To put it mildly, Rivers of Nihil are a band who have intrigued me immensely since around the end of 2015. My old band opened for them in Niagara Falls in the midst of their Monarchy tour, and just seeing their musicianship and professionalism in action was enough to get me on board. They are […]

A few weeks ago, DragonForce posted that their drum tech, Joyzi, had started up a nu metal parody band called The Violent Inzident. DF shared the video for TVI’s song, “This Is Nu Metal”, and of course I thought to myself, I need to interview these guys immediately because this is fucking amazing. Never in […]

We’ve been chatting back and forth with Malcolm Pugh of The Artisan Era and Inferi for a few months now, picking his brain about all the cool stuff he’s been doing for extreme metal. In addition to his riff conjuring with Nashville, Tennessee melodic technical death metallers, Inferi, not to mention spearheading an entire record […]

Back in 2018, Buffalo, New York’s DAMAGES crept into the world to bring us some melodic death metal with a modern spin. This isn’t to say that they’re doing the ever popular metalcore sound of the 2020s and combining it with MDM, but more so, they are bending and breaking the original rules of the […]

Jesse Isadore is unquestionably my favorite harsh vocalist in the region for smaller bands. He’s a great dude all around and incredibly talented. Jesse is excellent in the studio in terms of creative layering. His range is unbelievable, which allows him to build a multitude of harsh vocal characters and layer several different pitches on […]

Sage Redgrave has been a good friend of mine since around 2018. We met at an Angel Vivaldi show in Rochester, New York. I’ve known OF him a lot longer than that, but I suppose that AV show was the beginning of OUR journey. Since then, I’ve supported his efforts playing guitar with Skinbound, The […]

Order of the Dead are: Joe Lionti – drums John Malone – bass Bill Lander – vocals Jody Roberts – guitars Keenan Chadwick – guitars If you went to any metal show in Rochester, NY with a national headliner between 2013 and 2018, you probably saw Order of the Dead live. For years, OOTD were […]

This is an interview I’ve been meaning to do for quite a while. I’ve known Vince since 2003, and what a crazy, albeit separate road we’ve both been on since then in this thing we call the WNY metal scene. Between guitar and drums, and from Dying Breed (metalcore), to Phaetasm (experiMETAL, metalcore), to It’s […]

For years now, I’ve been reviewing Diluted albums, having Zach on my podcast, and interviewing Zach for articles, both online and for these physical magazines. Dr. Coffey is a man I’m always enthusiastic to chat with, whether it’s about his hilariously outdated metalcore band (that is fucking incredible and nostalgic as all hell for me), […]