Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

Had your fill of hip-hop, electronic music and indie-rock? Try deathcore band, Winds of Plague, who are headlining this year’s Thrash and Burn Tour. What’s deathcore, you ask? It’s a blend of death metal and hardcore punk defined by its excessive use of blast beats and breakdowns.

How Bassnectar became one of the biggest draws in electronic music without any press or hipster baiting.

How Bassnectar became one of the biggest draws in electronic music without any press or hipster baiting.

Tim Koch started out with reel-to-reel recorders and early computers, so it’s no surprise he was an early convert to the user groups and list-servs of the musical web. Hazy indie rock bands captured his imagination early on, but he soon developed into a formidable producer of instrumental, sequencer based electronic music. Five albums and countless singles and compilation contributions later, he’s produced a back-catalogue that moves through crunchy Detroit inspired bleeps and melancholy synth p

Nine inch Nails, Ghosts: This is nearly two hours of instrumental music from one of the most brilliant and progressive minds of our generation, Trent Reznor. Ghosts is a headphone masterpiece and an electronic music lover's dream.