Thursday, May 17th, 2012
We caught up Hot Water Music bassist Jason Black for an exclusive interview on the eve of the release of the band's 8th studio album Exister, which hit streets Tuesday via Rise Records and marks the band's first new album in 8 years. Jason was kind enough to go in-depth for Blow The Scene readers around the world, discussing the creative and recording processes behind Exister, Hot Water Music's signing to Rise Records, tour plans, current influences, and much more. We were also on hand last night in Philadelphia, as Hot Water Music kicked ...
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Our Spotlight Series continues with a new exclusive stream and interview from an up-and-coming New Jersey band appropriately titled, Changes. Having seen a slew of member alterations and a constantly evolving style that incorporates several niches of rock and metal ranging from sludge to metallic hardcore, Changes unleash their latest EP Lost at Sea, in its entirety, exclusively for Blow The Scene readers today. We touch base with founding member and singer Shawn Zappo, as he goes in-depth describing the band's history, upcoming shows, surfing the NJ coast, and brings us up to speed on the band's plans for 2012. We've included several links for further investigation ...
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
If getting absolutely bludgeoned by unforgiving hardcore music is what gets your wheels turning, then we at Blow The Scene are sure you'll be up all night with the premiere of Ruckus's latest LP, Of Malice and Man, debuting exclusively below. The Harvcore Records crew has seen little sleep over the past couple of years, putting in motion some of the most brutal hardcore releases in the US, with Ruckus's latest offering being no exception.
First assembled in 2008, LA's Ruckus feature members of such scene mainstays as Nails and Twitching Tongues, but have carved their own path of sonic annihilation, having honed their ...
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
We are very excited to offer Blow The Scene readers around the world an exclusive track premiere from one our favorite bands and Sweden's leading practitioners of blistering d-beat infused metal, Wolfbrigade. Since their formation in 1995, the band has help to usher in a new generation of punk music worldwide. By combining the best elements of hardcore punk and death metal, Wolfbrigade have crafted a niche sound that is often emulated by peers, but as longtime fans are well aware- no band has been able to duplicate the authentic fury of these forebears.
With over a dozen influential releases on various labels throughout the world, Wolfbrigade ...
Monday, March 19th, 2012
We are very excited to offer Blow The Scene readers around the world an in-depth split interview with leading Belgium bands Rise and Fall and Oathbreaker as they prepare to embark on a European tour together. This special interview takes place on the eve of the release of Rise and Fall's latest full-length, Faith, which is being offered through Deathwish Inc and was recorded at God City Studios with renowned producer/engineer Kurt Ballou (Converge) last year. Today we are joined by Rise and Fall vocalist Bjorn Dossche and Oathbreaker drummer Ivo Debrabandere and ...
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Nails and Skin Like Iron Split Interview Special Feature
Interview by Joshua T. Cohen
We are very excited to offer Blow The Scene readers an exclusive split interview with Skin Like Iron and Nails, who recently joined forces to release one of the best split EPs of the year. Guitarist and vocalist of Skin Like Iron, Alex Capasso, along with vocalist and guitarist Todd Jones of Nails, give Blow The Scene readers the inside scoop on their recent self-released EP, discussing the history behind how the bands came to link up, offering insight into their perspective ...
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Camp Bisco Ten began for me at 6:30am Thursday July 7th, 2011. I awoke to a gorgeous sunrise over Mariaville Lake, which found its normally peaceful road activity saturated with bumper to bumper hardcore electronic and jam music fans. I stepped out of the cramped backseat of a Volvo to stretch and was met with the familiar greetings of what most of us within this particular music scene would call "family." Somehow hearing "Good Morning" from 20 different strangers within a half hour of waking up will always make for a great day, which I would find out, foreshadowed an even more amazing weekend.
As cars piled through the ...
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
“They’re All Saturdays”
The Lo-Pan Interview
By Andy McNeil
Sitting in a van adorned with bull horns in the shadow of the 31st Street Bridge in Pittsburgh, the members of Columbus hard-rock outfit Lo-Pan anticipate a barrage of ill-conceived questions, but almost immediately their ears perk up at the mention of their gear.
“We get a lot of really stupid questions,” says bassist Skot Thompson. “But we like to talk about our gear,” adds drummer Jesse Bartz, finishing his bandmate’s thought – a common occurrence after years together on the road.
The group’s jet-fighter loud equipment has become its own persona – a fifth member. Their new album, Salvador, released on May 24 ...
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Nearly a decade after Face to Face released Standards & Practices and How to Ruin Everything, the SoCal crew is back – a little grayer, a touch heavier but still having a blast. Trever Keith and company are set to release Laugh Now, Laugh Later on May 17 on People Like You Records, which he says “incorporates tiny elements from each of our previous records.”
Face to Face must have been bottling up energy for the past few ...
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Legendary Inglewood powerviolence band, Despise You, just dropped their first new release in over a decade this past Tuesday with East Coast grind veterans, Agoraphobic Nosebleed in the form of a devastating new split LP, And on and on... via Relapse Records. Blow The Scene reviewed the album in detail, which you can check out here. With one of the top grind/powerviolence releases of the 2000s, we are incredibly stoked to have caught up with vocalist Chris of Despise ...
Monday, April 11th, 2011
With over 15 years active, Sweden's d-beat practitioners Victims, is one of the most important punk bands in the world. Having maintained a prolific outpouring of material for well over a decade, the long-time three piece, recently added a second guitarist before recording their latest full-length, A Dissident, which drops tomorrow (4/12/11), via Tankcrimes, DeathwishInc, and La Familia Records. A Dissident hits in all the right spots, with tracks that range from punk-rock, gang-vocal-ridden anthems, to aggressive, d-beat masterpieces, and glimpses of old-school metal with blazing solos. It's only April, and we already have a definite contender for "Album of The Year." Blow The Scene Editor, ...
