2022
Jangel’s 15 Fave Records of 2022
What up y’all, Jangel here with my AOTY list! If you don’t know me I write (not as much as I should) for Noob Heavy and run our Instagram account. I wrote this list and […]
Deathcore
2022
Mark Doubt’s Favorites of 2022
I’m new around here so a quick introduction: I’m Mark Doubt. I have lived most of my life in California, currently I’m in San Francisco where I’m an amateur videographer who shoots, edits, and hosts […]
2022
Roundup: October Overload
Written by Barlovv, Kep, Melinda, Westin, and Ellis Another month, another thirty minutes of trying to figure out the best possible alliterative title for this roundup article. Look, October probably takes the cake this year […]
2022
Album Review: Phasma – “Epiales”
Written by Kep Phasma – EpialesDeath metal/deathcore from the US / GreeceReleasing March 26 via independent/self-release If I know one thing about metalheads it’s that most of us are gigantic nerds. High fantasy? We love […]
2022
EP Review: Crown Magnetar – “Alone in Death”
Written by Kep Crown Magnetar – Alone in DeathDeathcore from Colorado, USReleasing March 25 via Unique Leader Records Seventeen seconds. That’s as long as Crown Magnetar can be bothered to wait before they commence pummeling the listener with the […]
2022
Album Review: Introvert – “What Was Your Exit Plan?” (Deathcore)
Written by Ridley Introvert – What Was Your Exit Plan?Deathcore from Pennsylvania, USARelease 18th February 2022 “How the fuck can I save a life when I can’t even save myself?” Metalcore is a divisive genre […]
2021
Album Review: Lorna Shore – “…And I Return To Nothingness” 8 (Deathcore)
Man, my history with this band is dicey to say the least. I never thought their first vocalist Tom Barber was a good fit for them (despite him being directly responsible for the only good Chelsea Grin record) and I always found the instrumentals to be decent enough but fairly rudimentary. In 2018, Tom Barber left Lorna Shore and was replaced by CJ McCreery. I was previously a fan of CJ’s, so you’d think this could be where things turn around for them, right? Wrong. Literal weeks before the release of their album Immortal in early 2020, it was revealed that CJ was a scumbag predator. He was immediately kicked from the band, but myself and many others boycotted the record to avoid giving CJ proceeds. It was undoubtedly rough for the rest of the band, seeing all of their hard work soiled by some disgusting chode. […]
2021
Album Review: Fleshbore – “Embers Gathering” 8/10 (Tech Death)
Written by Kep Fleshbore – Embers GatheringTechnical death metal from Indiana, USAReleasing August 13 via Innerstrength Records(8/10) When I download a new promo for review, I always put it on my phone so that I […]
2021
Album Review: Mental Cruelty – “A Hill To Die Upon” 9 (Deathcore)
Every now and again, an album will come along that makes me proud. Proud to have ever been a fan of the artist/band that made it, proud of their musical progression. This, here, is one of those albums. […]
2021
Album Review: I, Pariah – “Dystopian Visions” 7.5/10 (Deathcore)
Ah, deathcore. It’s kind of the punching bag of the metal world, isn’t it? I’d argue that no extreme metal subgenre gets as much hate and stereotyping. You know the tropes: all the downtuned belligerence of death metal without the compositional variety or technical badassery, plus an overabundance of breakdowns, slam rhythms, and gauged ears. […]