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  • News
    1. Premieres
    2. Album News
    3. Festival News
    4. Tour News
    5. View All
    Premiere: Mom Rock Hit the “Bullseye” with Their Newest Single
    02/07/2023
    Dig Into Lost on the Metro’s EP Premiere for ‘Buried Bones’
    02/06/2023
    You’re “Better Off” Watching nonetheless’ New Music Video Premiere
    02/05/2023
    Behind the Video: MOODY Premieres and Discusses His Dark Techno Track, “Tu Suenos”
    02/03/2023
    Premiere: The Utopiates Channel ’90s Indie-Pop in “Making History” Video
    02/03/2023
    Premiere: Charlie & Margot Put Isolation into Perspective with Their “Lonely” Single
    02/02/2023
    Kian Blume Premieres His New, Nostalgic Single “Daphne”
    02/01/2023
    Bridal Party Premiere Their Chilled-Out New Single, “Baby Anymore”
    01/31/2023
    Watch Logic’s Kevin Smith-directed “Highlife” Music Video
    02/07/2023
    Fvzz Popvuli Shares Lead Single “Kvng Fvzz” off Third Album ‘III’
    02/06/2023
    slowthai Announces Inflation-Busting £1 Intimate UK Shows
    02/06/2023
    Soothsayer Orchestra Release Dark New Album ‘The Last Black Flower’
    02/04/2023
    Korn Drop Live EP ‘Requiem Mass’
    02/03/2023
    The Jared Stout Band Releases Sophomore Album ‘Heavy from the Sky’
    02/03/2023
    Classless Act Pay Tribute to David Bowie with “All The Young Dudes/Starman” Digital Single
    02/03/2023
    TesseracT Announce Digital Release of ‘P O R T A L S’ Live Spectacular
    02/03/2023
    Lake Tahoe Reggae Fest Reveals Full 2023 Lineup!
    02/07/2023
    ArcTanGent Festival Adds Swans, Enslaved and more to Stacked August Line-Up
    02/06/2023
    Le Phoque OFF Festival Unveils Entire Eclectic 2023 Lineup
    02/04/2023
    Boots and Hearts Festival Reveals Full 2023 Line-Up!
    02/02/2023
    Final Bands and Stage Splits Revealed for Desertfest London 2023
    02/01/2023
    Tramlines Festival Announces 2023 Headliners and More Line-Up Details
    02/01/2023
    Candlemass, Employed To Serve and More Confirmed for Bloodstock 2023
    01/31/2023
    Kendal Calling Annnounce Massive Line-Up for Summer 2023 Weekender
    01/25/2023
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce 2023 Summer Tour; Share “Blacktop” Video
    02/07/2023
    Voivod Verifies “40 Years of Morgöth Tales” USA Tour with Imperial Triumphant
    02/07/2023
    Fleet Foxes and My Morning Jacket Reveal Co-Headlining California Shows
    02/07/2023
    Corrosion Of Conformity Confirms UK/EU 3-Week Run in May
    02/07/2023
    Whitechapel Announces U.S. Headlining Tour Playing ‘The Valley’ in its Entirety
    02/07/2023
    Billy Talent to Hit Budweiser Stage with Cypress Hill, Cancer Bats and The OBGMs
    02/06/2023
    Ministry Reveals 2023 Headline Tour with Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly
    02/06/2023
    Disturbed Announce “Take Back Your Life” Summer 2023 North American Tour
    02/06/2023
    Trip Out on Boris’ “満ち草 -michikusa-” Music Video
    02/07/2023
    Watch Logic’s Kevin Smith-directed “Highlife” Music Video
    02/07/2023
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce 2023 Summer Tour; Share “Blacktop” Video
    02/07/2023
    Voivod Verifies “40 Years of Morgöth Tales” USA Tour with Imperial Triumphant
    02/07/2023
    Lake Tahoe Reggae Fest Reveals Full 2023 Lineup!
    02/07/2023
    Fleet Foxes and My Morning Jacket Reveal Co-Headlining California Shows
    02/07/2023
    Corrosion Of Conformity Confirms UK/EU 3-Week Run in May
    02/07/2023
    Premiere: Mom Rock Hit the “Bullseye” with Their Newest Single
    02/07/2023
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  • Interviews
    1. The Cover Story
    2. Behind the Video
    3. Geared Up
    4. Level Up
    5. Pumping Metal
    6. Purely Provocative
    7. Quick & Dirty
    8. Tattoo Talk
    9. UnCovered
    10. Vox Populi
    11. View All
    Tuk Smith and the Restless Hearts: “Every day I wake up and I don’t feel like I belong on this planet”
    12/19/2022
    Melvins: “We’ve burned every bridge and it’s either this or homelessness, so it’s this.”
    12/05/2022
    Bedouin Soundclash: “When you get to a certain age, some kind of hurricane happens in your life: and that’s where you’ll meet yourself”
    11/14/2022
    Clutch: “The extra time really allowed us to check all the boxes on what we wanted to do on the new record”
    11/07/2022
    Damnation Festival’s Director Gavin McInally: “We’re looking at an almost sold-out arena and wondering how we top this line-up next year?”
    10/31/2022
    The Rasmus: “You really have to go low and almost die to come back again and to be born again.”
    10/24/2022
