Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Finnish grindcore champs, Rotten Sound recently leveled Philly’s Barbary venue with comrades in Hellshock, Kromosom, Nomade and Wake with Blow The Scene on hand to deliver a dense set of photos for your viewing pleasure.
Rotten Sound frontman Keijo Niinimaa spent the better part of 2012 as fill-in singer for the late Mieszko Talarczyk of Nasum during the band’s farewell tour before recording and releasing a new EP on Relapse Records, Species At War in January, which we featured in our New Music Now column. Rotten Sound have taken grindcore to the heights ...
Sunday, June 16th, 2013
In conjunction with our forthcoming Blow The Scene Fest 2013: Artists For Animals on June 29, 2013 at The Broad St. Ministry in Philadelphia, the Homeward Bound: A Benefit for PAWS art show launched in May at Philly's top vegan eatery and coffee bar, Grindcore House. Curated by Philadelphia Art Professor Ryann Casey, the art show features artwork of various mediums donated by over 50 artists from around the world with the proceeds of all sales being presented to P.A.W.S (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society).
We caught up with Homeward Bound: A Benefit for PAWS on opening ...
Saturday, June 15th, 2013
Maryland rock titans Clutch along with The Sword and Lionize recently ripped through Philadelphia's Electric Factory with Blow The Scene on hand hand to capture dense galleries of all the participating bands.
It's been quite year for Clutch with release of latest studio effort, Earth Rocker. The album was released March 19th via Clutch's own label imprint Weathermaker Music and entered the Billboard Top 200 chart at #15 achieving the band's highest chart position to date. Frontman Neil Fallon will also be featured on VH1 Classic's That Metal Show on July 13th before the band heads over to Europe. On this particular evening, fans ...
Saturday, June 8th, 2013
Baroness recently made their first pass through Philly as a full band since having plummeted along with their tour bus, 30-feet from an viaduct into a ravine in Bath, England last August. The harrowing incident leaving all 4 members, and 9 people in total, with varying degrees of serious injuries. The event just following the release of critically acclaimed album Yellow & Green, which hit streets via Relapse Records last May to rave reviews from Spin, Rolling Stone, and an overwhelming amount of media outlets. We caught up with founder and frontman/guitarist John Dyer Baizley last Spring just ...
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Math-infused, prog-metal practitioners The Dillinger Escape Plan recently lit up Philly's Union Transfer venue with a raucous hometown bill featuring Atlanta rock titans, Royal Thunder. Faceless was also scheduled to perform but having reduced their tour van to ash a few states away, the band was forced to drop from the show. Being DEP's home turf, bodies filed in to UT undaunted by the last-minute change in billing.
Up first was Royal Thunder, and if you are no stranger to this mag, then you know full well our love for this band. Through near relentless touring, Royal Thunder has emerged a ...
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
We are very pleased to offer Blow The Scene readers around the world an in-depth and exclusive interview with front-woman/ guitarist Laura Pleasants of Southern sludge-metal titans, Kylesa.
With less than one week since Kylesa released Ultraviolet on Season Of Mist, it's sixth studio album to date, Pleasants is kind enough to to share insight into the writing and recording processes behind the new record. Pleasants gives a detailed look into her personal demoing phase all the way through studio tracking at The Jam Room with guitarist/engineer Philip Cope, she shares new equipment picks, long term goals for the band, and ...
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Enjoy an exclusive photo review of Zozobra, Kowloon Walled City, and Sadgiqacea as this rock trifecta recently crusied through The Barbary in Philly's Northern Liberties neighborhood, presented by Brutal Panda Records and Invisible Oranges.
Sadgiqacea (pronounced sad-juh-kay-sha) kicked off the evening with their patented blend of dense, psychedelic-influenced metal that has seen comparisons to Neurosis and Intronaut, as the duo supports a critically acclaimed debut album, False Prism, available now via Candlelight in CD format with Anthropic Records handling the limited vinyl distro.
San Francisco's Kowloon Walled City, made this tour run its first set of East Coast appearances since the release of ...
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Philly's TLA recently played host to an eclectic tour package featuring Japan rock outfit Boris with special guests Young Widows and Stephen Brodsky of Cave In performing solo. Blow The Scene's Dante Torrieri and Jon Van Dine were both on hand to deliver an amazing double gallery special feature for your viewing pleasure!
