It’s unbelievable that Silverstein has stayed so consistent after making music for 25 years. Of course, they’ve had a few ups and downs as they tested new ideas, but their post-hardcore DNA is ever-present. Most importantly, they haven’t grown up. The “emo” teenage angst of their early material is still Read more…
Great American Ghost is kicking 2025 off with a bang. This was definitely my favorite album from January. I love how these guys have developed over the last few years. I found them in 2017, but they had a subtle Stray From The Path sound lurking under the surface that Read more…
I’ve had this in my drafts since 2019, and six years later, it’s more true than ever. Adestria is one of my favorite bands that never made it big. I’ve been listening to their 2012 album ‘Chapters’ so much recently, and it kills me that they didn’t blow up. In Read more…
Every longtime fan of August Burns Red has dreamt of this moment – ‘Thrill Seeker,’ in all of its glory, re-recorded with Jake Luhrs on vocals. What an unbelievable effort to bring the debut album of one of the most important metalcore bands of all time into the modern age. Read more…
Eidola blew me away last year, placing eighth on my album of the year list. Now, at the start of 2025, they’re already back with another full length album. Let’s see if it’s just as impressive. I provided a lot of Eidola’s background information in my review of their 2024 Read more…
‘A Tear In The Fabric of Life’ is one of the best metalcore EPs of all time. It even gives the Zombie EP from The Devil Wears Prada a run for its money. I don’t know what third place would be, but it is very, very far behind these two. Read more…
What a huge miss. Other bands must be thanking Paleface Swiss for setting the bar so low. 2025 can only get better from here. To be honest, I didn’t get the hype when ‘Fear & Dagger’ came out in 2022 because it was an hour and six minutes long and every song sounded Read more…
…And it was over before it even began. Tim Lambesis just cannot keep it together, and it’s such a shame because this is my favorite As I Lay Dying album since ‘An Ocean Between Us’ from 2007. I’m going to skip over explaining that Lambesis tried to hire a hitman Read more…
Reflections is an unstoppable machine. This three-song EP was written by Jake Wolf (vocalist of Reflections) and Calle Thomer (guitarist of Vildhjarta), and it was produced by Buster Odeholm (guitar, bass, and drums for Humanity’s Last Breath). It is essentially a follow-up to Reflections’ three-song EP from 2021 called ‘Silhouette’ Read more…
Counterparts just dropped a surprise EP, and it’s insane. This is the darkest, heaviest version of the band yet. Brendan Murphy seems to have forgotten that he was recording vocals for Counterparts instead of End. For the uninitiated, this EP is going to be a wake up call. The harsh, easy Read more…