BUFFALO, N.Y. — A local judge granted Many Eyes, the new band founded by Ex-Every Time I Die singer Keith Buckley, full legal custody of…
Every We Came as Romans Album Ranked Worst To Best
We Came as Romans’ co-frontman Kyle Pavone had a sweet timbre that was unheard in the late-aughts metalcore scene prior, and sadly died in 2018,…
Every Beartooth Album Ranked Worst To Best
Beartooth was founded in the year of our lord known as 2012 by former revered two-tone ska act Attack Attack!’s multi-instrumentalist Caleb Joshua Shomo and…
Every Ice Nine Kills Album Ranked Worst To Best
Let’s start this Ice Nine Kills studio album ranking list with an inquiry: How the hell did a former ska band, who eventually moonlit as…
Every Avenged Sevenfold Album Ranked Worst To Best
Avenged Sevenfold formed in 1999, released their debut LP “Sounding the Seventh Trumpet” in 2001 via Good Life Recordings, a Belgian independent record label with…
Every Poison the Well Album Ranked Worst to Best
Serious question: when ranking the best hardcore bands of all time, does Poison the Well ever get brought up? Because they should at least be…
Every Pierce the Veil Album Ranked Worst To Best
Before reading the text below, some obsessively avid and perpetually bitter readers of The Hard Times will most certainly say that this Pierce the Veil…
Every Cave In Album Ranked
In the late ‘90s, basic metalcore started to evolve into something else with more intricate songwriting, odd-time signatures, and even some actual musicianship. The heavy…
Review: The Acacia Strain “3750”
This week we take a look back on The 2004 metalcore album “3750” by the pride of Chicopee, Massachusetts, The Acacia Strain. Or, at least,…
Review: Fit for a King “The Hell We Create”
This week we reviewed Christian metalcore band Fit for a King’s latest release, “The Hell We Create,” which describes in detail a terrifying and painful…
Review: Poison the Well “Tear From the Red”
Each week, The Hard Times takes a trip to the past to review a classic album. This time around we take a look at Poison…
Review: Counterparts “A Eulogy for Those Still Here”
Canadian hardcore band Counterparts are back with a new studio album titled “A Eulogy for Those Still Here” which will be released through Pure Noise…
10-Second Movie Quote in Song Doing 90 Percent of the Work
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Local emo band Fastpitch Baseball has reportedly gotten lazy during the recording of their new album and started using movie clips in…
Body-Inclusive Clothing Line Features Models with Blown-Out Lobes
LOS ANGELES – Rising Millennial and Gen Z clothing brand Figure Four is dedicated to featuring models of all sizes, skin tones, and even some…
Review: Converge “Bloodmoon: I”
Each week, The Hard Times takes some time out of its busy schedule of eating chips and dropping pretzels to review an album. This week,…