XweaponX - Weapon X Demo 2
86

WEAPON X
STRAIGHT EDGE
FUCK YOU

Have Heart - Songs to Scream At the Sun
91

One of my favorite hardcore albums of all time.
Breakdowns are traded for raw emotion spilled onto tracks.

BOLTCUTTER - Still Broke
76

Honestly it made me smile a ton and the slams went pretty hard.

On Broken Wings - Some of Us May Never See the World
91

There's no reconking with this album. It exists on its own playing field.

100

The best modern metalcore band to do it.

Mile End - Mile End
76

Seeing this band next weekend at a house show, pretty pumped about that. As for the album, this thing fucking slaps when it wants to and the genre bending is pretty insane at times. Other times I feel like the nu metal tint on some of the riffs and rhythms are sort of boring and played out.

Wishy - Triple Seven
78

Fun little indie rock album drenched in dream pop and shoegaze elements. A couple tracks were kind of a bore but when it hits, it hits.

Ramallah - But A Whimper
87

One of my favorite hardcore releases to date. Shoutout to White Trash Rob for being a dirtbag while also making extremely prescient music.

Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
93

Every song is a beautiful soundscape that has its own story.
Beautiful record.

90

Blistering fast and filled with pure evil. Even thought about wearing my Slayer shirt today to the Halloween party at work but opted out of that idea lol.

Converge - Jane Doe
96

I’m pretty sure this would kill a small Victorian era child.
Still such a template setter and groundbreaking record that showcases raw emotion and so much chaos.

Restraining Order - Future Fortune
77

Saw these guys over the weekend, fucking cool dudes. Unbiasedly, this record kicks ass. Some straight forward hardcore with chant worthy moments and equal amounts of energy in each track.

Contention - Artillery From Heaven
85

Opening track sounds like a war hymn. Then the rest of the track list makes me wanna beat my coworkers ass.

Orthodox - Learning to Dissolve
76

For me, the vocals and lyrics are take it or leave it. The instrumentals on the other hand are pretty otherworldly and genre bending.

MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
87

Still one of my favorites from last year. Constantly on spin to this day.

The Dirty Nil - The Lash
83

Honestly this is everything I’ve wanted The Dirty Nil to be. Catchy tunes with a mix of classic rock / garage rock riffs with a IDGAF punk attitude. My favorite release of theirs to date.

156/Silence - People Watching
76

Still chewing on this as this is my third listen or so of this. There’s so much ambition in the amalgamation of sounds and genres. Does it all work? I’m not sure but I enjoy it quite a bit.

Harm's Way - Reality Approaches
70

I actually enjoyed this much more than their debut.

89

In contention for the crustiest album of all time.

Earth Crisis - Destroy the Machines
93

This album is so apocalyptic and nasty that by the end of it you’re engulfed in its filth.

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