hardcore punk Archives

Album Review: Allfather – “A Violent Truth” (Sludge/Groove Metal)

March 24, 2023 Kep

Written by Kep Allfather – A Violent Truth> Sludge/groove metal> UK> Releasing March 31> Independent/self-release The Allfather dudes seem like a really cool bunch. For one thing, of course, they’ve got fat riffs by the truckload. For another, they’re […]

Album Review: TH Speedball – “I’m Destined for Greatness But My Brain is on Fire” (Hardcore)

March 23, 2023 Kep

Written by Kirk TH Speedball – I’m Destined for Greatness But My Brain is on Fire> Hardcore punk> New Jersey, US> Released March 17> Syrup Moose Records I saw a meme on Twitter the other […]

2022

Westin’s Top Albums of 2022

December 23, 2022 Westin

Hey, I’m Westin and this is my Albums of the Year list. If you don’t know me I am extremely annoying on Twitter. And when I’m not busy doing that, I’m listening to music and […]

Album Review: Cloud Rat – “Threshold” (Grindpunk)

October 11, 2022 Barlovv

Written by Barlovv Cloud Rat – Threshold> Grindpunk> Michigan, US> Released October 7> Artoffact Records The crowd. The impact. The car tumbling into the wall Faintly she heard them coming. 2022 has really been a […]

Album Review: The Motion Mosaic – Avant-Garbage 9.2 (Mathcore)

February 17, 2020 Melinda (Carcassbomb)

I’m a huge fan of post hardcore and mathcore, sometimes it even threatens to overcome even my love of metal. This is the second major release from The Motion Mosaic following up their 2016 album Samsara which is well worth a listen but is a very different release, a different part of the bands development. The ideas and experimentation are there but are looser. Now with Avant-Garbage they’ve tightened it up and turned it on it’s head. There’s nothing loose about it, this is a hard hitting yet elegant core album with all the makings of an end of year list candidate. […]

Album Review: Hellripper – Black Arts & Alchemy EP 9 (Speed Metal)

June 6, 2019 Melinda (Carcassbomb)

At this point I’m covering so many one man bands and it’s crazy the level of quality an individual can put out now. This guy has a bit of a history having released a slew of recordings over the past few years, a lot of which are well received. He’s clearly onto something. I’ll definitely be going back to check out the LP which holds a whopping 89% at the Metallum. This has 91% with less reviewers. Just for context, most of the time fully fledged and veteran bands get worse scores than this every day. There’s plenty of blackened speed metal here with zero compromise to the sound or intensity. Definitely check this one out. […]