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Rotten to the Core // March 2021

March 1, 2021

It’s been a year since we last spoke. January and February felt like a full year, right? The last thing I remember was spending a week holed up writing blurbs about bands like END and Clown Core and now we’re ... 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 // 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...

Release Day Roundup – 7/31/20

Scott Murphy

July 31, 2020

Release Day Roundup

Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

Rotten To The Core – Riff Soup 2: The Pick Squealquel

Matt MacLennan

April 9, 2020

Rotten to the Core

We're all shacked up and stuck between staring at a screen, wall, or out of a window so there's more time than ever to check out some fresh, hot, spicy 'core. This is why you are here, presumably. From the real... Read More...

Leeched – To Dull the Blades of Your Abuse

Joshua Bulleid

January 31, 2020

Reviews

Like it or not, Code Orange's Forever (2017) is one of the most influential albums of recent years. The record's unprecedented mixture of hardcore, industrial and '90s alt rock was bolstered by an impressive ma... Read More...

Vatican – Sole Impulse

Scott Murphy

December 3, 2019

Reviews

Over the past few years (and specifically in 2018), I've been taken aback by the critical affinity with metalcore. It's not just because of the music itself, though I'll admit that I'm not particularly fond of... Read More...

Stray From The Path – Internal Atomics

Matt MacLennan

October 30, 2019

Reviews

It's easy to overlook the fact that Stray From The Path have been releasing music for nearly two decades. Their Long Island hardcore roots might seem a million miles away from their globally-approved, for the m... Read More...

Hey! Listen to couldcareless!

Jimmy Rowe

March 18, 2019

Listen To This!

In case you haven't noticed, wacky and sassy Myspace-era metalcore and grind are back, baby, and I'm here for it.

Metal Journalism’s Top 30 Albums of 2018

Nick Cusworth

January 25, 2019

Best of 2018, Lists!

Hello, and welcome to the final post we will have about 2018! Yes, it’s late January. And yes, this is coming out much later than in previous years. After several years of completely burning myself out assembl... Read More...

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