Rick Gebhardt's Semi-Useless Thoughts

As I Lay Dying have been a staple of my metalcore playlists since discovering Beneath the Encasing of Ashes in college, late 2001. And since...

What's going on in my life will definitely influence what I listen to. When I'm depressed, I naturally gravitate towards doomy and g...

In the past I've had a hard time when it comes to listening to Abel's music, mostly because of the extremely blatant and over-the-to...

I've been battling a very open addiction to caffeine for more than a decade now. I've come to terms with my addiction and have e...

Want to know what the key to true happiness is? New music. So here's some stuff to check out. Go. Be happy. Sinew - Pilots of a New Sk...

You may or may not have complained about having to learn geometry in high school, wondering when you'd ever need to know what a rhombus ...

The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers by Philip M. Rosenzweig My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'...

Last year I listened to nearly 1,000 albums that were released in 2011. This year, I'm on pace to hit that total again, if not significa...

After my last article , which lacked the usual metalcore and hardcore entries, I wanted to make sure I touched on those genres and their clo...

During the last month or so, I found myself listening to tons of metalcore and hardcore--much more than I usually do. Because of that, I thi...