Both of these groups have been slotted into the metalcore scene, largely against their will and have released three proper studio albums — though Unearth are hard at work on their fourth. Oh, and both are fronted by a guy named Trevor; Unearth’s singer is Trevor Phipps and The Black Dahlia Murder’s frontman is Trevor […]

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Three members of Deftones thank you for your vote
And you thought the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination was close. In this week’s Headbangers Ball Blog “Who Rocks Harder” contest, Deftones defeated Korn by a single vote.
There were passionate participants lobbying for both camps. “Deftones change their sound every album and create stuff worth […]

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When nu-metal was just starting out, these guys were best friends…. And then they weren’t. Because of similarities in their sound at the time, Korn, who were around a few minutes before Deftones, started talking s–t in interviews about how the ‘Tones were copping their grooves. And the Def ones responded by saying they developed […]

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To start with, we gotta admit we’re fans of Dragonforce. The band’s hybrid of death metal, power metal and ’80s pop is totally entertaining, and Herman Li and Sam Totman are pretty great guitarists. Also, as talented as they are, there’s some great humor value in watching the guys bounce on trampolines from one section […]

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Over the past few years, musicianship has definitely come back into metal, and Symphony X and Dragonforce are two bands that place playing ability near the top of their priority lists.
Symphony X have actually been around way longer. They formed in 1994 in New Jersey compared to Dragonforce, which first got together in 1999 in […]

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