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
We know you're here for the pics, so I'll keep this brief.
Saturday, April 2, 2011, James and I zipped over to The Barbery, located at 951 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA to catch Nails, All Pigs Must Die, Wormrot (who got added to the bill last minute as the Philly Parking Authority jacked their van), New Lows, and Deathbeds.
I dig this spot. One of the few smaller venues in the city that does ...
Friday, March 18th, 2011
Obscura Interview
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
Metal intellectuals may want to bust out their philosophy text books before they listen to Omnivium, the latest effort from German death metal band Obscura. The album flies like a supped-up Benz on the Autobahnen – the ideal mix of speed and sophistication. Omnivium expands on the astrophysical themes from Cosmogensis all while melting your face like a collapsing quasar. BTS’s gargantuan Assistant Editor corresponded with the band’s vocalist and guitarist Steffen Kummerer through the wonders of cyberspace to bring you an in-depth look at this stellar new album. Omnivium drops on March 29, 2011 on ...
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Last week, Long Beach CA's snotty metallic-rockers, The Greenery, announced signing to Prosthetic Records as they track a new full-length record with Paul Minor at BuzzBomb studios. Their infectious blend of metallic punk-rock has drawn comparisons to Every Time I Die, The Bronx, and The Stitches. Blow The Scene's Joshua Cohen caught up with The Greenery guitarist Derek, as he discusses the writing process for the new record, equipment picks, life in Snoop's backyard, tour stories, and more in this in-depth interview exclusive.
Joshua BTS: Ahoy! Thank you for taking some time to answer a few questions for Blow The Scene readers around the World. ...
Monday, February 28th, 2011
New York based three-piece Grandfather, has been creating quite a buzz with their self-described "dynamic, intense and violently rhythmic psychedelic flavor of rock."
Many new listeners were turned on to the band when legendary producer Steve Albini, had this to say in a recent interview with GQ, "There was a band that came into the studio a while back called Grandfather. They were an art-rock band that organized the funding of their record through Kickstarter. They were really well rehearsed and came into the studio and knocked the record out in a couple of days... That's the kind ...
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
We recently caught up with One Win Choice founding member and vocalist Dan Kloza, as the band prepares to release their latest full-length, Conveyor, on March 1. One Win Choice has built a steady following of fans throughout the East Coast and in recent years, the world around with consistent touring both in the US and abroad. OWC play a fast-paced style of melodic-punk that is defined by energy and passion, much like fore-bearers Strike Anywhere and Boy Sets Fire, who had equal passion and drive for music ...
Monday, February 21st, 2011
We recently caught up with Cliff Wiener who co-operates 1981 Clothing with Alex Kenny as they prepare to launch some hot new items and are set to host a two day festival to celebrate hardcore music and a hardcore lifestyle May 13 and 14th. The festival titled “Bringing It Back For The Kids” will feature performances from some of the most intensely followed bands in hardcore today, including Terror, Stick To Your Guns and Casey Jones.
Wiener and Kenny founded 1981 Clothing in 2005 with the intention of making shirts as fun and unique as the individuals who comprise the world-wide hardcore community. ...
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Mesa, Arizona's hardcore quartet, Out For Revenge released their latest full-length Black Market Status, on Mikey Hood's legendary West Coast Worldwide Records in November of 2010 and have been received with open arms by hardcore fans and critics around the globe. StereoKiller.com named BMS the #3 User-Voted Album of 2010. Out For Revenge fuses a pummeling, double-bass ridden hardcore sound with socially conscious lyrics that saw guest appearances by the likes of Roger Miret (Agnostic Front), Mikey Hood (Hoods), Danny Northside (North Side Kings), and Eddie Dan (Beg for Life) accompanying vocalist Darin aka "Spyderdog" in the West Wordwide ...
We caught up Hot Water Music bassist Jason Black for an exclusive interview on the eve of the release of the band's 8th studio album Exister, which hit streets Tuesday via Rise Records and marks the band's first new album in 8 years. Jason was kind enough to go in-depth for Blow The Scene readers around the world, discussing the creative and recording processes behind Exister, Hot Water Music's signing to Rise Records, tour plans, current influences, and much more. We were also on hand last night in Philadelphia, as Hot Water Music kicked ...
Camp Bisco Ten began for me at 6:30am Thursday July 7th, 2011. I awoke to a gorgeous sunrise over Mariaville Lake, which found its normally peaceful road activity saturated with bumper to bumper hardcore electronic and jam music fans. I stepped out of the cramped backseat of a Volvo to stretch and was met with the familiar greetings of what most of us within this particular music scene would call "family." Somehow hearing "Good Morning" from 20 different strangers within a half hour of waking up will always make for a great day, which I would find out, foreshadowed an even more amazing weekend.
As cars piled through the ... 
We recently caught up with Cliff Wiener who co-operates 1981 Clothing with Alex Kenny as they prepare to launch some hot new items and are set to host a two day festival to celebrate hardcore music and a hardcore lifestyle May 13 and 14th. The festival titled “Bringing It Back For The Kids” will feature performances from some of the most intensely followed bands in hardcore today, including Terror, Stick To Your Guns and Casey Jones.
Wiener and Kenny founded 1981 Clothing in 2005 with the intention of making shirts as fun and unique as the individuals who comprise the world-wide hardcore community. ... 
Mesa, Arizona's hardcore quartet, Out For Revenge released their latest full-length Black Market Status, on