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This Week’s Guest: Remedy Drive
This week on the show we are joined by David Zach, the lead-singer and front-man for the band Remedy Drive. We are going to talk with him about their new acoustic album, what went into transforming their entire Resuscitate album acoustic, challenges, changes and banjos.   Also, we are chatting up what lead to this picture… ouch.

Weekly Fan Favorite Poll
  You can vote every 6 hours! (keep your eyes on our Twitter for chances to vote more often)   Look for the new poll to go live sometime on Wednesday!  : )

Album Review: Backdraft by Fallstar
{April 16, 2013} FACEDOWN I’ll be the first to admit, if somewhat begrudgingly, that I am a very biased heavy metal listener. I try to be open minded as often as I can, but constantly find myself judging albums and artists for not being “metal” enough. Maybe I have an overly intense love for the genre, or maybe deep down I’m just a jerk. I’m working on it. One of my biggest gripes with “Christian Metal” as an entity is that it seems to consistently associate itself with the most (in my opinion) banal and safe styles within the larger umbrella of “metal.” I am slowly coming to grips with the fact that, as much I would love it, most heavy Christian bands (I’m sure there are exceptions, that I have yet to find) are not interested in putting forth molten slabs of droning doom metal, or blazing, lo-fi, blackened thrash. I’ll get over it eventually, but this it is the lens through which I view a lot of Christian bands. I say all of that to say this, Fallstar, for reasons still somewhat unknown to me, have rubbed some of the grime off my “Christian Metal” looking glass. On paper, Fallstar really isn’t something that I should like, essentially being another of the melodic hardcore/metalcore band that labels like Rise Records and Solid State gobble up and churn out in assembly line fashion. The band has all the cliché boxes checked, aggressive, fast verses with throaty growls and screaming highs, choruses overflowing with clean vocals, and breakdowns aplenty. Despite all this Fallstar has a few things that some of their peers lack, namely...

Social Media Intern Wantedfor The Christian Rock 20
Over the years I have been approached by several people who were interested in helping out with The Christian Rock 20 in some capacity. I have always declined, mostly because I didn’t know what people could do to help. I discovered recently that there is just 24 hours in a day. Big news right?So towards [...]

This Week’s Guest: Random Hero
This week on the show we are joined by Random Hero lead-singer and songwriter, Aaron Watkins. We are going to talk about their new self-released and produced album Carry Me Bury Me, which drops on Tuesday June, 18th. We are also going to talk about what it was like working on the project without an [...]

This Week’s Guest: Kingdom
This week on the show we have Jordan Abina lead singer for new Dream Records band Kingdom. We’ll talk about how the band started, where they are going and about the greatest band ever, plus meaningless questions.   FREE STUFF: If you want to win a CD copy of Kindom’s debut album make sure you are [...]

Album Review: Road Trip by Hippos Of Doom
{April 23, 2013} Thumper Punk What makes a good EP? When executed well the EP can pack the perfect punch, providing a platform for more progressive and sprawling bands to deliver their material in a concise, to the point package.  At its most potent, the EP allows a band to go for the throat, throwing everything,...

This Week’s Guest: The Almost
We stoked to have first-time guest Dust Redmon, the guitarist for The Almost, on our show. We are going to talk about their new album Fear Inside Our Bones, upcoming tours, what their time in the studio was like, getting old, and we’re bringing back Meaningless Questions!   FREE STUFF: To be entered to win [...]

SONS Goes On Hiatus
This just announced via the SONS Facebook.  

SONS is officially on hiatus. What’s most important for you to understand is that this is about you more than it’s about us. You’ve spent valuable time in your life to listen to us, to share your input with us, to tell people about us, to buy our merchandise and wake up in the morning and decide to wear our shirts and to pay money to come watch us play music. In the end, it’s been your unyielding faith in us that has kept us going as long as we have. The idea that we might enter what’s usually known as a “hiatus” without letting each of you know how much we’ve been...

This Week’s Guest: David Stagg of HM Magazine
For the first time ever at HM Magazine the guard has changed. David Stagg, a former HM intern and current writer for HM has taken the helm as CEO and Editor of the Christian metal/rock publication. He is taking over for the magazine’s founder Doug Van Pelt who has stepped down. Check out our interview [...]