Best New Bands » metal https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Deafheaven – New Bermuda https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/deafheaven-new-bermuda/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/deafheaven-new-bermuda/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:32:51 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=27578 Los Angeles – There’s really no point in rehashing Deafheaven’s controversial status among the pantheon of “black metal” bands; that conversation has been had a million times over, a ubiquitous addition to every review, interview, or feature on the San Francisco-based band. Listening to metal fans talk about Deafheaven is a perfect lesson in confirmation

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  1. More New Bands At Fun Fun Fun Fest: Angel Olsen, Deafheaven And More Austin – Reaching the end of Fun Fun Fun Fest was downright depressing. It was a bummer saying goodbye to festival friends after three short days, and remembering that 1) you don’t do something enviably cool every night and 2)...
  2. Liturgy Test The Faithful With ‘The Ark Work’ New York – Liturgy was a different sort of metal band from the start, when their debut album Renihilation came out in 2009. Renihilation sounded like a black metal album, with its witch’s howl screaming and torrential tremolo guitars and...
  3. Ancient Sky Dials Up The Intensity On Mosaic Los Angeles – While there is no question that psychedelic music is making a huge comeback in both the underground as well as the mainstream, it has mostly skewed too heavily in the pop-oriented direction, losing the roughness that gave...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/deafheaven-new-bermuda/feed/ 1 Liturgy Test The Faithful With ‘The Ark Work’ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/liturgy-test-faithful-ark-work/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/liturgy-test-faithful-ark-work/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:55:02 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22866 New York – Liturgy was a different sort of metal band from the start, when their debut album Renihilation came out in 2009. Renihilation sounded like a black metal album, with its witch’s howl screaming and torrential tremolo guitars and shotgun-blast drumming, but there was something else happening as well; it sounded transcendent, like someone

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  1. Q&A: Hunter Hunt-Hendrix of Liturgy Brooklyn may be the last place you would expect find a black metal band. But Liturgy bucks the trend. Taking their name from the dictionary definition of a form of public worship, the band’s music is an ecstatic affirmation of...
  2. Jack Name Delivers A Pop-Psych Concept LP With ‘Weird Moons’ Los Angeles – With Weird Moons being Jack Name’s second album in two years, the enigmatic artist is displaying the trademark prolificacy of his peers on the Castle Face Records roster.  Released this week, the follow-up to Light Show is...
  3. Stars In Stereo Gamely Work The Young Audience At Irving Plaza New York – Being the opening act can be a difficult role. Whether you’re a singer songwriter taking the stage alone with an acoustic guitar or an indie band the size of a pit orchestra, playing the first slot can...
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  1. Two Inch Astronaut Carve Out Post-Hardcore Niche With ‘Foulbrood’ Los Angeles – For the three members of the Colesville, Maryland post-hardcore outfit Two Inch Astronaut, the late 90s and early 00s never ended.  With the release of their second full-length album Foulbrood on Exploding in Sound Records last week,...
  2. Capital Cities Made Chicago Dance Chicago – On Friday night, Capital Cities started a massive dance party inside The Riviera that lasted well into the night. The LA electro-pop band has been performing with CHERUB and Night Terrors of 1927 on an epic North American tour sponsored...
  3. Wild Cub Heated Up The Vic In Chicago Chicago – That pesky Polar Vortex swept in with snow flurries and wind chills Saturday night, but inside The Vic, Wild Cub was warming the audience with its rich tropical sounds and 80s dance beats. This lively indie synth-pop band...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/islander-prove-hardcore/feed/ 0 Amoral Has Big Stadium Dreams https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/amoral-has-big-stadium-dreams/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/amoral-has-big-stadium-dreams/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:15:51 +0000 Amoral is a metal band from Helsinki, Finland, who classify their sound as being “Classic Rock For The 21st Century.” Since the band’s beginning in the late ’90s, their sound has evolved from death metal to more power rock by adding Finnish Idol winner Ari Koivunen on vocals, as well as the evolution of founding

