Relaunching a brand after a lengthy hiatus is a very risky move: you don’t really know if things will soar or completely flop. A truely dedicated fanbase and successful business venture is the difference between failure and success, and it seems Danse Macabre Clothing must have one or both of these qualities with the resurge after coming back to the scene last month. Following this success, we spoke with co-founder Daneel Johnstone about how the brand began, the idea behind its horror and gore ideas and what’s planned for its future:
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Quickly becoming one of Italy’s hottest new exports, post-hardcore quintet Hopes Die Last are at the doorstep of releasing their sophomore full-length effort, ‘Trust No One’, via Standby Records. Bringing a far more finely-tuned sound and refining themselves strongly after the band’s debut ‘Six Years Home’, we caught up with frontman Daniele Tofani to talk us through the album track-by-track, discussing lyrical ideas and more:
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Though many bands may disband or die out for one reason or another, one thing that should never be forgotten is their contribution to the music world and what they’ve done to help influence the new generation of bands that compose our music tastes as of late. That’s what our new Graveyard feature is all about, and what better way to start it off with one for Reuben, a band who’ve influenced some of Britain’s brightest new hopes like Lower Than Atlantis and Don Broco. Read on to learn more about the history of the band, their demise, the possibility of a reformation and how you can still get into a band who are on a hiatus:
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Along with having our own say on what we think were the 10 best releases to come out during 2011, we also asked about a few bands and artists to share their say and let us know what’s been rocking their stereos all year long. Along with the lovely chaps in that image above (left to right: Murray Macleod (The Xcerts), Laurence René (My Passion), Dave McPherson (InMe)), we asked a bunch of other bands to share with us their top album picks of the year:
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What a year 2011 has been for music for us here at DP! HQ. Acts have fallen, others have risen and some bands have overcame some of the most difficult obstacles of their career to produce what my be their best albums to date. Though it has been an awfully difficult challenge to pick our top 10 highlights from this year in terms of releases, we’ve managed to refine it down to these ones below. These 10 albums are the ones that have been rocking our socks off the most all year long, and if you haven’t done so yet we strongly urge you to get a copy of these RIGHT NOW!
Tags: City & Colour, Don Broco, La Dispute, Letlive, Lower Than Atlantis, Manchester Orchestra, Mastodon, Touché Amoré, Trash Talk, Twin Atlantic
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To begin with, sorry for the terrible feature name. But, with Christmas less than a month away now, we thought we’d be merry and bring you merry songs full of merriment that will make you merry about Christmas. Of course, we won’t be putting your conventional year-in year-out tunes you hear all the time. Instead, a few more alternative originals and covers. Enjoy!
Tags: All Time Low, Blink-182, Breathe Carolina, Bright Eyes, Fall Out Boy, Flyleaf, From First To Last, Into It. Over It., Korn, La Dispute, New Found Glory, Reuben, The Darkness, VersaEmerge, Zebrahead
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Back in the early 00s, there was a little genre called nu-metal. Some of you may remember this genre’s peak and others may be completely oblivious, but nu-metal was HUGE! Despite the genre dying a few years later – almost as rapidly as it was born into the mainstream – resulting in many of its acts (including its forerunners) needing to adapt to avoid fading away, yet some acts are still around today and are bigger and stronger than they’ve ever been. One of said bands is Deftones.
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If you’re a regular reader of FRONT Magazine, you’ll have no doubt come across the name Time Will Tell on a few occassions. This very new clothing line is less than a year old, and yet it’s managed to gain a level of popularity that many can take a few years to obtain. With a slight tattoo kind of look and vibe about most of their merch designs and several products under their belt, ranging from tees, jumpers and tote bags, things will only be going up and up for the brand. Great support for the bands they choose to sponsor is great factor to their early success too, so we chatted with co-founder Hannah Barnett about almost everything since the brand’s inception in March:
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Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the release of one of the most influential rock albums of all time: ‘Nevermind’ by Nirvana. Boasting huge anthems and classic tracks such as ‘Breed’, ‘Lithium’, ‘Come As You Are’, ‘Drain You’ and of course ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, the album undeniably boosted the Seattle misfits into super stardom and changed the face of music ever since.
Without Nirvana, and especially the release of ‘Nevermind’, many of today’s most popular rocks acts may not be around today at all, and the shape of music as we know it could’ve been completely different. We asked a few of today’s rising rock stars what they remember from ‘Nevermind’, what the album means to them and what their favourite track is from the record.
Tags: Dangerous!, Frank Turner, HildaMay, Japanese Voyeurs, Nirvana, Rise To Remain, Spy Catcher, The Xcerts
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Following a crazy once in a lifetime Summer of playing a selection of the UK’s biggest music festivals thanks to the guys at Red Bull Bedroom Jam (you can see what they did here), Essex pop-punk outfit The Hype Theory may not have been the winners of this year’s competition, but they’re definitely the first to get a full-length album out, entitled ‘Glory Days’. With the release fastly approaching, we got a hold of lovely front lady Katy Jackson by the scruff of her neck to share with us what the tracks are all about and how everything came together:
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It’s not very often that a clothing line draws heavy influence from fashion trends of the past, but newly developed BLVD. Clothing who set up for sales as early as a few months ago now have managed to set quite an impression fast, with their modern take on American fashion gone by. With their brand delivering jackets, hats and cardigans aswell as the traditional t-shirt, we had a little talk with founder Sam Lockett to find out the source of his inspiration for the designs, how he’s feeling about the quickly received success and what the rest of 2011 has in store for BLVD. fans:
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