Bookmarks tagged Metal

21 Oct 2023 www.youtube.com
Jesus Piece tend to get tagged as metallic hardcore or metalcore, as well as more nuanced variations of the same: beatdown hardcore, hardcore groove metal, “more hardcore than metal.” They boast a unique mix of aggressive East Coast grooves and call-and-response vocals, offsetting metal’s melodic and theatrical tendencies with hardcore’s propulsive energy.
Source: <a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jesus-piece-so-unknown/" target="_blank">Pitchfork</a>
17 Oct 2023 the-body.bandcamp.com
On I Shall Die Here, The Body sonically serrates the remains of metal's already unidentifiable corpse and splays it amid tormented voices in shadow. Sharing their heathen vision with The Haxan Cloak, The Body's tried, true, and absorbingly tragic sound is mutilated by process and re-animated in a spectral state. This double LP set is expanded with the previously unreleased Earth Triumphant, a full-length companion album that would become I Shall Die Here, showcasing The Body’s brutality in its most primal form. Newly remastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios, this is the definitive edition of a shocking classic of unbridled bleakness and innovation.
16 Oct 2023 sonjaband.bandcamp.com
This record is packed to the rafters with incredibly infectious riffs—sharp, inventive riffs that snare the listener like a stylish vocal hook. Furthermore, there’s a sort of furtively melodic touch to her fretplay, and it underscores the gothic atmosphere while avoiding soloing entirely.
Source: <a href="https://yourlastrites.com/2022/09/19/sonja-loud-arriver-review/" target="_blank">Yourlastrites.com</a>
15 Oct 2023 bbbrecords.bandcamp.com
For years now, the Oxnard thrashers Dead Heat have been playing breakneck speed metal for hardcore crowds. They have a complete understanding of how to turn their chosen genre, the crossover thrash of the late ’80s, into music that’ll elicit the maximum physical response possible — when to speed up, when to slow down, when to blaze in with some triumphant guitar shredding, when to drop the absolutely reckless breakdown. On their new EP Endless Torment, you can hear Dead Heat doing all of that at their full capacity.
Source: <a href="https://www.stereogum.com/2231550/stream-dead-heats-furious-new-ep-endless-torment/music/">Stereogum.com</a>
12 Oct 2023 telosband.bandcamp.com
Telos has been a part of the Copenhagen-based underground scene for a while, but they've been quiet for a while. Their current lineup features members of bands like LLNN, Eyes, and Demersal, so as you might imagine, we're dealing with a gargantuan heavy, blackened hardcore outfit here. Their sophomore album "Delude" also offers mathcore and chaotic hardcore nuances within its brutal package.
Source: <a href="https://rockfreaks.net/albums/9697" target="_blank">Rockfreaks.net</a>
12 Oct 2023 gruzja.bandcamp.com
The third album from Gruzja, entitled “Koniec Wakacji” will be released on 6th October and will be an illogical continuation of the band’s career so far. Guests include LARMO, Mold, Perturbator and unknown people. The author of the graphic design is Zbigniew Bielak. Satanic Audio is responsible for mixing and mastering. The material was recorded at MAQ Records and in The Basement. The band will self-release the album. Greed is the reason behind this decision. The album will be available in CD and digital formats. "Koniec Wakacji" can be compared to a history book and a daily news bulletin - it doesn't offer anything new. It's a collection of fragments. Fresh and cold, strange and personal. It’s charades in a trench, and a trench in a smartphone. Faces tuned and disarmed. Everything fake and not pretended.