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Though always surrounded by music, Alex Brown became heavily invested in it back in 2010, when he first listened to “Colors” by Between the Buried and Me. Other than being a music critic, he also a creative writer, writing stories on his own website, The Blackbelt Nihilist. His other hobbies including playing video games such as the Paper Mario and Kingdom Hearts series, and watching cartoons and anime, with favorites being BoJack Horseman and Neon Genesis EvangelionInstagram: @btwn_evangelion_nd_meTwitter: @btwn_eva_and_me Photo taken by: Daniel Lutsker
9/18/2017
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Between the Buried and Me- “Colors” Rating: .../10 Stream it here. Ten years ago, Between the Buried and Me was thought to be just a metalcore band that occasionally used progressive elements you would find in groups like Opeth and Dream T…
AFI - The Blood Album Rating: 4/10 iTunes AFI, short for A Fire Inside, is a Californian punk band who has been in the game for well over two decades. Through this time, hey underwent some serious changes, going from a hardcore punk act on…
Letlive. - “If I’m The Devil…”Rating: 10/10 Buy on iTunes or through Epitaph RecordsLetlive is a post-hardcore band hailing from Los Angeles, California that has made a name for themselves for their intense live performances and deep mess…
Andrew W.K. - You’re Not Alone Stream the record here. Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, better known as Andrew W.K., is a musician who has been doing his thing since 1996. He didn’t start gathering attention, however, until the 2001 classic…
ANLMA- Secular Eden Secular Eden is coming soon. In 2012, a progressive metal act formed from the ashes of New York local metalcore outfit We Are Outnumbered. This band was Perspectives, and while they were metalcore through-and-through, t…
Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage 3/10 iTunes Avenged Sevenfold is a heavy metal band hailing from California who has achieved quite some success through their very melodic sound. The group started off as a metalcore group with records such…
Between the Buried and Me- "Automata I" Stream the LP here. Between the Buried and Me. North Carolina-based progressive metal legends at this point. Forming in 2000 out of the ashes of metalcore/deathcore act Prayer for Cleansing, the gro…
Birdflesh and Organ Dealer- “Birdflesh/Organ Dealer” 7/10 Listen to and buy the split here. Birdflesh is a very influential grindcore act from Sweden. Since their inception, they’ve released four LPs and a ton of EPs and splits. All of thi…
Brand New- “Science Fiction”Rating: 5/10Stream and purchase the LP here. Since their inception, Brand New have been the face of the modern emo scene. Any emo artist you can think of that formed after Brand New has been influenced by them i…
Brockhampton- iridescenceStream the LP here. Brockhampton are the best boyband since One Direction. Forming in 2015, these boys released their debut mixtape All-American Trash a year later, but didn’t really strike the heart of the music w…