All tagged metal

ISSUE #43

Mando takes us on a tour of Rival Console’s new album Articulation, while Zach splits his time between Oscar Jerome’s jazz fusion masterpiece Breathe Deep and the new Black Crown Initiate LP Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape.

ISSUE #23

Caribou’s Suddenly is a bright, cloudless sky with intermittent wisps of gloom and foreboding. Intronaut’s Fluid Existential Inversions combines two decades of sonic discipline into a jaw-dropping journey into the mind.

VEIL OF MAYA

After over a decade spent sharpening their teeth in the metal scene, this Chicago quartet has made a name for themselves blending melody and metalcore. Bump was in the pit when one of our favorites brought dizzying grooves and fiery intensity to the Hawthorne Theater.

PERIPHERY

Arguably the most famous American djent band in the world, this D.C. sextet led by Misha Mansoor and Spencer Sotello touched down in Portland for a withering performance of their new album “Periphery 4: Hail Stan.” Join us for an extra special concert review as Bump goes hard in the pit with one of our most beloved acts.