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  1. Center stage pit VIP tickets acquired to see and live at Fenway Park. 🤘

  2. Crown Magnetar – The Hollowing of Godflesh Review By Lavender Larcenist

    Deathcore is having an identity crisis; Lorna Shore’s breakout popularity influenced a horde of homogeneous blackened deathcore bands and became a tipping point for a genre more than happy to never evolve. As the glut of technically talented but melodically stunted bands continue fighting for second place in the Lorna Shore soundalikes competition, a few try to break out, but rarely have the chops to bring anything new or interesting. As if by a mandate from Hell, Crown Magnetar truly take to the deathcore moniker in a way few bands even attempt to; by drawing from the roots of death metal and hardcore, combining them to create a blender of bludgeoning worthy of a genre that combines two of the beefiest slabs of metal in terms of their sonic footprint. For a band relatively new to the game, Crown Magnetar’s third LP, The Hollowing of Godflesh, couldn’t have come at a better time, but whether it is a bona fide modern classic or another uninspired attempt will depend on how willing the band is to step out of the genre’s shadow and pummel a new path to devastation.

    Crown Magnetar offers an eviscerating combination of brutal death metal, deathcore, and tech-death. The band excises overblown theatrics, snarl-fueled vocal tangents, and reliance on machine-gun breakdowns. Instead, they trade them for brutal death vocals, slamming riffs, and tech-death chainsaw riffage that would make Archspire blush. Dan Tucker’s vocals quickly stand out, drawing more from death metal and brutal death than the aforementioned blackened deathcore. He even cites brutal death as his major influence in recent years, especially bands like Defeated Sanity and Brodequin. This isn’t just lip service; The Hollowing of Godflesh is stuffed with brutal death and slam influences, making it one of the heaviest records in recent memory, a feat rare for the shock-focused banal heaviness typical of modern deathcore.

    Not to be one-upped, new guitarist Rob Maramonte (ex-Fallujah, ex-The Zenith Passage) is the sleeper star of the affair. Crown Magnetar’s latest is their technical pinnacle and for an album so relentlessly devastating, Maramonte finds plenty of time to impress. Blinding speed bolsters songs that suplex you from beat to beat as he taps through leads or drops chainsaw-riff after riff of hooks, worthy of Aborted. Clearly, the group’s tour mates inspired their latest, with obvious influences from Archspire and Aborted as well as Dying Fetus and fellow core crushers Spite. As initially overwhelming as The Hollowing of Godflesh can be, repeated listens revealed the depth of Maramonte’s guitar work. Every song has riffs that will stick with you or multiple moments of creative destruction. Drummer Matt Kilner (ex-Vitriol) offers technical chops to match Maramonte, while still sounding natural in a way so few modern metal drummers do. The raucous snare sits right at home with the intensity of Crown Magnetar’s sound, and The Hollowing of Godflesh feels cohesive and consequential as a result.

    The Hollowing of Godflesh is a rare beast, and Crown Magnetar took to the record with a surgeon’s scalpel. At ten tracks and just under thirty minutes, not a single one breaks the four-minute mark. The most egregious being the album’s introduction, the subtly titled “Gun Eater,” which wallows in deathcore staples and silliness, as if to get it out of the band’s system before the record can truly begin. Still, it hits like a truck thanks to the talent on hand and the clarity of production. While it isn’t perfect, The Hollowing of Godflesh mostly avoids the horrible compression of modern deathcore, especially on many of Unique Leader’s records. Having your longtime producer also become your bassist likely helps, as Michael Sahm clearly understands how to bring out the best in Crown Magnetar’s sound. “Gun Eater” aside, every track on the record feels vital and stuffed with memorable moments. The mid-record trio of “Impaled Genesis,” “The Hollowing of Godflesh,” and “Godkiller” offer up a manifesto of mutilation that should put the stank-face on any earnest listener.

