It would undoubtedly piss off more than a few bands to see acts who are heavily influenced by the sound you helped pioneer, go on to become more known than you are.

A man, a woman, a guitar, a set of drums and a couple of melodies. Blood Red Shoes proved in 2008 it’s all you need to make a solid album.

Following up “Dirt Hearts” with their first full-length, SoCal’s Vultures United seem to have no problem whatsoever keeping things as intense throughout all of “Savages” as on their EP.

The Finnish dudes that make up HIM are back with another album filled with their lovemetal songs.

Following up the very weak album “Volatile”, A Hero A Fake is back with another attempt at sounding original, barely a year after the release of their debut.

Goddamn, that is some ugly artwork! Seriously, if this was a German powermetal band in the 80s, it would’ve been okay.

Wanna know what screamo really is? Check out Pianos Become The Teeth and compare it to whatever Hot Topic is offering up as flavour of the month. Big difference, no?

After holing up for a year to work on what would become the follow-up to 2007’s “Praenumbra”, these Seattle natives have now emerged from the shadows with “They Can’t Hurt You If You Don’t Believe