2023-12-15 08:00:38 (c) Pia Böhl Mavis were really unlucky. As soon as they got going, the world paused. However, the quartet from Stuttgart, which was only founded in 2019, used their early live experience to work on new material during the inevitable stage break and at the same time plan upcoming performances. Since then, they … Read more
2023-12-11 08:00:29 (c) Lina Smarsch Keep from stress As You Left Apparently very little, because the German quintet only presented its first album ten years after it was founded. However, people were happy to wait for this, because the previous small formats had already shown quite impressively that something pleasantly unique and independent was brewing … Read more
2023-12-04 08:00:34 (c) Oscar Dziedziela What do you do when you release one of the best metal albums of the year? That’s right, you add some new material on top. With “Descent” was Orbit Culture Finally achieved their breakthrough on record in late summer. Two tracks remain – characterized by a similar mood, but drifted … Read more
2023-11-16 08:00:07 (c) Nioryn Photography Anyone who thinks that everything has already been said in the wide field of metalcore hasn’t been paying close attention lately. A new generation is currently showing off, accompanied by Nu and Prog influences. The latter are among the specialties of Torrential Rain. The quartet from Nuremberg has released a … Read more
2023-10-22 07:00:16 (c) END Just whether the musicians involved earn money END full attention. The quintet around current and former members of such illustrious bands as Fit For An Autopsy, Shai Hulud and Counterparts has so far shone with an album and various small formats that torpedoed the boundaries of various core extremes with growing … Read more
2023-10-24 07:00:19 (c) Errick Easterday Currently, the metalcore primordial soup – significantly higher proportions of hardcore, plus little to no clear vocals – seems to be celebrating a small revival, and Mouth For War have what it takes to be at the forefront. The Colorado quintet has only existed since 2019 and has since released … Read more
2023-10-18 07:00:43 (c) Jared Shute One of the hottest new screamo stocks is currently making an appearance. Apply in their US homeland Dreamwell already as an underground reference, who dismantled any genre boundaries with gusto with a thunderous album. Influences from post-hardcore, metalcore and even mathcore worlds aggressively mix in and create a wonderfully unpredictable … Read more
2023-10-19 07:00:20 (c) Simon Bönisch Was Monosphere what they did on their first album was breathtaking in the best possible way. Although “The Puppeteer” presented great challenges, the great qualities of this multi-layered prog record, which easily embraced both the subtle and the extreme, became apparent very quickly. The successor also appears independently and is … Read more