I’ve never had the opportunity to really listen to anything that would be considered “progressive hardcore”, but before today I would’ve guessed that it would have a more melodic sound while still having a good pace of aggression and anger … Continue reading Chronotope – Kudos (single)
I remember hearing Saint Diablo’s well received sophomore self-titled album and thinking “meh” at best. And then I saw that they were releasing their third album, “Devil Horns and Halos”, and felt skeptical when I got the email containing the album, and holy fucking shit was all that worrying for nothing. The producer for this album says, “Saint Diablo has written the best record of their career yet”, and he was absolutely right. This 10-track hard hitter of an album holds nothing back as this is some of the heaviest hardcore that I’ve heard for a long time. The vocals bust … Continue reading Saint Diablo – Devil Horns and Halos
Taking a genre like hardcore and then mixing it with something like metalcore is a difficult task to say in the least. Double Chamber have the balls to accept that challenge though, and the result is their new album “SoBo”. It’s far from perfect in my eyes and to my ears, but this album isn’t bad by any standards of mine. In my eyes this album is more hardcore than metalcore, but that doesn’t make a real difference as I still think that “SoBo” is a very solid album that fans of any sort of in-your-face music that does not … Continue reading Double Chamber – SoBo
I’ll be honest. When I normally think of hardcore I just think of punk but the band is more organized and wants to bring a sound. Now sometimes it fails, sometimes it blows you mind. This one blew my mind. “Breathe” from Iona Grove was an excellently done 3-tracks album in the composition of the tracks, the pure sound, and feel of each passing moment. And the one thing that flawlessly put that all together was the fact that this is melodic hardcore which is something that I’ve never seen before if I have to be completely honest. It was … Continue reading Iona Grove – Breathe
Music that goes under the genre label of “hardcore” to me is basically just punk with more metal elements (e.g. longer tracks) and a slightly more polished sound to it while still retaining that raw feel to it, of course. But Enemies’ new album “Bind Me A Wreath” has a (in my opinion) higher quality than other hardcore albums I’ve heard with more technicality and passion behind this album which can be felt if you really take in the music. Each track is intense and it just has your constant in-your-face sound to it that never ceases for the entire … Continue reading Enemies – Bind Me A Wreath
When most of us think of hardcore punk we think of the loud ass in-your-face vocals that some people love but other people can’t stand. This album was more on the positive side for me but it did have its flaws despite it overall being good for me. Personally I think “Ceremonia de Atadura de Manos” felt a bit off pace and it lacked a good feel to it during a few moments throughout the album even though the sound was solid for its majority. I’m not the biggest punk fan there is out there so I’ve never really heard … Continue reading Tarsius Tarsier – Ceremonia de Atadura de Manos
Who knew that goregrind was a thing? Not me, obviously. But Putrid Offal’s upcoming album “Mature Necropsy” is an album that is by far the defining album of a genre and in this case that is goregrind. This album is like a super death punch to the face that then proceeds to slowly peel away your skin and then light you on fire because that’s how this album rolls and it gives a whole zero fucks. None of these songs are really considered long by any standards and that’s awesome because that puts all the brutality and hardcore that the … Continue reading Putrid Offal – Mature Necropsy
This is the third time I’ve done a review for Consumption and I have got to say that they have continued to impress each and every fucking time. For those of you who haven’t read the other two reviews (which I bet there a quite a few of you) then you should know that this band is on the most extreme end that I know of of the deathcore and metalcore spectrums, and I imagine that those of you who actually can listen to this kind of music every day with no problem will absolutely love “The Divine Ruination”. This … Continue reading Consumption – The Divine Ruination
Been a lot of hardcore punk coming in lately . . . but that’s far from bad because this is the good end of punk music, and Rats Blood’d newest album “Low Life” is no exception. This 13-track mosh pit inducing album packs a literal punch to any and all listeners who dare listen to this and if you do listen to it then you must really love your punk music and if that’s the case then you won’t be disappointed. All of “Low Life” has a brutal and very raw feel to it that a lot of the good punk bands … Continue reading Rats Blood – Low Life
This is one of those album where the entire time is filled with 100% genuine rage that just goes on and on to the point where you know for a fact that if you were where this was being played live then there would be a mosh pit that formed instantly just because of how hardcore and brutal Crows is. And each a every song from “Better Off Dead” is jammed into comfortable times of less than 3 minutes and 30 seconds for all the songs, and under 3 minutes for most of the songs (only two go past 3 minutes). But … Continue reading Crows – Better Off Dead
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