    Everclear: “I just wanted to play rock ‘n’ roll, and I always wanted to do it on my terms and make a living from it”
    10/17/2022
    Nik Nocturnal: “I was kicked off the Honours programme but didn’t care, I just wanted to cover songs”
    09/26/2022
    Behind the Video: SPiN’s Jim Vacca is “Dreaming” About the Band’s New Music Video
    02/07/2023
    Behind the Video: MOODY Premieres and Discusses His Dark Techno Track, “Tu Suenos”
    02/03/2023
    GUNNAR Discusses His “Fuck a Broken Heart” Music Video, Gear, Rituals and Touring
    01/26/2023
    Behind the Video: Budderside Go Inside Their “Joker” Music Video
    01/18/2023
    Behind the Video: Turbid North Talk Through Their Surreal “Slaves” Music Video
    12/06/2022
    Behind the Video: LA Artist Kalle Pascal Discusses His “Daisy” Music Video
    12/03/2022
    Behind the Video: The Hunna Drummer Jack Metcalfe Talks “Trash”; Details Latest Music Video
    12/01/2022
    Behind the Video: Miranda Joan Discusses the Clip for Her Tribute Song to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
    11/17/2022
    Geared Up: Quivver Discusses His Set-Up, Synths, and Go-To Pieces of Equipment
    02/06/2023
    Geared Up: Stu Brooks Discusses What He Likes Best About His Pulsar-23 Drum Machine
    11/29/2022
    Geared Up: Lauds Guitarist J. Holt Evans III Discusses His ProCo Rat 2 Distortion Pedal
    10/28/2022
    Geared Up: Osyron Drummer Cody Anstey Discusses His Tama Starclassic Maple Drums
    10/26/2022
    Geared Up: Sam Robbins Discusses His Weapon of Choice, the Martin 0000-18 Acoustic Guitar
    10/04/2022
    Geared Up: Tamala Park Book Club Drummer Marcel Bluett on His China Zildjan Cymbal
    09/10/2022
    Geared Up: Moontricks’ Sean Rodman on What He Loves About His Banjo
    08/31/2022
    Geared Up: JoeyDiabolic Discusses His Epic Sonic Setup
    07/03/2022
    Level Up: The World Is Quiet Here’s Tyler Dworak on Video Games, Card Games, and RPGs
    02/04/2023
    Level Up: Victory Kid Drummer Carlo Ribaux Discusses His Second Love, Gaming
    01/12/2023
    Level Up: GFM’s Maggie English Discusses Gaming, Her Favourite Consoles, and How Games Inspire Her
    11/22/2022
    Pumping Metal: Circle The Earth’s Michael McBay Kicks Up Some Karate Knowledge
    02/02/2023
    Pumping Metal: Jared James Nichols Discusses Getting and Staying in Shape
    01/30/2023
    Pumping Metal: Contracult Frontman Svart Discusses His Healthy, Active Lifestyle
    12/13/2022
    Pumping Metal: Polychuck on How He Maintains His Champion Level Physique
    06/09/2022
    Pumping Metal: Maddox Jones Discusses Health and How He Stays Fit
    05/19/2022
    Pumping Metal: J Temp 13 on How Healthy Living Intersects with the Rockstar Lifestyle
    03/29/2022
    Pumping Metal: Daemon Grey Reveals All About His Outgoing and Fitness-Focused Lifestyle
    01/21/2021
    Pumping Metal: August Burns Red’s Jake Luhrs Shares His Workout Routine, Diet, and Weight Training Tunes
    04/02/2020
    Purely Provocative: Ace Of Wands Discuss Everything, Except Music!
    01/28/2023
    Purely Provocative: The Flamingos Pink Drummer Julz Corrado on Death, Drugs and Dumpy-Dumps
    10/21/2022
    Purely Provocative: Vancouver’s Lozen on Everything from Tarot to Tantric Sex
    08/10/2022
    Purely Provocative: Cyborg Octopus Frontman Ian Forsythe Tackles Some Irregular Questions
    08/09/2022
    Purely Provocative: Beautiful Machines Discuss the Less Pleasant Side of Life
    04/21/2022
    Purely Provocative: The F16s Get a Little Absurd and Outlandish
    11/05/2021
    Purely Provocative: The Casual Sexists Get Raunchy and Share Some Scintillating Stories
    05/19/2021
    Purely Provocative: Soundhoose Sound Off on the Less Glamorous Side of Rock
    04/07/2021
    Quick & Dirty: Vaughanstrosity Chats Metallica Concerts, Nostalgic Moments, and Pizza Toppings
    02/01/2023
    Quick & Dirty: Pretoria Comment on Their Favourite Drinks, Pizzas, Venues, and First Concerts
    10/02/2022
    Quick & Dirty: Comisar Comments on Vampires, Vengaboys, Guilty Pleasures and Rick Rubin
    08/19/2022
    Quick & Dirty: Interview with MANTAR Frontman Hanno on Guilty Pleasures, Pizza Toppings, AC/DC, Donkeys and Hitler
    05/13/2016
    Quick & Dirty: Immortal Machinery Vocalist Steph K on Scotch, Pandas, Sandwiches, and Whitesnake
    04/07/2015
    Quick & Dirty: Johnny Wore Black Songwriter and Vocalist “Jay” on Corey Taylor, Beethoven, Goodfellas, and More
    12/09/2014
    Quick & Dirty: Puerto Rican Musician Kingnaldo Opens Up About Some of His Favourite Things
    12/04/2014
    Quick & Dirty: Upon A Burning Body Lead Singer Danny Leal Discusses Booze, Sweet Tea, Hair Gel and Much More!
    12/03/2014
