Writer Archive: Daryn St. Pierre
Tides of Man – Dreamhouse
When it comes to progressive and indie rock, for me personally, it’s a hit or miss genre. I’ve heard mind-bendingly good progressive rock and...
Chromium – Confessions of a Hero
How many of you automatically think of metal when the little town of Port Elizabeth, South Africa comes to mind? I didn’t either but one may think of...
Evans Blue – Evans Blue
When it comes to the lineup, losing and replacing a member can either make or break a band. Evans Blue is no stranger to lineup changes and has since brought...
Despite The Lies – Era of Resistance
Coming to us all the way from Moscow, Despite The Lies is a fairly young band (formed in 2008) that are doing everything they can to break into the metal...
Hourcast – Dystopia
If you told me your band’s latest album was produced by Jay Gordon (lead vocalist of Orgy) and Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, We Are The Fallen, Death...
Saturate – The Point of No Return
Assembled in 2005 by guitarist Mike Mexas and percussionist Doyle Hingle, the Houston, Texas based band Saturate became a well-known name in the local...
Imicus – Animal Factory
A sense of foreboding washes over you. Premonitions of what’s to come race through your mind but you press on into the unknown, into the darkness. “Where...
Society’s Plague – The Human, The Canvas
Hailing from Lexington, Kentucky, Society’s Plague has stormed back onto the scene with their debut full length album The Human, The Canvas; a follow...
Beneath The Sky – In Loving Memory
When one thinks of Cincinnati amongst the sea of musical talent that has risen from anonymity to the rafters of success, there isn’t a whole lot there....
Beneath Me – Wish I Wouldn’t Care
Riding in on a gust of rock ’n roll from Chicago, comes a five piece modern rock outfit known as Beneath Me. Their album Wish I Wouldn’t Care is their...
I Am Abomination – To Our Forefathers
Michigan has given us a few memorable things such as Ford cars, Eminem and Domino’s Pizza. Okay, I can live without that last one. Now the Mighty Mitten...
Sevendust – Cold Day Memory
Straight out of Georgia, comes Cold Day Memory; Sevendust’s highly anticipated 8th full-length studio album. How do I know it’s highly anticipated?...
Tetanus – Such A Loser
Tetanus’ Last.fm page describes the band’s musicianship as a “triathlon” which I think fits quite well. On their album Such A Loser, Tetanus displays...
Dioramic – Technicolor
Dioramic describe themselves as “artcore” and refuses to be piled entirely into any generic genre. In my opinion, doing so would be like trying...
Ashes of Erin – This Somber Eve
Raw, unbridled emotion and aggression, melodic mayhem, menacing riffs. Ashes of Erin is a mashup of various things, all of which seem to come together...
War of Ages – Eternal
With three previous albums under their belts, this is by no means War of Ages’ first time and with their fourth full-length album, Eternal, it is...
Diminished 7 – Dim World
The band’s sound has been categorized as gothic rock, dark metal and even something called love metal (whatever that is). Enter Alex Crescioni and...
Blowsight – Destination Terrorville
Ever since their very first show in Stockholm Sweden, Blowsight has been smashing the underground scene to pieces since the year 2003. With over 70 shows...