What do you do when your favourite band/artist is about to drop a highly anticipated record and you want to see what someone that’s not musically inclined thinks about it, or you want to wind yourself up when said person doesn’t like your favourite album? You come here of course! Whether it’s a new or old release, metalcore or shoegaze, EP or Album, it’ll get reviewed here. Here’s a mix of reviews, positive and negative, across a variety of genres, but they all have one thing in common; they’re honest.
Either you’ll leave this page thinking “Wow, this person has the same taste in music as me, that’s great!” or, “They didn’t like that super badly mixed, underground, 3 monthly listeners on Spotify, Grindcore EP?! They fucking suck!” and we’re afraid to say that we’re not responsible for either of those outcomes.
Album Review: Seahaven by Seahaven
If you've been longing for a record to capture the essence of autumn to sink your teeth into over the summer, this one's for you. Blending elements of indie rock, post-hardcore, and shoegaze, “Seahaven” serves as an energizing departure from their previous bodies of work, proving their unwillingness to allow themselves to stagnate creatively.
Album Review: A Shifting Sense of Stillness by A Kiss Before Dying
This was created for the most dangerous in the pit, and for the ones with no outlet other than music, and while this may be wall to wall visceral aggression, it’s a safe space for human expression, in whichever form that may be.
Album Review: Armour Of Angels by Guilt Trip
It captures the feeling of why so many people fell in love with this band in the first place. It’s aggressive, cathartic, and just stupid good fun.
Album Review: Hum of Hurt by Converge
Written in tandem with “Love Is Not Enough”, it’s incredible to consider how a band could write two records simultaneously without linking them to one another and that’s what makes a band like this so special.
Album Review: Down On Earth by Turnover
For years, Turnover experimentation felt like the band was sprinting away from their fans' expectations. “Down On Earth” feels like they have finally figured out how to incorporate every previous identity of themselves into one album.
Album Review: Embrace The Black Light by 100 Demons
Dropping one record that is deemed a milestone and still held in high regard within multiple communities is a flex, but to drop another worthy of the same praise a couple of years after? Lunacy.
Album Review: Injury Episode by Static Dress
Whilst there is a lot to get yourself lost in the album, there is so much atmosphere and story telling, and not just in the tracks but the interludes as well. Static Dress have always shined in making the listener feel like they are immersed in a story, and the world building further expands in terms of music and lore.
Album Review: Bodies of Heavenly Violence by Healing Wound
Blending early metalcore sensibilities with black metal and sludge elements has allowed Healing Wound to tell a story that’s worth its weight in gold. Although not totally accessible to wider audiences that enjoy the mere mention of metalcore or sludge, they’ve created a space that fans and those willing to invest time into their music will appreciate on every revisit.
EP Review: DEMO by XNECESSARYDEMISEX
xNECESSARYDEMISEx focuses heavily on the aggressive & gritty reality of being straight edge and the environmental impact of veganism.
EP Review: It Is Well… by Your Spirit Dies
The EP’s concept flirts with very religious undertones, with almost orchestral outros and lyrics that touch upon themes of an end of the world idea. It’s rare to see bands step out their comfort zone & do concept EPs, and it’s even rarer to see them land as impactful & well done as this.
EP Review: Where They May by Divedown
divedown's commitment to atmospheric guitars, melancholic vocals, and sing-along tracks underlie throughout this short 5-track release. The guitars are washed out, the vocals sit in a vulnerable state, uplifting but hazy guitars flood each glossy song, creating a happy but sad juxtaposition.
EP Review: Erase The File by Crowquill
This is music to activate your fight or flight response, and when the utterly addictive stomp at the end kicks in you'll feel like you could batter a bus full of bears single handed.
EP Review: Lótus by Hands Like Houses
As soon as that last track comes to a halt, it wouldn’t be surprising if this record was never intentionally played back. You may keep it in your rotation and defer skipping the tracks when they come on, but to seek them out because you desperately want to hear them again has lower odds than pigs flying.
EP Review: They Promised Eden (Vol. 1) by Wounded Touch
Pair the raw, contentious lyrics with melodic riffs inspired by the 00s, and make the sound creative decision to split this release in half, your result will be this; an exceptional statement piece of art that will stand out among the rest simply because it means something.
Album Review: Brutalist by Sace6
Duality is at the forefront of this album, where delicacy meets distortion, vulnerability meets power, and melancholy meets aggression.
Album Review: Still Suffer by Terror
They’ve done it again - with 10 tracks coming in at just over 27 minutes of playtime, Los Angeles hardcore titans Terror prove their dominance in the genre once again with their 10th and latest LP “Still Suffer” available as of April 24th via Flatspot Records.
Album Review: Death Fetish by Moodring
If you’re not left in a haze of overwhelming emotion after listening to this album, staring at the wall trying to comprehend everything that just infiltrated your mind, then you’ve completely missed the point of its release. This album is purposefully unsettling - it’s going to make you shed tears and it will pull your heartstrings to within an inch of them snapping, but it will also fill you with indignation. Death Fetish is a monumental record that cements itself in place as an untouchable magnum opus within nu-metal and adjacent genres.
EP Review: Six Thousand Days by Withpaperwings
It’s polished to perfection with riffs that take you back to the 2010s, breakdowns that could stop a freight train, and lyrics that actually make you feel something beyond “yeah, this is sick!” There’s no shortage of replayability, and that comes down to all of the above plus A-grade production that allows you to hear every ounce of soul put into this record.