Unfleshing are a blackened crust band from the US and this is their debut album.
Violent Reason is a 25-minute snarling monstrosity of black metal, hardcore, crust, and grindcore. Unfleshing’s debut record is a beast. Continue reading “Unfleshing – Violent Reason (Review)”
Grief Ritual are hardcore band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Collapse features 40 minutes of raging hybrid hardcore. It’s fierce, unforgiving, and colossally heavy. Grief Ritual are here to punish the listener, so prepare yourself for a pummelling. Continue reading “Grief Ritual – Collapse (Review)”
This is the debut album from UK post-hardcore band Hidden Mothers.
Genre is a funny thing. Post-hardcore, screamo, blackgaze…all are applicable to Hidden Mothers, yet none of them fully encapsulate the 42 minutes of material on Erosion / Avulsion. I suppose something like atmospheric post-hardcore is probably the closest to it, but let’s not quibble over terms. Besides, all that really matters is the music and the impact it has. Continue reading “Hidden Mothers – Erosion / Avulsion (Review)”
This is the sixth album by UK hardcore band Polar.
It’s always a pleasure to catch up with Polar. Ever since 2016’s No Cure No Saviour I’ve been a big fan of the band’s hardcore/post-hardcore stylings. This album was followed in 2019 by the heavier Nova, and then in 2023 by Everywhere, Everything, which developed Polar’s more textured post-hardcore side. Now, uncharacteristically fast, we have Five Arrows, which brings us 38 minutes of new material. Continue reading “Polar – Five Arrows (Review)”
This is the fourth album by Danish metallic hardcore band LIfesick.
I enjoyed Lifesick when I saw them earlier this year supporting Cabal, so knew I wanted to check out the 34 minutes of Loved by None, Hated by All when it appeared. Continue reading “Lifesick – Loved by None, Hated by All (Review)”
Respire are a post-hardcore/screamo band from Canada and this is their fourth album.
Now here’s something interesting. Respire describe themselves as an orchestral post-everything collective. They have seven core members, six of whom provide vocals, and collectively they play the usual instruments you’d expect, plus synths, viola, violin, and trumpet. There are also guests that bring vocals, saxophone, piano, synths, glockenspiel, music box, vibraphone, and additional strings to the mix. There’s a lot going on here. Continue reading “Respire – Hiraeth (Review)”
Candy are a hardcore band from the US and this is their third album.
It’s Inside You is the 31-minute follow up to 2022’s Heaven Is Here. On their new record Candy push a vision for hardcore that bursts beyond its typical genre trappings in key places. Continue reading “Candy – It’s Inside You (Review)”
This is the fourth album from international metallic hardcore band Sect.
Brought to us by experienced hands in the form of current/ex-members of bands such as Catharsis, Cursed, Earth Crisis, Enabler, Racetraitor, The Damned Things, Undying, and many others, Plagues upon Plagues showcases a leap in Sect’s musical journey when compared to their previous work, (such as 2017’s brutal No Cure for Death). Continue reading “Sect – Plagues upon Plagues (Review)”
This is the fourth album from US blackened post-hardcore band Glassing.
2019’s Spotted Horse caused people to pay attention to what Glassing had to offer, but it was 2021’s Twin Dream that really impressed. From the Other Side of the Mirror offers 42 minutes of new material, and its as good as you would hope for. Continue reading “Glassing – From the Other Side of the Mirror (Review)”
Alpha Wolf are an Australian metalcore band and this is their third album.
I thoroughly enjoyed 2020’s A Quiet Place to Die, as well as 2022’s split with Holding Absence The Lost & the Longing, so more new material from Alpha Wolf is very well-received. I dislike the album art, but ignoring that, what do Alpha Wolf have in store for us this time around? Continue reading “Alpha Wolf – Half Living Things (Review)”
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