Dream Theater’s last release: the highly divisive and sprawling The Astonishing. Fans have been desperate for some classic Dream Theater since that album came out. For this record, the band secluded themselves in a studio in New York to write and record....

While She Sleeps is a metalcore band from the UK that has started to break into the scene over the last three to four years. The band has been around since 2006 and is preparing to release their fourth full length studio album So What? One of the highlights of So What? comes at the very end of...

I Prevail exploded out of nowhere a few years ago with a blistering cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space,” but they also set out to prove that they’re much more than just a Tswifty cover band. When they released their debut record- Lifelines they did exactly that and there was no...

Rising rock heavyweights Silvertung are back again with their latest offering in But at What Cost??! and it’s one that’s guaranteed to take them from the ranks of upcoming bands to rock giants. Getting things off right is “Dodging Bullets,” which hypnotizes you with this authority and...

Jinjer is an Ukranian metalcore outfit that has gained more and more popularity over the last half-decade or so. The band has released three full-length albums and the Micro EP is intended to tide fans over until they can finish work on their highly-anticipated fourth studio record. Micro is a...

King 810 have returned with their third full-length studio album in early 2019, Suicide King. This album sees the band as a two-piece after guitarists Jason Hale and Andrew Beal and drummer Jason Workman left the group rather unceremoniously. Those departures leave only vocalist David Gunn and...

When a band catches fire, they either keep the momentum going and continue to rise or they fizzle out and the latter seems to happen a lot when a local band is on the cusp of something big. This isn’t the case with Washington, Ind.’s Everyday Losers, who consistently go further with each...

One thing about Tobymac is that he never makes the same record twice- Momentum, Welcome to Diverse City, Portable Sounds, Tonight, Eye on It and This is Not a Test all featured different styles and sounds and, love it or hate it, he’s always kept current with what’s popular. His latest...

There is no denying that Unearth’s 2014 release Watchers of Rule was an absolute banger of an album. However, frontman Trevor Phipps said that he thought the songs off that album didn’t have the intended impact on their live audiences. Fans had to wait four years, but the pioneers of...

All That Remains are getting ready to release their 9th studio album Victim of the New Disease. 2017’s Madness was a little more on the softer side give or take a few songs so diving into this new album I was blown away at how heavy it is from start to finish. There are a few slower...