It’s that time of year again where the scene kids all gather up to see Sleeping With Sirens and push-mosh around in neon band merch at Warped Tour, and considering that the older generation of metalheads are being fucked over this year wit…
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Dakota Gochee's passion for writing spiraled from his presence in the high school newspaper. Following his love for video games, movies, chicken wings and music, he formed Metal Lifestyle.
It’s that time of year again where the scene kids all gather up to see Sleeping With Sirens and push-mosh around in neon band merch at Warped Tour, and considering that the older generation of metalheads are being fucked over this year wit…
2017 has been phenomenal for music. I feel like there have been so many amazing records both from personal favorites and bands I just discovered this year that should make it on this list. This is easily the hardest year in music for me t…
Sumerian Records posted a short 15-second video entitled “#Sumerian2016” this morning on Facebook with a teaser for new music from an as-yet-unrevealed band. Funny thing is that it doesn’t appear to be a band Sumerian ever had on their ros…
My Ticket Home - unReal Rating: 7.9/10 | 8/10 | 9/10 My Ticket Home have taken their fans on a ride in the four years since Strangers Only. Receiving little to no support from their label, the band put their heads down, severed ties with…
After The Burial - Dig DeepRating: 5.2/10Pre-order on iTunes After The Burial is a up-tempo deathcore band from Twin Cities, MN that have been around the scene since 2004. Dig Deep is the first album the band has released since the late pa…
Aversions Crown - Xenocide 9.5/10 iTunes Favorite Track: Cynical Entity Australian heavy-hitters Aversions Crown started off the new year with a bang by releasing their new full length record on Nuclear Blast, Xenocide. Following the intro…
Bad Omens - “Bad Omens” Rating: 8.8/10 *Reviewed Before Release on 8/19* Buy on iTunes or through their Merch Store Bad Omens is a band I had heard about through a series of tweets from both their label Sumerian Records and a friend of min…
Beartooth - Aggressive6.8/10Reviewed Before Release on 6/3Beartooth was one of those bands that took me by surprise with the release of their original EP, Sick, back in 2013. Caleb Shomo had dropped the emo look of his past band Attack Att…
Bodysnatcher - Death of Me Rating: 8/10 iTunes | MerchNow 2 years ago I heard this groovy, heavy deathcore group named Bodysnatcher. Loving both the super hard breakdowns and the disgustingly slow riffs of their first EP, Abandonment, I pu…
Currents - I Let The Devil In Rating: 9/10 iTunes Currents are one of first bands I ever got into upon entering Connecticut’s vast music scene a few years ago, when they released their EP Life//Lost. I vividly remember sitting down with…