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Creeping Death: Meet Power Trip–Endorsed Band Leading Next Wave of Texas Metal
Reese Alavi grew up beside Riley Gale, now the singer is spewing Runescape-inspired death metal
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Paladin: How New Power-Metal Heroes Rose From Data-Entry Hell
Shredder Taylor Washington was stuck in a dead-end job until life kicked him in the ass
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Brutus: Meet Belgian Singer-Drummer Taking Post-Hardcore by Storm
Stefanie Mannaerts traces path from unique musical childhood to trio's genre-defying new album
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Ithaca: Meet Fiery U.K. Crew Out to Reshape Hardcore in Its Own Diverse Image
Djamila Azzouz and her band might be a "rarity" today, but they're ready to change that
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Greek Gods & Christian Scars: Inside Cult Leader's Cathartic New LP
Vocalist Anthony Lucero on healing through experimental post-hardcore
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5 Miserable Songs That Make Miserable's Kristina Esfandiari Happy
King Woman singer on sad songs that influence her blissfully dark music
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Gouge Away: How Illness, Turmoil Spurred Hardcore Rising Stars' Reinvention
Singer Christina Michelle on why she backburnered politics to get personal on revelatory 'Burnt Sugar' LP
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How Germany's Mantar Confront Fascism With "Crude Music," Controversial Art
Blackened-doom punks address using Nazi-era art to call attention to atrocities