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Jaye Jayle – Prisyn
Evan Patterson may not be a household name, but his artistry stretches across myriad borders.
Enter Shikari – Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible
Combine the career-retrospective ambition with utterly sublime performances and execution that warrants serious praise and we might just be talking about the band’s best work to date.
Austerity – Anarcho Punk Dance Party
As a debut LP it is wonderfully accomplished, and there’s a certainty that the band will grow as songwriters.
Nile – Vile Nilotic Rites
In four years, Nile have crafted a thing of extremity that borderlines on the beautiful.
Mayhem – Daemon
It may not be the most extreme album of 2019, but it is finer than many of their peers are able to achieve at this point in the game.
Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea Of Tragic Beasts
This is quite possibly the best deathcore album of the year.
BATS – Alter Nature
This is an album that will leave many heads in need of scratching, but once it clicks it is a fulfilling and deeply involved piece of work that could warrant academic essays on its subject matter.
Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
Destructive, Dangerous & Defiant. For 20 years Slipknot have wandered down a road filled with chaos, tragedy and cathartic triumph. It seems fitting that on the 20th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut they have yet added another chapter to their growing legacy, one that further cements their rise from disaffected misfits to the arena conquering…
Thy Art Is Murder – Human Target
Deathcore is an ugly word and a lazy term designed by self-serving journalists to lump together a group of bands together in a neat package. It’s a buzzword used as clickbait and doesn’t do justice to the bands unfairly tarnished with it. Thy Art Is Murder is one of the bands that were targeted for…
Bitch Hawk – Joy
It’s very rare that I will hear a band and instantly become dumbfounded by what I have heard. As someone who listens to a lot of different music across all genres it takes a lot to make me go ‘What the Fuck?’ nowadays. With that said when it does happen it still hits like a…