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Album Review: Various Artists –‘Punk Goes Acoustic Vol. 3’

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The latest in the coveted Punk Goes series is here, and this time, the theme is acoustic. Starting in year 2000, the recurring series is a favorite with die-hard fans. The latest album was released last month via Fearless Records.

So far, the 18 volumes of the series include Punk Goes Pop, Vol. 1-7, Punk Goes Classic Rock, Punk Goes 80s, PunkGoes 90s, Vol. 1-2, Punk Goes X, Punk Goes Crunk, Punk Goes Acoustic Vol, 1-2, and Punk Goes Christmas.

PunkGoes Acoustic, Vol. 3. is the 19th installment, and features songs from Mayday Parade, Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, Set It Off, Grayscale, Circa Survive, and more. Those who want to hear the softer, more toned-down, but also more layered side of music should definitely check this out.

Purchase the album here. 

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Album Review: Wage War – Pressure

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It would seem Fearless Records is having some kind of effect on Wage War in their progression, because the sound of Pressure feels more at home with their label’s roster than Deadweight did two years prior.

Melody and clean vocals have taken a large step forward over breakdowns and screams, making for a more approachable metalcore collection. The heavier stuff is still there, but in smaller doses. Luckily for the band, this shift in balance works quite well, as long as you don’t have something against melody (and surely there will be fans who will gripe about it).

“Grave” is the first standout track, its verses bleeding attitude and its chorus boasting a contagious set of group vocals to get you singing along. Both “Me Against Myself” and “Will We Ever Learn” take that smoothness to another level with structures and harmonies that could land the band on mainstream radio, while “Forget My Name” attempts the same for the hard rock generation without Linkin Park’s Meteora in their blood.

Lastly, the heaviest moments of the record fall upon “Low” and “Fury,” both outstanding examples of the band’s growth since the writing of Deadweight; they’ve got the brutal moments down, while turning Wage War up to 10 in the process.

Compared to their last release, Pressure is a more memorable and impressionable record. Though there will be fans that dislike the focus shift in singing over screaming (and melodies over breakdowns), the transition sounds natural and almost necessary. Whatever your preference, it will hard to deny that the band has enhanced their skills since Deadweight, and that’s what’s really important here.

Purchase this album here.

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Album Review: Locket – All Out

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Though not overly memorable or pulsing with energy, Locket do show a depth and array of skills on their Fearless debut. Shortly after solidifying their lineup, the band used 2018 to write and record without time constraint. Their singles for All Out—“Out of Sight,” “Other People,” and “Sleepwalker”—quickly tallied a respective number of streams, getting the word out. Not only did those songs put the band on people’s radars, they also featured some of the album’s best moments.

“Out of Sight” has a pounding line that comes to near breaking point in the song’s final seconds (“Is anybody loving us back?”), while both “Other People” and “Sleepwalker” become emotionally explosive in their choruses (following the slow build in their verses).

As for the rest of All Out, “First Blush” is propelled by steady, soothing melodies; “Sunshower” grinds wonderfully with its elements of gritty rock, and “All Out” is cemented by its ghostly group vocals that show up around the halfway mark.

Where Locket lack in consistent energy, they make up for in vulnerability and writing. All Out could have been better with another injection of power, but it’s still a thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing ride.

Purchase the album here.

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News: August Burns Red Announce New Album and Spring Tour with Killswitch Engage

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Metalcore group August Burns Red have announced the release of a new record titled Guardians, scheduled to drop April 3 via Fearless Records.  In support of the album, they have joined up with heavy metal greats Killswitch Engage for a spring tour.

August Burns Red have been in the trenches for going on 17 years and have carved out a name for themselves as a technical and proficient band.  In the same fashion, they released a video for their single  “Defender” from the new record. 

In addition to a North American tour kicking off March 10, August Burns Red will embark on an international tour beginning June 6.  Supporting August Burns Red and Killswitch Engage will be Light The Torch. Among many other great European festivals on the tour slate, the band will be playing Hellfest, easily the biggest European metal festival, next to Wacken Open Air.

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Check tour dates here.

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News: August Burns Red Drop New Song “Paramount”

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Two-time Grammy Award-nominated, Pennsylvania quintet August Burns Red are gearing up to release their eighth studio album (not including their holiday release). The album, titled Guardians, will release on April 3 via Fearless Records, and they have already revealed three smashing singles off the record.

