Articles by Connor Atkinson

Jesus Piece

Only Self

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2018

Jesus Piece vocalist Aaron Heard described to Metal Injection the mantra of first single "Curse of the Serpent," from his band's debut Only...

Nothing

Dance on the Blacktop

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2018

Domenic Palermo is a magnet for cruel fate. On his band Nothing's debut, Guilty of Everything, he longed for forgiveness after serving two...

'Crown and Anchor' Review: Newfoundland Is No Country for Old Men

Directed by Andrew Rowe

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2018

Crown and Anchor is a hardcore-inspired independent melodrama starring Michael Rowe as James Downey, a somewhat crooked police officer serv...

Coarse, Formed From Warped Tour Frustration, Take It Out on 'I'

PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2018

While the Vans Warped Tour circles the continent for a final time, it was the 2016 instalment of the festival that fostered the relationshi...

Coarse

I

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2018

Coarse is the new venture of ex-Old Wounds drummer Brandon Gallagher and former Capsize guitarist Ryan Knowles. A press release quotes Gall...

Japanese Breakfast

Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, July 18

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2018

Japanese Breakfast initially announced the Toronto stop of her latest headlining stint to be at Lee's Palace, but quickly out-sold that and...

Mil-Spec

Changes

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2018

Hardcore music — to some degree of fault — is an often vapid resolve for the truth without posing the vital questions. Mil-Spec navigate in...

Blind Justice

No Matter the Cost

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2018

Blind Justice are named after an Agnostic Front track from 1984, which may instil a certain degree of expectation for older hardcore listen...