…you can be sure that when you tune in to a Doomriders jam, you will be getting something original and relentless.

Hardcore doesn’t always need to be fast two steps, headwalks and sing alongs. Sometimes you need a smack in the face from the shit that life throws at us on a regular basis. This is Lewd Acts, dirty, uncut, unadulterated.

Never doubt the creativity of Teppei Teranishi and Dustin Kensrue. Be it heavy and slow metal songs, breezy electronic laced songs, or heart warming/breaking folk, this band can do it all.

Teetering to and fro from brutal chugging to complex/experimental riffing, held together by nearly mechanical drumming (in a good way), each song on Bury Me Alive offers something different.

It’s only so often that we’re given a record where the band steps out of what’s comfortable. Creating an undeniably dark record that has just as much melody as it does fury, Ruiner has crafted a gem.

It’s this kind of glimmering pop rock created by Your Vegas, hailing from Leeds, UK that reminds us all that just because it’s played on the radio doesn’t mean it’s poorly written.

With the guitar poignancy and aggressiveness of The Fall of Troy paired with the crisp, sometimes cocky vocals of Chris De Cinque, Closure In Moscow’s First Temple stands as one of the brightest full length debuts this year.

I must say I was pleasantly surprised that it is not the generic post hardcore, screamo clone album I was expecting.

Red Knife Lottery have something special going in the way their obscure blend of melodies coexist within tracks…

The band’s latest offering is Fantasy of The Lot. Sadly, the album leaves a lot for listeners to fantasize about, writing songs that are “ok” but don’t have the hook to sink into you.