“Paramount” is the freshest offering from Guardians and hits with an insane amount of classic, ABR technicality, uncompromising breakdowns, and is very melodically driven.

“‘Paramount’ is one of my favorite songs from Guardians,” says Brubaker. “It has that classic, ABR sound with a bunch of tempo changes and different time signatures. But there’s a recurring melody that glues the whole song together. I think this is a song that longtime fans of the band are going to love.”

With that being said, “Paramount” is arguably the most powerful single that has been released yet. However, all three singles combined certainly build a lot of anticipation for this to be another extraordinary extension of one the most consistent bands within the metalcore field.

Guardians Track Listing:

1. The Narrative
2. Bones
3. Paramount
4. Defender
5. Lighthouse
6. Dismembered Memory
7. Ties That Bind
8. Bloodletter
9. Extinct by Instinct
10. Empty Heaven
11. Three Fountains

Pre-order Guardians here.

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News: August Burns Red Drop NOFX Cover

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August Burns Red just freaked out the internet in a good way by covering NOFX’s classic “Linoleum” along with Silverstein’s Shane Told.

“ABR covered ‘Linoleum’ by NOFX on a 7″ we did in 2009,” says Brubaker. “We busted it out on tour periodically over the years. This past summer, while touring with Silverstein, we played it semi-regularly with Shane Told handling the vocals. While we were all stuck at home in isolation, we thought it would be fun to put together a quarantine version of ‘Linoleum’ that featured Shane.

“We each recorded our own parts at home, and our sound engineer Chris Pollock mixed the audio together. Then, we had our touring photographer Ray Duker edit all the videos together. This was a fun project for us to put together, and we hope you enjoy it.”

ABR’s latest full-length, Guardians, is out now through Fearless Records. C. Silverstein released their brand new album A Beautiful Place to Drown on March 6 via UNFD.

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Album Review: Movements – No Good Left To Give

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On their new record No Good Left To Give—which is their sophomore full-length album and drops via Fearless Records on September 18—the California post-hardcore band Movements have captured a stirring musical look into precarious sides of everyday emotion. 

Lyrically speaking, the group deal with themes from relationship turmoil to mental health struggles, and, on the sonically bright “Santiago Peak,” there’s even a sort of love letter to California. Yet, it’s not just the lyrics that communicate the emotional exploration in the band’s latest effort. The softly persistent indie rock/ post-hardcore instrumentation also feels, on its own, like stepping out on a (metaphorical) limb, with the band’s consistently strong songwriting as something like a slight stabilizer for the journey.

The dynamic melodies (which are built via rather traditional-sounding rock/ post-hardcore instrumentation) sound emotionally wavering yet persistent, like a flashlight journey out into some nighttime forest.

It’s clear by the album’s opening track, “In My Blood,” that Movements have captured something special. The song’s wistful riffs build into a more intricately propulsive set of emotional crescendos, and the music feels like it captures moments when palpable tension rises in one’s chest. In the real world, those moments could be fleeting, but Movements have aptly captured an illuminating exploration of these emotional corners.

On “Skin To Skin,” which immediately follows the album opener, Movements kick into a slightly more intense gear. Vocalist Patrick Miranda (who’s always powerful) smoothly increases the tension in his singing, and the rich and consistently propulsive instrumentation alongside his vocals delivers a cohesive sense of growing anticipation.

On follow-up track “Don’t Give Up Your Ghost,” Movements keep the emotionally powerful rock crescendos coming. Bright, attention-grabbing flashes of substantive but breathable guitar riffing flow alongside perfectly grounding bass lines and hopscotching drum rhythms.

Movements sound like experts with wielding dynamic swings within their sonic palette to communicate deeply moving emotional richness within their musical outpourings. On “Tunnel Vision,” Miranda moves smoothly from gently contemplative singing into bursts of roaring emotion during the chorus, when he sings, “Send my illness/ Into the trenches/ Desperate to end this/ Tunnel vision.” By the refrain, “This tunnel vision has been clouding my eyes,” Miranda is even louder.

Placed alongside the band members’ own journeys of growing up with the band (Miranda is currently in his mid-20s, for instance), No Good Left To Give sounds like a powerful musical reckoning with falling into the travails of that stage of adulthood in which you might be on your own.

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News: Underoath Announce New Album, ‘Voyeurist,’ Share New Single, ‘Hallelujah’

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Underoath have announced their highly anticipated, seventh album, Voyuerist, set for a January 14 release via Fearless Records. Fans don’t have to wait for a new taste, however, with the band’s release of the new track, “Hallelujah.”

