Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

Alterbeast

Feast

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2018

Four years after the release of their debut album, technical death metal newcomers Alterbeast have unleashed their complex and savage follo...

The Atlas Moth

Coma Noir

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2018

The Atlas Moth have created a unique approach to doom metal across their first three records, blending elements of noise rock, black metal...

Harm's Way Reveal Why They Embraced Industrial on 'Posthuman'

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2018

Chicago-based hardcore act Harm's Way became known for delivering crushing breakdowns and deep grooves intertwined with desolate-sounding i...

Harm's Way

Posthuman

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2018

Whether it's incorporating elements of industrial and nu metal, or shifting their focus from jokey power violence to brutal metallic hardco...

Machine Head

Catharsis

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2018

In the past few years, a fair number of metal bands have been incorporating nu metal into their music, though the results have been mixed....

Glassjaw

Material Control

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2017

After two years of rumours that a secret new Glassjaw album was in the works (and following the band's live performance of fragments of the...

Converge Left the Best Songs off of 'The Dusk in Us,' and Four Other Facts About Their New Album

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2017

The latest record from metalcore pioneers Converge is a raw, merciless slab of feedback-charged intensity that sees the band doing what the...

Converge

The Dusk in Us

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2017

Raw, aggressive and unrelenting; for nearly three decades now, that has been the path that metalcore pioneers Converge have followed, and o...