    Tattoo Talk: Hard Rock Duo Lift The Curse Discuss Their Awesome Ink
    01/07/2023
    Tattoo Talk: Soulprison Vocalist Henry Keller on His Favourite Ink and Artists
    12/23/2022
    Tattoo Talk: nobody likes you pat’s Pat Kiloran Dives into His Ink
    11/19/2022
    Tattoo Talk: Sabaton Drummer Hannes Van Dahl Dives Deep into His Passion for Ink
    10/20/2022
    Tattoo Talk: CHLSY Frontwoman Chelsea Gilliland Discusses Her Bodacious Body of Ink
    08/16/2022
    Tattoo Talk: Talkless Discusses His Ink, Being a Tattoo Artist, and the Worst Tattoo He’s Given
    07/15/2022
    Tattoo Talk: Dillon Forte Discusses Sacred Geometry, Joe Rogan, NFTs and Life in Texas
    06/06/2022
    Tattoo Talk: Cycotic Youth’s Jason Brown Discusses Ink, His Shop S.T. Tattoo, and New Music
    05/28/2022
    UnCovered: Oscar Jerome Forks Over Details on ‘The Spoon’ Album Artwork
    01/27/2023
    UnCovered: Nordic Daughter Discuss the Artwork for Their Ravenous Record ‘Perceptions’
    01/21/2023
    UnCovered: Just The Tim & Friends’ Tim Bernard on the ‘Fell Over You’ EP Artwork
    04/14/2022
    UnCovered: Sarah Hiltz Ventures Behind the Artwork of Her Record ‘Calm Fury’
    03/03/2022
    UnCovered: Nathan Leigh Explains How He Developed His ‘House on Stilts’ EP Artwork
    11/13/2021
    UnCovered: Paper Jackets’ Frontman James Mason Discusses the “Bones” Cover Artwork
    08/06/2021
    UnCovered: Evripidis and His Tragedies Discusses the Magnificent ‘Neos Kosmos’ Cover Artwork
    06/28/2021
    UnCovered: The Odd Haus Collective Discuss the Brilliant Cover Artwork for Oddysseys’ Single “Moaner”
    04/11/2021
    Vox Populi: Derision Cult’s Dave McAnally Discusses Information and Its Negative Effects
    01/17/2023
    Vox Populi: Anti-Flag Bassist Chris No. 2 Sounds Off on Systemic Inequality and Effecting Change
    12/16/2022
    Behind the Video: SPiN’s Jim Vacca is “Dreaming” About the Band’s New Music Video
    02/07/2023
    Geared Up: Quivver Discusses His Set-Up, Synths, and Go-To Pieces of Equipment
    02/06/2023
    Jack Prest on His Influences, Album ‘The Risk Of Hyperbole – Vol. 2 – OBJECT,’ and Ambient Music
    02/05/2023
    Level Up: The World Is Quiet Here’s Tyler Dworak on Video Games, Card Games, and RPGs
    02/04/2023
    Behind the Video: MOODY Premieres and Discusses His Dark Techno Track, “Tu Suenos”
    02/03/2023
    Pumping Metal: Circle The Earth’s Michael McBay Kicks Up Some Karate Knowledge
    02/02/2023
    Quick & Dirty: Vaughanstrosity Chats Metallica Concerts, Nostalgic Moments, and Pizza Toppings
    02/01/2023
    Pumping Metal: Jared James Nichols Discusses Getting and Staying in Shape
    01/30/2023
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  • Features
    1. Guest Blog
    2. Stereo Six
    3. Top 10
    4. Track-by-Track
    5. Vinyl Variety
    6. Women of Rock
    7. View All
    Will Wood Details His (Final?) Album ‘In Case I Die’ and Indefinite Hiatus from Music
    01/09/2023
    Michael Compton on the Gloom and Growth that Inspired His Album ‘Wooden Spoon’
    01/04/2023
    Alive In Barcelona Vocalist Matt Hoos Explains How Music Saved His Life
    12/15/2022
    Roger Street Friedman: “I Was Born to Make Music… (but it took a 25-year break to realize it)”
    12/13/2022
    Dive Deep into Archer Monk’s “Tumbleweed Pop” Album ‘Joy Ride Opus’
    10/20/2022
    We’re Wolves Discuss Covering Linkin Park’s Standout Single, “One Step Closer”
    09/26/2022
    Steaming Kettle PR Founder Andy Kettle on His Music Business Journey, and New Venture Drop That Record
    09/13/2022
    Satsang’s Drew McManus Skillfully Strips Down the Album ‘Flowers from the Fray’
    09/09/2022
    Stereo Six: Kids That Fly Discuss Albums that Inspired Their EP ‘Tracks of the High Line’
    01/23/2023
    Stereo Six: Isaac Watters on Albums that Inspired the Writing of ‘Extended Play 001’
    01/13/2023
    Stereo Six: Ten Kills the Pack’s Sean Sroka Shares His Most Influential Albums
    12/15/2022
    Stereo Six: Me Like Bees Buzz About the Sounds that Influenced ‘Disco Two Step’
    12/05/2022
    Stereo Six: Fragments of Sorrow Supply Some of Their All-Time Fave Tunes
    11/23/2022
    Stereo Six: BRYMIR Frontman Viktor Storm Gullichsen Counts Down His Most Influential Albums
    10/17/2022
    Stereo Six: TheFatRat Crawls Across Genres to Dole Out His Favourite Songs
    08/30/2022
    Stereo Six: Fool’s Union on the Music that Inspired Their Single “Raven Lake”
    07/16/2022
    Seven Layer Piano Cakes’ Justin Hoyt Lists His Top 10 Favourite Water-Related Things
    12/21/2022
    Nestor Frontman Tobias Gustavsson Lists His Top 10 Heaviest ’80s Rock Classics
    11/28/2022
    Singer-Songwriter Maripool Details Her Top 10 Most Important Albums
