Loud-soft dynamics are easy for instrumental rock acts to overplay. Over the course of a live set, they become predictable as musicians coax quiet verses then pound through bone-jarring choruses ad ...

August Burns Red have been around for two decades now. In between releasing some of the most technically intelligent and wonderfully positive metalcore that the scene has to offer, they have also ...

It’s about the orgasm. The pay-off. Instrumental, experimental rock — Mogwai, Slint, Explosions in the Sky — is for fans who want to feel the music. Fans who are in for the long haul and are happy to ...

Today’s pop music is so dependent on the human voice—whether singing or rapping—that it’s hard to imagine a time when instrumentals could be mainstream hits. In fact, no instrumental has topped the ...