The track is the second single from the upcoming album, boasting an addictive hook over chaotic guitars and soaring synthesizers.

Underoath guitarist Tim McTague chats more about the new track:

“I think the song is one of the more powerful songs on the album for a myriad of reasons, but sharing a night of beers and stories with a handful of the people you love, unpacking a ton of heady concepts and recording a choir really put an exclamation point on the song for me. It’s dark, beautiful, haunting and heavy all at the same time. That’s what Underoath does best in my opinion.”

The band refers to the new album as “high-def violence,” technology advanced but undeniably visceral. It’s available for preorder now here.

Watch the visualizer for the new single “Hallelujah” here:

For more from Underoath, find them on Facebook, Instagram, and their official website.

Photo courtesy of Underoath.

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News: Underoath Unleash New Single, ‘Numb’, New Album Out In January 2022

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Underoath have unleashed “Numb,” the latest single from the band’s upcoming album Voyeurist, out January 14 on Fearless Records. The new song builds on the wave of excitement created by the band’s recent “Digital Ghost” livestream concert, which gave fans a taste of the stunning visuals and high-octane live performance they can expect from the Voyeurist-era of the group.

With “Numb,” the band have revisited their legendary ability to write crushingly heavy post-hardcore that seamlessly blends catchy melodic hooks with caustic instrumental parts. The result is a compelling mixture of aggression and beauty, with a huge chorus that highlights the soaring vocal abilities of singer/drummer Aaron Gillespie. The band continue to experiment with electronic textures and sampling, adding lush layers to the song that pull the listener into an atmospheric soundscape.

Speaking on how “Numb” revisits the classic strengths of the group, guitarist Tim McTague explains: “‘Numb’ feels like a classic They’re Only Chasing Safety song done with adult minds and ideas. It’s the only chorus on the whole album that is just Aaron singing, which was a massive part of our DNA as a band in the beginning. It’s rad to hear it come full circle.”

Voyeurist marks the first time in Underoath’s storied career that they took the recording process completely into their own hands. The result is the most collaborative album of Underoath’s career and, anchored in a profound respect for each other, one that left no stone unturned creatively.

The band refer to Voyeurist as “high-def violence”—technologically advanced, but undeniably visceral. Conceptually, Voyeurist has several interrelated meanings, each tying back to the concepts of how we curate ourselves through social media and how that facade masks a lot of what we actually experience in life. The album is a cohesive listening experience with enough layers to provide fans with a fresh take and new favorite track on every spin.

Voyeurist is available for preorder now, including a deluxe, animated vinyl that features a plastic o-card sleeve that activates playback of the jacket’s interlaced video imagery.

Voyeurist Tracklist:

1. Damn Excuses
2. Hallelujah
3. I’m Pretty Sure I’m Out of Luck and Have No Friends
4. Cycle ft. Ghostemane
5. Thorn
6. (No Oasis)
7. Take A Breath
8. We’re All Gonna Die
9. Numb
10. Pneumonia

Preorder Voyeurist here.
For Underoath merch and upcoming tour dates, click here.

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Album Review: As It Is – I WENT TO HELL AND BACK

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Pop-punk band As It Is have released their new record, I WENT TO HELL AND BACK, via Fearless Records.

The record features leading single, “I MISS 2003,” a pop-punk nostalgic track that is geared towards a relatable audience.

“IDGAF” shines a light on the band’s ability to create catchy melodies and puts a heavy push on fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, featured in the song’s chorus.

“I LIE TO ME” features the same format as the previous track, with a descending staircase feeling of hooks tied into the chorus and verses.

Farther down the record is “I’D RATHER DIE” emphasizing the band’s pop-side. Vocals are relaxed alongside a stagnant melody.

Unison claps introduces “I’M SICK AND TIRED” the track fits the mold of the record, playing into angst, raw energy fills listeners ears and plays with screaming vocals and accents the song.

“I HATE ME TOO” is a powerhouse of a track, it indicates that their in-tune with their genre and modernizing it.

Fast-paced track “I’M GONE” give fans a taste of familiarity, it comes barreling in leaving listeners breathless, wanting more of this sound.

The record ends on title track “I WENT TO HELL AND BACK,” its introduction soft and keeping steady, it adds an easy listening dynamic to the record, leaving for a light ending to a bold record.

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