7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (348+ words) Pressed In Asia #18: Iman’s League New Noise Magazine Pressed In Asia #18: Iman’s League 90s-style melodic punk doesn’t generate the same hype it once did. Fat Wreck Chords built that sound. The broader California punk scene carried it. Across Southeast Asia…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1744+ words) “I definitely had a clear vision of marrying the evolution of our sound directly to its roots,” he says. Part of the idea was to bring listeners who preferred the band’s earlier style back into the fold. Then came the…...

4+ day, 42+ min ago   (927+ words) For the short life (so far) of Essex Punk-Rock duo The Meffs, there’s already been a global pandemic and the never-ending (oh, it would be “so simple,” we were told!) decoupling of the UK from the EU to digest and…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (324+ words) Pressed In Asia #9: The Jansen New Noise Magazine Pressed In Asia #9: The Jansen If Indonesian youth feelings and romance could take the shape of one band, The Jansen would be that band right now. It’s not an exaggeration to say…...

5+ day, 43+ min ago   (647+ words) Interview: Kristyn Hope of Daedric on ‘RE:FORMED’ New Noise Magazine Interview: Kristyn Hope of Daedric on ‘RE:FORMED’ “As the Light Left was such a huge undertaking for us, because our first album, Mortal, was kind of a collection…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (194+ words) Malaysia’s hardcore scene ranks among the biggest and most exciting in Asia. Honest messages and intense sonic power have defined the scene for years, and LastXMinute stands as one of its clearest examples. LastXMinute formed in Puchong, Malaysia, back in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (193+ words) On October 20, J-Card Press releases The Clientele, a biography by Jonnie Johnstone about the evocative British band that includes myriad exclusive quotes, images, and anecdotes. Preorder it here. This is the story of perhaps the greatest British pop group of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1762+ words) The Ringing Bell by Fuming Mouth captures the Massachusetts band at their most focused, direct, and unmistakably themselves. The album arrived on July 17 via Triple B Records and favors speed, impact, and economy over needless ornamentation. Yet its stripped-down attack…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (325+ words) The true Norwegian progressive metal titans Green Carnation are finally ready to present the last installment in their epic trilogy, A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex. The album’s September 4 release date follows the ceremonious unfurlings of Sanguis this past…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (162+ words) Minneapolis deathcore darlings Our Common Collapse released a new single called “Ritual” last week, marking their second single since signing to 3DOT Recordings last month. Guitarist and producer Elliot Merriman says of the track: “It’s about a parasitic relationship with vices…...