Playlist for October 14 – 20
Quick playlist highlights
– Haste The Day is back! These guys are an all time favorite – ‘When Everything Falls’ and Pressure The Hinges’ are classics. I always loved their raspy screams and they’re still sounding great. This made my day.
– The Crimson Armada is back too!?!? What an insane throwback. ‘Guardians’ was such a crazy deathcore album in 2009 and it still holds up to this day. Saud is a wicked vocalist with a unique style, and it was such a shame when he stepped away from music. I’m a little surprised he went back to the deathcore style of ‘Guardians’ – their 2011 album was super solid metalcore and it seemed like he enjoyed that a lot. The Holy Guile’s music is back up on Spotify too (Saud’s band after The Crimson Armada broke up). You gotta give it a listen if you haven’t before.
– Infant Annihilator has also returned from the depths. This is probably one of the most exciting weeks for new music in a long time. They just released an overhauled version of a 2011 project called Mister Sister Fister (which was guitarist/bassist Eddie Pickard and drummer Aaron Kitcher’s band before they made Infant Annihilator). The EP features Dickie Allen AND Alex Teyen on vocals. Dickie is the vocalist of Infant Annihilator and Alex is the vocalist of Black Tongue (which is Eddie Pickard and Aaron Kitcher’s other band). This is huge because Infant Annihilator announced they are currently recording their next album and their involvement with Alex Teyen might be a hint that more Black Tongue music will be in the works too.
– The Unguided have a new album scheduled for March 2025. I don’t think I’ve ever talked about Sonic Syndicate, but their first two albums are incredible. The core members of The Unguided were in Sonic Syndicate during those years (before Sonic Syndicate became radio friendly trash).
– Saltwound‘s new album comes out November 1. I need to give them a proper listen. In general, I really like the metalcore/downtempo deathcore line that they balance on. Sometimes reminds me a bit of Left To Suffer and Sleep Waker.
– It Dies Today has released the official version of a demo song that got leaked like 10 years ago. This is super solid metalcore that reminds me of the stuff that I used to listen to as a kid. Hopefully we’ll go full circle someday and get back to this style.
– Worm Shepherd‘s new album comes out November 15. I’m not as enamored with this style of deathcore lately, but these guys are heavy hitters when it comes to blackened/symphonic deathcore. Their vocalist, Devin Duarte, is a beast, but apparently some stuff came out about him and this will be the last album with the band. Not sure if Worm Shepherd has a bright future without him at the helm though.
– Slaughter To Prevail‘s new song is a tribute to Kentaro Miura, the creator of the Berserk manga that died in 2021. It’s pretty epic, and Alex’s singing isn’t too bad, but there’s just something about Slaughter To Prevail’s recent music where it doesn’t sound like the vocals and instruments are synced up. It’s like they’re doing two separate things and then they just combine them even though they don’t fit together very well.