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Do you like mathcore? Well it doesn’t matter, you should. More importantly, you should like The Colour Line — an up and coming British mathcore band that are set to release their debut later this year.

 

Signed to Destroy Everything, which you may know as the recently announced sister label to Basick Records, the band caught my attention initially as probably the most intense and heavy of the first batch of bands that the label announced but quickly sold me on their frantic and mind-bending mathcore. Taking the pedal-to-the-floor approach of bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge, they waste no time in making their intents known in a flurry of off-kilter blasts and skronky chords that you can hear right here and, although new material is thin on the ground at the moment, the band have just released a teaser containing snippets of playthroughs from their rehearsal space:
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tbdm live

We may be right of the cusp of the release of the new Black Dahlia Murder record Everblack, but that hasn’t stopped the band supporting their previous album Ritual, with the recent release of a live video of, what was by far the stand-out track, ‘Moonlight Equilibrium‘. Now I understand the band’s amazing chops may be the most immediate thing for most people, but for anyone like myself  who has seen the band quite a few times now, the most shocking revelation was the fact that vocalist Trevor Strnad is actually wearing a t-shirt.

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Karnivool

Sound Awake is my favorite album of all time. It’s the perfect mix of heavy and harmony, and it’s one of those albums you wish you could have written. However, it’s been four years since the band put it out, and although I’ll never tire of it, it’d be nice to have a new album or even just a new song to jam. Well, ladies and gents, it is nearly time.

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abrrescureandrestore

August Burns Red are one of the few metalcore bands that keep me intrigued. Though I wasn’t much of a fan of Leveler, I think Constellations is one of the best albums of the genre and completely set a new bar for it. I’m super excited for their upcoming record Rescue And Restore as are quite a few of the writers here, and today the band gave us a first glimpse of the record with their single ‘Fault Line’. And it’s awesome. It’s both heavy and melodic, with some of the best guitar work I’ve heard from the band. There’s even some clean vocals on this track, and they fit in quite nicely with the rest of the song. If this is any indication of how the new album is going to sound, I’m even more stoked. Rev up your excitebikes, ladies and gents!

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Shade Empire - Omega Arcane

Sometimes a very brilliant and promising band can exist somewhere and we will have missed out on them entirely. I mean, sure, we’re supposed to have our ears to the ground and fingers on the pulse and all that other nonsense but we do what we can to get by. At any rate, it’s better late than never! We have for you today a symphonic black metal band from Finland, Shade Empire.

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swerve city

Koi No Yokan was my second favorite album of last year, and the best record Deftones have ever made. Seriously, go listen to it. But it had been a while and there was still no music video for any song on the album, until now. The band, partnering with Noisey, have released a music video for ‘Swerve City‘. I dig it, and you should too. Check it out below.

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Touche Amore are one of the best new bands to come around. Their fusion of hardcore music with almost pop guitar melodies is really awesome, and I especially dug their recent split with Pianos Become The Teeth when they took a more post-rock turn. It really boded well for them, and as of today, the band are already done tracking drums for the newest record, set to be released this fall via Deathwish Inc. I’ll tell you, it’s going to be a big year for Deathwish: Touche Amore, Deafheaven, Harms Way, Young And In The Way and possibly even Trap Them all have records set to come out, and I’m stoked for all of them, even more so because I know that Deathwish is a killer label who always puts out quality releases. Watch the teaser video below and keep up with their Facebook, and we’ll have more news as it comes!

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Emmure

While touring through Russia, Emmure frontman Frankie Palmeri was electrocuted due to faulty stage wiring at a venue in Moscow. Despite the humor derived from Palmeri and his antics, I wouldn’t actually want to wish harm on him by any means. Electric shock can be quite dangerous, and I’m actually glad Palmeri was able to get up and walk away. That being said, schadenfreude a powerful thing and watching him tense up and fall is pretty funny. Perhaps its some cosmic force making things right for all that “nigga” nonsense. You can watch the video below. Fun starts at 2:10.

I’m absolutely in love with The Dillinger Escape Plan. I’m of the opinion that they are one of the greatest bands on the planet, and it’s a shame that most people just don’t get it. Just take a look at any of the comments in The Summer Slaughter Tour’s desperate Facebook feed. Every time I click “Show Comments,” I immediately regret it. The band are widely misunderstood, but that’s the nature of their often oppressive music. You either get it or you don’t.

I mean, just look at this and try not to rage.

The Dillinger Escape Plan performed three songs in this week’s Revolver Golden Gods Awards, and judging by the motionless crowd, it would appear that they didn’t get the group either despite a high-energy performance. Let’s face it though; the folks at the awards show aren’t interested in mathcore; they’re either industry insiders or fans of mainstream or traditional metal. It’s Revolver, after all. Hopefully one day Decibel will be as big, but that’s unlikely because music is scary.

Look at me sounding elitist when I have no right to be.

Check out the video below, featuring the tracks ‘Prancer,’ ‘When I Lost My Bet,’ and a cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘Behind the Wheel’ with guest vocals from Deftones’ Chino Moreno. Insane performance involving blood, destruction, and FIRE.

- JR

Vale of Pnath

Vale Of Pnath are another one of those bands that I always hear of, but never manage to hear. I guess I could be slightly forgiven seeing as the band released their last album in 2011 and have remained fairly quiet on the whole ‘releasing new material’ part of the bargain which is where I normally catch on, but given the quality of ‘Sightless‘, I should probably check out their debut The Prodigal Empire.

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