Music Reviews
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Aug 13 Reviews
Telos
ForevermoreReview by Nate Lake
Telos is Indianapolis metalcore outfit Forevermore’s debut release on Solid State Records, but its ten tracks prove the band already knows a thing or two about putting together a...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Wovenwar
WovenwarReview by David Stagg
If you ever want a blueprint on how to survive a band member’s Federal crime and conviction, Wovenwar is now on the short list. It’s a good thing they...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Struggle Well
Mouth of the SouthReview by Collin Simula
When I put on Struggle Well, the new album from Mouth of the South, I thought it was going to be more of the same. Based on the one...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Written in Blood
Darkness DividedReview by Anthony Bryant
Victory Records’ Darkness Divided debut release, Written in Blood, puts the band much closer to the metal side of metalcore thanks to guitarists Christopher Mora and Sebastian Elizondo. Together,...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Life Reaper
I The BreatherReview by Justin Croteau
For five years, I The Breather has been reimagining and redefining metalcore. Taking cues from veterans like The Devil Wears Prada and For Today, the band fronts an aggressive,...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Mirrors
Hayden SpenceleyReview by Mitchell Layton
Haydon Spenceley’s new album, Mirrors, proves to be an impressive alternative record. It takes a modern, ambient twist on rock with interesting chord progressions and its upbeat moments, but...
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Aug 13 Reviews
The Moment
ManafestReview by Sarah Brehm
The Moment, the seventh studio album from four-time Dove Award nominee Manafest, is filled with infectious rap-rock anthems infused with layers of trendy-pop beats. Thematically, Manafest focuses on life’s...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Supreme Chaos
War of AgesReview by Reid Olson
The veteran metal outfit War of Ages returns, bearing their veteran status like professionals. Supreme Chaos, the band’s seventh full-length album, brought equal parts excitement and trepidation after their...
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Jul 21 Reviews
Almost Home
GuardianReview by Doug Van Pelt
If the Almost Home title is a foreshadowing that Guardian is planning on dying as a band, it’ll be our loss. The scary thing about an old band getting...
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Jul 17 Reviews
Incomplete Me
For All Those SleepingReview by David Stagg
In a parallel universe, For All Those Sleeping’s third full-length release, Incomplete Me, could have been labeled screamo. Really, really good screamo. Underoath-level screamo. Today’s market, though, would have...
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Jul 17 Reviews
No Other Name
Hillsong WorshipReview by Justin Mabee
In recent years, Hillsong Church (originating in Australia) has begun to solidify the differences between their different branches of music. Back in the beginning stages, when music was only...
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Jul 17 Reviews
Waiting
Light Up the DarknessReview by Justin Croteau
Light Up the Darkness is a four-piece hard rock outfit that knows how to execute their sound professionally. It’s an underrated experience on several levels from an underrated band....
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Jul 17 Reviews
At War
Brutal CrossReview by Chris Gatto
Brutal Cross is the extreme metal one-man band of Polish ex-pat Tomasz Sulowski, currently residing in Ireland. At War marks Brutal Cross’s third outing, following 2011’s Trilogy and 2012’s...
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Jul 17 Reviews
Send Me the Seekers
Redeem the ExileReview by Matthew Mika
Redeem the Exile have been hard at work touring the regional circuit and this Olympia, WA band’s sound reflects the current Northwest trend in metal and hardcore. The seven...
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Jul 17 Reviews
Live
The Ember DaysReview by Sarah Brehm
The Ember Days’ Live EP is comprised of five moving worship tracks. There’s something fun about live tracks, getting to hear the crowd clapping and cheering — it just...
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Jul 15 Reviews
The Separation
Hollow HeartReview by Jeff Ashmore
The Separation, the debut album from Hollow Heart, serves up some heavy-hitting sounds, delivering a consistent brutal assault on the listener. It’s a healthy dosage of tight drums, cutting...
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Jun 7 Reviews
Neon Steeple
CrowderReview by Nathan Key
Crowder — back again for the first time — sets himself apart from the cookie-cutter worship leaders with a fresh, relevant and innovative debut release, Neon Steeple. In a...
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Jun 3 Reviews
Disgusting
BeartoothReview by Justin Mabee
One of the most anticipated records in hard music circles, Beartooth makes their full-length debut with Disgusting. The former vocalist of Attack! Attack! gave us a four-song EP, Sick,...
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Jun 3 Reviews
HDSPC
RYNBLKMRTNReview by Jeff Ashmore
Dream-pop finds solace in an album like HDSPC, an otherwise subgenre of electronic music often burdened with melodramatic cries or forced melodies of moaning, self loathing and anticlimactic gibberish....
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Jun 3 Reviews
Lowborn
AnberlinReview by Chelc Eaves
I still remember some nights in my adolescent years when I would lay outside on the roof just so I could blast Anberlin’s album, Never Take Friendship Personal, as...
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