Best known as the vocalist and guitar player of Cave In, Stephen Brodsky hit the stage and delivered a solo performance that took many by surprise. With a musical approach far removed from his work with Cave In, Brodsky recently teamed up with Little Black Cloud Records ...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Enjoy a new exclusive interview with Philly's modern hardcore mainstays, Paint It Black, as vocalist Dan Yemin and bassist Andy Nelson sound off and go in-depth on the making of the band's latest EP, Invisible, which hit streets via No Idea Records in March and was recorded by renowned engineer Will Yip at Studio 4. With members involved in various projects that often spread Paint It Black throughout different states and continents, Dan sets the record straight on PIB's current happenings, working with different studios, the band's writing processes, and what we can expect in the coming ...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Today we are very excited to offer Blow The Scene readers around the world an exclusive song premiere from Finland's heavy handed d-beat practitioners, Unkind- Enjoy the title track "Pelon Juuret" taken from Unkind's forthcoming 2nd LP for Relapse Records, which will hit streets in North America on July 9th.
With a relentless d-beat drum attack, screaming note bends, and throat-shredding vocals, this track should melt your speakers played at appropriate volumes. Fans of Martyrdöd, Wolfbrigade, and Tragedy should find a lot to love here. The band has a strong grasp of atmospheric layering and placing meaty distortions on top of one another to create an apocalyptic sound. The ...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Our Philly House Shows column returns with a feature direct from The Farm in West Philly as Wilmington, NC's brutal practitioners of bottom-heavy d-beat punk, No Tomorrow recently unleashed a mean set supported by Plague Dogs, Repellers, and Alement. Like many classic West Philly basements, The Farm comes complete with makeshift bar with a steady stream of golden ambrosia for the 21-plusers, with just a enough floorspace for the eager masses to let loose. Always a major plus- Black Orchid Foods was on hand to deliver some radically healthy home-cooked food for a more than reasonable donation. Just another touch ...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Tempe, AZ's Marquee Theatre recently played host to an eclectic gathering of rock talents as Black Lips hit town with support from local acts Andrew Jackson Jihad, Destruction Unit, and Freaks Of Nature.
Despite their relatively young age, Athens, GA's Black Lips have a resume that reads likes a modern rock 'n' roll saga. Shortly after the formation of the band, founding members Alexander and Swilley were expelled from high-school during their senior in year in 1999, just following the infamous Columbine shootings. "They just figured we were up to some sort of subculture danger and didn’t want to take any chances, ...
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Enjoy a new exclusive interview with Skeletonwitch bassist Evan Linger and guitarist Scott Hedrick direct from GodCity Studios as the band recently wrapped up recording sessions with renowned engineer and producer Kurt Ballou (Converge). Evan and Scott were kind enough to go in-depth on the writing and record processes behing their forthcoming LP for Prosthetic Records. Evan and Scott also touch on the band's touring philosophy, how these current recording sessions compare to prior releases, upcoming plans, and much more in this exclusive interview.
Without further ado, let's hear from Scott and Evan.
Joshua BTS: First and foremost, thank you very much for taking a few minutes with ...
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Orange Goblin, ASG, and KEN Mode recently tore through Philly’s North Star venue as part of Orange Goblin’s lengthy North American Tour. There was a little confusion at the door, so unfortunately we missed the first three bands and picked up as KEN Mode hit the stage with a burst of energy.
Already a contender for our Top Lists of 2013, Canadian rock band KEN Mode are supporting their fifth studio album, Entrench, which hit streets in March via Season of Mist. SputnikMusic.com hailed this latest effort stating, "..the album as a whole makes for an unnerving, yet oddly rewarding experience which needs to ...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Old-school thrash and hardcore reigned supreme as mainstays Suicidal Tendencies, Sick Of It All, DRI, and Waking the Dead stormed Philly’s Electric Factory venue with the Slam City Tour.
Hailing from Amsterdam, Waking the Dead set the evening in motion with their blend of thrashy hardcore and metal as the band continues to support a handful of releases on Dead Area Records. D.R.I. hit the stage next with their usual lewd humor and snarky cynicism that helped to pick up the energy of the evening. Still chock full of attitude now 30+ years active, the band fired off a wide cut of track selections that saw longtime fans mouthing every word. Despite ...