    I came into The Hollowing of Godflesh wary of yet another deathcore band with comically dark anti-religious theming and over-the-top names. Luckily for us all, there is no “Ov” in sight. Only miles of breakneck, grinding riffage, slamming breakdowns, and genuine heaviness that would make an elephant blush. With The Hollowing of Godflesh, Crown Magnetar have established themselves as modern masters of deathcore debauchery and set a new standard for other upcoming bands wanting to break away from blackened death and bring back the brutal.

    Rating: 4.0/5.0
    DR: 4 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Unique Leader Records
    Websites: Bandcamp | Instagram
    Releases Worldwide: September 25th, 2026

    #2026 #40 #Aborted #AmericanMetal #Archspire #Brodequein #CrownMagnetar #DeathMetal #Deathcore #DefeatedSanity #DyingFetus #Fallujah #LornaShore #Review #Reviews #Sep26 #Slam #Spite #TechnicalDeathMetal #TheHollowingOfGodflesh #TheZenithPassage #UniqueLeaderRecords #Vitriol
  3. A Night In Texas – The Darkest Side of Humanity Review By Lavender Larcenist

    Based on naming traditions and a tendency to dub groups after horrific activities, such as Cattle Decapitation or Immolation, Australian Deathcore band A Night In Texas must believe there is nothing more terrifying than spending an evening in the Lone Star State. Perhaps the horror of the unknown hits hard for a group eight thousand miles away from their namesake, but A Night In Texas is no stranger to the ubiquitous elements of modern deathcore that defy the confines of any nation or state. With The Darkest Side of Humanity, the band’s latest comes at the start of their second decade, preceded by four records that exemplified solid, if a little uninspired, deathcore and a nominally influential debut. Is their latest the one to turn heads from Texas to Brisbane, or will it cowtow to deathcore trends known the world over?

    Featuring a new vocalist after the departure of their longest-running lead, Sam Cameron quickly shows that he is no slouch. If The Darkest Side of Humanity has any weakness, it isn’t for lack of Cameron’s breadth and brutality. Properly Gollum-worthy highs pierce ears alongside gut-rumbling lows as he shows as much or more potency than those that came before. Founding member and lead guitarist Cory Judd is clearly the sonic soul of the band, as The Darkest Side of Humanity is as oppressively crushing as previous records. Amongst the cacophony (more on this later), Tommy Williams feels properly black metal at times, weaving tantalizingly sullen melodies just beneath the boiling surface of Judd’s bouncing battering. Freshman drummer Chris Whitbread delivers inhuman drumming that showcases technicality rarely seen in the more beatdown-driven core, lending the band a sound that at times straddles deathcore and tech-death.

    The Darkest Side of Humanity stands out from much of modern deathcore thanks to A Night In Texas’ focus on speed and tech-death trappings. Bolstering their instrumental prowess are surprisingly inspired lyrics and a genuine devotion to rhythmic timing, reminding one of Unhallowed Deliverance. Each track features a standout moment and drives to a proper crescendo, but the devotion to an ecstatic ending becomes formulaic by the album’s end. The Darkest Side of Humanity could lose a track, and it would be better for it. When the record pops off, it does so with aplomb, and the back half is particularly vicious and rousing. The mid-record epic “When the Sun Burns Out” is driven by atmospheric plucking and tasteful, yet sparse clean singing. “The Chronicles of Nihilism” is an immediate standout with its bounce-worthy lead riff and adherence to speed.

    While tech-death is clearly an inspiration for A Night In Texas, The Darkest Side of Humanity is another victim of the utter flattening of the genre due to the explosion in popularity of Lorna Shore. What was once tech-deathcore now must include hamfisted symphonic elements and triple-tap bursting breakdowns. While those tech influences remain a part of Judd’s DNA, the paint-by-numbers orchestration does nothing to enhance any individual song. Ironically, the back half of the album either abandons or minimizes backing tracks to great effect, becoming far more epic through sheer instrumentation and scale. The repetitive machine-gun riffage runs rampant, and while it is used more tastefully than most, I can’t help but feel A Night In Texas has the chops to do so much more and display as much alongside the derivative chords. For every predictable breakdown or riff, there is a flurry of inspired technicality or hooky earworms.