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  1. Rabble Rabble: Rough Around the Edges Because That’s the Way They Like It. Rabble Rabble Before their show at Glasslands that has now become one of my favorite shows that I’ve been to this summer, Ralph Darski and Matt Ciarleglio of Rabble Rabble sat down with me over 2 for 1 beers at...
  2. Q&A: Idiot Glee Before I reviewed Idiot Glee’s album release show for BestNewBands.com a couple weeks ago, I walked and talked with the man behind the glee, James Friley, from Glasslands and down the street on the way to Academy Records, where he...
  3. Little Scream Keeps Music Fun I was able to catch Little Scream, aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer immediately after her set at Music Hall of Williamsburg, just before The Antlers went on. She was wearing an outfit that I suspect was made specifically for her, thus no...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/amoral-has-big-stadium-dreams/feed/ 0 Q&A: Vic Arevalo of EKEN IS DEAD https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-vic-arevalo-of-eken-is-dead/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/qa-vic-arevalo-of-eken-is-dead/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:11:15 +0000 EKEN IS DEAD is a Los Angeles, CA based four-piece hard rock alternative/metal act. Since it’s inception of 2008, EKEN IS DEAD has been on a mission of domination. In just three years, the band has earned a well-deserved reputation based on professionalism and commitment to excellence. Whether an intimate local show or a packed

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  1. Dead Confederate- Bringing Grunge Back To Life So Dead Confederate kickstarted their new tour to promote their latest album addition to the music world, and we were lucky enough to have them grace the Troubadour with their presence!  Their latest album “Sugar” is a welcome addition to...
  2. Disco Ain’t Dead: The Aikiu Interview The Aikiu is the musical concoction that occurs when you add two parts disco and one part electronic pop into a boiling pot with a classical broth. That’s because Alex Aikiu was trained in classical piano, learning the ropes by...
  3. Saint Motel Is Bringing The Dead To Life At Zombie Prom! What do you get when you combine four guys, a real human brain, corsages and boutonnieres?  Saint Motel’s 3rd Annual Zombie Prom, live and in living (Ha Ha) color on Saturday, February 12!  This year the boys are bringing the...
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  1. BNBTV Spotlight: Roman Holiday, “The Long Way Home” BestNewBands.com Roman Holiday is at it again in all their Kings-of-Leon-y-pop-rock glory.  With their newest single “The Long Way Home”, this Seattle band gives an all-star effort, but unfortunately doesn’t hit a home run (wah wah wahh).  The song is...
  2. BNBTV Spotlight: Applespacebar, “Simplify” BestNewBands.com With so much synth and experimental action gracing the alternative music scene recently, I relax a little to listen to a classic guitar-driven alternative rock band such as the oh-so-ironically-titled Applespacebar.  With sounds reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World and...
  3. BNBTV Spotlight: Verity in Stereo, “One Shot” BestNewBands.com Verity in Stereo. Hmm.  My first reaction is to look up the word ‘verity.’ verity |ˈveritē|: noun ( pl. -ties), a true principle or belief, esp. one of fundamental importance : the eternal verities. Now, “in Stereo”?  How about...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bnbtv-spotlight-ill-a/feed/ 0 Whatever Happened To… https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/whatever-happened-to-fall-out-boy/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/whatever-happened-to-fall-out-boy/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Today’s music scene is so fast-paced, an artist can drop out of the spotlight and be instantly replaced with a new, fresh act. In this series, I’ll be featuring bands who started small, made it big and then broke up – only to form a new group in the future. Whatever Happened to Fall Out

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  1. Black Breath, Keeping it Metal Seattle’s five-piece Black/Thrash Metal band Black Breath has recently announced their first European tour since forming in 2005. Their rush onto the international scene has a lot to do with the outstanding success of their 2008 EP Razor to Oblivion,...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/whatever-happened-to-fall-out-boy/feed/ 0 Tech N9ne’s Independent Grind Tour: Attendance Mandatory, Sobriety Optional https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tech-n9nes-independent-grind-tour-attendance-mandatory-sobriety-optional/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/tech-n9nes-independent-grind-tour-attendance-mandatory-sobriety-optional/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:00:00 +0000 Disclaimer: I don’t care much for the n-word, degrading objectifications of women nor improper grammar in general, which really limits my taste in rap music. That being said, I had a surprisingly good time at Tech N9ne’s Independent Grind Tour concert last Sunday at Eugene’s McDonald Theatre, and it was all thanks to one thing:

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  2. The Surf Roots Tour: Currently Working its Way Through the Pacific Northwest Eugene, OR certainly missed a great show last night. The Surf Roots Tour, featuring Tamarama, The Green, Stranger and Anuhea, stopped at the WOW Hall, but only 25 or so people came to see it. A small audience didn’t affect...
  3. WOW Hall Welcomes Back Students With Electro-Dub Dance Party Now that fall term at the University of Oregon has started, Eugene’s WOW Hall is full, once again, of students not yet ready to leave summer behind. Club kids couldn’t complain, though, as last night’s sold-out show brought EOTO’s Dubstep...
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