Reviews

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Ringworm, Death Becomes My Voice (Relapse Records, 2019)

By Adam Yoe |

"The devilish baker’s dozen herein will gladly flay what remains of the brittle husks we call bodies."

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Wolvesblood, Death Bearer (Self-Released, 2019)

By Adam Yoe |

"Blending swirls of manic guitar that’d fit seamlessly on Integrity’s pre-‘00s output..."

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GOLD, Why Aren't You Laughing? (Artoffact Records, 2019)

By Benedetto Manzella |

"...best qualities of more daring and experimental rock, punk and even hardcore to make their own sound."

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Supercrush, Never Let You Drift Away (Self-Released, 2019)

By Hannah Fitzmorris |

FFO: Teenage Fanclub, a less British Stone Roses, Dinosaur Jr. for soft boys

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Isotope, Isotope (Carbonized Records, 2019)

By Michael D. Thorn |

"I wrote them a thank-you note for being the best band in Oakland I had heard in ages."

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War Bison, Acre (Self-Released, 2019)

By Michael D. Thorn |

FFO: 411, Endpoint, Strife

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Magic Circle, Departed Souls (20 Buck Spin, 2019)

By Dylan Chadwick |

"It's doom, sure. Doom rock, but please don't get off on some 'Orange Cabs/Keefy Dabs' nonsense."

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Deafkids, Metaprogramação (Neurot Recordings, 2019)

By Benedetto Manzella |

Forward-thinking punk with elements of noise, Latin percussion, and other influences.

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Penitentiary, Recidivist (Upstate Records, 2018)

By Adam Yoe |

Music as hard as their band name would imply.

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Dream Ritual, Trips Around the Sun (Self-Released, 2019)

By Hannah Fitzmorris |

"...psychedelic and wandering interludes and lush and fertile hooks."

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Beyond Pain, Humans Are Actual Pain. (To Live A Lie Records, 2018)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Capitalist Casualties, Sex Prisoner, Grief

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Damagers, Victory (Deranged Records, 2018)

By Adam Yoe |

Canadian band brings to mind '80s hardcore punk in all its ferocious glory.

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Hate Force, Hate Force (Closed Casket Activities, 2019)

By Gabe La Torre |

Members from some high-profile hardcore bands combine forces in the name of death metal.

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Incisions, Incisions (TNSrecords, 2018)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Black Flag, Minor Threat, UK82

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Vegas feat. 647, Tetralogy (Self-Released, 2019)

By Adam Yoe |

FFO: Holy Terror hardcore

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The 1865, Don't Tread on We! (Mass Appeal Records, 2019)

By Freddy Alva |

"Music with a message is at an all-time low point these days..."

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Wristmeetrazor, Misery Never Forgets (Prosthetic Records, 2019)

By Bruce Hardt-Valenzuela |

"...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 |

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

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