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Some albums make their intentions clear before you even hit play. Slamdown Is Not a Phase, Mom shouts them from the cover art, title, and every moment of its runtime. This record isn’t about subtlety, emotional depth, or musical sophistication. It aims to deliver as much raw, caveman-level slam brutality as possible.

To its credit, GUTRECTOMY achieves that goal with impressive consistency. The German band enhances everything that characterizes modern slam death metal. Extremely downtuned ... read more

By the early 2020s, nostalgia had become one of alternative music's main currencies. Every month, another band was reviving the vibes of mall emo pop, post hardcore, or mall screamo with different levels of sincerity. Most felt either too polished to capture the original spirit or too focused on imitation to be worth listening to. Static Dress avoided both of these issues almost right away.

Injury Episode isn’t just a remake of 2000s post hardcore aesthetics but it reconstructs the ... read more

Modern Deathcore has reached a point where heaviness alone is enough. Every month brings a new band trying to surpass this genre’s incredibly bold standards for breakdowns, gutturals, and just general violence (yes I know im late to the party on this). In this environment, standing out requires either innovation or straight up conviction. CRUCIFICTION mostly opts for the ladder here.

This doesn’t reinvent Deathcore, but it’s not trying to. Instead, this album fully commits to ... read more

(I’m gonna start to transition to actual reviews once a day, im new to this so sorry if it sounds very samey)

Around this time, Thrash Metal as a whole started to branch into three different subgenres, those being speed, brutality, and in this case, technicality. While most of the genre was focused on refining its aggression, Voivod aimed to completely deconstruct metal and rebuild it into something entirely new. “Killing Technology” marks the beginning of that ... read more