New York hardcore outfit Backtrack released the title track and A-Side to their upcoming “Bad to My World” Flexi. The Flexi is due out on September 8 via Bridge Nine Records and can be purchased at this location. Check out the two-minute, thrashing track after the break along with their upcoming tour dates.
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The forthcoming split LP from Texan noise metallers BLK OPS (ex-Kill the Client) and Californian deathgrinders Cave Bastard (ex-Cattle Decapitation) recently premiered via Decibel. The record will officially be released this Friday, August 25, via Accident Prone Records and can be purchased here. Stream the release here and check out both bands’ upcoming tour dates after the break.
Sprawling melancholia and metallic anguish collide on Shallov‘s sophomore full-length, Concrete & Glass.
The integration of screamo with elements of post-rock and post-hardcore has spawned quite a few critically-acclaimed acts over the years, including Envy and The Saddest Landscape to name a few. Shallov is yet another band to adopt this emotionally-charged sonic amalgam, and while they do not offer anything drastically different than their contemporaries, these Slovaks earn major props for possessing a tremendous amount of heart and gut-punching songwriting chops.
Khazaddum’s last EP, “In Dwarven Halls”, was one of 2015’s hidden death metal gems so as soon as I see this new album in my inbox for review I am already highly excited and the bar is unfairly high as far as my expectations go. Their new album continues on with their ‘Dwarven death metal’ assault, as the band further plunges deeper into Tolkien lore in a death metal manner. “Plagues Upon Arda” is wonderfully heavy and a great angle on this story, as it’s usually black metal that tends to tell the tales of Middle Earth. With this album , you are getting your Middle Earth battles in a much more aggressive way and with the addition of symphonic sections, the epic feeling that was on their last release is just so much more impressive. Khazaddum releases another hidden gem, don’t miss out on this release!