Reviews

Typecaste, Between Life (Flatspot Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe | 2.6.2020

"...quite content to pummel in the vein of Vamachara, Division of Mind..."

Reviews

Orthodox, Let It Take Its Course (Unbeaten Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe | 2.3.2020

Does the Tennessee metallic hardcore outfit rise to the occasion on their new record?

Reviews

Body Farm, Body Farm 7" (...So This Is Progress, Financial Ruin Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe | 1.23.2020

"...hardcore punk-influenced power violence that’s blindingly fast, cutting, and fun as fuck."

Reviews

Ingrained, D.U.S.T.O.F.F. (The Coming Strife Records, 2019)

By Ace Stallings | 1.21.2020

"Sonically speaking, you hear influence from '90s metallic acts such as Unbroken or Turmoil..."

Reviews

Smash Your Enemies, Become Death (Upstate Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe | 12.30.2019

FFO: All Out War, Biohazard, Cold as Life

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Raising Hell: Backstage Tales from the Lives of Metal Legends, by Jon Wiederhorn (Diversion Books, 2020)

By Carlos Ramirez | 12.23.2019

Not for the faint of heart.

Reviews

Fathers, You Deserve Hell (Sailor Records, 2019)

By Todd Manning | 12.20.2019

From metalcore to D-beat, the Denver band returns with a new album.

Reviews

Dark Thoughts, Must Be Nice (Stupid Bag Records/Drunken Sailor Records, 2020)

By Adam Yoe | 12.17.2019

Chew on some impossibly catchy "bubblegum hardcore" from Philadelphia.

Reviews

French Kiss, Everyday Chemistry (Self-Released, 2019)

By Ace Stallings | 12.12.2019

FFO: '70s Bowie, Rolling Stones, Johnny Thunders

Reviews

Be Well, Be Well (Equal Vision Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe | 12.10.2019

Members of Battery, Darkest Hour, and Bane go back to their hardcore roots in new band.

Reviews

Rule Them All, Dreams About... (Flatspot Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe | 12.3.2019

Newly signed to a high-profile label, does the Long Island hardcore outfit rise to the occasion?

Reviews

Queensway, The Real Fear (Self-Released, 2019)

By Jalen Lopez | 11.18.2019

"Their dark, moody, almost groovy style of hardcore makes you uneasy but excited."

Reviews

STORM{O}, Finis Terrae (Various labels, 2019)

By Benedetto Manzella | 11.4.2019

"Incorporating influences spanning various eras of angular hardcore, noise, and screamo..."

Reviews

Spectres, Provincial Wake (Sabotage Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe | 10.29.2019

FFO: Arctic Flowers, Terrible Feelings, soundtracks to John Hughes movies

Reviews

Dead Already, On a Hook (Self-Released, 2019)

By Adam Yoe | 10.23.2019

The Aussie band "mines as much from early '80s USHC as it does from Orange County’s snotty first wave."

Reviews

The Cure, 40 LIVE – CURÆTION-25 + ANNIVERSARY Blu-Ray (Eagle Rock, 2019)

By Carlos Ramirez | 10.21.2019

Two beautifully shot documents of the influential group's sonic evolution.

Reviews

Gatecreeper, Deserted (Relapse Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe | 9.24.2019

The Arizona death metallers return with their sophomore studio album.

Reviews

Husbandry, A Port in a Storm (Self-Released, 2019)

By Benedetto Manzella | 9.5.2019

This Brooklyn post-hardcore band is taking brave sonic chances on their latest release.

Reviews

Typecaste, Between Life (Flatspot Records, 2020)

Orthodox, Let It Take Its Course (Unbeaten Records, 2020)

Body Farm, Body Farm 7" (...So This Is Progress, Financial Ruin Records, 2020)

Ingrained, D.U.S.T.O.F.F. (The Coming Strife Records, 2019)

Smash Your Enemies, Become Death (Upstate Records, 2019)

Raising Hell: Backstage Tales from the Lives of Metal Legends, by Jon Wiederhorn (Diversion Books, 2020)

Fathers, You Deserve Hell (Sailor Records, 2019)

Dark Thoughts, Must Be Nice (Stupid Bag Records/Drunken Sailor Records, 2020)

French Kiss, Everyday Chemistry (Self-Released, 2019)

Be Well, Be Well (Equal Vision Records, 2019)

Rule Them All, Dreams About... (Flatspot Records, 2019)

Queensway, The Real Fear (Self-Released, 2019)

STORM{O}, Finis Terrae (Various labels, 2019)

Spectres, Provincial Wake (Sabotage Records, 2019)

Dead Already, On a Hook (Self-Released, 2019)

The Cure, 40 LIVE – CURÆTION-25 + ANNIVERSARY Blu-Ray (Eagle Rock, 2019)

Gatecreeper, Deserted (Relapse Records, 2019)

Husbandry, A Port in a Storm (Self-Released, 2019)

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