If you were looking for a perspective on music from people who, collectively, are 20% musically inclined but 100% opinionated, you’re in the right place.
Here you’ll find honest reviews of new and exciting releases from artists across a variety of genres, first-hand accounts of live performances and festival sets, in-depth interviews with some of the most interesting individuals in the modern scene, featured posts on breakthrough bands and ones to watch, photos taken front and centre from the pit, and our takes on the many circulating discourse topics.
Pain of Truth didn't make anything ground-breaking here in the world of hardcore, but they’ve made music to kick your mates at shows and run someone through a merch table.
Repetition and post-metal go hand in hand; this is no surprise, yet in this instance you may find yourself wishing to be doing anything else.
It was promised to us a thousand years ago that we needed to prepare ourselves for something exciting, but no amount of meticulous preparation could’ve got us ready for Burn Slow’s debut EP.
What was to be one of the most anticipated albums of September this year, instead feels like a sack of misused empty promises wrapped up in an album. PRESIDENT have done very little to change the landscape of what is considered electronic metalcore and this debut album does nothing to change that.
You can feel the room they played in as a part of the recording, the way the sound bounces off the walls and especially as they come together for the big choruses.
Pained, discordant and meticulously symbolic in its deliverance, Killing of a Sacred Deer blindly unveil the second entry of their discography.
In “LOSERS” mirabelle. push their own identity a little further. Five years in, they sound confident enough to be sincere, playful and ambitious all at once. This EP proves that mirabelle. are one of the coolest French bands around right now.
Movements calling their new release “Happier Now” has some comedy value, as this band spent a full decade spilling their inner struggles and personal grievances onto tracks, believing happiness is an enigma.
“A Fate Worse Than Loneliness” is Showing Teeth’s attempt to reinvigorate a stagnant genre.
What can only be described as a rebirth of sorts for Caleb Shomo and Beartooth respectively, Pure Ecstacy delivers the result that most Beartooth fans would be dying to hear. One such result that has allowed Beartooth to come out kicking and screaming into this new unapologetic, raw, and downright righteous era.
“This Mirror Weighs a Ton” feels like swimming with concrete shoes on and your chin is just above the surface.
It’s apparent that they have put their best efforts into this release, resulting in a colourful blend of their many sides.
The Album “DOOMED!” explores Open Mike Eagle’s romantic relationships and how they will always end in every known universe.
There’s something different about the way Fallweather have made their mark on the modern scene, but it’s not something you can put your finger on, and that’s just a sentiment to how compelling they are in a sea of stagnancy.
Earlier this year, Colin Young hinted at a metalcore record that would become an era-defining instant classic. This is that record.
Revitalised ambition, a new dynamic. As punishing as this release is, it feels as though they are having fun from start to finish. The spirit of the band has been given a new lease of life, and that is made obvious by the sheer quality of the music.
Public Opinion have created a record that isn’t some big swing out of left field, instead they’ve refined their sound and created something with endless replayability, it’s no nonsense punk rock chock-full of cathartic singalongs but there’s even more to offer in the tracks if you want to dig deeper.
While this record may seem to cater towards newer fans, it feels sometimes that they remember themselves and tie in a, ‘hey guys, we still got it trust me.’
On “With Love // With Rage”, Initiate are less focused in the collision of styles that made their previous work so exciting and more concerned with the undercurrents lying beneath them. This is not a record where anger gives way to vulnerability. Instead, both constantly complete one another as gratitude can exist alongside frustration.
The Beautiful Monument have created what can only be described as a revival to the alt emo sound that they have amassed over the past 10 or so years. This in turn has allowed themselves to experiment with every intention of creating a record that feels familiar but isn't afraid to throw a few punches along the way
It’s clear from the start that they mean something different. The title alone shows the statement of intent. Breaking the ice to a new audience, a new domain. Stepping out from the underground and marching headstrong toward bigger stages, bigger rooms.
Ceremony continue to do what they do best by refusing the confinements of the white lines of their lane, throwing caution to the wind and making it look effortless.
When you take into account how long Framing Hanley have been together, it’s not far fetched to have some sort of expectation that their sound will have evolved in ways that will not be favoured by all fans.
Long Goodbye’s effort into their new release is a grand mutation of their past work, emulsifying its chaos, causing it to bleed through all of their past work into one EP.
“If I Love Everything, You All Lose Everything” is antagonising, and it means serious business.
It isn't just heavy for the sake of being heavy; it's creative, unpredictable and genuinely fun from start to finish, reminding you that sometimes the best music comes from artists who completely ignore the rules.
"With Love Comes Loss" comes at the perfect time, where genres are fused and bands are praised for taking a new direction in their sound.
A collection of short reviews of some of the Twentycoreseven teams’ favourite albums of all time, to commemorate our 6 month anniversary.
4 years ago today saw Moodring take its first steps into the modern metal scene with debut LP, “Stargazer”. This is a record that is still loved immensely by fans, replayed frequently to appreciate the incredible growth the entity have seen since its inception.
To everyone who was ever ostracised for their music taste back in the 2000s, this is for you, this is for us.
No Play Festival hit Liverpool at the beginning of the month, bringing us a stacked line-up of the best up-and-coming names in the metal and hardcore scenes.
A legendary bill; all killer, zero filler. Immaculate energy filled the space from beginning to end, with egos well and truly left at home. 10 bands joining together for one cause: hardcore.
TheBoyShadow pulled off a very unique act. It was bold, it was experimental, which may not be for some people, but something that will definitely get people talking. They encapsulate a wall of jarring, over the top melodic noise, that is both destructive and jaw dropping to witness.
10 singles that dropped in April 2026 that you need to add to your playlist if you want to level up your game.
In a bid to compete with their former selves which casts a pale reflection of the current state of modern Metalcore, lyrically No Place For Me attempts to serenade you with tired tropes of emotional labour, undertow-esque choruses repeating lines of lost love, severing ties and moving on but translates somewhat hollow in its delivery