    10/15/2022
    Top 10 Most Rock n’ Roll Fashion & Makeup Brands According to Evol Walks
    10/13/2022
    Scottish Rockers She Burns Red Pick Their Top 10 Adrenaline-Fuelled Rock Anthems
    10/03/2022
    Bealby Point List Vancouver’s Top 10 Local Bars and Clubs
    09/01/2022
    Top 10 NFT Dos and Don’ts According to Musician and Crypto-Maniac Christian O’Connor
    02/05/2022
    Born A New Lists the Top 10 Upcoming Metal/Hardcore Bands They Dig Most
    01/27/2022
    Track-by-Track: MOSKITO Dissect Their Rifftastic New Mixtape ‘BAD LOVE’
    02/07/2023
    Track-by-Track: Haley Harkin Runs Through Her Album ‘To Heal Her Too’
    02/04/2023
    Track-by-Track: John Zdrojeski’s Album ‘Misters’ Confronts Toxic Masculinity
    02/03/2023
    Track-by-Track: Hostia Hammer Out Details of Their Album ‘Nailed’
    01/23/2023
    Track-by-Track: Frightful Places Details the Debut EP ‘Frightful Places’
    01/16/2023
    Track-by-Track: Jillian Lake’s Take on Her Album ‘Younger Then’
    01/14/2023
    Track-By-Track: Josh Van White Breaks Down His Innovative Album ‘Pacific Transmissions’
    12/20/2022
    Track-by-Track: Elizabeth Moen Details Her Juicy Album ‘Wherever You Aren’t’
    12/19/2022
    Vinyl Variety: The Strumbellas’ Jeremy Drury Visits Hamilton’s Best Record Stores
    04/08/2021
    Vinyl Variety: Adam Masterson’s Love Letter to Rough Trade West (London)
    06/11/2020
    Vinyl Variety: Swedish Rockers Tribe Friday Pen a Love Letter to Their Local Record Store Bananamoon
    04/02/2020
    Vinyl Variety: LATE NIGHT LEGACY Lead Us Around Leeds’ Top Record Shops
    11/01/2019
    Vinyl Variety: Swedish Death Metallers ENTOMBED A.D. Enshrine Their Favourite Swedish Vinyl Shops
    10/18/2019
    Vinyl Variety: Alt-Rockers THE ROYAL FOUNDRY Eagerly Explore Edmonton’s Best Vinyl Stores
    10/15/2019
    Vinyl Variety: WALK OFF THE EARTH Walk Through Toronto’s Top Record Purveyors
    09/23/2019
    Vinyl Variety: Noise Rock Trio MULTICULT Browse Baltimore’s Most Bodacious Record Shops
    09/18/2019
    Women of Rock: Elyose Frontwoman Justine Daaé Lists Her Top Female Influences
    02/06/2023
    Women of Rock: Diana Panton Discusses Some of Her Major Female Inspirations
    11/29/2022
    Women of Rock: Eddy Lee Ryder Lays Out Five Women She Holds in High Regard
    11/22/2022
    Women of Rock: Maldita’s Rosa Venenosa on Her Vocal Inspirations
    03/14/2022
    Women of Rock: SOFTCULT Dish on Their Fave Female Musical Inspirations
    02/04/2022
    Women of Rock: Famous Underground’s Laurie-Anne Green Lists the Women Who Truly Inspire Her
    06/28/2021
    Women of Rock: High Shores Shares Their Top Five Female Artists
    06/23/2021
    Women of Rock: Velvet Two Stripes Sort Through Some of Their Most Significant Female Inspirations
    06/02/2021
    Track-by-Track: MOSKITO Dissect Their Rifftastic New Mixtape ‘BAD LOVE’
    02/07/2023
    Women of Rock: Elyose Frontwoman Justine Daaé Lists Her Top Female Influences
    02/06/2023
    Track-by-Track: Haley Harkin Runs Through Her Album ‘To Heal Her Too’
    02/04/2023
    Track-by-Track: John Zdrojeski’s Album ‘Misters’ Confronts Toxic Masculinity
    02/03/2023
    Stereo Six: Kids That Fly Discuss Albums that Inspired Their EP ‘Tracks of the High Line’
    01/23/2023
    Track-by-Track: Hostia Hammer Out Details of Their Album ‘Nailed’
    01/23/2023
    Acoustic Folk Duo nature airliner List 10 Terrific Tokyo Restaurants
    01/19/2023
    Track-by-Track: Frightful Places Details the Debut EP ‘Frightful Places’
    01/16/2023
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  • Reviews
    1. Album Review
    2. Song Review
    3. Book Review
    4. Film Review
    5. Product Review
    6. Show Review
    7. Event Review
    8. View All
    Lamedd – ‘Permit’ [EP] [Album Review]
    02/06/2023
    What Strange Beasts – ‘Starlight’s Castaways’ [Album Review]
    02/02/2023
    Get Out – ‘The Violation of Terms and Conditions’ [Album Review]
    01/30/2023
    Hilning – ‘Råtijinn’ [Album Review]
    01/28/2023
    Dana Why – ‘The Lyre’ [Album Review]
    01/25/2023
    Newport Electric – ‘Discord And Harmony’ [Album Review]
    01/11/2023
    Kate Fenner – ‘Dead Reckoning’ [Album Review]
    01/10/2023
    Dark Funeral – ‘We Are The Apocalypse’ [Album Review]
    01/10/2023
    Coely – “Kaos” [Song Review]
    02/01/2023
    The Magician & The Aston Shuffle – “Differences” [Song Review]
    01/31/2023
    KILLCODE – “Let’s Get Back to Rock n Roll” [Song Review]
    01/30/2023
    joan – “Nervous” [Song Review]
    01/30/2023
    The Hunger – “Tears To Cry” [Song Review]
    01/27/2023
    Alma Mater – “Fading Moon” [Single Review]
    01/26/2023
