Kerrang

  • Zeal & Ardor, Back in the USA (9/12 at Underground Arts)

    Last year Swiss avant-garde metal outfit Zeal & Ardor, led by Manuel Gagneux, found themselves playing North American mega-stages, opening for metal legends Mastodon and Opeth, previewing their self-titled third full-length, which dropped this February on MVKA to resounding praise from the metal community.  Kerrang! said, “For a band...
  • Employed To Serve go “straight up metal”

    Last week British metal outfit Employed To Serve released “Mark Of The Grave,” which frontwoman Justine Jones has called, “A positive metal anthem for people to blast when they’re having a shitty day.”  The song is the second single off of Conquering, the band’s forthcoming album, set to drop...
  • Yours Truly: “We never want to be predictable.”

    Earlier this month our favorite Australian pop-punks surprised us a little bit with “Walk Over My Grave,” their first single since their debut LP.  The track has the band sounding a little heavier and more aggressive than we’re used to, in addition to donning darker and angstier duds (Think...