Loud Rock Director

Consider this: during any other year, almost every single album listed below would be an album of the year, and at the very least a top 5 record. However, 2012 isn't just any other year. I've said this time and…

This week in metal comes some very interesting releases. Wintersun's newest album that was 6 years in the making, Time I, dropped last Friday. Can it live up to more than half a decade's worth of hype? Another notable release  is…

I think now is a very worthwhile time to point out the amazing upcoming metal albums that are dropping in this metallest of months. The list is as follows: BTBAM, Daylight Dies, Enslaved, Dethklok, Downfall of Gaia, Converge, Sylosis, Wintersun,…

School has officially started up again here at UCSC, and that means I'm  multi-tasking between classes, digging through the newest batch of Loud Rock sent to KZSC and trying to watch the NFL. Who would have thought the Arizona Cardinals would be 4-0…

TesseracT, known for being very finicky with their vocalists, have finally found their newest singer, Ashe O'Hara, who will hopefully be a more permanent addition than their last two. You can hear a snippet their newest song "Nocturne", which showcases…

Has anyone looked at the album releases on October 9th? Here's a list of the bands that are releasing new albums on that Tuesday case you're wondering: Deftones, Converge, Coheed and Cambria, Enslaved and of course Between the Buried and…

I just saw this really awesome picture taken in France that commemorated the 9/11 attack 11 years ago and thought I'd share with the readers out there. It's always pretty cool to witness some love from foreign countries. ADDS 1…

Some exciting news for our friends over at Criminal Records: the fine ladies in "basement rock" band The Kut have been chosen to play in Olympic Park on August 30th as part of the Paralympics festivities. It's always awesome to…

Our thoughts here at KZSC go out to both Baroness and Periphery. We hope for a quick recovery for Baroness, and that everything is okay for Periphery and their family. You will be sorely missed on the rest of the…

Can you believe its August already? I can't. I still feel like it's June. Pretty soon, us UCSC students have to go back to the grind that is school. I am not looking forward to upper division math homework. It's…

Apologies to the one or two people looking forward to the charts every week. I was out of town, and just got back. I arrive, however, with an interview with The Contortionist's lead singer Jonathan Carpenter. Look forward to it…

If any of you out there are fans of metal (which, if you're reading this, is a safe assumption), you better check out Baroness' new album, Yellow and Green. They're currently streaming it over http://www.npr.org/2012/07/08/156292608/first-listen-baroness-yellow-and-green. Also, here's a relevant opportunity to…

Anyone excited for the upcoming Olympics? I sure as hell am. I can't wait to see if Michael Phelps can repeat his phenomenal performance in Beijing. What I'm most excited for, though, is to watch Usain Bolt compete. Call me…

Summer tours are beginning to roll around. Just last week I was at the Death to All Tour, this week I'll be seeing Russian Circles, and the following month I've got The Contortionist (hopefully) and shortly after Summer Slaughter (insert…

Congratulations to all graduates of UCSC 2012! I personally went to my college's (Crown) gradutation ceremony to see some of my closest friends move on to bigger and better things. It'll be sad seeing some of them go, but I…