    TEROUZ – “Tiger Girl” [Song Review]
    01/26/2023
    Chris Ianuzzi – “Lonesome Highway Superstar” [Song Review]
    01/25/2023
    The Unlikely (and Glorious) Return of CREEM Magazine
    01/12/2023
    “Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion” by Harry Sword [Book Review]
    09/08/2022
    “Bands do BK: A Guide to Brooklyn, by Bands, for Everyone” by Sam Sumpter [Book Review]
    09/05/2022
    “The Insatiable Necrosexual #1” by Necrosexual [Comic Book Review]
    05/09/2022
    “Love Hertz” by Aaron Mostow, Kevin Flores, Rodolfo Tagle III [Book & EP Review]
    05/03/2022
    “Long Live King Kobe: Following the Murder of Tyler Nichols” by Spencer Ostrander & Paul Auster [Book Review]
    04/12/2022
    “Name Dropping: Seeking Creative Truth Through Trendy Altruism and Punk Rock” by Jameson Ketchum [Book Review]
    10/29/2021
    “The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism” by Tucker Carlson [Book Review]
    08/26/2021
    Enys Men (British Film Institute) [Film Review]
    01/28/2023
    Host (Shadow House Films) [Movie Review]
    01/20/2023
    The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (Netflix) [Documentary Review]
    01/19/2023
    “John Monteleone: The Chisels Are Calling” (Street Singer Productions) [Documentary Review]
    01/05/2023
    Cave In – “Days of Nothing” [Documentary Review]
    12/15/2022
    Smile (Paramount Pictures) [4K Ultra HD Review]
    12/14/2022
    Better Watch Out (Storm Vision Entertainment) [Movie Review]
    12/10/2022
    “The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story” (Captured Tracks) [Documentary Review]
    12/02/2022
    Capital Helles Bock Beer by Coachella Valley Brewing Company [Product Review]
    11/24/2020
    Caninus Collars’ Official Mötley Crüe “Dr Feelgood” Dog Collar [Product Review]
    05/08/2020
    METALLICA and ARROGANT CONSORTIA Have a Winner with Their Thirst-Quenching “Enter Night Pilsner” [Beer Review]
    03/29/2019
    Dexter Holland’s GRINGO BANDITO Hot Sauce is Full-Throttle Flavor [Product Review]
    07/25/2018
    “Reality Based Pils” by Mikkeller Brewing & The National [Beer Review]
    07/24/2018
    HEAVY LEATHER NYC “Shout at the Devil” Guitar Straps [Gear Review]
    07/06/2018
    Audials Tunebite 2017 Premium [Product Review]
    01/27/2017
    Caninus Collars: Make Your Pup Punk with Hardcore Dog Collars and Leashes [Product Review]
    01/06/2017
    Black Stone Cherry, The Darkness and Danko Jones Bring the Boom to Leeds First Direct Arena [Photos]
    02/07/2023
    L.S. Dunes Deliver Unforgettable Manchester Debut at Club Academy [Photos]
    02/02/2023
    Holding Absence and Void of Vision’s Grassroots Tour Rocks Liverpool Academy 2 [Photos]
    01/31/2023
    We Came As Romans, Erra, and Brand of Sacrifice Wallop Worcester Palladium [Photos]
    01/28/2023
    Sleep Token (w/ Northlane) Deliver Godlike Sermon to Hammersmith’ Eventim Apollo [Show Review]
    01/26/2023
    PVRIS, Maggie Lindemann and Charlotte Sands Send Temperatures Soaring at Manchester Academy [Photos]
    01/24/2023
    Trivium, Heaven Shall Burn and Malevolence Destroy Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse [Photos]
    01/19/2023
    Sevendust Maul Madison Theater with ENMY, Life After This, and Asayda [Photos]
    01/09/2023
    Damnation Festival 2022: A Game-Changing Day for Extreme Music in Manchester [Photos]
    11/14/2022
    An Unforgettable Night for Singer-Songwriter Jamie Webster and Fans at Leeds O2 Academy [Photos]
    11/14/2022
    Puscifer Doubles Down on Halloween with Streaming Events “V is for Versatile” and “Parole Violator”
    11/03/2022
    Normality Resumes as The Wildhearts Return to Rock Bradford Nightrain on June 18, 2021 [Show Review & Photos]
    06/29/2021
    Punk Rock & Paintbrushes (Story and Book Signing Event) [Event Review]
    05/13/2021
    Getting Back to Our Roots with Wardruna’s Einar Selvik [‘Kvitravn’ Livestream Review]
    12/17/2020
    Evanescence Take Flight at Rock Falcon Studio in Nashville, Tennessee [Show Review]
    12/10/2020
    Michale Graves Rocks a Truly Intimate Evening in Cocoa, Florida [Show Review]
    10/20/2020
    Black Stone Cherry, The Darkness and Danko Jones Bring the Boom to Leeds First Direct Arena [Photos]
    02/07/2023
    Lamedd – ‘Permit’ [EP] [Album Review]
    02/06/2023
    What Strange Beasts – ‘Starlight’s Castaways’ [Album Review]
    02/02/2023
    L.S. Dunes Deliver Unforgettable Manchester Debut at Club Academy [Photos]
    02/02/2023
    Coely – “Kaos” [Song Review]
    02/01/2023
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CAVERNS OF PINE Interview: Musician Brad Perry on Rape Culture, #MeToo, and Healing Through Music