    The Darkest Side of Humanity is inoffensive for deathcore, and even shows moments of true grandiosity. The latter half is great at times; the title track and finale are a high note to go out on, but cutting a track and stripping the album of most of its orchestration would do wonders for it. For a record that is so fast, heavy, and technical, with over-the-top vocals and orchestration, it sounds consistently cacophonous. This record is dense, but there is gold in them hills for those who take the time to sift. If A Night In Texas leans into the tech, focuses on hooks, and avoids chasing trends, their next record could reach the heights I know they are capable of. For now, The Darkest Side of Humanity stands out as a solid tech-deathcore record, head and shoulders above most of its peers, but the competition is not necessarily fierce.

    Rating: Good
    DR: 4 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Unique Leader Records
    Websites: Bandcamp | Instagram
    Releases Worldwide: September 4th, 2026

     

    #2026 #30 #ANightInTexas #AustralianMetal #CattleDecapitation #Deathcore #Immolation #LornaShore #Review #Reviews #Sep26 #TechnicalDeathMetal #TheDarkestSideOfHumanity #UnhallowedDeliverance #UniqueLeaderRecords
  4. A fair transmission from the One Armed Scissor; the Head of Orlok.
    Why didn't anyone call the One Armed Scissor on Yaldabaoth at Epona Bergum and the apple of his eye Mokelock and her husband Caligula and their bestie Ghislainechromium59?? My life is NOT a fair transmission.

    #onearmedscissor #centralebergum #ghislainechromium59 #mokelock #caligula #yaldabaoth #fairtransmission #gemeenteleeuwarden #magnafrisia #vonbathory #thelivesofsatan #lornashore #azog #valdablack #pennywise #witchking

  5. Will Ramos? Lorna Shore? Yeh that's one of my lifepaths; he's just Jaap Albert from Noardburgum in the life of Satan and Ice Spice? That's Atty from Noardburgum, her mom worked at Epona powerplant Bergum with Yaldabaoth, also in the life of Satan.

    The life of Satan was big business for Yaldabaoth and Caligula.

    #satanherself #westernoardburgum #centralebergum #epona #yaldabaoth #caligula #icespice #willramos #lornashore #elizabethvonbathory #frisianwoodlands #wartenfryslân #thelifeofsatan

  6. Hanging at front of house with my buddy Johnny Knobs at #LornaShore in #Portland #PDX #Metal

  7. Hitting up the #LornaShore and #MotionlessInWhite show tonight in #Portland. Missed most of #StaticDress but stoked for the rest of the lineup. #Metal

  8. Repost BIR: #LornaShore heeft een nieuwe videoclip uitgebracht voor 'War Machine', afkomstig van hun album "I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me".
    👉 Meer weten en de nieuwe video checken? Check dan het nieuwsitem door #SethAbrikoos op onze BIR-website:
    🔗 brothersinraw.com/post/nieuws-

  9. Tuska 2026 Breaks Attendance Record as 66,000 Metal Fans Celebrate Another Historic Weekend

    Tuska Festival once again proved why it remains one of Europe's premier metal festivals, welcoming a record-breaking 66,000 visitors to Helsinki's Suvilahti over three unforgettable days. Despite Finland's ever-changing summer weather, Friday and Saturday both sold out with 23,000 attendees each, while Sunday's impressive crowd of 20,000 brought the festival's largest edition in history to a memorable close.

    voiceofnoir.com/2026/07/03/tus

  10. Tuska 2026 Broke Attendance Record as 66,000 Metal Fans Celebrated Another Historic Weekend

    Tuska Festival once again proved why it remains one of Europe's premier metal festivals, welcoming a record-breaking 66,000 visitors to Helsinki's Suvilahti over three unforgettable days. Despite Finland's ever-changing summer weather, Friday and Saturday both sold out with 23,000 attendees each, while Sunday's impressive crowd of 20,000 brought the festival's largest edition in history to a memorable close.

    voiceofnoir.com/2026/07/02/tus

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