Monday, May 6th, 2013
The annual celebration of all things metal, The Metal Alliance Tour, hit Philly for the first time in its 3-year history with a sold out TLA crowd more than ready for Anthrax, Exodus, Municipal Waste, Shadows Fall, and Holy Grail.
We were bummed to have missed the openers, Holy Grail, who are supporting a ripping new effort on Prosthetic Records. If you’ve never checked out these Judas Priest riff-worshipers, Holy Grail just dropped a new music video for the title track, "Ride The Void," from their current LP. We got inside just in time for Shadows Fall who continue to support ...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
The metal and thrash Gods once again smiled on Philly as ABSU, Vektor, and Pissgrave tore The Millcreek Tavern venue a new one earlier this month.
Pissgrave started the night with their infectious blend of blackened thrash as this band just keeps getting better. Pissgrave welcomed a second guitarist since we last covered them, as well as, the new implementation of death boxes on the vocals. We approve. Both nice touches. Pissgrave is turning a lot heads and generating a solid buzz in the area and we must agree, it's for good reason.
It was great to see the boys in Vektor back at the top of their game after a barrage of ...
Monday, April 29th, 2013
The Joy Formidable brought their massive sound and incredibly energetic show to Union Transfer along with the bands Blood Red Shoes and You Won't, both of which are two-piece bands. The UK rock band's headlining tour is in support of their most recent critically acclaimed full-length titled Wolf's Law which was released this past January on Atlantic Records. It's a follow up to their incredibly dynamic debut-record "The Big Roar", which was released exactly two years prior.
The night started off with the Cambridge, Massachusetts based low-fi/folk rock band You Won't. While only comprised of two members, their songs featured more instrumentation than most. Drummer, Raky Sastri, ...
Saturday, April 27th, 2013
One of the most unique and compelling tours of the Spring season featuring The World Inferno Friendship Society, Rasputina, and Stolen Babies recently plowed through Philly’s Union Transfer for a packed house.
Stolen Babies set the night in motion and proceeded to rally the crowd into an uproar, many fans came prepared with different trinkets to throw around including balloons, confetti, and poppers establishing an upbeat tone to start the evening. This multi-membered circus of dark-styled cabaret featuring ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Gil Sharone, fired off a fierce set and won over a crowd widely unfamiliar with ...
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Reunited East Coast punk rock mainstays, Plow United, recently hosted their Philadelphia Record Release show at The Barbary with The Holy Mess, NONA, and Ma Jolie in tow.
Plow United are supporting their first new studio offering in 14 years, Marching Band, with a fresh batch of songs directly responding to the frenetic energy that resurfaced when Plow United took to a stage again in 2011. We had the pleasure of catching the band on Riot Fest during these reunion shows, with exclusive photo galleries that can be viewed HERE.
Marching Band has been received with open arms by ...
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
New York City street punks The Casualties, who are touring in support of their ninth studio album, Resistance, recently blasted through Philly with an intimate showcase at O'Reilly's. Presented by Philly Hardcore Shows with local punk mainstays Bucket Flush, Reading PA's Common Enemy, and newcomers Barbaric. Not to mention this was Tribe Thirteen's 20 Year Anniversary Show.
The Casualties debuted a new video for the song "My Blood. My Life. Always Forward" in March, directed by Lewis Smithingham (Exmortus, A Global Threat) that can be viewed below.
The band is currently headlining a cross-Canadian tour ...
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Carrying the torch through its sixth year of rich folk tradition The Revival Tour 2013 recently hit Philly's TLA featuring performances by Toh Kay of Streetlight Manifesto, Jenny Owen Youngs, Dave Hause of Loved Ones, Rocky Votolato, and festival patriarch Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) with Joe Ginsberg on upright bass and Jon Gaunt on the fiddle.
Loosely structured in the form of old-fashioned folk musician get-togethers, The Revival Tour is an ensemble collective in which the participating musicians collaborate and jam, frequently creating once-in-a-lifetime moments, of which, there was no shortage.
The Revival Tour 2013 will ...
Monday, April 15th, 2013
We are very pleased to offer Blow The Scene readers from around the world an exclusive interview with Ryan Patterson of renowned Louisville hardcore punk band, Coliseum. Having hit the ground running in 2003, Coliseum have set forth a prolific run of material across such mainstay labels as Deathwish Inc., Level Plane, Relapse, and most recently Temporary Residence, who will also be releasing the band's highly anticipated forthcoming LP, Sister Faith on April 30th. The band has etched a permanent place within the American punk rock collective that has seen tours span across the globe alongside such greats as Converge, Integrity, Rise Against, Trash Talk, and Russian Circles, to name but ...
