Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
LA's fun-loving purveyors of brutal hardcore, Graf Orlock have returned with a new seven-inch, Trailer, their first new music since 2012's Los Angeles EP.
Noisey is now streaming "A Decent Proposal in a Shitty Alley," a track off Trailer.
As Noisey editor Fred Pessaro explains, "Graf Orlock are a serious band, crafting excellent release after excellent release with elements of grind, hardcore, and punk. The difference? Graf Orlock's songs are inspired by and written about ridiculous action movies of yesterday, cinematic achievements like Bad Boys 2, Terminator 2, Demolition Man, and Jurassic Park."
Graf Orlock's Hollywood obsession runs deep – all lyrics, song titles, and artwork are ...
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Blow The Scene recently had the pleasure of catching up with r5production’s promoter Jamie Getz (Gods and Queens) for an eclectic Philly showcase of regional and national talent featuring Bay Area’s uber-pissed, hardcore 3-piece Ghostlimb, and local acts Plague Dogs, Heavy Medical, and Xanax. Original headliners, local boys Reign Supreme had to drop due to the passing of an immediate family member. Stepping up to fill the void was none other than artist and Baroness guitarist / vocalist John Dyer Baizley who made this solo appearance his first public musical outing since ...
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Blow The Scene‘s New Music Now has a super Tuesday grouping of new releases by Left For Dead, Defeater, God's America, Comadre, and Rescuer, with loads of free music samples and links for purchase and further investigation!
Band: Left For Dead
Album: Devoid Of Everything
Record Label: A389 Recordings
Release Date: Jan 19, 2012
Genres: hardcore punk
FFO: Left For Dead, Chokehold, Burning Love, Cursed
It’s a big week for A389 Recordings with their IX Anniversary Bash happening this weekend. One of the fest’s main attractions this year ...
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
We are very excited to offer Blow The Scene readers around the world an exclusive interview with guitarist Jack Shirley of the Bay Area’s high octane, emotional hardcore punk band, Comadre. For the better part of the last decade, Comadre has carved in irreplaceable niche within the ever expanding sub-genre of emotional hardcore, having just dropped their third release for Vitriol Records and eighth release in all on January 8th as a self-titled LP. In an environment that eats up and spits out many who enter, Comadre have retained their original lineup through an entire decade of prolific musical work and tours. The anomalies don't stop there either. The ...
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Comadre premiere new song "Summercide," taken from the band's forthcoming self-titled album, due to hit streets via Vitriol Records in January 2013.
A Bay Area band with a decade of work behind them, Comadre buck all punk rock conventions with their new self-titled album -- their third release for Vitriol Records and eighth release in all. With a sound that can be traced back to the pioneers of emotional hardcore, from Rites of Spring to Heroin, Comadre have evolved into a dynamic rock n' roll machine. Still bursting with angst, especially in frontman Juan Gabe's shredded vocals, Comadre wield a new found command of melody ...
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
A Bay Area band with a decade of work behind them, Comadre buck all punk rock conventions with their new self-titled album -- their third release for Vitriol Records and eighth release in all. With a sound that can be traced back to the pioneers of emotional hardcore, from Rites of Spring to Heroin, Comadre have evolved into a dynamic rock band. Still bursting with angst, especially in frontman Juan Gabe's shredded vocals, Comadre have nonetheless grown to become a rock n' roll machine. Comadre shows the band wielding anthemic melodies, ironclad structures, and ...
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
We are very excited to offer Blow The Scene readers around the world an exclusive interview with Laval, FR's indefinable purveyors of emotional hardcore, Birds in Row. The band has been generating a fair amount amount buzz in recent weeks with the premiere of a new music video for song "Pilori," taken from forthcoming album You, Me, and The Violence, to be released soon via Deathwish Inc. This follows a spat of tours both in the US and abroad including a recent Philadelphia performance with Converge, Loma Prieta, and Pianos Become The Teeth, ...
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Earth Control
Owen Hart
Vitriol Records
Release Date: January 18, 2011
FFO: Converge, Regurgitate, Napalm Death, Phobia
We were first introduced to Owen Hart as we received Scott Hull's This Comp Kills Fascist vol 2 from Relapse last June, and we called it then; Owen Hart is here to shred your face off.
With yesterday's release of Earth Control on Vitriol Records, the rest of extreme metal world has caught up. So much so, we don't even need to do a formal write-up of this gem. BrooklynVegan, Popmatters, MetalSucks, JunkyardGod, Lukephysioc, MetalInjection, pretty much sum it up.
For fans ...
LA's fun-loving purveyors of brutal hardcore, Graf Orlock have returned with a new seven-inch, Trailer, their first new music since 2012's Los Angeles EP.
Noisey is now streaming "A Decent Proposal in a Shitty Alley," a track off Trailer.
As Noisey editor Fred Pessaro explains, "Graf Orlock are a serious band, crafting excellent release after excellent release with elements of grind, hardcore, and punk. The difference? Graf Orlock's songs are inspired by and written about ridiculous action movies of yesterday, cinematic achievements like Bad Boys 2, Terminator 2, Demolition Man, and Jurassic Park."
Graf Orlock's Hollywood obsession runs deep – all lyrics, song titles, and artwork are ...
Earth Control
Owen Hart
Vitriol Records
Release Date: January 18, 2011
FFO: Converge, Regurgitate, Napalm Death, Phobia
We were first introduced to Owen Hart as we received Scott Hull's