A YouTube upload of a Poison Ruïn live set in Queens describes the band as “sound[ing] like they reside and rehearse in a dark medieval dungeon.” Not quite — the band was born in a Philadelphia warehouse basement rehearsal space — but that sound is very deliberate. Frontman Mac Kennedy, who initially conceived the band a...

Next month, Philly’s Poison Ruin will release their sophomore effort, Härvest. We’ve already posted the title track, and today the band is back with another album preview: “Resurrection II.” The riffing, dramatic “Resurrection II” also has a black-and-white music video, full of cool, ...

The Philadelphia band Poison Ruïn released their self-titled debut LP in 2021. They’ve made the jump to Relapse Records for its follow-up, Härvest, which be released on April 14 and was mastered by Arthur Rizk.

Matt Healy, singer with British art-poppers The 1975, hates Metallica, loves Converge, Poison The Well, AFI and Refused

The long-running Portland hardcore greats Poison Idea aren’t a band anymore, but there’s another Portland band that scratches the same itch, and they just released a motherfucker of an album. Long Knife sound basically nothing like any other hardcore band currently working. They specialize in a revved-up old-school attack tha...