Alabama quintet, Erra, are architects of the progressive metalcore sound sometimes referred to as ‘Sumeriancore’ due to the cluster of bands centred around Periphery and Veil of Maya on Sumerian…
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The staff at Scream Blast Repeat observe Architects with a curious eye. We dismissed them as Dillinger Escape Plan clones on their 2006 debut album (Nightmares), watched them grow into…
In 1999, Fear Factory released a cover of Gary Numan’s ‘Cars’ and found a new type of audience for their music. Unfortunately, many of the 80s nostalgists and trendy indie-rockers…
We should be thankful to the bands that spearheaded the New Wave of American Heavy Metal (NWOAHM) at the beginning of this century. They helped to expunge the aberration of…
Back in 2018, Florida’s Yashira released the album, Shrine, to an unsuspecting metal world and showcased a dazzling array of complex rhythms, dense sludge riffery and abrasive drumming. It was…
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…
The rise of Jinjer over the last years four years is one of the great success stories of modern metal. Forced to flee their war-torn homeland in eastern Ukraine for…
Revisiting an old lover like this during a pandemic is a conflicted feeling. Yes, there’s a lot of love there, but does the current situation make you view it with…
Russian quintet, Return of the Soul, dare to do the unimaginable. Not many bands mix modern metalcore with the symphonic splendour of Nightwish and the brooding gothic darkness of vintage…