Kurt Ballou

Label Q&A: Deathwish Inc.

The self-owned hardcore label discusses its start, its distinct visual style, and the less-than-glamorous side of running a business.

Battlefield Life: Modern Life Is War to record first album in six years

Following five years on the sidelines, Iowa hardcore band Modern Life Is War has announced a return that includes a…

Interview: Salem metalcore vets Converge send home the guests for an explosive new album

Following a release that loaded up on guest stars, Salem metalcore vets Converge send their friends home for the explosive…

Hardcore super-group Doomriders recording new album with Kurt Ballou

Doomriders, the Massachusetts hardcore super-group with members of Converge, Cast Iron Hike, and Clouds, has entered Kurt Ballou’s GodCity Studios…

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from…

ALARM is back in print! Subscribe and get Nov/Dec w/ Soundgarden, Refused, Converge

After relaunching for free this summer on the iPad, ALARM Magazine is back in print with more awesome shit. We're…

Q&A: High on Fire

With each new chapter in High on Fire’s scorching legacy, the sludge trio further challenges what a power trio can…

Review: Generation of Vipers’ Howl and Filth

Sludgy post-hardcore trio Generation of Vipers finally gets a proper release of Howl and Filth, an album of sonic density…

Review: Torche’s Harmonicraft

There’s no actual rule saying that heavy bands have to dilute their heaviness when they indulge in melody -- or,…

50 Unheralded Albums from 2011

In just one more trip around the sun, another swarm of immensely talented but under-recognized musicians has harnessed its collective…

Q&A: Young Widows

Young Widows: In and Out of Youth and Lightness (Temporary Residence, 4/12/11) Young Widows: "Future Heart" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/young-widows-future-heart.mp3|titles=Young Widows: "Future Heart"]…

Record Review: Trap Them’s Darker Handcraft

Trap Them: Darker Handcraft (Prosthetic, 3/18/11) Trap Them: "The Facts" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Trap-Them-The-Facts.mp3|titles=Trap Them: "The Facts"] To appreciate Trap Them's new album,…