By Kayley Marner 07/25/2018 9 Mins Read
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Caverns of Pine is a musical project dedicated to sharing the stories of those who have suffered sexual violence and trauma. It seeks to express the differing perspectives of pain and healing experienced by survivors of sexual violence, and ultimately communicate through music how these brave individuals are finding new ways to survive. Brad Perry, the musician behind Caverns of Pine, had lots to say about the project and what he hopes for it to achieve. All profits of Cavern of Pine’s EP Dissociate (released March 9, 2018) will be donated directly to FORCE, a non-profit that aims to support sexual trauma survivors and disrupt rape culture.

What motivated you to start this project?
Brad Perry: I’ve had the idea for this project rattling around in my head for at least a decade. Watching people I love deal with the trauma of sexual violence had a profound impact on me at a young and critical point in my life. When my Mom started dealing with the horror of her own abuse, I was twelve years old, and it was as if I was shaken out of a slumber. It made me stop and reassess almost every part of my sheltered middle-class existence, and it definitely made me challenge some of the more toxic pressures of masculinity that were starting to be felt at that time.

It also made me find outlets for the confusion and sadness and rage I felt over the fact that someone could choose to violate another person so completely – could choose to cause them so much pain. That’s how I found punk and metal. Listening to it and playing it was cathartic. It could even be comforting when not much else was. So Caverns Of Pine is really just an extension of that, but with the benefit of having some years of perspective.

