Reviews

Wristmeetrazor, Misery Never Forgets (Prosthetic Records, 2019)

By Bruce Hardt-Valenzuela | 1.22.2019

"...an openness that doesn’t alienate, offering a biting solace that few modern screamo bands offer."

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Physique, The Evolution of Combat (Distort Reality, 2019)

By Michael D. Thorn | 1.17.2019

"...glass shattering short sharp shock attack that represents a fierce and primal auditory backlash..."

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Wristmeetrazor, Misery Never Forgets (Prosthetic Records, 2019)

By Caleb Newton | 1.16.2019

"...noisy hardcore and relentlessly chaotic screamo and blending them to a somehow tasty pulp."

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Spiritual Cramp, Television (Deranged Records, 2018)

By Michael D. Thorn | 12.31.2018

"...a record that grows on you rather than leaping up and punching you in the throat."

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Neolithic, Cult of Ignorance (Deep Six Records, 2018)

By Adam Yoe | 12.31.2018

Essential crust. Essential metal. Essential hardcore. It’s all in here.

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Pyralis, Everything Is Emptiness (Good Fight Music, 2018)

By Ned Kelly | 12.20.2018

Without question, this is the most unique write-up we've had on the site to date.

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Mere Mortal, Tartarus (Quality Control HQ, 2018)

By Mike De Lorenzo | 12.19.2018

UKHC scene musicians conjure up the spirit of classic thrash metal.

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Graf Orlock, Examination of Violent Cinema, Volume 1 (Vitriol Records, 2018)

By Caleb Newton | 12.5.2018

"...wildly noisy, exciting, and ultimately unique..."

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Wake of Humanity, Fight/Resist (Bitter Melody Records, 2018)

By Adam Yoe | 11.30.2018

FFO: Earth Crisis, Chokehold, Racetraitor

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Kaonashi, Why Did You Do It? (Get This Right Records, 2018)

By Caleb Newton | 11.23.2018

"For as brutal of a band as the alt-metalcore outfit Kaonashi is, they’re remarkably sensitive."

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BustDown, TRANSILLUMINATI (Fake Crab Records, 2018)

By Adam Yoe | 11.23.2018

A crushing marriage of grind, screamo, power violence, and hardcore.

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King Nine, Death Rattle (Closed Casket Activities, 2018)

By Ian Caramanzana | 11.15.2018

Does the Long Island hardcore outfit's long-awaited sophomore album deliver the goods?

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Tired of Everything, Silenced (To Live A Lie Records, 2018)

By Adam Yoe | 11.7.2018

"This is hardcore punk done by punks, informed by years of experience."

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Drug Church, Cheer (Pure Noise Records, 2018)

By Ian Caramanzana | 11.2.2018

So, is it truly the band's "sellout album" like they promised it would be?

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Shook Ones, Body Feel (Revelation Records, 2018)

By Ian Caramanzana | 10.17.2018

Sometimes you just need to take a decade off.

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Super Unison, Stella (Deathwish Inc, 2018)

By Benedetto Manzella | 10.15.2018

The acclaimed San Francisco post-hardcore trio deliver their sophomore LP.

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Infera Bruo, Cerement (Prosthetic Records, 2018)

By Benedetto Manzella | 10.9.2018

Former members of Trap Them, Virulence, and other heavy acts return with a collection of black metal.

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Terror, Total Retaliation (Pure Noise Records, 2018)

By Carlos Ramirez | 10.1.2018

One of the hardest in the game return with album #7.

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Wristmeetrazor, Misery Never Forgets (Prosthetic Records, 2019)

Physique, The Evolution of Combat (Distort Reality, 2019)

Wristmeetrazor, Misery Never Forgets (Prosthetic Records, 2019)

Spiritual Cramp, Television (Deranged Records, 2018)

Neolithic, Cult of Ignorance (Deep Six Records, 2018)

Pyralis, Everything Is Emptiness (Good Fight Music, 2018)

Mere Mortal, Tartarus (Quality Control HQ, 2018)

Graf Orlock, Examination of Violent Cinema, Volume 1 (Vitriol Records, 2018)

Wake of Humanity, Fight/Resist (Bitter Melody Records, 2018)

Kaonashi, Why Did You Do It? (Get This Right Records, 2018)

BustDown, TRANSILLUMINATI (Fake Crab Records, 2018)

King Nine, Death Rattle (Closed Casket Activities, 2018)

Tired of Everything, Silenced (To Live A Lie Records, 2018)

Drug Church, Cheer (Pure Noise Records, 2018)

Shook Ones, Body Feel (Revelation Records, 2018)

Super Unison, Stella (Deathwish Inc, 2018)

Infera Bruo, Cerement (Prosthetic Records, 2018)

Terror, Total Retaliation (Pure Noise Records, 2018)

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