After Chimaira’s last album “The Age Of Hell”, there were a couple of personnel changes. Well, actually only frontman Mark Hunter remained.

I’ve always regarded Black Tusk as the ugly cousins of Baroness and Kylesa and on “Tend No Wounds”, the band’s new 6-song EP, they live up to that reputation.

Opener “Creeper” takes about 40 seconds to get you hooked.

Named after one of the leads in the Fast & Furious franchise, Drug Church’s album is indeed… wait for it… fast & furious. Well, furious at least. Fast not so much to be honest.

“Eyes All Around”, Midday Veil’s first full-length, got good reviews on a number of blogs. But it’s the band’s improvised cassette releases that got them more attention.

These Hearts is back with a new album called “Yours To Take” and it is filled with the same über-poppy choruses and ultra-heavy breakdowns that could already be heard on the band’s previous release

Based on the fact that Sharks played with Gallows and Fucked Up, you might be led to believe they belong in the punk/hardcore scene.

Alabama’s Man Or Astro-Man?

With a name that’s pretty much ungoogleable (is that a word?), Crimes is a new band boasting former members of PunkRockTheory favorites Static Radio NJ and current members of Rescuer and Fierce Bro

Apparently “The Upsides” and “Suburbia : I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing” were the first two installments of a trilogy, of which “The Greatest Generation” is now the closing piece.