screamo

Atlanta grind beasts Malevich unleash new album Our Hollow.

It’s time to get spastic with Detach the Islands.

Portrayal of Guilt ended 2018 with a bang, celebrating the release of Let Pain Be Your Guide. Read a new interview with the band.

You’ll be glad you’re not their enemy when you hear “Among Friends” from Portrayal of Guilt.

Stream a new song from Florida hardcore group Gillian Carter.

Members of Combatwoundedveteran and Reversal of Man join forces in Horsewhip.

White Halo — the seven-years-in-the-making third full-length from Tokyo quintet Heaven in Her Arms — is a fierce and lush amalgamation of post-metal atmospherics, classic screamo, black metal, prog rock, and trad metal sure to trigger metalgaze haters even as it subverts and expands the boundaries of that sub-subgenre. 

On its sometimes utterly unhinged, sometimes heartrendingly beautiful E.P. Title Track, Portland quartet Dowager crams a lot of divergent influences, elements, and combustible sonic materials into its atomic artcore reactor with improbable cleverness and success. The subsequent explosion can be mesmerizing, calling to mind American Football and Mineral as much as Orchid and early Converge.

Feast on the brutal screamo/grind vibes of Knife Hits with this track premiere.

All Fours
Screamo’s not a dirty word
dB Rating: 8/10

Ever wonder what it would sound like if a screamer from one of those early nineties post-post-hardcore bands got together for a jam session with a group of flamenco musicians? Well, wonder no more. We’ve got Loner, the latest offering from “acoustic-core” outfit CityCop streaming below, and, love it or hate it — yeah, we…