One of my favorite things to do now is chat with my longtime musician friends about all the exciting new things you can do with both hardware and software for both music and recording in 2022. STUDIO OF NERDS will now be my monthly shoutout to the people of the scene who just can’t stop […]

Red Letter have been making serious waves in the scene lately in the realm of modern metalcore. Fans of Architects’ heavier material and Monuments should especially appreciate this act. Red Letter are both catchy and ferocious, capturing both ends of the modern metal spectrum along with everything in between. Their latest singles, “Burn it Down” […]

Most people in the Rochester heavy music community know Big Pete. He does a parody band of the same name. He’s basically Rochester’s raunchier, heavier version of Weird Al. He’s also a hell of a content creator on YouTube and is one of the few people in the scene offering video album reviews to local […]

Wasted Space have been in this publication quite a bit over the past year and a half. They’re one of the more unique bands in the Buffalo extreme music scene, most closely resembling a fusion of the more melodic, ambient side of post hardcore (Glassjaw, Blindside), and the most aggressive end of that same spectrum […]

HUNTER VALENTINE – BLACKVENOM PROMOTIONS Hunter Valentine is the man behind BlackVenom Promotions, an entity dedicated to promoting underground extreme metal. He started up his business in Philadelphia a few years ago, then recently moved to the Buffalo, NY area. He’s currently setting up shop in Kenmore, NY and is on the verge of going […]

And in keeping with the spirit of interviewing someone’s other half, I decided to grab the other half of Shallow Teeth’s rhythm section for this segment. We first interviewed Joelle (drums @ Shallow Teeth) back in September of 2021 for our very first ALL-RHYTHM edition, and I felt it was time for us to catch […]

Amy Griffith (UltraViolet) Photo: CMG Photography* I’ve interviewed the guys from Inertia (Buffalo tech death) several times since they released Teratoma in 2018. Most recently in August of this year, I chatted with Inertia’s drummer, Doug Griffith Jr, about the band, gear preferences, music, and life in general. However, I’m embarrassed to say that it […]

Mary Fantrazzo (Loveboxx) Loveboxx first hopped on my radar over the summer when I interviewed their former bassist for our ALL-RHYTHM edition. This time around, I was curious to know what their vocalist, Mary Fantrazzo, had to say about the band’s cross-genre efforts in a scene filled with bands trying to satisfy one niche or […]

Makenzi Dickerman (Bound and Quartered) I normally don’t interview multiple people from the same band (unless I’m purposely interviewing full bands of course) but I cannot contain my excitement for the epic return of Southern Tier slammers, Bound and Quartered! They’re one of the heaviest, most exciting locals from Upstate New York I’ve heard in […]