In this Review Round-Up, punk and metalcore each deliver a pair of strong releases—Fake Names and Niis for the former; Gore. and VRSTY for the latter.
Tag: Rise Records
Not only is Sleeping With Sirens’ newest an interesting diversion into more robust emo and post-hardcore, it’s their most encouraging album in absolutely ages.
In the first Review Round-Up of 2026, The Cribs get off to a bad start, but at least Beyond The Black and especially I Promised The World are setting a higher bar.
Finally, against all odds and expectations, Dance Gavin Dance have come out with a good album.
It’s a Memphis May Fire album; of course it’s awful.
Refreshed, refined and, once again, with their best qualities on full display, Spiritbox’s reign on modern metal’s throne shows no signs of ending.
With the verve of a pop-punk classic and the sharpness of its modern frontrunners, genre gold is struck on Winona Fighter’s debut at every turn.
After their greatest achievement in progressive post-hardcore yet, Eidola fast-track a companion album with basically everything that made its predecessor special gone.
In this Review Round-Up, a pair of deathcore slabs from Crucifiction and Veiled show off the breadth and diversity of their genre, alongside a pleasantly surprising return to form from Grand Magus.
Ever the purveyors of post-hardcore from its most heart-wrenching zenith, Touché Amoré’s new album once again plays to every strength that comes with it.