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Boom went the dynamite as Seattle powerviolence mainstays Iron Lung, tore through Philly's First Unitarian Church with Dream Decay, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Salvation, and Backslider in tow. Without a weak cog in this dense line-up of eclectic talents hosted by R5, Backslider broke the relative silence with a poignant 2-man assault, doing the East Coast pv section proud. Backslider is celebrating a great new studio effort, Consequences (stream below fold), that should not be missed by any fans of the genre. Philly locals and Youth Attack recording artists, Salvation followed up with an irate offering of properly pissed off hardcore that ...
Finnish grindcore champs, Rotten Sound recently leveled Philly’s Barbary venue with comrades in Hellshock, Kromosom, Nomade and Wake with Blow The Scene on hand to deliver a dense set of photos for your viewing pleasure.
Rotten Sound frontman Keijo Niinimaa spent the better part of 2012 as fill-in singer for the late Mieszko Talarczyk of Nasum during the band’s farewell tour before recording and releasing a new EP on Relapse Records, Species At War in January, which we featured in our New Music Now column. Rotten Sound have taken grindcore to the heights ...
In conjunction with our forthcoming 
Maryland rock titans Clutch along with The Sword and Lionize recently ripped through Philadelphia's Electric Factory with Blow The Scene on hand hand to capture dense galleries of all the participating bands.
It's been quite year for Clutch with release of latest studio effort, 
Math-infused, prog-metal practitioners 
Today we are very excited to offer Blow The Scene readers around the world an exclusive song premiere from Finland's heavy handed d-beat practitioners, Unkind- Enjoy the title track "Pelon Juuret" taken from Unkind's forthcoming 2nd LP for Relapse Records, which will hit streets in North America on July 9th.
With a relentless d-beat drum attack, screaming note bends, and throat-shredding vocals, this track should melt your speakers played at appropriate volumes. Fans of Martyrdöd, Wolfbrigade, and Tragedy should find a lot to love here. The band has a strong grasp of atmospheric layering and placing meaty distortions on top of one another to create an apocalyptic sound. The ... 
Our 
Orange Goblin, ASG, and KEN Mode recently tore through Philly’s North Star venue as part of Orange Goblin’s lengthy North American Tour. There was a little confusion at the door, so unfortunately we missed the first three bands and picked up as KEN Mode hit the stage with a burst of energy.
Already a contender for our Top Lists of 2013, Canadian rock band KEN Mode are supporting their fifth studio album, Entrench, which hit streets in March via 
Old-school thrash and hardcore reigned supreme as mainstays Suicidal Tendencies, Sick Of It All, DRI, and Waking the Dead stormed Philly’s Electric Factory venue with the Slam City Tour.
Hailing from Amsterdam, Waking the Dead set the evening in motion with their blend of thrashy hardcore and metal as the band continues to support a handful of releases on Dead Area Records. D.R.I. hit the stage next with their usual lewd humor and snarky cynicism that helped to pick up the energy of the evening. Still chock full of attitude now 30+ years active, the band fired off a wide cut of track selections that saw longtime fans mouthing every word. Despite ... 
The annual celebration of all things metal, 
The Joy Formidable brought their massive sound and incredibly energetic show to Union Transfer along with the bands Blood Red Shoes and You Won't, both of which are two-piece bands. The UK rock band's headlining tour is in support of their most recent critically acclaimed full-length titled 
One of the most unique and compelling 
Reunited East Coast punk rock mainstays, Plow United, recently hosted their Philadelphia Record Release show at The Barbary with The Holy Mess, NONA, and Ma Jolie in tow.
Plow United are supporting their first new studio offering in 14 years, Marching Band, with a fresh batch of songs directly responding to the frenetic energy that resurfaced when Plow United took to a stage again in 2011. We had the pleasure of catching the band on Riot Fest during these reunion shows, with exclusive photo galleries that can be viewed 
Boom went the dynamite as Seattle powerviolence mainstays Iron Lung, tore through Philly's First Unitarian Church with Dream Decay, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Salvation, and