For decades, Columbia has been a hub for counterculture, including punk and metal bands. And with a vibrant underground hardcore scene, comes moshing. Moshing, according to the Oxford English ...

Okay, let’s admit it: We’re all a fan of a good mosh pit. Nothing compares to throwing yourself into a massive pit of bodies at your favorite show. The chaos of the pit may be in for a change though, ...

I once worked a retail job, and one day, my co-workers and I found ourselves talking about music. As it happened, everyone around me listened mainly to hip-hop, while I dreadfully awaited my turn to ...

Moshing is inherently community-driven. You’re floating in a sea of colliding humans with a (typically) intense beat and song as the soundtrack, but there is more community to the madness than most ...

In order to practice social distancing when concerts return, you may not be allowed to participate in a couple of live music’s timeless traditions: crowd surfing and moshing. Those are among the ...

Cadott, Wisconsin’s venerable Rock Fest historically supplies what it promises: a whole lotta hard rock with the occasional wild card like Ice Cube. What it traditionally (perhaps counterintuitively) ...

University College London researcher Lindsay Bishop spent three years touring with bands like Fear Factory, 3Teeth, Mortiis, Pig and Combichrist and interviewing hundreds of metal fans to come to a ...