metalcore
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Seasoned metalcore outfit Integrity emphasizes their metal side on the dark and diverse Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume.
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Code Orange successfully pushes the metalcore envelope on their first album for Roadrunner Records.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan goes down swinging on their final album.
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The Dillinger Escape Plan continues facing its imminent demise here on the second single from Dissociation, out October 14 via Party Smasher.
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One of the most savage bands on the planet returns for a third album.
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Twitching Tongues makes their Metal Blade Records debut with one of the most trying albums I’ve heard this year.
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From Watershed between Earth and Firmament, the debut album from Italian black metal artist The Clearing Path (Gabriele Gramaglia), out July 11 via Avantgarde Music. I appreciate the soupçon of Converge-esque metalcore in the mix.
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LA hardcore act Xibalba is back with one of the heaviest, most savage albums you’ll hear this year–though slightly one-dimensional.
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While Code Orange’s latest album might feature producer Kurt Ballou’s most crushing production yet, the band hasn’t done much to advance their writing or songcraft.
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This sophomore LP from Brisbane band IDYLLS is one of the most twisted, extreme records I’ve come across this year.
