Escape The Fate had just gotten off stage when I sat down with them at Rock On The Range 2012. Lead singer Craig Mabbitt and bassist TJ Bell said they were honored to play Rock On The Range This year. “The crowd was so amazing,” Mabbitt said. The band has played the festival before, but...
Category: Metalcore
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War On The Range: Caleb Shomo of Attack Attack!
War On The Range: Caleb Shomo of Attack Attack! Attack Attack! steamrolled back into their home state of Ohio to wage War on the Range. The band unleashed their brutally heavy brand of metalcore at Rock On The Range 2012 on Sunday in front of a hometown crowd. They set the tone by...
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Hearing From A Hero: Rody Walker of Protest The Hero
Hearing From A Hero: Rody Walker of Protest The Hero I recently got a chance to sit down with Protest The Hero frontman Rody Walker, and the interview was anything but scurrilous; quite the opposite, actually. While I was setting up the camera, he offered me a beer. So, Rody and I kicked back, relaxed, and I talked about the band’s...
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A Flash Flood of Metal: Rou Reynolds and Chris Batten of Enter Shikari
A Flash Flood of Metal: Rou Reynolds and Chris Batten of Enter Shikari Enter the new New Wave of British Heavy Metal: Enter Shikari. Hailing from England, Enter Shikari exploded onto the post-hardcore scene with a fresh mix of metal, industrial, and hardcore. Combining many elements, the guys from Enter Shikari join a small group of today’s hard rock groups that are pushing boundaries and re-defining...
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Young Blood – Troy Brady of The Amity Affliction
Young Blood – Troy Brady of The Amity Affliction Rock ‘n’ roll has some fresh, young blood. The Amity Affliction are one of the biggest up-and-coming metalcore bands in the world right now. Alternative Press recently named them one of the Top 100 Bands You Need To Know About in 2012. With two albums under their belt (Severed Ties and Youngbloods), and a...
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Getting Leveled with JB Brubaker of August Burns Red
Getting Leveled with JB Brubaker of August Burns Red Metal is burning…in a good way. August Burns Red are one of the biggest bands in the world right now, taking the genre by storm (well, a firestorm). August Burns Red formed not too far from me in Lancaster, PA back in 2003. Their last two...