We had absolutely no idea what to expect when we started in on The Ringing Bell from Fuming Mouth. We knew that Drummer Jay Weinberg (Suicidal Tendencies, Slipknot) was involved in the new record. We knew they were announced for this year’s Converge-curated Saddest Day Fest (Converge Guitarist Kurt Ballou [...]
We didn’t mean to cover the last Ray Noir single so late that it came hot on the heels of an announcement of the next big release! But that’s what happened and is the ONLY reason we didn’t jump at the chance to cover one of Ray Noir’s biggest tracks, [...]
Ah, yes! The inevitable “Wow, we actually had this record for a long time now but instead of doing anything with it writing-wise we chose to enjoy it until, per usual, the release date almost crept up and bit us in our collective ass!” Some day (Not soon) we’ll learn. [...]
Beyond the first trio of records, our biggest issue with DevilDriver releases is they tend to fall off a little after the initial onslaught. And that’s not a knock on the quality but more the way the records are structured with a fast blast of furious DevilDriver songs coming right [...]
We started this new Singles! review glazing “ROT” from Pretty Addicted and how, upon hearing the track for the first time, the resulting wordflow and will to shoehorn in a post into an already busy posting week was pretty darn big… then life got in the way and we ended [...]
We don’t even have a category for the type of post we’re about to do. Not really an “archive” post because it wasn’t sitting in our drafts or anything but more something that’s been out for some time that we’re just now learning about which results in… whatever this is. [...]