Why do you think it’s important to share the stories of sexual assault survivors, particularly through music?
Perry: I worked full time in the rape victim advocacy field for over a decade and I’ve been side-by-side with far too many loved ones and friends on their healing journeys. So, I just felt compelled to depict some of the themes that seemed to emerge – to tell some stories that hopefully increase understanding and empathy for people who don’t really have any experience with this issue, and to hopefully make survivors who hear it feel less alone. Music as the vehicle for these stories – versus a book or a film or whatever – is simply what comes most naturally to me. I’ve played in bands non-stop for almost 30 years.

Also, this subject is something a lot of folks still don’t really want to contemplate. I love to see what’s happened with #MeToo, but even folks who are now accepting that sexual violence is far more prevalent than they’d previously thought aren’t necessarily able to relate to the human experience of surviving sexual violence. But if I can present stories to that effect packaged within some interesting songs, then maybe it’s a way in for some of them.

Dissociate was released on March 9, 2018, via Self Aware Records.

Is there significance in these stories being shared by a male voice?
Perry: I don’t think there *should* be, but I hear from people of all genders that it matters to them that I – a straight cis-gendered male – am the person behind this project. I guess a lot of people who fit that description have historically not put themselves “out there” in directly confronting the damage that sexual violence can do. I think a lot of boys are raised to think this is just a “girl’s problem” – if they’re raised to even think about sexual violence at all. I mean we still see schools teaching “what girls can do to keep themselves from being a victim” rather than “what boys / all of us can do to make sure we’re not behaving coercively or hurtfully.” It’s all completely reactive, and boys are often let off the hook of having to ponder it at all.

