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"The Halo Effect set out to write good songs that reflect their understanding and love for the music that put their city on the...
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"The Halo Effect set out to write good songs that reflect their understanding and love for the music that put their city on the...
While not exactly revolutionary, Totem highlights Soulfly as Max expressing everything he likes about metal, as well as his native culture.
"Chat Pile fashions sludgecore into a vivid display of mental trauma caused by an afflicting world. God’s country indeed… If God has truly looked...
If microtonal black metal becomes a micro-genre, it's fair to speculate that Scarcity will become one of the micro-scene's micro-gateway bands.
"The Pornography or Ruin never lets its obliterating heaviness overstay its welcome, preferring to marinate in drifting gloom than abject harshness."
"Conjurer has deepened Mire’s frenetic violence with immersive menace."
"Origins flexes more of Marshall's metal muscles while maintaining the core of his expression."
"Bleed From Within showcases a willingness to do what the song needs, while still pushing themselves as songwriters."
"Malevolence has proven that high-voltage heavy metal can exist within a beatdown framework."
"This particular niche of metal may never have a champion of this caliber in this lifetime."
Bodysnatcher might not be the most technical, or the most experimental, but they're a reminder of how good pure deatchcore can be.
"Matt Heafy wrote an album that holds its own wit in the lexicon of forward-thinking metal."
"Dystopia fits in nicely with the post-metalcore wave, but Caliban still calls back to the many eras of heavy music they’ve partook in."
"It's hard to deny the impact of Landmvrks when they kick into high gear."
"The Hellacopters clearly still like what they do, and have the means to do what they like."
"Paleface simply never lets up, maintaining maximum melee in every faucet of their sound."
"While they aren't the first band to cross world music with doom, Messa managed to do it without sounding like they had to."
"While Rolo Tomassi isn't the first mathcore bands to try post-rock on for size, they've achieved a particularly natural bridge between the two genres."
"Erebos is a blood-boiling rampage of an album, with thoughtful scaffoldings to separate Venom Prison from the pack."
"TLTSOL is the sound of a band attempting to transcend the turning of tides within their scene."
"It's not often an album in this genre has such an easy replay value, and proves that atmospheric heavy music isn't relegated to double...
"While it still technically falls under the blackened deathcore umbrella, Ritual Hymns finds Worm Shepherd proving how versatile this micro-genre can be."
For all the insanity that was 2021, we did get some awesome music out of it. Once again, I'm totally overwhelmed by the prospect...
