Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

The Callous Daoboys

Die on Mars

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2019

The state of Georgia hasn't had a hardcore band go quite as hard as the Callous Daoboys since the Chariot broke up in 2013. The band simila...

Serpent of Gnosis

As I Drink From the Infinite Well of Inebriation

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2019

If you've been wondering what happened to deathcore-turned-death metal giants Job for a Cowboy after their incredible fourth album Sun Eate...

Metallica Guitarist Kirk Hammett Discusses His Horror Collection Coming 'Alive!' at the Royal Ontario Museum

PUBLISHED May 27, 2019

Ever since he was five or six years old, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has had an obsession with horror movies. His collection of movie...

Full of Hell

Weeping Choir

PUBLISHED May 16, 2019

The last time Full of Hell released a non-collaboration album, it was widely praised for its focus on bringing the band's death metal influ...

Saint Vitus

Saint Vitus

PUBLISHED May 16, 2019

Any fan of Saint Vitus's pre-Wino era material has good reason to be excited for the band's first album to feature original vocalist Scott...

Full of Hell Discuss the "Sombre" Noise of New Album 'Weeping Choir'

PUBLISHED May 15, 2019

When it came time to record their new album, Weeping Choir — especially knowing it would follow their transcendent Trumpeting Ecstasy — Ful...

Abnormality

Sociopathic Constructs

PUBLISHED May 9, 2019

Modern tech death tends to lean closer to the melodic or progressive elements of death metal than the bludgeoning brutality of classic acts...

Employed to Serve

Eternal Forward Motion

PUBLISHED May 8, 2019

UK metalcore act Employed to Serve made an unusually swift breakthrough with their 2017 sophomore album, The Warmth of a Dying Sun, going f...