Oathbreaker - “Rheia”Rating: … Oathbreaker is a hardcore punk act from Belgium that formed in 2008. Before the release of this LP, they released a self-titled EP and two studio LPs, Maelstrom and Eros/Anteros, respectively. On Eros/Anteros…
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Oathbreaker - “Rheia”Rating: … Oathbreaker is a hardcore punk act from Belgium that formed in 2008. Before the release of this LP, they released a self-titled EP and two studio LPs, Maelstrom and Eros/Anteros, respectively. On Eros/Anteros…
’Sabella & Kaonashi - “Never Home” SplitRating: 8/10Stream and buy Kaonashi’s side on Bandcamp ’sabella is a hardcore act hailing from the Chemung County in New York whose style consists of down-tempo mixed in with elements of alternative…
Bad Omens - “Bad Omens” Rating: 8.8/10 *Reviewed Before Release on 8/19* Buy on iTunes or through their Merch Store Bad Omens is a band I had heard about through a series of tweets from both their label Sumerian Records and a friend of min…
In Depths & Tides - ShroudRating: 8.2/10Buy on BandcampIn Depths & Tides is a band I only know of for the discovery of Connecticut's very own Ben Duerr (Shadow of Intent), and the heavy brutality that any track regardless of band he’s on b…
Inter Arma - “Paradise Gallows”Rating: 8.5/10Buy on iTunes or through their Bandcamp Every so often, I will pick up and listen to an album for no reason other than the fact it’s cover art catches my eye. I’ve stumbled into plenty of excell…
The Acacia Strain / Thy Art Is Murder / Fit For An Autopsy - “The Depression Sessions”Rating: 6.8/10Purchase through Nuclear Blast Months ago, The Acacia Strain, Thy Art Is Murder, and Fit For An Autopsy began hinting at some sort of colla…
Cradle of Filth - “Dusk...And Her Embrace: The Original Sin”Rating: 8.7/10Listen and buy on iTunes Cradle of Filth have always been more of a cartoon of a black metal band than an actual black metal band, but there’s no doubt they played a…
Despised Icon - “Beast”Rating: 8/10Listen on iTunes or purchase through Nuclear Blast No time has passed for Montreal deathcore kings Despised Icon. Beast, their first album in seven years, is a half-hour review everything that was good ab…
Infant Annihilator - The Elysian Grandeval GalèriarchRating: 10/10Stream on YouTube Early.Preorder on IndieMerch or iTunesIt’s been a long, patient four years to hear from the beloved symphonic deathcore group Infant Annihilator. After bei…
Black Crown Initiate - “Selves We Cannot Forgive”Rating: 7.5/10Buy on iTunes or from their store Songs of the Crippled Bull blew me away. As others before me have said, Black Crown Initiate have always been a strikingly mature metal act,…