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The Acacia Strain – Step Into The Light

Across 22 years and 10 albums, deathcore crew The Acacia Strain have established themselves at the top of the festering pile of unbridled aural brutality that they helped usher in. By this point, their pulverising brand of downtuned dissonance has become an unstoppable beast and time after time, they

The Acacia Strain – Failure Will Follow

Across 22 years and 10 albums, deathcore crew The Acacia Strain has established themselves at the top of the festering pile of unbridled aural brutality that they have ushered in. By this point, they’ve earned creative license to do what they want, so when they announced two new albums

Wednesday 12 April 2023

Veiled – ‘The Black Rite’

Metalcore is in a fit state. Whether it’s the seemingly endless slate of albums from new and established bands, or simply Lorna Shore’s digital dominance over the past couple of years, the case could be made that public appetite for metalcore hasn’t been this strong since the

Wednesday 05 April 2023

Covet – ‘Catharsis’

Over the past decade, Yvette Young has firmly carved her face into the Mount Rushmore of modern guitar heroes. The Californian has gone from posting solo videos to a niche group of fans to releasing a bunch of albums both on her own and, as frontwoman of

Friday 31 March 2023

City And Colour – ‘The Love Still Held Me Near’

Dallas Green is a man of great experience. A founding member of post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire and performing under the moniker City And Colour since 2005, he has a spectacular catalogue of work to his name. But in a career that has entered its third decade, he has

Wednesday 22 March 2023

Ov Sulfur – ‘The Burden Ov Faith’

When Ricky Hoover – he of Suffokate and extreme earlobe fame – revealed the logo for his new band Ov Sulfur, the reaction from across the deathcore scene was rabid. A sold out (and upgraded) debut show at the Freemont Country Club in their native Las Vegas

Friday 17 March 2023

Beyond Extinction – ‘Nothing More Wretched’

Beyond Extinction are on something of a tear of late. Having played Bloodstock Festival, toured with the likes of Cancer Bats, Osiah and Viscera, and now gearing up to release their second EP, ‘Nothing More Wretched’, with their very own headline tour across the length and breadth