Turnover - Good NatureRating: 5/10Stream the full album on Youtube Depending on who you ask, the recent wave of emo-revival bands this decade is either fantastic or absolutely terrible. Citizen, Title Fight, and Basement have all taken the…
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Turnover - Good NatureRating: 5/10Stream the full album on Youtube Depending on who you ask, the recent wave of emo-revival bands this decade is either fantastic or absolutely terrible. Citizen, Title Fight, and Basement have all taken the…
Septicflesh - Codex OmegaRating: 5.5/10 I fundamentally disagree with the idea of blending death metal and symphonic arrangements, not only because it reinforces that tired equivalency your typical Headbanger’s Journey-educated metalhead w…
Thy Art Is Murder - Dear DesolationRating: 8/10 Against all odds, Dear Desolation is one of the best deathcore records in a surprisingly great year for deathcore, but it also really bring into focus the unnecessary theatrics of CJ McMahon’…
Lil Uzi Vert- “Luv is Rage 2” Rating: 9/10 Stream and download here. Symere Woods, more commonly known as Lil Uzi Vert, is a Philadelphia-based rapper known for pioneering in what is known as “mumble rap,” a style of hip-hop consisting of…
XXXTentacion - 17 Rating: 8.5/10 iTunes You either love or you hate XXXTentacion, I’ve honestly never seen someone who just thought he was “okay.” However, he finally dropped his highly anticipated debut record, 17. For some fans, they mig…
Brand New- “Science Fiction”Rating: 5/10Stream and purchase the LP here. Since their inception, Brand New have been the face of the modern emo scene. Any emo artist you can think of that formed after Brand New has been influenced by them i…
PVRIS - All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell Rating: 8/10 iTunes PVRIS, the pop/rock group that took the world by surprise with their debut record White Noise in 2014, are back with their sophomore record All We Know of Heaven, All W…
Pyrrhon- “What Passes for Survival’ Rating: 10/10 Stream and purchase the album here. Pyrrhon is a New York technical death metal band that formed in 2008 in a subway station, which is probably the most New York way I’ve ever heard of a b…
Trapped Under Ice - “Heatwave” Rating: 6.5/10 Trapped Under Ice are a band that I hold very dear. I discovered them when I first began listening to hardcore when I was about 15 or 16 years old with their then-latest offering, 2011’s Big Ki…
The Crooked Sound- “Lotus-eaters” Rating: 6/10 Listen to the EP here If you’re active in the Connecticut hardcore scene, you’ve probably seen the name The Crooked Sound pop up quite a few times. Hell, if you’ve been reading this blog, you…