Rolo Tomassi release first new song in three years, ‘Cloaked’
‘Cloaked’ is the first taste of Rolo Tomassi’s next album and it makes me so fucking happy.
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Every Time I Die’s ‘Post-Boredom’, self-annihilation , & discovering your real self
‘Post-Boredom’ sees the most honest moment yet from singer Keith Buckley.
Ice Nine Kills put their spin on Child’s Play with ‘Assault & Batteries’
I9K proving that evil does indeed come in every size with ‘Assault & Batteries.’
Brand Of Sacrifice recruit Underoath’s Spencer Chamberlain for ‘Enemy’
Spencer Chamberlain featuring on a deathcore band’s new song is the great surprise I needed in 2021.
Sleep Token sail into some new waters with ‘The Love You Want’
‘The Love You Want’ sees Sleep Token plotting a course into some fresh blue waters for their enigmatic sound.
Frontierer turn up the extreme chaos again with ‘Glacial Plasma’
Frontierer continues to be one of the heaviest, most ridiculous math-metal bands around with ‘Glacial Plasma.’
Deafheaven go beyond metal with ‘In Blur’
Deafheaven ditch the black metal & lean full-tilt into shoegaze on ‘In Blur’ to great effect.
Rivers Of Nihil get progressive and psychedelic on ‘Clean’
Rivers Of Nihil work hard but riff harder on ‘Clean.’
‘Hallelujah’: Underoath share second track from new album ‘Voyuerist’
Rejoice: New Underoath album ‘Voyuerist’ coming in 2022.
Dying Wish mourn personal loss with latest single ‘Until Mourning Comes’
One of metalcore’s bright new hopes, Dying Wish, continue to write emotionally honest, ass-beating songs
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Not Just Another Metalcore Albums List
The great metalcore albums that deserve just as much praise as the classics of the genre.
Zeal & Ardor bottle their past and their future with ‘Erase’
The quiet past of Zeal & Ardor smashes against their fast-approaching aggressive future with ‘Erase.’
Employed To Serve keep it metal with ‘Mark Of The Grave’
Riffs, riffs and riffs!
The Plot In You battle mental illness in relationships with ‘Face Me’
The Plot In You continue to blend poppiness & heaviness better than many of their peers on ‘Face Me.’
Burn In Hell’s ‘Cathedral’ cuts away at Australia’s Christian identity
Burn In Hell put the Christian church’s influence of Australia in their cross-hairs with the scorching ‘Cathedral.’
France’s ten56. make super heavy music with something earnest & real to share
ten56. are one of the heaviest new acts around, but their strength lies in how they address real topics in their music.
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Exclusive: Reliqa’s Monique Pym interviews Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox
Monique Pym of Sydney’s Reliqa interviews Spiritbox’s own Courtney LaPlante ahead of ‘Eternal Blue’ dropping next mo...
Turnstile continue to evolve gracefully with fun new jam, ‘Blackout’
Turnstile do things their own way. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. On ‘Blackout,’ it’s the former.
Song Review: Northlane, ‘Clockwork, and the pressure to create
An analysis of Northlane’s interesting, meta and inventive single, ‘Clockwork.’
Delta Sleep and the math-rock bliss of ‘View To A Fill’
‘View To A Fill,’ the latest song from Delta Sleep, is precisely why they’re one of the best contemporary math-rock groups...
Thrice are still masters of their craft on ‘Scavengers’
Thrice continue to create some of the most honest artistic expressions in modern rock music with ‘Scavengers.’
MØL continue to be blackgaze leaders with ‘Photophobic’
The Danish blackgaze group are still leading the genre’s pack with their new single ‘Photophobic.’
Underoath revive ‘Disambiguation’ era heaviness with ‘Damn Excuses’
‘Damn Excuses’ is the heaviest thing Underoath have done since 2010’s exemplary yet underrated ‘Disambiguation’...
Ice Nine Kills channel their inner American Psycho with ‘Hip To Be Scared’
Ice Nine Kills have to return some videotapes on their new American Psycho-inspired pop-metalcore outing.
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