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Seminal New York metal trio Prong return with its newest proper album in six years. State of Emergency shifts from the thrash attack of the band's two previous albums, 2017's Zero Days and 2016's X-No Absolutes, in favor of the groove laden rhyth ...
Baltimore, MD quintet End Reign serve a batch blackened crossover on its debut, The Way of All Flesh is Decay. “Desolate Fog” opens with a haunting spoken word and eerie guitars before speeding to a punkish tempo. Vocalist Mike Score's tortured, ...
Hershey, PA alternative post-hardcore act Lives Lost has released its latest EP, the five-song A Portrait Of Loss. The EP, out now on DI RECORDS, was conceived as a concept album by the band about the stages of grief.About the al ...
Farmingdale, NY hardcore punk band State Run Radio has released their debut EP, the self-titled State Run Radio EP. The 6 song EP is out now on Lemmis Records and features the singles “Our New National Anthem” and “Rent the Garde ...
U.K. hardcore outfit Cage Fight are all business on its self-titled debut album. Initially a side project by TesseracT guitarist James Monteith, Cage Fight is straight forward hardcore with a few twists and turns for good measure. “The Mirror Sh ...
Ringworm's eighth release, Death Becomes My Voice, continues the band's vicious hardcore metal assault over the past three decades. The title track is a pugnacious combination of hardcore drumming and thrashing guitar riffs that grip your jugular for ...
Dutch metal quartet Legion Of The Damned have unleashed its unholy seventh record, Slaves Of The Shadow Realm. Album opener “The Widow's Breed” is a blistering track with chainsaw guitar slicing through thrashing drum beats. The lyrical imagery of A ...
Max and Igor Cavalera continue their brotherly brutality on Cavalera Conspiracy's fourth record, Psychosis. Sepultura fans can rejoice as Psychosis is primarily based on Arise and Chaos A.D. with its fusion of hardcore, groove and thrash. There is ev ...
Darkness abounds on Integrity's ninth release, Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume. The trio conjures imagery of black magic and devilry over a serrated blend of hardcore and metal. “Blood Sermon” morphs from black metal to d-beat throughout the ...
Method of Destruction unleash a nail bomb of hardcore rage on Busted, Broke & American. “The Final Declaration” is two minutes of vitriolic American bravado over pulverizing drums and thrashing guitars. Frontman Billy Milano has not slowed down a ...