Articles by Branan Ranjanathan

Bungler

The Nature of Being New

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2017

With their latest release, Buffalo unit Bungler take their unique medley of metalcore influences to new and interesting places, but in expe...

Cautionary Tales and Calls to Action: Five Themes of Power Trip's 'Nightmare Logic'

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2017

Power Trip's new album Nightmare Logic (out now on Southern Lord) is a thrashy whirlwind of sound — but in the chaos lie some stark comment...

Power Trip

Nightmare Logic

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017

Power Trip have returned, fiercer and unrulier than ever before, with their latest full-length, Nightmare Logic, outdoing their already-rau...

Xibalba

Diablo, Con Amor…Adios

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2017

The latest from Xibalba comes in the form of a three-song EP that packs a great deal into its 11-minute runtime, but seldom strays from the...

Open City

Open City

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2017

This self-titled debut LP from Open City finds the four-piece bringing together their collective decades of punk experience to make a dense...

Advent

Pain & Suffering

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2017

Although it's been six years since their disbanding, Advent have picked up right where they left off with their latest release, Pain & Suff...

Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes

Modern Ruin

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2017

The latest from former Gallows frontman Frank Carter proves that old habits die hard. Modern Ruin draws heavily from Carter's punk beginnin...

Four Ways That Code Orange Are Changing Modern Metalcore

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2017

Pittsburgh, PA unit Code Orange demanded the attention of the hardcore scene with the release of their 2014 breakout LP I Am King, and now...