Details Released on Bandcamp on Friday 7 April 2023. For fans of Behemoth, Strapping Young Lad, Suicide Silence, Alphawolf Bandcamp | Encyclopaedia Metallum | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube Band Josh Freeman—Vocals and all instruments Tracks Modus Operandi Presence Stratera Vestiges Recoil Sun massacre Review The Balance of Everything (2023) is the second album from Josh Freeman’s There’s Only One Elvis project, based in Grove Hill, Alabama in the south of the United States. There’s Only One Josh Freeman Meet Joshua Freeman, a talented metal musician who is known for his unique ..read more

Details Released on 20 April 2023. For fans of Iwrestledabearonce, Design the Skyline, Dr Acula. Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Website | YouTube Band The one on the left—Vocals (maybe) and other things The one on the right—Vocals (maybe) and other things Also features Brian Matlock—Something music-related Tracks Collect call True colors Just like the movies (feat. Brian Matlock) The real stimulus is the friends you made along the way Vibe check Suffocate getOffMyBlockchain; Don’t dream and drive The temple (feat. Brian Matlock) Review Lights Over Nevada (2023) is the self-titled deb ..read more

Details Recorded, mixed and mastered in Athens, Greece. Cover artwork by Colombian artist Marcela Bolivar. Released on Sliptrick Records on Tuesday 9 May 2023. Bandcamp | Encyclopaedia Metallum | Facebook | Instagram | Website | YouTube Band Kostas Lolis—Vocals Stamoulakis Bouris—Lead Guitar Giannis Synodinos—Bass Kostas Tsifopoulos—Drums Tracks Hell-o Scapegoat The giant’s collapse Pathetic race Monkey society Sicko Thin line White lies Hoax Dead man’s misery Review The Giants Collapse (2023) is the debut album from Athens-based, Greek metalcore/groove metal band Artificial Sun. This is ..read more

Details Recorded and produced by I Am Pariah. Self-released on Friday 30 November 2018. For fans of Avenged Sevenfold, Papa Roach, Of Mice and Men. Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Website | YouTube Band Benjamin Antony James—Vocals and programming Steve Westerholm—Guitar Dave Snell—Bass and programming Tracks Heavy in Japan A place to belong Cult society Big shot Review Procreate//Annihilate (2018) is the sophomore EP from Stoke-on-Trent (England) based nu-metalcore band I Am Pariah. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the final piece in my trawl through the archives at 195 Met ..read more

Details Released on Friday 10 March 2023. For fans of Whitechapel, Periphery, Bleed from Within, Kollapse. Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Band William—Vocals Bryan—Guitars Matt—Guitars Jamie—Bass Adam—Drums Riki Hobkirk—Drums programming Tracks False gods Stress depress repeat Wake up Self medicated Isoalted Review Scrolling through my inbox of album review submissions, I paused. “Punishing Scottish metalcore”—that’s a muckle aye frae me. Sure! I’ll definitely support my fellow Scots on their quest for Caledonian metal domination! Formed in the summer of 2018 and hitting the st ..read more

Details Independent release on Saturday 28 September 2019. For fans of In Flames, Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium. Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Linktree | Twitter | Website | YouTube Band Peter Cullen—Vocals Aaron Hobkirk—Guitar Konnar Anderson—Guitar George Struthers—Bass Riki Hobkirk—Drums Tracks Smoke On my own Soul saviour The flood Here we stand Always Mirrors Carry on Disconnected Sands of time Review Smoke & Mirrors (2019) is the (from what I can work out) fourth album from Scottish (Glasgow/Stirling-based) rock/metal band The Colony. The album appears to be named after Profess ..read more

Details Released Friday 17 March 2022 For fans of As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, All That Remains Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Website | YouTube Band Unknown Tracks In which I envy End on lust Greed and obsession Pride brings ruination The gluttony of a god With wrath Of mindfulness and sloth Review VII is the debut album from Survivalist, a five-piece metalcore band from Belfast, Northern Ireland—although, frustratingly, I can’t find anywhere that lists their line-up (I like that kind of detail). The album opens with the sounds of wind and waves and a gentle piano melo ..read more

Details Released on Saturday 19 December 2020 For fans of Attila, Avenged Sevenfold, Falling in Reverse Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Website Band Josh Morse—Vocals George Kester—Guitar and vocals Chris Melvin—Guitar and vocals Jordan Stone—Drums Tracks Among the rest Unveil me Rise Darkness within Disease The more you know The world’s gone under Surfacing I see flesh, you see flames Revelation Someone has got to pay …. only the beginning Review US metalcore/hard rock band The Doubted formed in 2016 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, straight out of high school. They gained their second guit ..read more

Details Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Neil Hudson (Krysthla, Gutworm) at Initiate Audio. Media artwork by Dark Days Design. Released Friday 21 June 2019. Bandcamp | Encyclopaedia Metallum | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Website | YouTube Band Dave Pope—Vocals James Upton—Guitar James Evans—Guitar Chris Cox—Bass John Booth—Drums Tracks Geneva With the tide The supplicant Origins Voices Id breaker Lizard method statement Sneak attack Oleum Review I reviewed Siderian’s debut EP, Cancel Your Future (2015) a few years ago. My review conclusion said, “All in all a pretty solid de ..read more

Details Recorded, produced and mastered by producer Evan Sammons. Released on 20 May 2022 For fans of Killswitch Engage, The Ghost Inside, I Killed The Prom Queen Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Band TJ Washburn—Vocals Chris Manos—Guitar Luke Cormier—Guitar Jay Knight—Bass Gary Porter—Drums Tracks Relentless (4:29) Unbeliever (4:21) Haunted (3:28) King of the rats (3:27) 3 evils (3:43) Review Ah! Now, here’s a metalcore band I can get behind. Maine’s In the Kingdom of Nightmares is a traditional metalcore band with a twist. They sound heavy, fast and groove-based. Formed in 2008 ..read more