Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

Light This City

Terminal Bloom

PUBLISHED May 22, 2018

When bands announce they're going on hiatus, you never really know whether they'll actually return. While ten years have passed since melod...

Light This City Come Back Wiser and Harder on 'Terminal Bloom'

PUBLISHED May 22, 2018

In 2008, San Francisco melodic death metal trailblazers Light This City called it a day immediately after releasing their phenomenal fourth...

An Essential Guide to Slayer

PUBLISHED May 17, 2018

It's undeniable that Slayer are the founding fathers of thrash metal, and play an integral part in the history of heavy metal as a whole. O...

Burn the Priest

Legion: XX

PUBLISHED May 16, 2018

Covers albums can be difficult to pull off for even the best bands. They can offer an inside look at what inspires musicians to create thei...

Obliterate

Impending Death

PUBLISHED May 16, 2018

Deathcore bands are often seen by metal elitists as lazy or unskilled variants of their death metal counterparts. Instead of being praised...

The Armed

Only Love

PUBLISHED May 4, 2018

The Armed are an unpredictable and unrelenting force in noise music. The Detroit collective never keep a stable lineup, perform secret show...

Homewrecker

Hell Is Here Now

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2018

Homewrecker's third full-length, Hell Is Here Now, uses the foundations of thrash and death metal while coating each track with a hardcore...

Sectioned

Annihilated

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2018

Scottish hardcore act Sectioned set out to make a statement on their debut album, Annihilated. The noisy metal band aren't messing around w...