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Darkness Divided Is Back!

After a 6 year hiatus, Darkness Divided is back!   King of The Undertow was an automatic out of the box add at The Implosion.  Darkness Divided was a big band for us in our early years (The Implosion blasted off in 2017).   The song was added to The Implosion playlist on Sunday March 24, 2024. […]

HolyName Debut Album Drops On Facedown Records

Holy Name’s self-titled debut album has just been released on Facedown Records.   HolyName is  composed of Tommy Green of Sleeping Giant and Joe Holt and features guest vocals from Brook Reeves of Impending Doom, Eric Gregson of xDeathstarx, Joe Advent, Danon Saylor of Nothing Left, Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter, and Mike Felker of Convictions.  Their single Creed […]

Whatever Happened To Hope For The Dying?

Man, we sure miss Hope For The Dying here at The Implosion.  We play a lot of cuts off of their albums Dissimulation and Aletheia, and we milked their 2016 project (called Legacy) of singles for 5 years, hoping for another new album.  But that never came, and we have been wondering what has become of the band, […]

HolyName Signs With Facedown Records

We’ve been playing singles from HolyName, a band fronted by former Sleeping Giant vocalist Tommy Green on https://TheBlast.FM and on The Implosion for 7 weeks now, and today, Facedown Records announces they’ve signed the band to their record label.  Here’s what Facedown has to say about it:   HolyName founders Tommy Green (Sleeping Giant) and […]

Grave Robber Brings The Horror Punk To The Kingdom Come Festival

Christian Horror Punk.  Yeah.  That’s a thing.  And it is done very well by the band Grave Robber.  The costumes are shocking.  Zombies!!!  Aaahh!!!  The music is shocking.  The message…in the lyrics and in the preaching from the frontman…is on-point, full of Biblical wisdom.   The man behind this mask is Shawn Browning.  Lead singer, pastor, […]

The Implosion Streaming Address Changes

TheBlast.FM stations recently changed streaming addresses for better connectivity from our main encoding site in Portland. Streams are now hosted in San Diego and are much smoother, as internet routing changes had made the connection from Portland to the Washington, D.C. metro much less stable. If  you are listening on a third party media player, […]

War Of Ages Interview on The Blast Wednesday

On our brother station, The Blast, Colin Cruz interviews War of Ages on Wednesday.  The band enjoys airplay on both The Implosion and The Blast, with the heaviest tracks landing only on The Implosion.   On the Colin Cruz Radio Show, Colin will chat with lead singer Leroy Hamp.  Listen at 12 Noon (USA/Canada/Mexico Central Time) […]