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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
From the ashes of interchangeable metalcore acts rise FLOYA, whose venturing into pop-rock is seldom more distinct, but at least it’s better.
After nearly three decades as a band, Emil Bulls’ repertoire apparently hasn’t expanded between hopelessly bland, trend-chasing alt-metal and radio-metalcore.
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.