If you have been unfortunate enough to visit the YouTube comments of the video of any given metal band, you’re well aware of the ever-present…
Immortal has no bad albums and in many ways they are the total package. They’ve been around long enough to have real cred. They’re from…
In a way, we’re thankful to whoever tried to ram Christianity down Glen Benton’s throat during his childhood, as the end result was a chip…
The original “Twilight Zone” series is a gold mine of memorably traumatic plot twists, thirty-year-old men who look like sixty-year-old men, and some of the…
Florida is America’s punchline. And for the most part rightfully so since it has given us so many awful things and deserves the mockery. But…
When you hear mention of extreme metal, what comes to mind? Death? Destruction? Gore? How about conventional medical terminology? If you’re new to the genre,…
Portland’s Poison Idea is a scary band. Terrifying, actually. Not in a silly corpse paint, Hail Satan! way, but more like “Jesus, these guys are…
It’s the Halloween season and we at The Hard Times are getting our novelty horror screamo band Suscreamia back together! Well, almost. As many of…
They say when you come for the king you better not miss. Fortunately for Donald Trump so far all of the former supporters who have…
Let’s be honest: Lost was a hot mess 20 years ago, and not much has changed. Between the polar bears, time travel, and smoke monsters,…
Fucked Up are a hardcore punk band formed in 2001 in Toronto, and the best hardcore punk band of the 21st Century. They have always…
The words “Ice Age” means something different for everyone. If you’re some sort of paleontologist dweeb, it means sabertooth tigers and uncovering ancient sticks our…
I can no longer stay in denial—my wife Tiffany is keeping something from me. All the signs are there. She’s been distant and withdrawn. She…
Cryptopsy’s music is what people who hate metal think of when they hear the phrase “death metal.” It’s chaotic and techy, can feel out of…
Whether you’re a fan of old school Saosin or the potentially drugged out supergroup known as The Sound of Animals Fighting, a few things are…