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After their exceptionally successful debut, The Poison, British band Bullet For My Valentine is set to release their much anticipated sophomore effort entitled Scream Aim Fire later this month on the Jive Records label. After enjoying their first album, which sold more than a million copies worldwide, I was one ...

A self-titled release from a uniquely new screamo-rock band straight from Dallas, Texas, Memphis May Fire. This album is sure to provide something loud and riotous for all! Five tracks ranging from Cowbell’s Making a Comeback to History of Mercia, the band is ready for the limelight. Featuring ...

This sound sure is popular right now. The prevalence of artsy punk seems to be on the rise, and I'm constantly hearing bands with jittery guitars and squealing, high pitched vocals. Moros Eros' sophomore work, Jealous Me Was Killed by Curiosity, is a heated and well executed attempt ...

There are a million hardcore metal bands out there, but it is very difficult to find the good ones. Luckily, I have found one of the better young bands out there. Now a member of the up and coming Trustkill Records label, Soldiers is a band to look out for ...

Hardcore from the Heartland. I love it.One does not think of Des Moines, Iowa as being a musical hotbed of anything that wouldn’t have gotten played on Midwest Hayride, right? Such an attitude is provincial and prejudicial, however, given that Slipknot, no less, hails from those environs. ...