Articles by Connor Atkinson

Stick to Your Guns

True View

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2017

According to Stick to Your Guns vocalist Jesse Barnett, the band's latest full-length, True View, was inspired by "innumerable conversation...

Mychildren Mybride

Vicious World

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2017

Mychildren Mybride were a mainstay in the last wave of Christian metalcore bands that had a heyday in the early 2010s. The band followed si...

Kublai Khan

Nomad

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2017

Kublai Khan's sound has consistently bridged the gap for millennial listeners who desire an unrelenting, moshy influence in contemporary me...

Counterparts Get Positive on 'You're Not You Anymore'

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2017

Hamilton hardcore band Counterparts have gone through a lot of change since 2015's Tragedy Will Find Us — primarily the departure of foundi...

Counterparts

You're Not You Anymore

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017

There was a bit of concern from fans when Counterparts' lead guitarist and main songwriter Jesse Doreen announced that he was parting ways...

Five Factors That Influenced the Good Clean Fun of Comeback Kid's 'Outsider'

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2017

Comeback Kid have always thrived on versatility. Now 17 years old, the group originally began as the hardcore side project for Canadian met...

Comeback Kid

Outsider

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2017

It's been 17 years since Comeback Kid came to be — originally as a side project for Canadian metalcore legends Figure Four. These days, the...

Vatican

Ache of Eternity

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2017

Metalcore has become less of a polarizing genre in recent years, partly thanks to bands like Code Orange and Old Wounds, who fly the genre'...