Articles by Bradley Zorgdrager

Cryptopsy to Play 'None So Vile' in Full on "Devastation on the Nation Tour" with Decrepit Birth

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2017

Since going independent with 2012's self-titled effort, Quebec's Cryptopsy have been on a tech-death hot streak scorching enough to make th...

Balance and Composure

"Afterparty" / "Spinning" / "Is It So Much to Adore?" on No Future

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2017

With last year's Light We Made, Balance and Composure tried something new by taking the gruff grit out of their vocals and adding swirling...

Selfish Things

"8147 Mulholland Terrace"

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2017

Alex Biro knows a thing or two about writing a tune. Whether as a member of the Boom Boom (now K.I.D.), delivering a beat for Trinidad Jame...

Gojira's Joe Duplantier on Moving Beyond Death Metal, Finding Serenity in Singing and Peace in the Concrete Jungle

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2017

When Gojira's sixth album, Magma, came flowing out, it was met with cautious curiosity due to the inclusion of more progressive elements an...

Old Wounds Talk Ambitious New Album Plans Following Singer Kevin Iavaroni's Departure

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2017

New Jersey metalcore band Old Wounds are planning to release a new record this summer, which might come as a surprise to some, as their cha...

Broadside

"Come & Go" / "Coffee Talk" (Acoustic) on No Future

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2017

While Broadside are in the studio right now working on new material, the Richmond, VA pop-punk unit stopped by the Exclaim! office to recor...

Max and Igor Cavalera Reveal Sepultura's 'Roots' Tribe Wrote Music in Their Dreams

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2017

When Sepultura — a metal band by all counts — went back to Brazil to record with a native tribe, they broke boundaries. It turns out the mu...

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt Recounts How He Kickstarted Bloodbath by Literally Vomiting on the Wall

PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2016

During the recording session for Bloodbath's debut EP, 2000's Breeding Death, Opeth mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt straight up vomited on a wa...