How significant could it be that Pupil Slicer and Autarkh released their debut albums on the same day? The chances are you’ve seen both names plastered all over the metal…
Tag: hardcore
You know Thirdface will be an interesting band just by looking at them. One member is decked out in Doc Martins and a Bad Brains t-shirt, another sports a Cleric…
Something has to give when Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan), Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura/ Soulfly) and Troy Sanders (Mastodon) come together for a Killer Be Killed record. The iconic sounds of…
Metalcore is a turnoff for a lot of metal fans. All those youthful emo kids playing breakdown riffs and unleashing radio-friendly choruses in between the gurning and false testosterone is…
Sacramento’s Psychosomatic are veterans of the thrash scene with six albums under their belt and over a thousand shows to their name since their formation in 1988. Now on their…
You probably wouldn’t pinpoint the backwoods hillbilly state of Arkansas as a contribution to hardcore and death metal. Yes, it’s represented with the sullen sounds of doom crew, Pallbearer, and…
American power violence outfit, Gulch, have the ear of the underground with their ultra-heavy hardcore. Like many bands from their genre, they don’t care much for melody or expanding their…
Kruelty write well-crafted Old School Death Metal (OSDM) songs that are catchy and played with great proficiency. Their music is a bit workmanlike – think “the best death metal band…
America’s east coast still produces some of the most dynamic and invigorating crossover thrash in the world. Fresh on the heels of New Jersey bruisers, Paralysis, New York quartet, The…