Shadowtalkers

By Ryan Germ   For a guy who changed his Instagram handle to “everytimeiry” I sure haven’t talked about this band on here, like at all. But to quote one of my favorite movies in Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny “I fucking love this band they’re the best band ever, period. Ladies and gentlemen, Every Time I Die”. I had a plethora of records to choose from because they really never missed, but I think my favorite is Hot Damn. And oh my god would you look at that?! That’s exactly the record we’re reviewing today. So without further ado, let’s jump into this god tier record. The opener, Romeo A Go-Go starts off fast as fuck with a quick fill into a frantic beat over equally frantic vocals from Keith over a hard riff with this mildly southern twang. Around 30 seconds it goes into this fast blast beat before slowing down to the first chugging breakdown over these kinda rough clean vocals. The drums go into a roll which signals a 2 step part that gets interspersed with blast beats. The ...

  By Ethan Concrete Now, I've never been much of a hardcore guy up until Ryan showed me Bayway this year. Admittedly; so there may be a little bias. However, even saying that and acknowledging said bias, I still can't deny the genius that is Bayway NJ. In barely three years, Jayway has led a revolutionary combination rapcore-hardcore band that has become so popular, they've even landed themselves a spot at this year’s Hellfest! Now, while Ryan doesn't quite agree with my takes on Bayway. I think it's important to spread the good gospel of Bayway NJ, with no music of theirs encapsulating their niche better than this year's new EP, World Of Bayway, Vol. III Loyalty- The opening track of the album begins as some of the most hardcore hardcore I've heard in this sub-subgenre. An on-and-off riff bleeds into an impressive, if somewhat slow tempo-wise drum track which kicks off then again almost immediately into some fuckass slam shit. Bro’s hitting like one note ov...