Originally published in Verbicide issue #5 I had originally intended to interview Kyle Bishop — emotional hardcore magnate and vocalist of Victory Records’ Grade — [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #5 By the time this zine gets into the readers’ hands, I’m pretty sure there will be nothing left to [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #4 Hailing from the quiet shores of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, a very loud band called Drowningman has become [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #4 The first song I ever heard by Grade was the made-for-MTV song “A Year in the Past (Forever in [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #4 Here’s to hoping that this five-song EP is merely a teaser of what is to come from Drowningman. With [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #4 KYI’s hardcore-punk sound (emphasis on “hardcore”) is a throwback to bands like early Sick Of It All and Government [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #3 For the six years of their existence, 1994 to 1999, hardcore band Coalesce was fronted by vocalist/throat mangler Sean [...]

Originally published in Verbicide issue #1 (This is the first record ever reviewed in Verbicide) In a time where jock mentality and violence are overwhelming [...]