Frank Ricci

'Phillip and I are in a really good spot now. We hadn’t seen each other in years. It was important to me that he and I rekindled this really cool friendship that we had when I first met him, before we were in a band together.'

A burgeoning Savannah tradition now in its sixth year, the Two Tides Metal Fest has been helping metalheads with digestion for Thanksgiving overindulgence since 2020.

The colossal, fuzzed-out riffs are on par with the best and heaviest from The Melvins, Fu Manchu, and Helmet, all anchored by the ridiculous drum talent of Samantha Ambrosio.

Mosh for Tots raises toys instead of fists, and the Callous Daoboys' Hodsdon sees the pairing of heavy music and goodwill as proof that the scene’s reputation has evolved.

To pigeonhole the North Mississippi All-Stars as mere blues revivalists would miss their restless creativity.

Veterans of this past spring’s Riverside Takeover show, Strawberry Girls demand your attention like your trigonometry professor once did.

In the continuing and endless story of how relentlessly demented and unfair the music industry is, Nashville’s fantastic Be Your Own Pet formed in 2003 and did not become a household name.

Daikaiju move the whole shebang all over the venue, including outside when they feel like setting shit on fire.

Themes of “dark” and “progressive” have been getting along a little too well lately, but this is the kind we can use more of.

From the ashes of local metalcore band Vatican, Agonize trades in the former band’s melodic edge with a healthier dose of raw brutality and chaos.

Brooklyn’s A Place to Bury Strangers were known for being as loud as loud can be. Founder Oliver Ackermann was a gear nut, creating bespoke ear-destroying effects that drenched the live audience in noise rock and shoegaze mayhem.

A collection of fellow Charleston musicians helped fill out the sound and lay a foundation for a vocal delivery with the twang dial set to the sweet spot.

The original idea was to create music that complemented skateboarding video content effectively. Needless to say, it’s grown into something much bigger.