In this Review Round-Up, Annisokay and Samurai Pizza Cats respectively hit heavy and fall short in metalcore; Guilt Trip deliver a strong metallic hardcore debut; and Rocket Pengwin establishes some decent contemporary pop-punk.
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Shedding some of their tech-metal prowess in favour of more straightforward metalcore isn’t quite the boon that Heart Of A Coward need, given they come across as competent but little else.
To Kill Achilles’ newest album sees them rise up the ranks in an utterly flooring way, going from emotional hardcore middle-packers to a legitimate force to be reckoned with.
In this Review Round-Up, there’s a clear divide between Euro-metal from Ad Infinitum and From Fall To Spring, and genre-warping alt-pop from Kicksie and Paige Kennedy, albeit with something to offer on both sides.
What Half Me lack in innovation, they more than make up for with a metalcore throwdown that knows how to hit unmistakably hard.
In the first Review Round-Up of 2023, the year kicks off with a selection of heavy releases, spanning metalcore from Polar, deathcore from ten56., and black-metal from Dryad.
On a metallic hardcore album with the heft laid on thick and pounding muscle at every turn, Lionheart are exceedingly difficult to complain about.
In this Review Round-Up, Our Mirage stand as the weak link with disappointingly pedestrian metalcore, compared to how refreshed Liotta Seoul and borts are in grunge and alt-punk respectively.
In this Review Round-Up, Borders’ rap-metalcore and Doodseskader’s intimidating noise impress on the heavier front, broken up by a brief (but no less strong) post-punk intermission from Deadletter.
In this Review Round-Up, there’s a pretty rough selection of releases, encompassing classic rock from H.E.A.T, punk from Beach Rats, and metalcore from Of Virtue.