Articles by Bradley Zorgdrager

Nails on Their Furious New Album: "Everybody's Angry, Man."

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2016

Nails' aggression is palpable — at least for those with a taste for the more extreme side of things — and anger takes the forefront on the...

Intervals

on Exclaim! TV Aggressive Tendencies

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2016

After the loss of bandmates and a stressful heart problem, a dark album from Aaron Marshall's Intervals would have been a reasonable expect...

Nails

You Will Never Be One of Us

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2016

Nails exude confidence; their third LP, You Will Never Be One of Us, is the recorded equivalent of the "We're fucking Nails" introduction w...

Godstopper

"Shoulder"

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2016

This shouldn't work: combining a pop sheen with noise rock (and its titular purpose of excess noise) and doom metal, whose low-end is far f...

forest.

"Don't Go There"

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2016

Ottawa's forest. (yes, there is a period at the end) may appear understated with their uncapitalized name, but their experimental progressi...

Beartooth

"Hated"

PUBLISHED May 19, 2016

Beartooth's Aggressive is coming up fast. The sophomore release from the Ohio band will arrive early next month, but the band are sating th...

Hatebreed

The Concrete Confessional

PUBLISHED May 11, 2016

Life comes with few guarantees, but among them are death, taxes and killer breakdowns whenever Hatebreed put out an album — and The Concret...

Harbour

"Life"

PUBLISHED May 9, 2016

Though they've come up in the wake of modern pop-punk bands such as the Story So Far and the Wonder Years, Brantford, ON's Harbour look to...