Album Reviews
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Spiritbox - Eternal Blue
Spiritbox have exploded onto the scene over the past year which has made the excitement around their first full-length album ‘Eternal Blue’ quite the thing to behold. The Canadian metal outfit have almost come out of nowhere, to being featured on magazine covers around the world, while the hype around this release has continuously grown,...
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Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist
Architects are back with the highly anticipated ‘For Those That Wish To Exist’. This marks the band’s ninth studio album and fans have not been shy about expressing their excitement around the metalcore bands new album. After the commercial success of ‘Holy Hell’, Architects will be hoping to strike gold once again. It would be...
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Ice Nine Kills - Welcome To Horrorwood
Ice Nine Kills took the metalcore world by storm with the release of ‘The Silver Scream’ back in 2018, and their highly anticipated follow up is finally here. ‘Welcome To Horrorwood’ is the direct sequel to the previous album and promises to continue down the path of turning horror movies into some badass tracks. I...
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Saving Vice - Hello There
Vermont based metalcore band Saving Vice released there debut LP ‘Hello There’ on 21st February 2020. The album was received well by media and fans alike. Saving Vice has had a great start to there careers, from touring with bands like ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ and ‘Like Moths To Flames’ to being featured on Spotify’s...
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Parkway Drive - Darker Still
There was a time when the future of Parkway Drive was unclear as the band took a step back after a lot of thought during lockdown. Thankfully for fans of the band, they have decided to return not just with a tour, but with a new album to boot. ‘Darker Still’ is set to be...
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Beartooth - Below
Ohio based metalcore giants Beartooth are back with their brand new album titled ‘Below’. The album is the successor to the band’s 2018 release ‘Disease’ and fans have been extremely vocal and supportive of the new record. With everything that has transpired around the world since the last release, I’d be lying if I said...
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The Devil Wears Prada - ZII
The Devil Wears Prada has made quite the name for themselves in the metalcore scene and fans have been eagerly anticipating new music ever since the band dropped ‘The Act’ back in 2019. It’s no doubt that the announcement of the ‘ZII’ EP has been met with excitement from fans and critics alike, so I...
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Dreamshade - A Pale Blue Dot
Swiss metalcore outfit Dreamshade are back with their highly anticipated album, ‘A Pale Blue Dot’. This marks the bands first new record since 2016 and fans have finally had the pleasure of hearing the new tracks. The album has received mostly positive reviews from media and fans alike so I thought it’s time I checked...
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August Burn Red - Guardians Sessions
August Burns Red have been the talk of the town ever since they dropped their album ‘Guardiens’ back in 2020, so what better way to further the momentum of the record than to release an EP full of B-sides, covers, and reimaginings of some of the tracks from said record. Ever since the band released...
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Light The Torch - You Will Be The Death Of Me
Light The Torch are back with their second full-length album titled ‘You Will Be The Death Of Me’. Fronted by former Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones, the band has already amassed a decent sized fan base that is eager to hear the successor of the bands 2018 release Revival. This album comes with some high...
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Hacktivist - Hyperdialect
Hacktivist is a name that has become synonymous with their non-stop touring cycles and the band have finally released their second full-length album titled ‘Hyperdialect’. The Milton Keynes based rap-metal group have done a great job with getting fans excited for the new release with every single that has come out doing extremely well over...
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Samurai Pizza Cats - You're Hellcome
Have you ever heard of catcore? Neither had I before I was made aware of the Supergroup Samurai Pizza Cats! The brainchild of Daniel Haniß from Electric Callboy and Sebastian Fischer of Fall Of Gaia, the band offer a gritty yet humorous sound that is quite unlike anything out there at the moment. Their debut...
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Our Hollow, Our Home - Burn In The Flood
Our Hollow, Our Home has been ripping up the metalcore scene since 2013 and ‘Burn in the Flood’ has garnered a lot of attention. Fans have been patiently waiting for the next studio album from the band ever since ‘In Moment / / In Memory’ dropped back in 2018 so the question is, was it...
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King 810 - AK Concerto No. 47, 11th Movement in G Major
KING 810 have returned with all the ammunition you would expect from the Flint natives! David Gunn and co have not disappointed with their fourth album consisting of the unrivalled amounts of grit and danger we have come to expect from the gang like band. It’s safe to say the future of metalcore is in...
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Electric Callboy - MMXX - Hypa Hypa Edition
German metalcore outfit Eskimo Callboy are back with the Hypa Hypa Edition of their 2020 EP ‘MMXX’. The new version of the EP includes all six of the original songs, but also includes seven renditions of the band’s viral hit ‘Hypa Hypa’. I never got around to checking out the band’s original EP so I...
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Alpha Wolf - The Lost & The Longing
Holding Absence - The Lost & The Longing
In what may be one of the surprises of the year in the rock and metal space, Alpha Wolf and Holding Absence have dropped their collaborative EP onto the world and many are wondering just how it’ll work. I for one cannot contain my curiosity so without further adieu, Here is my review of ‘The...
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Miss May I - Curse Of Existence
Five years is quite the gap when it comes to the music industry and fans of Miss May I will be pleased that the wait for new music has finally come to an end. ‘Curse Of Existence’ will be the band’s first release since their 2017 studio album titled ‘Shadows Inside’ but the real question...
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A Day To Remember - You're Welcome
A Day To Remember are back with their seventh studio album, ‘You’re Welcome’, the first release under their new label Fueled By Raman. The long-awaited album was originally set to release back on November 15th 2019, but was later postponed to “early 2020” (because “the art for the record [wasn’t] done yet”) and then further...
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I Prevail - TRUE POWER
I Prevail are back with their fourth studio album titled ‘True Power’ and fans have been very vocal about their excitement for new music from the Detroit rockers. The band have not released a full-length album since their critically acclaimed 2019 release titled ‘TRAUMA’ so it’s nice for fans to know that the wait is...
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While She Sleeps - SLEEPS SOCIETY
While She Sleeps have become one of the largest bands in the UK Metalcore scene with their albums ‘You Are We’ and ‘SO WHAT?’ both receiving critical acclaim from fans and media alike. The Welsh band have gone from supporting bands like Bullet for my valentine and Architects, to selling out Brixton Academy and having...
