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Attic Prologue – From the Ashes EP

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 There’s metalcore and then there’s these friggin’ guys. As I’m sure you know, there’s quite a few genres out there in the metal-verse that end in “core”; namely metalcore, deathcore, powercore. Now I thought that Attic Prologue’s debut EP “From the Ashes” was more deathcore to begin with rather than metalcore, but as the album went on it became clear that this was metalcore but just a more harsh, raw, and unpolished version of it. Now this isn’t like Killswitch Engage if you’re one of those people who hear “metalcore” and just immediately think of Killswitch. This is a much … Continue reading Attic Prologue – From the Ashes EP

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Echo The Aftermath (self-titled)

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 While having the edgy sound that some of the musically-soft people would call metal, Echo The Aftermath does not fill the criteria for me to call them a full on metal band so I’m gonna go with hard rock, and hard rock is good nine times out of ten so there’s nothing wrong with this self-titled debut at all. The guitars are definitely those of hard rock because they have that feel of “heaviness” (put that in quotes ’cause some people would get mad if I called these guitars heavy) to them that has a really nice feel to them … Continue reading Echo The Aftermath (self-titled)

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Manhack – Dominicide

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 You know, I’ve seen quite a few artists out there use sound bits from outside sources to add a little something to their music, but I have to say that Manhack is the first that I’ve heard that uses sound bits from video games. These games are “Bioshock Infinite”, “Fallout: New Vegas”  and “Doom 3”, and if you know your video games then you know that they have plenty of good moments and Manhack takes those moments and throws them into an absolutely brutal album. “Dominicide” is an EP that is short and sweet. By sweet I mean completely hardcore … Continue reading Manhack – Dominicide

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Less Than Three – The Black Box

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 Less Than Three’s new EP “The Black Box” came out today and it’s an EP that sure to turn at least a few heads out there. The EP has an overall harsh theme and sound to it, as you can see from the cover art, and the music itself backs “The Black Box” up as a superb EP for a band I’ve never heard of before. Each chorus for each of the tracks has a great sound that ties the rest of the song together seamlessly and in a way that makes the song so much more better than it … Continue reading Less Than Three – The Black Box

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Grave Robber – Straight To Hell EP

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 Many people, including myself, heard Grave Robber’s fourth album “You’re All Gonna Die” and simply said “yes”. This band has become renowned by its fans as being the perfect combo of shock rock and horror metal to the point where I now refer to them as “the Elvis of horror metal”, and if you’ve heard Grave Robber before then you know exactly what I’m talking about. “Straight To Hell” doesn’t deviate from that saying at all either and that’s probably a really good thing because I think many fans became fans because of the signature sound of the vocals. The EP only … Continue reading Grave Robber – Straight To Hell EP

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Disabler – Aggressive Negativity EP

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 This EP from Disabler is one aggressive album (shocker) that is totally raw to the core and beyond with “Aggressive Negativity” being exactly what it the name says it is : destructive punk that doesn’t end. The pure rage that Disabler puts into this EP is reinforced with the very dark theme that the album is obviously heavily influenced by punk music which gives the album a very hardcore edgy sound that Disabler delivers without a single flaw. I bet “Aggressive Negativity” is an essential album for any of you metal goers who enjoy those bands who sound like they … Continue reading Disabler – Aggressive Negativity EP

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Naslow (self-titled)

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 Melodic metalcore is filled to the brim with good artists that utilize screaming vocals and softer vocals to their full potential, and Naslow doesn’t disappoint. With songs long enough to satisfy people that like their stuff over 5 minutes, Naslow’s debut self-titled EP is a lengthy and interesting piece of work that should be enough to satisfy just about any metalcore lover. Hell, it worked really well for me. The vocals had excellent sound, the guitar were great, and the drums had a killer beat the entire time. If this is what Naslow can pull off with an EP, then … Continue reading Naslow (self-titled)

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Old Wounds – Death Projection EP

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 As you can probably tell from that cover, this is one raw piece of work. Old Wounds’ new EP “Death Projection” is just that as it brings something new to the table for Old Wounds as the drummer, Brandon Gallagher, tells Alternative Press, “‘We wrote this EP in January and February between our tours with Raindance and our full US with Hollow Earth,” says Gallagher. “It’s definitely more metal influenced then any of our other material, and we all think it’s our best. Consider it as a teaser of the direction we’re going to be headed for the next LP.’” … Continue reading Old Wounds – Death Projection EP

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Endzeit – Years of Hunger

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 Black metal has never really been my forte, but it has its moments. This is definitely one of those fine moments. As Endzeit’s upcoming EP, “Years of Hunger” will be definitely one to grab for all you black metal fanatics out there who are looking for something new yet familiar to what you know and love. Each song from this album is energetic and really has a literal pulse of its own that never ends until the very end of the album itself. The vicious beat itself will definitely get some of your heads banging in no time and the … Continue reading Endzeit – Years of Hunger

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Oecist – XVIII LII EP

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 Hardly ever do 100% instrumental albums come across my radar. And even more rarely do I review them (that’s only ever happened once) because they don’t sound interesting to me. But Oecist’s debut album “XVIII LII” (that’s 18 and 52  respectively if you don’t know your Roman numerals) was different. Each of the tracks off of this 5-track EP has a constant tone that’s very atmospheric which makes it sound really nice. Oecist combines many aspects of instrumentalists everywhere into their own music which makes it a very diverse and unique sound even though you can possibly notice the aspects … Continue reading Oecist – XVIII LII EP