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The band Militarie Gun poses on a city balcony on a gloomy, overcast day, looking moody and cool.

Militarie Gun Rings the Bell

By Ben Sailer • February 27th, 2024

A punk song appearing in a Taco Bell commercial forces Ben to hit the drive-thru while reconsidering the gatekeeping attitude of his youth.

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A portrait of the band Paint it Black seated beneath a wooden pergola. They're all dress in, you guessed it, black.

Age, Angst, and Paint It Black

By Ben Sailer • January 26th, 2024

On their latest album Famine, long-running hardcore punk band Paint It Black prove that righteous anger has no age limit.

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The drummer for Few Left Standing peers cheekily at the camera while playing at a 2000 house show.

On the Outside Looking Into Christian Hardcore

By Ben Sailer • November 29th, 2023

Ben wonders what happened to all the Christian hardcore bands that once dominated VFW basements and Hot Topic shelves, and lands on a conclusion that reveals his own ignorance.

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Nu-Metal Might Be Good, Actually?

By Ben Sailer • August 29th, 2023

Ben recalls a time he talked shit about a Korn cover band and is forced into several personal epiphanies.

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12 Records I’ve Made the Time to Listen to So Far in 2023

By Ben Sailer • August 3rd, 2023

Feeling that 2023 is flying by too quickly, Ben stops to reflect on the music that has provided his soundtrack for the year to date.

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The band Lucero in all their middle-aged glory, looking cool in a classic black-and-white band photo.

Learning the Hard Way With Lucero

By Ben Sailer • July 6th, 2023

Lucero’s music has always had two speeds: “I’m going to party hard” and “I shouldn’t have partied that hard.”

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The member of Ghost Bath, clad in all black, pose stoically in front of a huge stained-glass window.

Black Metal Mythmaking, Gatekeeping, and Points In Between

By Ben Sailer • May 31st, 2023

Black metal musicians have long used secrecy and controversy to generate notoriety.

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