Articles by Bradley Zorgdrager

Aborted

The Necrotic Manifesto

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2014

Aborted built their career on a brand of deathgrind so intense it was the aural equivalent of their gore-soaked lyrics. Unfortunately, they...

Whitechapel

Our Endless War

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2014

Whitechapel's new logo proved controversial amongst fans when the band added a simple block letter take on the name to their echelon. Thoug...

Martyr Defiled

No Hope No Morality

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2014

Much has been made of deathcore's position as a maligned subgenre. The supposed combination of death metal and metalcore often fell short a...

Devil You Know

The Beauty of Destruction

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2014

Change can be strange. After transferring from mathcore band Blood Has Been Shed to the melodic metalcore act Killswitch Engage, Howard Jon...

RITUAL

"Rat Queen" (video)

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2014

Dead and Divine really beat their own dead horse with their farewell performances, which seemed never ending. Perhaps it's because they did...

Tiger Flowers Get Efficient on 'Dead Hymns'

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2014

Tiger Flowers are from New York, which really is about as good an indication of their sound as saying they play with electric guitars. Whil...

Tiger Flowers

Dead Hymns

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2014

Discordance is an interesting concept. Etymologically, it comes from the Old French "descorde," meaning unfriendly feeling or dissention/st...

Brutality Will Prevail

Suspension of Consciousness

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2014

Losing a singer is often viewed as a band's beheading, but it's more like losing a leg; it throws them off course but doesn't necessarily p...