The One Who Lurks July 25, 2018

The One Who Lurks
by Drawn and Quartered

Lurking in the underground since 1993, Seattles Drawn and Quartered may not quite have gained the same level of notoriety as some of the other death metal bands have been around for just as long but theyre a group whose back catalog is worth exploring if youre unfamiliar. While their core sound enco...

Black Flame July 25, 2018

Black Flame
by Bury Tomorrow

The Pitch: Classic era metalcore sounds from UK's Bury Tomorrow via Music For Nations FFO: Textures, Killswitch Engage, Make Them Suffer What I Like: Sometimes I need to break up the dense and extreme nature of the music I review with something a little bit on the lighter side. For that, Black Flam...

De duivel en zijn gore oude kankermoer July 24, 2018

De duivel en zijn gore oude kankermoer
by Kwade Droes

Following a two-song EP from last year, Dutch black metal band Kwade Droes has released their debut full length De duivel en zijn gore oude kankermoer and its a wild and unpredictable ride. The thirty-two minute record may utilize some familiar elements from the rawer end of black metal, but the unp...

Dystopisk Utsik July 24, 2018

Dystopisk Utsik
by Fredag Den 13:e

The Pitch: Swedish crust/bhardcore band Fredag Den 13:e deliver a ferocious new album via EveryDayHate. FFO: Nuisible, Nukk, Martydod What I Like: I don't have a ton to say about Dystopisk Utsik other than this: it's good. For those who love their hardcore ugly, raw, and confrontational, Fredag Den...

Shoebox Companion July 23, 2018

Shoebox Companion
by Lower Automation

The Pitch: Chicago band Lower Automation drop a new EP. "More mature and refined than Maps, yet equally chaotic and complex this new effort picks up where its predecessor left off, showing a bizarre and irresistibly alluring mix of punk, math and noise rock that sounds like a twisted jam session bet...

Wasteland July 20, 2018

Wasteland
by Northwoods

The Pitch: Hardcore/mathcore from Italy's Northwoods via Brigante, Shove, and Mothership Records. FFO: Breach, Botch, Converge What I Like: Wasteland is another good, old fashioned hardcore time. D-beats, rumbling bass, head-bobbing riffs, and energetic vocals for days. I was getting a little sleep...

11 Of Flight’s Most Replayed Albums July 20, 2018

This is it. My go-to album. In any given situation, Poison the Well's third record always gets me through it. Those D-BEATS! The drumming is all around top notch and never fails to get me moving. That's not even to mention the killer riffs and powerful vocals. I could play, scream, and sing along to...

Future Cult July 19, 2018

Future Cult
by The Lion's Daughter

The Pitch: Missouri experimental sludge band The Lion's Daughter shake things up with a strange new album via Season Of Mist. FFO: Emptiness, Indian, Lord Mantis What I Like: It seems that The Lion's Daughter have been taking notes from Emptiness. As with Not For Music, one of the best albums of 20...

The Weight Of These Feathers July 19, 2018

The Weight Of These Feathers
by Morrow (WA)

The Pitch: Seattle post-black/post-metal band Morrow release their sprawling, atmospheric debut full length album. FFO: Panopticon, Agalloch, Archivist What I Like: Morrow, while ceratinly influenced on some level by black metal and particularly post-black, is a band primarily focused on post-metal...

Devouring Radiant Light July 18, 2018

Devouring Radiant Light
by Skeletonwitch

The Pitch: Following their first EP without longtime vocalist Chance, Ohio blackened thrash metal band Skeletonwitch are back with a new full length via Prosthetic Records. FFO: Absu, Exmortus, Frosthelm What I Like: Skeletonwitch are in rifftastic form... as if that was ever in question. This band...

Chrysalis Ordalias July 17, 2018

Chrysalis Ordalias
by Journal

The Pitch: Sprawling progressive metalcore/mathcore from Sacramento's Journal. FFO: Protest The Hero, The Fall Of Troy, Minus The Bear What I Like: Where to even begin? Journal are among the most sporadic and expansive of mathcore groups I have come across. They are right up there with Car Bomb and...

When Pushes Come To Shove July 17, 2018

When Pushes Come To Shove
by Carnal Decay

The Pitch: Swiss slamming deathcore unit Carnal Decay drop another entertaining EP via Rising Nemesis Records. FFO: Within Destruction, Organectomy, Ingested What I Like: We have proudly been covering Carnal Decay since their fruition with Promo 2016 and again last year with their debut full length...

Chasm July 16, 2018

Chasm
by Mutilation Rites

The Pitch:"A turbulent, caustic take on deathly black metal, Chasm sees Mutilation Rites at the height of their songwriting, as they venture further into the darkest shades of black and absolute dread." Via Gilead Media. FFO: Crypt Rot, Expulsion, Zom What I Like: Mutilation Rites are another no-fr...

LIVE RECAP: Quicksand, Glassjaw, and Spotlights July 16, 2018

Roseland Theater: July 14, 2018
by FlightOfIcarus

Welcome to another addition of LIVE RECAP. This time I caught two legendary returning acts Glassjaw and Quicksand at the Roseland Theater in Portland, OR. Having followed these groups for some time, it was exciting to finally catch them in person, and together no less. Hear about the show, listen to...

Retrospective Review 2: Lucid Interval July 13, 2018

Lucid Interval
by Cephalic Carnage

Background Few bands within the grindcore genre have risen to such notable prominence as Denver, Colorado nativesCephalic Carnage. Formed in the early 1990s as an amalgamation of the death metal and grind sounds, this outfit has released six experimental and rather technical full length albums, in ...

INDEXFEST IS THIS WEEKEND!!! July 13, 2018

IndexFest 2018
by Mathcore Index

Metal Trenches is beyond stoked, and incredibly humbled, to announce our sponsorship of the 2018 Mathcore Index IndexFest. Presented by Metal Injection, this incredible festival could easily be THE concert of the year. That said, check out the full details below, and be sure to grab your tickets fas...

Enigmata July 13, 2018

Enigmata
by Pact

The Pitch: "Due to their True Occult practices, Pact deliver the fist unorthodox orthodox black metal album. Pact take traditional death, black metal and Occult rock and twist it to their own, unique and disturbing design." Via Moribund Records. FFO: Ragnarok, Gorgoroth, Marduk What I Like: Enigmat...

Arbiter July 13, 2018

Arbiter
by Hopesfall

The Pitch: And the revivals continue with the first album from NC metalcore/post-hardcore classic Hopesfall in 11 years via Equal Vision Records. What I Like: This is the feel good album of the summer. There's very little rock music that pleases me these days, but with Arbiter, Hopesfall have manag...

Sic Erat Scriptum July 12, 2018

Sic Erat Scriptum
by Estuarine

The Pitch:Estuarine is a "brutal avant-garde metal entity" formed in Tampa, Florida. Their sound is self-described as "a psychedelic whirlwind of blackened deathgrind that lapses into various other genres...accompanied by lyrics detailing a soul's ascendance to godhood." FFO: Gorod, Balance Interrup...

Vile Luxury July 12, 2018

Vile Luxury
by Imperial Triumphant

The Pitch: Following up the detestably magnificent EP, New York contortionist black/death metal band Imperial Triumphant are back with a new full length, Vile Luxury, viaGilead Media and Throat Ruiner Records. FFO: Malthusian, Abyssal, Portal What I Like: "Our city is like the corpse of a giant." T...
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