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Drown in Sulphur – Dark Secrets of the Soul Review

Drown in Sulphur – Dark Secrets of the Soul Review

By Dear Hollow on January 13, 2024 in Reviews, Deathcore, 37 comments

“I’m gonna be an insufferable hipster about this one: I’ve been listening to blackened deathcore before Lorna Shore made it cool. Hell, I was listening to the style before Will Ramos made Lorna Shore cool. Bands like The Breathing Process, early Make Them Suffer, and Dark Sermon were all rattling off their own takes on spooky corpse-painted Hot Topic-core in the early 2010s before some Hot Topic frequenter said “ooooh” and nabbed that Watain t-shirt they have on display while manically making pig noises to emulate “To the Hellfire.” Here we meet Drown in Sulphur, an Italian blackened deathcore act, who attempts their own spin on kvlt-y brutality.” Blackcore for the people.

Augurium – Unearthly Will Review

Augurium – Unearthly Will Review

By Dear Hollow on September 13, 2023 in Reviews, Death Metal, Deathcore, Technical Death Metal, 30 comments

“Death metal, for all its vast influence, can be a chore. Walls of distortion, thick riffs, and roars all on the same plane of the low and gurgle assault the ears with reckless abandon, and I have long needed breathing room to fully appreciate it. While The Gorilla God Himself prefers it putrid and slimy and the gone-but-unforgotten Kronos prefers it layered and intricate, I prefer a death metal experience that takes me places. Saskatchewan five-piece Augurium is willing to throw their crusty platter of death metal into the ring.” Death on the road.

Signs of the Swarm – Amongst the Low & Empty Review

Signs of the Swarm – Amongst the Low & Empty Review

By Dear Hollow on August 2, 2023 in Reviews, Deathcore, 79 comments

“When you’re Signs of the Swarm, and the last ten years have been one big battle with PR, you can finally breathe after 2021’s impressively solid Absolvere. Shady human beings have been booted and one solid album free of allegations in, the Pittsburgh now-quartet can instead focus on being terrible for being a deathcore band.” Goals.

Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht Review

Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht Review

By Kenstrosity on June 22, 2023 in Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Slam, Symphonic Metal, 51 comments

“A Hill to Die Upon represents the steepest improvement between two albums that I encountered during my overextended employment at AMG Torture Racks and Surgical Paraphernalia. After the disappointing sophomore slump that was Inferis, I assumed the German troupe responsible for the mighty Purgatorium, a veritable clinic on killer slam riffs and technical prowess, burned too brightly too soon. But A Hill to Die Upon gained a well-deserved rating upgrade and remains one of my most revisited albums in the entire deathcore pantheon.” Hill kills.

Stuck in the Filter: November & December’s Angry Misses

Stuck in the Filter: November & December’s Angry Misses

By Kenstrosity on January 31, 2023 in Blog Posts, Reviews, 41 comments

“It’s a new year, and with it comes a sense of determination to make 2023 our best and most awesomest year to date. Part of that goal involves digging deep and cleaning out the Filter of the last dregs from the final months of 2022. We caught most of the notable gems in our promo sump, but as always there were those few that fell into the wrong chute. This, the first Stuck in the Filter of 2023, is a register of our semi-precious finds!” Who finds “precious finds” in the filter?

A Wake in Providence – Eternity Review

A Wake in Providence – Eternity Review

By Thus Spoke on October 30, 2022 in Reviews, Deathcore, 44 comments

“A mere week after Lorna Shore release their first full-length featuring new vocalist and (Youtube) sensation Will Ramos, comes the latest offering from A Wake in Providence, which just so happens to be the band with whom Ramos made his debut. With Adam Mercer providing pipes since 2017, this band were a key player in the rising subgenre of symphonic deathcore. As they are proud to point out, they were part of the “OG” gang that got the style started.” Wake up deathcore.