Tag: Metalcore
DevilDriver – Pray For Villains Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell On at least one level, Pray For Villains is a tasty record. Juicy, meaty, and fleetingly addicting, this is the kind of record that you’ll spin six times in a row right …
Mothra – Dyes Review
The bio info for Poland’s Mothra namechecks the likes of Burnt By The Sun, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Converge, and rightly so. The band’s mathematical metalcore certainly evokes those bands, as well as Meshuggah and …
Daath – The Concealers Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Oh, the wrath of the math! How much of the Daath that you’ve come to know, can you subtract from this newest album which bears that name, and still call …
Wretched – The Exodus Of Autonomy Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell A death metal band on Victory Records already has built-in credibility issues; throw in a pink logo and a healthy swoopy-haircut-thing ratio, and you’ve got a band guaranteed to be …
Rose Funeral – The Resting Sonata Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn Stab stab stab. Stab chop chop stab. Punch. Stab stab swing. Chop swing chop. Stab. Fall down. On my way home from seeing the new Friday the 13th remake, I …
Malefice – Dawn Of Reprisal Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn We’ve played this game before, Mal and I, but with a different album title. In 2007, their debut, Entities, took on “deathcore” while clutching every single cliche in the book …
Architects – Hollow Crown Review
Originally written by Michael Roberts. I was quite impressed with this young UK outfit’s last album Ruin and eager to hear how they would follow it up. That sophomore effort was a solid piece of abrasive metalcore …
God Forbid – Earthsblood Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Many years ago, I nervously stumbled through the doorway of Station 4 (then known as The Lab) with an absolutely brutal –brutal– fake ID embedded in my sweaty palm. It …