Metalcore is a tricky tricky genre to be a part of these days. More bands are tuning lower and lower, relying more on studio “tricks”, and replacing real instruments with samples or emulators. The amount of thought required to keep up with the genre keeps getting lower and lower, being mainstream and “brutal” are now somehow […]

ALBUM REVIEW – “Hold On Pain Ends” by The Color Morale
by emararrr on September 2, 2014 in Album Review
We All Have Demons and My Devil In Your Eyes earned The Color Morale their stripes for all the right reasons. It was a breath of fresh air to see such a musically talented band so bent on flooding the genre with an air of positivity, since the previous holders of that niche-within-a-niche boiled down to We Came […]

ALBUM REVIEW – “Life Reaper” by I, The Breather
by emararrr on July 19, 2014 in Album Review
I, The Breather showed a lot of potential with their first couple records, both albums were solidly produced and written, but unfortunately couldn’t really provide anything to make ITB stand out. If anything they merely showed a group that was just a little too enamored with their genre peers for their own good. There were […]

Wovenwar Premiere “The Mason”
by emararrr on June 18, 2014 in Music News
Wovenwar have released another single from their as-of-now untitled record, due August 5th via Metal Blade Records

I, The Breather post “Soul:Seek” music Video
by emararrr on June 10, 2014 in Music News
Baltimore metalcore act I, The Breather have posted a music video for their track “Soul:Seek”