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ALBUM REVIEW: thrown – ‘UNWANTED’

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  • Posted on October 30, 2026October 30, 2026

Refusing to even entertain the idea of change or evolution, thrown prove as underwhelming as ever.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Half Me – ‘DOGMA’

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  • Posted on October 20, 2026October 20, 2026

Rooted in historical bleakness and some of the most bludgeoning metalcore possible, Half Me’s newest is a satisfyingly savage listen.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: LANDMVRKS, EYES, Face Yourself

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  • Posted on April 23, 2025April 23, 2025

In this Review Round-Up, LANDMVRKS’ metalcore continues to fall short, but at least there’s strong hardcore from EYES and deathcore from Face Yourself to prop things up.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Anxious, The Dark, The Deadnotes

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  • Posted on February 19, 2025February 19, 2025

In this Review Round-Up, there’s great passion from Anxious and a load of fun from The Deadnotes, with some total tedium from The Dark sandwiched in between.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Delights, blacktoothed, State Of You

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  • Posted on January 17, 2025January 17, 2025

In this Review Round-Up, there’s a diverse cast of pleasant indie-pop from Delights, great post-hardcore from State Of You, and a stalled-out clunker from blacktoothed.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Our Hollow, Our Home – ‘Hope & Hell’

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  • Posted on September 20, 2024September 20, 2024

The nasty split at the centre of Our Hollow, Our Home’s final album vastly overshadows a brand of metalcore that’s only lost more and more of its luster.

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ALBUM REVIEW: thrown – ‘EXCESSIVE GUILT’

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  • Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024

Their status as a streaming phenomenon is one thing, but it’s not nearly enough to save thrown’s debut from the doldrums of generic, entirely unmemorable metalcore.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: GHØSTKID, Leaves’ Eyes, AVRALIZE, Mastiff

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  • Posted on March 19, 2024March 19, 2024

In this Review Round-Up, a variety of metal brings marginally-better-than-average metalcore from GHØSTKID and AVRALIZE; middling symphonic-metal from Leaves’ Eyes; and a great slab of grimness from Mastiff.

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ALBUM REVIEW: FLOYA – ‘Yume’

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  • Posted on March 6, 2024March 10, 2024

From the ashes of interchangeable metalcore acts rise FLOYA, whose venturing into pop-rock is seldom more distinct, but at least it’s better.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Emil Bulls – ‘Love Will Fix It’

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  • Posted on January 9, 2024January 9, 2024

After nearly three decades as a band, Emil Bulls’ repertoire apparently hasn’t expanded between hopelessly bland, trend-chasing alt-metal and radio-metalcore.

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