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Rotten to the Core // 2020 In Review

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Rotten to the Core

It’s been a hell of a year, and we’ve needed every ounce of good music to get us through. 2020 saw a huge resurgence of insane mathcore, traditional metalcore revival, crossover hardcore, and much of the djent... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // December 2020

Calder Dougherty

December 7, 2020

Rotten to the Core

Nothing pithy or pissy this month. The world continues to burn, but we’re getting through it one riff at a time. Happy holidays from ours to yours! Stay safe out there and mosh responsibly. - Calder Dougher... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Watch Beaten to Death Explode With A “Flatulence of Emotions”

Eden Kupermintz

November 26, 2020

Premieres

Yes, you read the name of the track right. By now, I would hope that if you read this blog you'd know who Beaten to Death are. In case you've forgotten, these guys make some of the best grindcore ever, temperi... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Brighten Your Miserable Day With PlasticBag FaceMask’s “Put a Light In a Cloud”

Matt MacLennan

November 19, 2020

Premieres

The last project I wrote for high school music a decade and a half ago was titled "Spandex Death Mask". It was a terrible Dillinger rip that had trombones and sax runs (Ire Works had just come out, give me a br... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // November 2020

Calder Dougherty

November 9, 2020

Columns, Rotten to the Core

As I write this, the US Senate has just confirmed Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s third Supreme Court justice, a mere week before he is expected to lose reelection. The only thing remotely ‘supreme’ about Barrett i... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // October 2020

Calder Dougherty

October 5, 2020

Rotten to the Core

Welcome back to Rotten to the Core, where we like to think of life as one big stage dive through a parting crowd. Sure, you may permanently disfigure yourself in pursuit of passing nirvana, but at least you pu... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // September 2020

Jonathan Adams

September 2, 2020

Rotten to the Core

Welcome back to Rotten to the Core, fellow pit enthusiasts! This column was kicked around on a more informal basis by our good friend Matt in years past, and with the big relaunch, we figured it’s as good a ti... Read More...

Napalm Death – Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Jonathan Adams

September 2, 2020

Reviews

According to every boomer I know, there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. While existing as the stalest of semi-humorous platitudes, there’s obviously a fairly deep truth to the statement. But... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – July 2020

Heavy Blog

August 7, 2020

Editors' Picks

We're still doing this, huh? We're still pretending as if this is as worse as it gets, as if it this is rough, sure, but we can do this, we got this? For me, July (and August) are when everything gets even wor... Read More...

Resin Tomb – Resin Tomb

Calder Dougherty

July 27, 2020

Reviews

Australia is absolutely killing it right now. The past few years, I have lost count of how many times I've asked myself, “Huh, I wonder where they're from?” about an amazing new band I've discovered just to se... Read More...

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