Music Reviews
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Feb 2 Reviews
One Noise
Satellites and SirensReview by Sarah Arendas Roberts
Perhaps you are familiar with Satellites and Sirens because of their song, “Our God is Able,” but their entire album, One Noise, is worth a deeper listen. While distinctly...
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Jan 15 Reviews
The Cult of Celebrity
There is No TomorrowReview by Hailey Ray
Polish group There Is No Tomorrow made its first official release back in October with The Cult of Celebrity, a six-track EP. The three-piece metalcore band formed in 2010,...
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Jan 15 Reviews
Birth Pangs
Barren CrossReview by Doug Van Pelt
This old metal band has defied its age and captured a performance that is worthy of the ages. Recorded at Switzerland’s Elements of Rock Festival in 2012, Barren Cross...
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Jan 15 Reviews
lastsleep (1944-1946)
Silent PlanetReview by David Stagg
All new metalcore bands: listen to this EP. It is, hands down, one of the best five-song releases I’ve ever heard, a perfection of the metalcore genre. In fact,...
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Jan 15 Reviews
No Escape, No Morale
The InfantryReview by Jordan Gonzalez
Chock-full of bass drops, tuned-down guitars and heavy-duty growls, No Escape, No Morale isn’t for the faint of heart. The Infantry, a five-piece from Mansfield, Ohio, didn’t pull any...
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Jan 15 Reviews
June and the Well
June and the WellReview by Chad Sides
June and the Well bring us a self-titled album of light rock I might expect to hear on the local mainstream radio station, if not for the slight indie...
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Jan 14 Reviews
The Urgency
Saving GraceReview by David Stagg
One thing I always loved about Pantera’s The Great Southern Trendkill was that it started off with the guttural scream of a pissed off man and nothing but ear-splitting...
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Jan 14 Reviews
Let//Go
Subtle CityReview by Chad Sides
Let//Go screams into your ears from a self-titled with all the intensity that draws people into metal. Energy pours forth from the rapid-fire drumming and furious vocals, shaking the...
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Jan 13 Reviews
Death Anxiety
Pocket VinylReview by Hailey Ray
Pocket Vinyl is a unique group, with husband-and-wife duo Eric Stevenson and Elizabeth Jancewicz as the foundation. The self-proclaimed “piano slam rock” group tours full time, primarily around the...
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Jan 13 Reviews
Crutchless
Day of VengeanceReview by Justin Mabee
Mixing genres is often hard to do, and in metal, it happens more often than you’d think. (I’m speaking of bands employing the electronic/hardcore bands, which are all the...
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Jan 13 Reviews
Exodus
Signum RegisReview by Jeff McCormack
I am not positive as to whether the band claims to be Christian in nature, but this release is of interest for two reasons. First, the album is, as...
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Jan 12 Reviews
Depravity's Demise
SolamorsReview by Rob Houston
Solamors is the brainchild of ex-Becoming the Archetype member Alex Kenis. He recruited ex-ex-Becoming the Archetype vocalist Jason Wisdom and drummer Travis Turner (who played with Kenis before BTA...
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Jan 12 Reviews
The Missing Pages
This Divided WorldReview by Justin Croteau
When a group joins the “core” genres, there is a proverbial checklist of things they must do: breakdowns, double bass, breakdowns, maybe some keyboard work, melodic choruses … What...
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Jan 11 Reviews
Rebuild
The Letter BlackReview by Justin Croteau
Three years after its first full length, worship-band-come-rock-group The Letter Black has followed up its critically-acclaimed debut with Rebuild. The group has expanded on some of the elements of...
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Jan 11 Reviews
Shipwrecks
AdelaideReview by David Stagg
Adelaide (not to be confused with the now-defunct English band of the same name) brings some heaviness with their second EP, Shipwrecks, but the lack of well-written lead parts...
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Jan 10 Reviews
Decidious
CouriersReview by Jordan Gonzalez
Couriers describes itself as post-hardcore, and while that certainly can be seen as accurate, it shows just how heavy modern post-hardcore has become – clean vocals do not steal...
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Jan 5 Reviews
Pauhu
Revival HymnsReview by David Stagg
Revival Hymns doesn’t say a lot, and they don’t need to. Their record, Pauhu, is a speak-softly-carry-a-big-stick kind of thing. If you’re a fan of My Epic’s latest, Behold,...
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Jan 5 Reviews
Dangerously Close
BLOODGOODReview by Jeff McCormack
It has been more than 20 years since the last BLOODGOOD album, so I wasn’t sure what to expect from it. Would it be fast and powerful like the earlier...
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Jan 5 Reviews
Ceasing to Breathe
Still RemainsReview by Jeff McCormack
When a band breaks up, it often means that the members will be taking a break for a few years. This is luckily the case with one of the...
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Jan 5 Reviews
Deafbreed
CheisrahReview by David Stagg
Cheisrah is an independent metalcore band from Bangalore, India, and their debut record, Deafbreed, has sex appeal: wonderful artwork; great album name; effective, professional photography. And while the final...
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