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Zeal & Ardor bottle their past and their future with 'Erase'
The quiet past of Zeal & Ardor smashes against their fast-approaching aggressive future with 'Erase.'
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Employed To Serve keep it metal with 'Mark Of The Grave'
Riffs, riffs and riffs!
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The Plot In You battle mental illness in relationships with 'Face Me'
The Plot In You continue to blend poppiness & heaviness better than many of their peers on 'Face Me.'
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Burn In Hell's 'Cathedral' cuts away at Australia's Christian identity
Burn In Hell put the Christian church's influence of Australia in their cross-hairs with the scorching 'Cathedral.'
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France's ten56. make super heavy music with something earnest & real to share
ten56. are one of the heaviest new acts around, but their strength lies in how they address real topics in their music.
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Exclusive: Reliqa's Monique Pym interviews Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox
Monique Pym of Sydney's Reliqa interviews Spiritbox's own Courtney LaPlante ahead of 'Eternal Blue' dropping next month.
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Turnstile continue to evolve gracefully with fun new jam, 'Blackout'
Turnstile do things their own way. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. On 'Blackout,' it's the former.
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Song Review: Northlane, 'Clockwork, and the pressure to create
An analysis of Northlane's interesting, meta and inventive single, 'Clockwork.'
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Delta Sleep and the math-rock bliss of 'View To A Fill'
'View To A Fill,' the latest song from Delta Sleep, is precisely why they're one of the best contemporary math-rock groups around.
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Thrice are still masters of their craft on 'Scavengers'
Thrice continue to create some of the most honest artistic expressions in modern rock music with 'Scavengers.'
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MØL continue to be blackgaze leaders with 'Photophobic'
The Danish blackgaze group are still leading the genre's pack with their new single 'Photophobic.'
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Underoath revive 'Disambiguation' era heaviness with 'Damn Excuses'
'Damn Excuses' is the heaviest thing Underoath have done since 2010's exemplary yet underrated 'Disambiguation'.