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Florida Alt-Rockers A Brilliant Lie Threaten to Come Apart at the Seams in “Unwoven” (premiere)

Florida Alt-Rockers A Brilliant Lie Threaten to Come Apart at the Seams in “Unwoven” (premiere)

Taken from A Brilliant Lie's forthcoming EP Threads: Weaver, the video for new single "Unwoven" captures the barely contained potency of a band firing on all cylinders.

The Messthetics Impress with Their Free-flowing Improvisation and Endless Experimentation

The Messthetics Impress with Their Free-flowing Improvisation and Endless Experimentation

Two ex-Fugazi members are joined by guitarist Anthony Pirog as the Messthetics, and they produce a hellish improvisational etude at their Manchester show.

Extreme Music Fiends ENDON Return with Another Chaotic Offering in ‘Boy Meets Girl’

Extreme Music Fiends ENDON Return with Another Chaotic Offering in ‘Boy Meets Girl’

On Boy Meets Girl, Japan's ENDON carry down the same path of aggression tilting towards their hardcore-esque origins.

Brits in Hot Weather #10: Swindle, Team Picture, Sasha, I Cried Wolf + Dirty Nice

Brits in Hot Weather #10: Swindle, Team Picture, Sasha, I Cried Wolf + Dirty Nice

In this edition, we have the talents of London-based producer Swindle, the slow-burning new song from Team Picture, minimalist electropop from Sasha, bruising post-hardcore from I Cried Wolf, and a little Christmas ditty from Dirty Nice.

Cyclone Static Meditates on Commitment with Powerful Track “Walk This Line” (premiere)

Cyclone Static Meditates on Commitment with Powerful Track “Walk This Line” (premiere)

New Jersey punk trio Cyclone Static blends tradition with a sense of the now on "Walk This Line".

Pig Destroyer Craft One of the Year’s Stand-out Metal Albums with ‘Head Cage’

Pig Destroyer Craft One of the Year’s Stand-out Metal Albums with ‘Head Cage’

Pig Destroyer are strange and brutal on their most contemporary work to date, Head Cage.

Are Vein Hardcore’s Next Big Thing?

Are Vein Hardcore’s Next Big Thing?

Vein's feverish spirit on record is, without question, their unique selling point.

The Dusk in Angelica Liddell: The Transgressive Post-Hardcore Theater of ‘Esta Breve Tragedia de la Carne’

The Dusk in Angelica Liddell: The Transgressive Post-Hardcore Theater of ‘Esta Breve Tragedia de la Carne’

Spanish avant-garde theater-maker Liddell and veteran metalcore band Converge try to make sense of the brief tragedy of the flesh.

Mob Terror Contemplates All of Us “People” (premiere)

Mob Terror Contemplates All of Us “People” (premiere)

Powerful Philly metal trio Mob Terror gives listeners a taste of new EP, Superstimulus, with "People".

Svalbard on the Plight of the “Unpaid Intern” (premiere)

Svalbard on the Plight of the “Unpaid Intern” (premiere)

Svalbard turns pen into sword via single from English band's upcoming, It's Hard to Have Hope.

Darkest Hour: Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora

Darkest Hour: Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora

No matter your take on Darkest Hour, the D.C. outfit reminds us that passion is nine-tenths of metal law on its newest effort.
Planes Mistaken For Stars: Prey

Planes Mistaken For Stars: Prey

Post-hardcore outsiders reconvene to unleash a harsh and harrowing assessment of modern society.

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