2023
No(thingbutbangers)vember
Written by Kep, Westin, Ellis, and Kirk Look, I’m not gonna lie to you. We slacked off a little in November. Life was busy, especially for your friendly editor. But you know who didn’t slack […]
Metalcore
2023
Album Review: Ghosts of Shadow Moses – “Nemesis” (Metalcore)
Written by Valkyrjiaa Ghosts of Shadow Moses – Nemesis> Metalcore> Ontario, Canada> Released February 24> Syrup Moose Records With four good boys from northern Canada coming through the threshold to command and conquer, the metalcore […]
2023
Album Review: Incandesca – “Destronomer” (Progressive Deathcore)
Written by Kirk Incandesca – Destronomer> Progressive deathcore> Maine, US> Releasing April 21> Alien Swarm Records It doesn’t take much to see that the world around us is burning. Economies collapsing across the globe, climate […]
2023
Mad March Roundup
Written by Kirk, Westin, Kep, Espi Kvlt, and Ellis We’ve had some great music so far in 2023, but March really took the cake. Bangers abounded, and so we’ve rounded up some of our favorites […]
2022
Album Review: Ghost of Shadow Moses – “Demons” (Metalcore)
Written by Barlovv Ghosts of Shadow Moses – Demons> Metalcore> Ontario, Canada> Released October 12> Independent/self-release When my eyes closedI barely noticed the nodeson my temples and chest. Disclosure: While this album and all previous […]
New BODY COUNT video for “Point The Finger” feat. Riley Gale
A few weeks ago, BODY COUNT released their highly acclaimed new album Carnivore (review HERE). Normally they would be on tour over the next months, but as we all know this is not possible at the moment. So the band made a powerful video for “Point The Finger”, entirely shot with cell phones in home quarantine. It also features guest vocalist Riley Gale from popular Texan crossover thrash outfit Power Trip, and was produced & edited by Jay Rodriguez for Itchy House Films. […]
2020 Albums
Album Review: Bodysnatcher – This Heavy Void 8.6 (Deathcore)
My home state, Florida, was a hub for death metal in the early 90s, with legendary bands like Death, Deicide, and Morbid Angel. Over the last decade, there has been a huge uprising of hardcore in the state as well, more specifically that new brand of hardcore that attaches elements of beatdown, metalcore, and deathcore to the sound. Every scene has a leader, a band who’s carrying the torch so to speak, and I thoroughly believe that band is Bodysnatcher here in Florida. […]
2019 Albums
Album Review: The Number Twelve Looks Like You – Wild Gods – 9 (Mathcore)
These guys play a variety of music that most metalheads would see on paper and decide it’s not for them, I’m talking screamo and jazz. The Number Twelve have always been on the experimental side of post hardcore and mathcore, which if you ask me, is the only side of these genres – I’ll save you my rant about the origins of post hardcore being rooted in experimentation and then being degregraded by the popularity of a particular handful of bands. They’ve stayed true to that experimentation with this new album, something I was not expecting since I was unsure of the bands status in recent years. I’ve been a fan for well over a decade and am recently stirred up by 2019’s The Callous Daoboys, so I’m more than excited to dig in. […]
2020 Albums
Album Review: Viscera – Obsidian 8 (Deathcore)
I’m a huge sucker for cool genre crossovers, I’m also a huge sucker for Unique Leader Records, so basically this record was made for me. Viscera are a new outfit formed just last year consisting of members from Heart Of A Coward, Martyr Defiled, and Nervecell. So, while the band is new, these guys definitely know what they’re doing! Their debut album “Obsidian” comes out on March 6th. […]
2020 Albums
Album Review: L’Homme Absurde – Belong 9.0 (Post Black/Metalcore)
I’m in love with this underground russian music scene of post black metal and hardcore hybrids such as the recently release Toluca album. Be it blackened screamo or post black metalcore, it seems the combination is hyper-viable and will become increasingly prevalent globally in no time. Your dad won’t be able to appreciate this one, It feels special like that. Something about being so fucking grim and melodic but at the same time lending itself to actual dancing and moshing. It’s an experience of energy and geography. L’Homme Absurde (The Absurd Man) originally started as solo project and became a band. This is their third LP titled Belong, it releases independently on January 17th. […]