Music Subterranea : Underground Metal & Hardcore

Yellowcard is coming back!

2010-08-02T19:15:00.000-04:00

check out the article! http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/yellowcard_announce_return/

looks like they're planning on recording a new album. i've seen them a few times and have always been a fan, although i still think the ocean avenue album is the best. hopefully they go back to that sound.

Bayside & Senses Fail...

2010-08-02T12:35:00.001-04:00

are on sale now!

http://www.outwiththeincrowdtour.com/

new tours coming up!

2010-07-29T20:55:00.000-04:00

Senses Fail / Bayside co-headlining tour with Title Fight & Balance And Composure

the pre-sale info and tour dates were taken from altpress.com:

Pre-sale will begin Aug. 2 at noon local time here, with each pre-sale purchase coming with a free poster.

10/19 – Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon

10/20 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre

10/21 – New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom (CMJ Badges accepted)

10/22 – Boston, MA @ Royale Nightclub

10/23 – Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club Theatre

10/24 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre

10/26 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave

10/27 – Chicago, IL @ Metro

10/28 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room

10/29 – Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall

10/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue

11/01 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon

11/02 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

11/04 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom

11/05 – West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour

11/06 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

11/07 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

11/09 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile

11/10 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre

11/12 – Dallas, TX @ The Door

11/13 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s

11/14 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live

11/16 – Jacksonville Beach, FL @ Freebird Live

11/17 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre

11/18 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues

11/19 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

11/20 – Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm

11/21 – Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street

11/23 – Towson, MD @ The Recher Theatre

11/24 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

11/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

Escape The Fate with Bullet For My Valentine

the following tour dates were taken from ETF's myspace:

Jul 29 2010

6:00P

Teatro Novedades Santiago, CHILE

Jul 31 2010

5:00P

Teatro La Mama Bogota, COLOMBIA

Aug 1 2010

5:30P

Moulin Rouge Caracas, VENEZUELA

Aug 4 2010

6:00P

VIVE CUERVO SALON Miguel Hidalgo, DF, MEXICO

Sep 16 2010

7:00P

Cotilion Wichita, Kansas

Sep 17 2010

7:00P

Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK

Sep 18 2010

7:00P

Warehouse Live Houston, TX

Sep 19 2010

7:00P

Stubb's BBQ Austin, Texas

Sep 21 2010

7:00P

The Ritz Ybor Tampa, FL

Sep 23 2010

7:00P

HOUSE OF BLUES Lake Buena Vista, FL

Sep 24 2010

7:00P

The Filmore CHARLOTTE (NORTH CAROLINA), NC, SPAIN

Sep 25 2010

7:00P

9:30 Club Washington D.C., Washington

Sep 26 2010

7:00P

The Norva Norfolk, VA

Sep 28 2010

7:00P

Scranton Cultural Center Scranton, PA

Sep 30 2010

7:00P

Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvan

Oct 1 2010

7:00P

Roseland Ballroom New York, NY

Oct 2 2010

7:00P

Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY

Oct 5 2010

7:00P

Lupo's Providence, RI

Oct 6 2010

7:00P

Metropolis Montreal, Canada

Oct 8 2010

7:00P

The Sound Academy Toronto, ON, CANADA

Oct 9 2010

7:00P

Time Warner Cable Amphitheater Cleveland, OH

Oct 10 2010

7:30P

Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY

Oct 12 2010

7:00P

Egyptian Room Indianapolis, IN

Oct 13 2010

7:00P

Orpheum Theatre Madison, WI

Oct 14 2010

7:00P

The Venue Fargo, ND

Oct 17 2010

7:00P

Edmonton Event Center Edmonton, AB, CANADA

Oct 18 2010

7:00P

MacEwan Hall Calgary, AB, CANADA

Oct 20 2010

7:00P

Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC, CANADA

Oct 21 2010

7:00P

Knitting Factory Spokane, WA

Oct 22 2010

7:00P

Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA

Oct 23 2010

7:00P

ROSELAND THEATRE Portland, OR

Oct 25 2010

7:00P

Knitting Factory Boise, Idaho

Oct 26 2010

7:00P

knitting factory reno, nv

Oct 27 2010

7:00P

Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA

July/August Albums!

2010-07-23T00:01:00.001-04:00

here's a list of the albums coming out for the rest of this month, and of course next month!! pick these up & support your favorite artists!!

July 20 (two days ago)
The Acacia Strain - Wormwood
Chimaira - Coming Alive
Impending Doom - There Will Be Violence

July 27
36 Crazyfists - Collisions And Castaways
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare *they just got a new drummer, after the passing of The Rev (RIP)... I'm excited to see if this album holds a candle to their old ones!
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster - Where The Saints Roam

August 10
Black Label Society - Order Of The Black
Ion Dissonance - Cursed

August 17
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Miss May I - Monument

August 24
The Devil Wears Prada - Zombie
Kataklysm - Heaven's Vengeance

August 31
Comeback Kid - Symptoms & Cures
Disturbed - Asylum
Murderdolls - Women & Children Last
Within The Ruins - Invade
The Word Alive - Deceiver

awesome line up!

