This album was mid. I would've given it a 50-59 rating but the guitarist and producer being a pedo tanks it down to a 0.

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.

When I first got into A$AP Rocky, my friend EEF kept telling me that this was Rocky's best release and he wanted me to save it for last. Now that I've given this a listen, I unfortunately have to disagree with him.

LIVE.LOVE.A$AP was something different for its time, and I can certainly understand why people saw potential in A$AP Rocky, but this is far from a perfect mixtape. Many of the tracks featured on this mixtape are straight up boring and add nothing to the record, especially ... read more

I haven't been as into Distant as I once was back in 2023, and this single isn't doing it for me. The outro is vocal gymnastic fantastic whatevers, and it's really bassy throughout. Maybe not a bad track, but it's a bit too much for me, unfortunately.

When it comes to old school melodeath inspired metalcore, it doesn't get much better than You Will Die. Harmony of Despair was a great first EP, though the mix wasnt my favorite. Burial Plot, luckily, irons out those flaws and features a much better mix, sounding more brutal and raw than their previous EP. I've been following this band since the start, and I'm only more eager to see what this band will do with a second EP or a full length record.

I'll admit that I was never a modern Danza fan. The tracks I've heard from Danza III and IIII were nowhere as memorable or fun as those on their 2005 debut, so I ignored them for the most part. Say When...still doesn't intrigue me unfortunately. It's what you'd expect from Danza at this point, it's not a bad track but I don't have crazy feelings for it either.

For modern Six Feet Under standards, this is great. First and foremost, Barnes' vocals are tolerable believe it or not. It's the bare minimum, but hey, thats better than the shit he's given us in the past, and there isn't a single EEEEEEEEEEEEEE in sight..or whatever the auditory equivalent of sight is. The drumming is solid and I enjoyed the solo in the track, but it's still average death metal. It's fairly derivative and predictable, but they were actually able ... read more

Maximum the Hormone are about the cloest thing you can get to a Japanese System of a Down, but that title does not give this band the proper justice and distinction they deserve. Their unique blend of hardcore punk and alt/nu-metal has easily landed this band a top spot in my playlists and overall music rotation, and Mimikajiru Shin'uchi is the pinnacle of this band's charm, even if it isn't the band's most accessible release.

Despite the name of this EP, Welcome To Shell Town does nothing to make the 22 minutes it occupies all that welcome. The first three tracks are cover tracks from various nu metal bands, though none of these tracks are exactly cover material. Bodies was fine i guess, but Rollin and Stupify, on the other hand, were not pleasant. The remaining tracks are...fine? They aren't flat out bad but they don't do anything exciting or different. The tracks are too slow and take too long to get ... read more

Y'all will never know the feeling of hearing this when it first dropped in junior high, shit was lit and stupid fun. Fishin On My DS was another banger from those days.

"why don't you respect me?" idk bro probably because y'all used ai for a music video? that alone is a disservice to both the band and the entire country of brazil.

TESTING is nothing short of a botched experiment that took Rocky 8 years to recover and learn from. Hardly any of the songs here have staying power, and the so called hit of this record (Praise The Lord) is nowhere as good or memorable as tracks like F**kin' Problem or LPFJ2. Just about every song here is a slog, it's such a genuinely sad record to listen to from start to finish. Take your 52 minutes elsewhere and avoid this record at all costs.

Breakdown of Sanity return with a modern, more refined version of the sound that made them such a powerful force in the early 2010s metalcore scene. While the bass drops aren't as earth shattering as those earlier releases, they still hit hard enough to make the breakdowns that much more impactful.

Glass Casket's first release after 17 years leaves a lot to be desired. The mix itself is pretty weak and lacks any kind of oomph whatsoever, and the intrumentation is just plain boring. This EP only clocks in at around 14 minutes, but it does nothing to make that time justified whatsoever. I recommend everyone spend their 14 minutes elsewhere.

Every now and then, you come across a band whose genre you can't really pinpoint, and The Syncope Threshold are one of those bands. To me, they're what'd happen if you tossed I Am Abomination, The Word Alive and Crown The Empire in a blender; you get a theatrical, progressive and melodic blend of post hardcore and metalcore.

The album starts strong, falters near the third quarter, but bounces back with two solid tracks. Joe Garcia is an extemely talented and versatile vocalist, ... read more

Mindtrap were under the radar for many by the time Living Demons dropped. 2009 was not exactly a great year for grind or math, with many bands changing sounds or disbanding years before, so many fans of the genre weren't sticking around afterwards. The people who stuck around, however, were treated to an overall pleasant listen. The band experiments with plenty of fun and unique elements, though the record falters near the end (save for the bonus track). If you're a fan of mahciu, ... read more

Halo and MLP is a combonation that shouldn't work but...it does lol.

This band is very socal, almost painfully so, but they're surprisingly varied and unique considering where they come from. They remind me most of ITBOAB-era Killwhitneydead; somewhat grindy but with a lot of groove, just without the samples. I'd love to see what this band could do with a full length (so like, 15 minutes) record in the future.