Tagged: spylacopa

I have a friend who swears that the basement of her workplace is haunted by a g-g-g-g-ghost... She also mentioned an affinity for reality shows about paranormal activity. So naturally I asked her if the ghost at her workplace came before she started watching said reality shows or vice versa. What do you think her [...]

Though Fucked Up, Made Out of Babies vocalist Julie Christmas and the annual free tech-metal comp Mecha Organa are completely unrelated in just about every way, they all concern heavy music and they've all got new tunes. So: Fucked Up play old-school hardcore punk more in the vein of Bad Religion, Husker Du and the [...]

No, I'm not endorsing this American indie flick that just opened last week: Nor am I hyping this Chilean movie from a couple years ago: I do think if y'all haven't seen Super Size Me (starring Burley O), you should check it out: But c'mon people, this is a MUSIC blog........... And thus I would [...]

By Ben Apatoff JULIE CHRISTMAS could sing a bus schedule and make it sound compelling. On The Bad Wife, her solo debut, she roars, wails, coos, shrieks and croons with more guts and versatility than any singer this side of CHRIS CORNELL, making every lyric matter in a way that metal records almost never do. ...

By which I do not mean that Ms. Christmas has found God. I meant "CHRIST!" more in a "screaming random shit when you orgasm" kinda way. 'Cause while Made Out of Babies' often seemingly badshit crazy (in the best possible way) front lady announced her first solo album, The Bad Wife, back in June, now the [...]

Made Out of Babies' masterpiece, The Ruiner, came out exactly two years ago today, and to be honest, I was hoping there might be a new MOOB album in the not-too-distant future - especially after watching them absolutely annihilate live earlier this year. Well, the bad news is that there's news on the MOOB front, vocalist/batshit [...]

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In the second tragedy to befall a Brooklyn drummer this Autumn (the other being the freak death of Maserati's Jerry Fuchs), Spylacopa drummer Troy Young was shot and killed in his own apartment, according to the NY Daily News [via Metal Insider]. Spylacopa was (is?) an experimental project that featured members of The Dillinger Escape [...]

Candiria needs no introduction, but even those familiar with the band might not know that guitarist John LaMacchia is one of the most hard-working men in underground metal. In addition to his work with Candiria - who are releasing Toying With the Insanities Volumes 1 and 2 this September - LaMacchia runs Rising Pulse Records, [...]

After having spent the past 10 years making us all wait 3 or 4 years between studio albums, The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced that they're hitting the studio this summer, before any of us finished scraping our brains off the floor from hearing Ire Works. In a blog post the size of some [...]

Mainstream metalcore fans and underground alterna-metal obsessives unite! There's something for everyone coming out this November 18. Bring Me The Horizon - Suicide Season (Epitaph) Britain's fast-rising metalcore kids recorded their Epitaph debut with producer Fredrik Nordstrom (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Opeth.) They're promoting Suicide Season with a headlining tour of the US and UK, plus some [...]

A couple of months back I published an article declaring that Spylacopa, the new supergroup featuring John LaMacchia (Candiria), Jeff Caxide (Isis), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan) and Julie Christmas (Made Out of Babies / Battle of Mice), was sounding surprisingly tame for a band whose members usually spit such intense venom. Now I [...]

A couple of months back I published an article declaring that Spylacopa, the new supergroup featuring John LaMacchia (Candiria), Jeff Caxide (Isis), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan) and Julie Christmas (Made Out of Babies / Battle of Mice), was sounding surprisingly tame for a band whose members usually spit such intense venom. Now I [...]

SPYLACOPA began as an obscure ambient-electronic side-project for Brooklyn-based CANDIRIA guitarist John LaMaccia, but after accruing a band of notables - namely Greg Puciato of DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, Jeff Caxide of ISIS, and Julie Christmas of MADE OUT OF BABIES - the project was bound to gain momentum. Judging by the sounds of the new [...]

Today we bring you two new supergroups that are both producing unexpected music, far from what one might expect by looking at their line ups. First up, theseseans has been raving about United Nations for a while now. Comprised of bands that aren't our normal material United Nations includes Geoff Rickly ( Thursday ) and Daryl Palumbo ( Glassjaw ); the band also features Ben Koller of Converge , and that dude can make anything sound awesome. The end result is fast grinding punk, and we would recommend them to anyone who loves [...]

If I told you there were a new supergroup on the block that includes John LaMacchia (Candiria), Jeff Caxide (Isis), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan) and Julie Christmas (Made Out of Babies / Battle of Mice), you'd think the result would be some kind of furious explosion of heavy, right? Not so much. Spylacopa, the [...]

While no well-versed metalhead would ever consider the ambient sounds of SPYLACOPA to be "metal" by any stretch of the imagination, there are good reasons why news of a debut release from a band that unites members from so many noteworthy metal bands to be of importance. Although this slowly developing project has been Brooklyn-based [...]

:: Jared Leto is being sued by his record label . :: Rocky Gray ( Living Sacrifice , Soul Embraced , Evanescence ) will be playing drums for Bleeding Through on their next tour . :: Walls of Jericho made " some dude barf! " OMG! :: Foxy Shazam touring with Senses Fail in October. :: Spylacopa , the project of [...]