Slugcrust embody everything – and I mean everything – that makes grindcore the most intense, most unique and most captivating subgenre in the entire scene. Having released a pair of EPs and the hellacious slab that was Ecocide (number 10 on my album of the year list) in 2022, the South Carolina-based maniacs have blessed us all with another EP.Continue reading
There is no way the album title is meant to foreshadow what’s on the coming horizon. However, Amongst The Low And Empty (Century Media Records) accurately describes Signs Of The Swarm’s newest release. Lacking in ingenuity or inspiration, the deathcore purveyors recycle a small handful of techniques – over-exaggerated marble mouth, sparsely timed drum hits – to muster a record that has value as something intense and heavy, but decidedly not something ground-breaking by any means.
Deftones have teamed up with Trap-Punk genre mashers WHOKILLEDXIX for a remix of their recent single “Ceremony’ from their acclaimed album Ohms. (Reprise Records). Check out the video for the track, directed by Leigh Whannell, writer of Saw and director of Upgrade, and the 2020 blockbuster The Invisible Man. The band is gearing up for their headline tour of the USA. and stream it on all DSPs. The band also released a video for the track as well. Ohms was the Ghost Cult Album of the Year in 2020. We recently reviewed their White Pony 20th Anniversary remix album, Black Stallion as well.
Deftones have launched a new cinematic noir-style video for their latest single “Ceremony” directed by Leigh Whannell, writer of Saw and director of Upgrade, and the 2020 blockbuster The Invisible Man. The band is gearing up for their headline tour of the USA. Their recent album Ohms (Reprise Records) was the Ghost Cult Album of The Year for 2020 and we recently reviewed their White Pony 20th Anniversary remix album, Black Stallion as well. Continue reading