Dying Wish

Tonight, Portland metalcore outfit Dying Wish kick off a nearly monthlong double-headlining jaunt with Long Island, New York hardcore band Pain of Truth (where they’ll be joined by support acts Outta Pocket and Balmora), which will feature Dying Wish’s third show at First Unitarian Church on October 28th.  In...

Last year the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection saw a number of noteworthy “classic album” tours, from Superheaven doing Jar at Union Transfer to Sparta doing Wiretap Scars at Underground Arts and Boris and Melvins doing Heavy Rocks and Bullhead (respectively) at Brooklyn Bowl.  However, the first...

“I love costumes, dressing up, and stuff like that, like just the traditions of decorating, haunted houses, and maybe trying to watch one horror movie a day… although I’ve kind of gotten behind on that.  I love campy horror,” says Emma Boster, vocalist for Portland metalcore outfit Dying Wish,...

Dying Wish — a self-described, “extreme metallic hardcore band infused with a punk spirit.” – have been touring basically nonstop since the release of their debut LP, Fragments of a Bitter Memory, which dropped last October on SharpTone Records.  The Portland-based group played both Underground Arts and the First...

Although thrash legends Megadeth took the liberties of naming their recent summer shed trek (alongside Lamb of God, Trivium, and Hatebreed) “Metal Tour of the Year,” that title might more accurately and rightfully belong to the current, far-more-intimate, jaunt featuring The Acacia Strain, Kublai Khan, Orthodox, and recently profiled...

“We talk a lot about diverse topics, and people have been asking us if there’s more clean singing, because our lead single has some clean singing.  There are a few songs with clean singing.  We have some songs that sound like ballads, and songs that are mosh parts,” says...