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Review: A Track-by-Track Initial Reaction to Integrity's Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume

| By Andrew Aversionline

Representative of the band's nearly 30-year discography, and beyond...

Mental Disturbance, "Living in a Slum," from Mental Disturbance (Alternative Noise, 1990)

| By Andrew Aversionline

Killer crossover hardcore/thrash featuring future Belgian metalcore legend Michel Kirby.

Review: Edgewise, Angels & Addicts (Coin Toss, 2017)

| By Andrew Aversionline

20 years later, these '90s PAHC ragers are back for more...

Track Premiere: Mossbreaker, “Runway”

| By Andrew Aversionline

Lush yet driving alt.-rock mandatory for fans of Failure.

Mindforce Launches Pre-orders for The Future Of... via Trip Machine Laboratories: EP Stream + Interview

| By Andrew Aversionline

Rightfully-hyped HVHC unit looks to the past to build a future...

West Coast Hardcore Stalwarts Dear Furious Stream “Claws Out”: Track Premiere + Interview

| By Andrew Aversionline

If this is a "love song," imagine what happens when they REALLY get furious!?

One Man Army, "Judge Not" (2004)

| By Andrew Aversionline

Peep this short-lived and little-known outfit fronted by Fury of Five's James "Stikman" Ismean!

Best Post-Aftertaste Helmet Songs

| By Andrew Aversionline

Page Hamilton and company have been doing just fine for the past two decades...

Review: The Last Stand, This is Real (Irish Voodoo, 2017)

| By Andrew Aversionline

Heavy, true-to-form NYHC done right.

Code Orange, "Bleeding in the Blur," from Forever (Roadrunner, 2017)

| By Andrew Aversionline

The song that single-handedly made me a Code Orange believer.

Thoughts of Ionesco Peer Clear Into “The Alt. Light”: Track Premiere + Interview

| By Andrew Aversionline

Cult "metalcore" comeback looks to the guiding light...

EP Premiere: Annihilust/Cease to Exist Split

| By Andrew Aversionline

U.S. and U.K. malcontents unite in cacophonous chaos.

Track Premiere: This Sect, “Pink in Red”

| By Andrew Aversionline

Oslo "post-punk weirdos" return for an efficiently memorable new EP.

Vain, "Inside Out," from Rolling With the Punches (Jackie Rainbow, 2017)

| By Andrew Aversionline

The '80s are in the eye of the beholder...

Track Premiere: Gridfailure, “Condescender”

| By Andrew Aversionline

A six-minute spread of sinister dark ambient swaths, murky melodies, and vengeful vocal textures.

Quick Hits: Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings—Crimson Throne, Gods, and Cnoc an Tursa

| By Andrew Aversionline

Taking a closer look at three excellent new metal releases from the U.K. imprint.

Ravage Ritual, "Spiritual Power," from Higher Power (Unquiet, 2016)

| By Andrew Aversionline

"Seinäjoki Negative Hardcore" act proves that Finland's still got it.

Cruelty of the Heavens, "Growing Up," from Grow Up and See (Encapsulated, 2016)

| By Andrew Aversionline

Still screaming about the best (and most underrated) album of 2016...

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