NEW ALBUM RELEASES!!!

2010-07-22T23:55:00.000-04:00

some more awesome new albums are coming out this year!! more details about these albums will be available as the release date grows closer, so here's a list of what's coming out and when:

September:
Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
Dragonforce - Twilight Dementia
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns * this is one of my favorite bands, definitely looking forward to this one!
August Burns Red - Home

October
Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
Il Nino - Dead New World

the cool tour!!! .. not that cool.

2010-07-22T23:47:00.001-04:00

So last night I went to the Starland Ballroom in Slayerville, NJ (get it?) for the Cool Tour. I've been there many times before for Sounds of the Underground, Sum 41 and other shows. It wasn't the best show I've ever been to.... Here is my review of the show, starting from the bands I saw in order:

The Acacia Strain
I first found out about this band a few years ago at this same venue. I was so blown away by how good they were that I immediately bought a hoodie. They hail from Massachusetts, and can throw down pretty hard. They put on a great show once again at the Cool Tour and I was very happy with them. To categorize them, they fall into the same category as Suicide Silence, Emmure, etc.. deathcore. That is one of my favorite genres of metal, so I was happy to rock out to them.

Between The Buried And Me
This band... I don't even know what to say. Their performance was all kinds of painful on my ears. I can listen to Alaska and Mordecai... but I'd rather listen to it at home so I can turn it off whenever I want. They gave me a huge migraine and I was not pleased with them at all. I couldn't even understand a single word the singer was saying! It baffled me because the other musicians weren't that bad... if he just didn't scream, they might actually be good.. A category for them? ...noise.

Blessthefall
I've been a fan of them for a while. I saw them for the first time at the Crazy Donkey in Long Island a few years ago with Silverstein, and I was very happy with the show they put on. This time, they were good but they didn't play Higinia or His Last Walk! I was really mad about that because those are my two favorite songs. I would categorize them as simply hardcore, but more of the long-haired-hot-guys-like-Alesana-and-Escape The Fate-hardcore. Ya know?

Underoath
They are so much better live than they are recorded. They played a lot of metal this time around, and I was annoyed that they didn't play Reinventing Your Exit. They did play A Boy Brushed Red though, and that song is great. They put on such a good show! Another hardcore band that is terrible recorded but can throw down at a venue. I also love how they praise God on stage and don't care what anyone has to say about it.

As I Lay Dying - headliner
One of my all time favorite metalcore bands. They were amazing! I spent most of the show in the 21+ area, since not that many people are there and you actually have room to breathe. But for AILD, I was happy to go in the pit and I even got up against the gate! Tim Lambesis gave me a pound, which was awesome. They played all of their fan favorites, too. Although I wish they would have played only one or two new songs, since their old stuff completely tramples anything new they've come out with. They are amazing, talented performers and I was happy to get squashed by crowd surfers to be able to get close to them.

new as i lay dying merch!

2010-07-08T15:22:00.002-04:00

and one of them is a sick girl's shirt for us metal girls out there who always get shafted!

http://www.shopbenchmark.com/asilaydying

new linkin park album!

2010-07-08T15:07:00.000-04:00

Linkin Park just announced their new album, A Thousand Suns will be released September 14! the single, The Catalyst will come out August 2nd.

they are also giving anyone the opportunity to actually be on their album! they wanna hear what you can do musically, and remix The Catalyst in any way you choose: keyboards, guitar, percussion, etc. starting tomorrow, they'll be going through the submissions. for more information, check out http://www.myspace.com/linkinpark.

free a day to remember song!

2010-07-07T16:08:00.002-04:00

http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/07/06/a-day-to-remember-have-faith-in-me-free-mp3-download/

Have Faith In Me, off the deluxe version of Homesick.

hatebreed vs. as i lay dying

2010-07-07T06:29:00.001-04:00

http://www.aux.tv/newmusic/throwdown/throwdown-as-i-lay-dying-parallels-vs-hatebreed-everybody-bleeds-now/

you can go on this site to vote for As I Lay Dying's new video Parallels... or Hatebreed's Everybody Bleeds Now. my personal pick is AILD... although their new album is definitely not my favorite thing they've ever released, i still think it's better than Hatebreed. i find AILD to be a lot more musically talented than a large number of hardcore bands out there. Tim Lambesis, the lead singer, has a band that consists entirely of himself: Austrian Death Machine. he plays all of the instruments... and throws in some sound clips of Arnold himself. i expected more from them on their new album, but they will always be a personal favorite.

it begins..

2010-07-07T04:43:00.001-04:00

this is what happens when Sounds of the Underground, the most brutal radio show in existance & social media have a baby: Music Subterranea, prooobably the best source for underground hardcore, metal and alternative music & show reviews, updates, breaking news, videos and anything else you could want. what makes this blog so unique is the various genres of music that will be covered - it could go from Goatwhore to Incubus; to A Day To Remember to acoustic Staind at any given point in time. if you have an appreciation for the underground, brutal music and holding it down at shows, this blog will be more than enough to keep you updated on the bands, the tours and the releases.

the radio show WILL be coming back - working on it! baby steps...

stay tuned... & stay brutal ;]

- rena