The Hurt Process A Heartbeat Behind (Victory) The latest offering from this UK quintet is disappointing, to say the least. Sounding like a poor mixture of Thursday and Killswitch Engage, The Hurt Process is yet another less-than-mediocre emocore outfit. Its biography announces it has “brutal breakdowns and killer pop hooks,” which appears to be the […]
Brian Boates
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Buried Inside
Buried InsideChronoclast(Relapse)Using the genre “drone metal” to describe a band might sound negative, but in the case of Buried Inside’s latest album, Chronoclast, it isn’t. Buried Inside has written and performed an album comparable to genre-leading bands such as Isis and Pelican, but has remained unique in the process. Buried Inside has distinct metal and […]
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Mae
Mae The Everglow (Tooth & Nail) Out with its sophomore release The Everglow, this Virginia Beach quintet has also taken a stab at its first concept album. The theme could be described as an old-style children’s book on tape — the accompanying booklet comes complete with lyrics and illustrated pictures. The music could simply and […]
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Darkest Hour
Darkest HourUndoing Ruin (Victory)Who would have thought that five guys from Washington, DC, would be better at making Swedish metal than basically every Swedish metal band? Armed with four solid releases under its belt, the quintet went to Vancouver to record the fifth and possibly greatest album of its 10-year career. Undoing Ruin, produced by […]
