Articles by Bradley Zorgdrager

Inhale Exhale

Movement

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

Metalcore has run out of steam. Not metallic hardcore, or a more hardcore-esque take thereon, but rather the melodic, yet "aggressive" "bad...

Onward to Olympas

Indicator

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2012

Onward to Olympas have managed to reduce metalcore to a simple formula. Take Indicator's first full song, "Wolf's Jaw," as an example: a Te...

Converge

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2012

Let's get this straight: All We Love We Leave Behind is not Jane Doe. It's not You Fail Me, nor No Heroes. It's not even Converge's last al...

Converge

All We Love We Leave Behind

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

Let's get this straight right off the bat: All We Love We Leave Behind is not Jane Doe. It's not You Fail Me, nor No Heroes. It's not even...

As I Lay Dying

Awakened

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

The latest by As I Lay Dying comes out of the gate strong, firing on all cylinders; it's as if the band realized that to "Cauterize," the t...

Protestant

Reclamation

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2012

It's a bit strange that a number of recent crust-influenced hardcore bands call Milwaukee home; it's not like it's dirtier than any other m...

Vision of Disorder

The Cursed Remain Cursed

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2012

The first taste of new Vision of Disorder in over ten years came via Lambgoat. Although the infamous website's comments section is usually...

Birds In Row

You, Me, and the Violence

PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2012

Three years into their career, Birds in Row arrive at the same emotional hardcore house built by genre trailblazers American Nightmare/Give...