Band: Peasant Album: Kingdom Genre: Metalcore Country: South Africa Release Date: 28th of May 2021 Released via Self-Released Cover Artwork © Peasant, 2021 One album and several EPs into their career, Peasant‘s new EP Kingdom hits as hard as you’d expect from the South African Metalcore outfit. 10 seconds in I instantly get a smile on my face, when the drums start and a short „AAARGH“ gets this thing going. Metalcore is a genre that was and still often is pronounced as dead, although a lot of bands still put out joy-sparkling EPs like this one. If in your heart there is spac ..read more

Prepare yourself for another dose of demos you should listen to. This time, we primarily focus on Punk releases yet still season this list with at least one Metal release as well. Blast these demos all Sunday! Divā – Demo 2020 (Hardcore Punk/D-Beat 2020 – USA) DIVÄ are an American D-Beat band with a big hardcore punk side that recently released their first demo. On the release you can expect dark punk without frills, but therefore a very frustrated vein. The sound reminds me of 80s UKHC and some modern D-Beat elements. In the long run, the guitar playing is a bit too one-sided for me and unfor ..read more

Artist: Black Corona Album: The Mission Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore Country: Innsbruck, Austria Release Date: 21st of May Released via Art Gates Records Cover Artwork © Art Gates Records, 2020 Those who like genre classics such as Caliban, Mnemic and Killswitch Engage can now find a worthy successor. Coming from Innsbruck (Tyrol) and founded in 2017 (they could have never guessed the connection between their name and the current situation obviously), Black Corona have now found their way under the flag of Art Gates Records presenting us vocalist and guitarist Mario Fe ..read more

Artist: Neaera Album: Neaera Genre: Metalcore Country: Germany Release Date: 28th of February, 2020 Released via Century Media Records Cover Artwork © Century Media Records, 2020 Life can be strange sometimes. People enter and leave your life and in retrospect you don’t know why. You had a good time, the memories last for your lifetime but the time spent with these people is rather short. In the early 2000s, Metalcore was THE thing. Bands like Killswitch Engage or As I Lay Dying were everywhere and Parkway Drive were at their heels. But not only American bands wer ..read more

Bands: Motionless in White – Skold Date: 21/11/19 Location: Essigfabrik (Cologne) Promoter:  Kingstar Music, Live Nation The American Metalcore band Motionless in White are on their The Disguise Tour right now and I visited their show on the 21st of November in the Essigfabrik (Cologne). The Essigfabrik, which served as a production facility for vinegar, is now well-known for events and concerts for Metal, Hardcore and Punk bands. The opening act was the Swedish Industrial-Rock musician Tim Skold. He was bassist/guitarist and co-producer of Marilyn Manson for several years ..read more

Artist: Killswitch Engage Album: Atonement Genre: Metalcore Country: USA Release Date: 23rd of August, 2019 Released via Metal Blade Cover Artwork © Metal Blade 2019 “A friend in need is a friend indeed.“ Everyone who has ever listened to Placebo knows these words (the song is “Pure Morning” by the way). Friendship isn’t about laughing all time, it should be, but real friendship means sticking together when times get rough. Good friends will tell you, when you screwed up, but their worth lies in giving good advice on the one hand and listening to you, when you just want to talk on the other. K ..read more