Dawnbringer's prolific key visionary Chris Black is also known for his involvement with Pharaoh and Superchrist (and formerly Nachtmystium), which may have something to do with the fact that "In Sickness and in Dreams" is the first release in six years to bear the Dawnbringer name (and first for Battle ...
Man, I suck. I don't really listen to vinyl very often at all anymore, so I haven't really kept up with Canadian hardcore/punk masters Under Pressure since a lot of their output in the last few years has been on 7"s and whatnot. But thankfully last year's "Come ...
Having never heard of She Said Destroy before (and thus ignoring the potential Death in June reference), and seeing that this release was handled by Candlelight Records in the US, I initially missed the tiny Nocturnal Art Productions logo on the back cover of the disc, so upon my first ...
"The Lost, the Sick, the Sacred", the Solid State debut from Inhale Exhale, is indeed yet another metalcore record that blends harsh screaming and soaring singing over a musical backdrop that runs a gamut of influences - from the dominant presence of chunky rhythms and lead lines that never shed ...
"Pessimiste(s)", a split release from Alchimia Recordings and Purepainsugar, is the debut EP from Celeste, a French act featuring former members of Mihai Edrisch. You could draw parallels from this material to early Isis and early Cult of Luna on some level (mainly in terms of the presence of ...
I've never been huge on The End, but "Elementary", their latest Relapse Records full-length, shows quite an impressive degree of growth. As I was generally on the fence about the fast 'n' chaotic metalcore of their debut (though I could cite its potential), I actually never even heard "Within ...
As someone who listens predominantly to metal and hardcore and that sort of thing, it can be sort of a bitch for me to keep up with/find out about bands that I would appreciate from outside of that core listening realm, so I'm incredibly grateful that This Et Al contacted ...
It should be common fact by now that I'm an immense fan of reissues in general, but especially thrash reissues, so I was psyched as shit to see "Recognize No Authority" - the sole 1986 full-length from Los Angeles' Détente - recently get the remastered reissue treatment from seemingly out ...
The self-titled debut from Florida's Mehkago N.T. cranks out five tracks in less than 15 minutes and is sort of like the hardcore equivalent of "war metal" (an aesthetic that carries right over into the high contrast imagery of the layout): It's raw as fuck, it's generally fast and somewhat ...
It's funny, mere hours before I first popped this disc in for a listen, I reminded myself just how sick I am of melodic Swedish death metal as I sampled yet another mediocre album from said genre. Then I finally found the time to check out "Bedtime Prayers", the ...
Every now and then a CD gets temporarily lost in the shuffle at my place and ends up sitting around collecting dust for months before I even pop it in for a listen, and unfortunately "Signal Corps", the debut full-length from Long Island's Capital (on Iron Pier), falls into that ...
I somehow managed to never hear Palehorse prior to "Amongst the Flock", their first full-length and debut as a part of the coveted Bridge Nine roster. How? I have no fucking clue, because this is some ripping metallic hardcore with absolutely scathing vocals that lend a very Ringworm-esque ...
Ahhh, how I love collection CD's like this. Here we have Mad at the World Records offering to the world over an hour's worth of early New York hardcore/punk through a whopping 35 tracks from the Misguided. Included in chronological order are four demo sessions interspersed with four ...
The latest from Strike 3 Records sees Richmond, VA's Get a Grip and Delco, PA's Hammer Head joining up for this 22-minute split CD (with some pretty damn cool looking artwork, I might add). Get a Grip kicks things off with five tracks of chunky and moderately paced metallic ...
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe "Cólera" is the debut "full-length" (though most of the tracks are less than three minutes apiece and the total length is only 26 minutes) from The Assailant (on Rome Plow Records), upon which the Seattle outfit tears through nine tracks comparable to defunct ...
"Five Pointed Tongue" (Hungry Eye Records) is the debut full-length from Saros, one of San Francisco's new breed metal acts (featuring drummer Blood Eagle, formerly of the mighty Weakling, for those interested). A rather diverse outfit that blatantly defies specific categorization, there's a significant dose of "traditional" metal influence ...
From seemingly out of nowhere comes this obscure reissue from Southern Lord. Ignore the fact that the band name and the cover art might suggest otherwise, because "Circus of Chaos", the lone full-length from San Francisco's Clown Alley, is quite a solid slab of oft-quirky thrash with crossover leanings. ...
It's almost inexcusably ridiculous that it's been six years since Martyr released their last full-length - the impeccable technical death metal classic "Warp Zone" - so to refer to their third album, "Feeding the Abscess" (Galy Records), as "long overdue" is an understatement to say the least! Of course, ...
Two words: Fuck... yes! The artwork may look quite crude and suggestive of less-than-greatness, but the debut demo from Parlamentarisk Sodomi cranks out seven tracks of absolutely raging grindcore in a mere 12 minutes, and it's all total fucking gold! This is classic, textbook grind of the "World ...
Most people go on "vacation" for the "holidays", but... I don't. I haven't, however, felt like writing up any music for the last week or so, meaning... well, nothing, really. I'm hoping to get things back in gear starting on Tuesday of next week, so... we'll see. In the ...
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