Oct 20, 2011

Formed in Espoo Finland in 1993, Children of Bodom is a band that will come only once in a generation. Their name came from a violent incident that shocked the whole nation when an alarming number of teenagers were found murdered in Lake Bodom. The band, previously named Ineathed, changed their name to Children of Bodom to get away from a bad record deal with a...

Sep 14, 2011

Hailing from the Netherlands, crossover hardcore/metal act ALL FOR NOTHING are thinking about coming over to our shows and playing for the underground faithful. Piledriver bassist Howell Casacop asks quick questions to the husband-and-wife team of guitarist Ernst Jan Smits and vocalist Cindy Van Der Heijden who, in turn, fire back the lowdown on the same...

Sep 14, 2011

Manila’s underground metal scene has had its many shares of controversy. The lack of talent may not be always the perpetrator – in fact, this scene can pride itself for possessing some of the most gifted musicians. However, since it is virtually the home of artists who have the most angst and strongest outlooks to boot, opinions and blacklashes are...

Sep 14, 2011

Santa Rosa Laguna’s PILEDRIVER might have had more than their fair share of trials and tribulations in the past, but they prove that nothing can keep a good, dedicated band down. And though there seems to be a resurgence of the genre with the advent of numerous metal-core bands in the present music scene, the band is already toasting to their thirteenth...

Sep 14, 2011

Rarely will you find that from the very birth of a band, they are completely subjecting themselves to any form of change and open endings.. The reality of it is that when a group of people comes together to form a band and make music, they already have an end goal that they plan to achieve. Most changes and 180-degree shifts happen somewhere down the road for a...