DARKNESS DESCENDS—Rockaway, NJ

Darkness Descends singer Angry Jay North recently reached out to me to check his band out for North Jersey Notes. In the email, Jay explained to me that Darkness Descends won The Break Contest two years in a row earning them an opportunity to play the…

The Clifton-based Will Killmore won’t be killing any less with the self-titled follow-up to their 2010 release, Oh The Humanity. Will Killmore is one of the most brutal local metal releases that I’ve heard in 2011. The riffs and all of the guitar work on this nine song epic…

A CLEAN GETAWAY—Edison, NJ

I came across a pretty cool band out of Edison, NJ that really tickled my fancy. As I listened to each of the tracks from their EP, Grounded, I felt like I heard a hit with every song that I listened to. The name of the…

I recently received an email to check out a band from South Amboy, NJ, called Last Days Of Empire, and I have to say that the boys must have caught me in a good mood. Normally, I’m not a fan of mood rock, but the music of Last Days Of…

I recently ran into an old friend down at Factory Studios in Clifton, NJ. His name is James, and he used to play guitar for the band Thro. You might remember Thro because I’ve written about them in the past, and I also mentioned them when a couple of the…