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Ends In Tragedy play a style of old school metalcore in the same vein of Until The Bitter End, though the vocals on Beauty Of Death are a lot more extreme and passionate, and are akin to those on Legends by Abigail Willaims. The breakdowns on this EP are unfathomably heavy to the point where my headphones nearly flew off my head with how hard I was banging my head to the breakdown on Shut The Gates. This is what metalcore is meant to be, forget all of that Bad Omen Sleep Token nonsense.

Design The Skyline shocked everyone with their comeback single Beckoning, and Autumn's End only solidifies the band's status as one of the most exciting in the genre. The tapping on this track is pretty wild, and the band give us plenty of melody and brutality on the track. The mix could be better though, but that's my only gripe.

Mauled were never my favorite deathcore band, though it's not because the band itself is bad, but because revivalcore is an unbeliavably stale genre. The genre has seldom grown since Rev3rent and Peacemaker FL, and it really shows with this EP. Although the bass drops aren't as ridiculous on this record, they still stick with the super bassy mix, kickball snares, and Mitch Lucker-worship vocal cliches that have been plaguing the revivalcore scene for the past 2 years. These things ... read more

Modern metalcore was never my favorite style of metalcore, but By The Thousands certainly deliver with Mirrorborn. It's a bit derivative, sure, but the chorus is good and the solo at the start of the bridge is nice. The breakdown is standard for the genre and it gave me Distant vibes; not bad, but not exactly unique either. Fans of modern metalcore would surely get plenty of replay value out of Mirrorborn.