Silence is Broken

We all constantly hear people talking about their favorite local band. You know, the one that your best friend's cousin's brother-in-law is in and "they're the next big thing!" It's almost by default when we go to local shows nowadays that you'll hear a few locals telling you you're going to be blown away by their performance and music. And also as we all know, this is very rarely true. Then we ran into a band called Silence is Broken, and all those great things we had heard were nothing short of absolutely true. Hard-Rock-Reviews.com sat down with vocalist Aaron Fishel and Drummer Kyle Urbanik to talk about where they came from, and where they're headed.

Hard-Rock-Reviews.com: So how did you guys get your start?

Aaron Fishel: Me, Jamison (Parker), the guitar player, and Shawn Wade, our bassist, started this band five years ago. We had just gotten tired of the scene around our hometown of Rockford (Illinois). Same bands, same people; like regurgitated everything. People who had quit this band and joined another band, you know? And they just weren’t very good bands, not to be an asshole or anything. We’ve been doing nothing but shows. We’ve toured with Dope and Anew Revolution, 12 stones, played (WJJO) Band Camp this year, which was a major highlight for us. Pushing and pushing and pushing with the ultimate goal being to get a record deal obviously.

Featured Artist | Serianna

Living in the Midwest, I have been constantly over-saturated with metal bands and their endless efforts to make it big. They'll scream at you until they lose their voices, and then ask their band members to yell some more.  They'd do just about anything to get your attention, including selling their souls to a not-so flattering stranger with horns protruding out of his thick skull.

Not very often do we come across a local band that just seems to get it.  And not too often do we come across a band that has IT.  So when I came across a band named Serianna, it was music to my ears...in more ways than one.  Their music is extremely refreshing to those metalheads, myself included, who are begging and pleading on hand and knee for good, pure metal.  None of this gift wrapped, prepackaged corporate shit that is shoved into our eardrums by the suits and ties sitting in their penthouse mansions.  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Serianna.

Interview with Wednesday 13 of the Murderdolls

After an eight-year hiatus, Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison have resurrected their brilliantly twisted concoction, the Murderdolls. They have pumped life back into the undead with their latest album Women and Children Last and are currently wreaking havoc around the country on the Halloween Hootenanny tour, along side the Godfather of shock rock, Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie. I sat down with Wednesday 13 to talk about the new record and his new direction he took for writing it.

Aaron Manogue: Were you guys pretty excited to get back out on tour?

Interview with Mike Martin of All That Remains

Aaron Manogue: Can you tell me a little bit about your new album For We Are Many?

Mike Martin:Yeah, everybody’s pretty psyched about it. I think everyone feels it’s the best balance of what we’ve done as a band. We spent more time on this one compared to the last one so I think everyone’s pretty psyched about how it came out. Last time felt a little rushed when we did the Overcome album.  This time everyone’s a little happier that we got time to go through things with a fine-toothed comb, you know?

Manogue: Was there a message or statement you were trying to make with this album?