So, I hope that the fact a person like me is behind this will get people to pay attention who might not do so otherwise, simply because of that “man-bites-dog” part of it. Also, although I have never been directly assaulted, I have a number of male-identifying people in my life who have. A few of the songs are clearly informed by boys’ experiences of healing and coping, so I hope that folks who have experienced that feel like their voices are represented well.

What are you ultimately hoping to achieve with this project?
Perry: My life has been shaped by watching people suffer and heal from sexual violence, and I thought I might be able to offer up a piece of art that could help other people dealing with similar pain feel less alone. That feeling of isolation is such a heavy shroud, and breaking through it is critical to healing for most folks. That goes for survivors as well as loved ones or close friends who want to help.

From a musical perspective I wanted it to evoke the range of emotions and mental states that usually go with that. Fear. Resignation. Courage. Sadness. Rage. Determination. Shame. Defiance. Hope. And more. Musically, I also didn’t want it to be easily classifiable. It’s heavy, but not really aggressive in most places. It’s dark but not without moments of illumination. It’s mournful because it feels like the world just puts this horrible trauma on us, but I never wanted it to feel “goth” or whatever. Basically, I wanted to create a collection of loud music (which is what I know how to do) that matched the many perspectives and experiences I am trying to convey in the lyrics.

Kicking off with the track “All Instinct”, check out the full album here.

Can you walk us through the process of compiling these varying accounts of sexual trauma and healing and turning them into the tracks on this EP?
Perry: I didn’t compile them in any kind of systematic way. The lyrics were written over the course of many years. Something would make me think about someone close to me who had experienced this kind of trauma, and I’d sit and zone out and think about it. I’d ponder on how it was similar or dissimilar what to other people I knew experienced. I started looking for patterns. And then I kind of almost created “characters” or different points of view.

A man who was abused as a boy and is trying to come to grips with how the abuse has impacted his sense of masculinity and sexuality. A woman who has finally worked up the courage to renounce the religion that helped normalize and enable the violence she experienced. A significant other who feels powerless to help their partner who is a survivor, and who wants to address the perpetrator directly but can’t. Some of the songs focus mostly one one of these points of view, while others alternate points of view.

Where did the name Disassociate come from, and what influenced the decision to choose this as the name of Caverns of Pine’s EP?
Perry: Dissociation is a fairly common way that people experiencing trauma mentally detach to survive. It operates in situations where you’re being faced with an extreme about of stress and you feel powerless to do anything about it – like experience of sexual abuse or rape. So your mind kind of tricks itself into a dissociative state. This might be the, “It felt like I was watching my self while floating from above” kind of thing, or “I just kind of went to another place mentally,” or something else entirely.

It’s a phenomenon I’ve seen up close in its most extreme forms many times when my Mom was first coming to terms with what had happened to her as a kid. I watched her literally pass out and even shift into other “dissociative identities” as part of her healing process. It’s a fascinating and necessary defence mechanism, and it’s something that can be really scary. For the album title, it just made sense both because of the way the songs drift between different perspectives and the way I kind of almost hypnotized myself to write the lyrics without too much of a logical “this is what happened” filter. Instead the lyrics are more like different impressions from different experiences – they’re intentionally detached stories to make up an overall theme, rather than a linear narrative.

Be sure to also check out the photo zine that accompanies Dissociate.

What do you want listeners to know or to be aware of before hitting play on the first track of Dissociate?
Perry:That it’s meant to be contemplative, so I hope the listener is in a headspace and an environment conducive to that.

All of the proceeds from the digital sales of Dissociate will be donated to FORCE. How did you decide on this organization in particular?
Perry: I met Hannah from FORCE years ago through anti-sexual violence work. I decided on them both because they’re also approaching this issue through an artistic lens, and because their vision is incredibly bold. Just check out www.themonumentquilt.org which is one of their main projects. They’ve created a massive public healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse. Right now it’s taking the form of this quilt. But as I understand it they eventually want to create a national permanent monument for grieving and healing around this issue. Like in Washington, DC! The amount of reckoning we would have to do as a society to make something like that real seems insurmountable until a group like FORCE comes along and just says, “We’re going to do this.” I love that so much. Groups like them push us forward.

What’s next for Caverns of Pine?
Perry: I just want to get the record out to the ears of anyone who might be interested. There’s also a photo zine that goes with Dissociate so people will have something they can hold in their hands and look at while listening. A really talented print artist named Brittany Lynn Justice worked on that with me, and it just came out. (You can get it here. Profits from that also go to FORCE.

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