Imagine going through a speedrun of Final Fantasy, and this might be the soundtrack. Enjoy the sort of melodic hardcore sounds of Central 2nd Sick. “Final Fantasy” is a synthtastic nightmare and for good reason, the keyboardist is wearing a gasmask. These boys have quite a sound, but one that I cannot understand a lick … Continue reading »
Let’s throw hardcore metal, screamo and dance autotune into the cauldron and sprinkle in some rock and you get the party metal group ARTEMA and their single “Dancing Field.” You can actually dance to it, bunnyhop to it and mosh to it. Although I don’t recommend punching out the hot girls in the circle. It’s … Continue reading »
Thank god for subtitles. Or else you might not understand one bit of the metalcore stylings of INFECTION’s latest “Guns Don’t Argue.” But it is cool watching the lead singer bounce around and growl it out about guns and killing and bad stuff like that. And if you listen close enough, you can actually hear … Continue reading »
Mosh in the snowdrift that is SLANG’s “Kuso no Fukidamari.” THIS is raw fury and hardcore punk that will hurt for only 1:35 seconds. Then you can come back for seconds. Bang your head over to SLANG’s album Glory Outshines Doom released on 7.11.2012. Score it at Yesasia or CDJapan. Visit SLANG’s official website to … Continue reading »
“So what can you tell me about this quarter’s sales earnings?” Bwahr grawl GRrralightning…Starrrrrmg! I see. That’s quite a statement coming from MYPROOF and their death metal single “Lightning Storm.” Sounds like things are looking up. I might even want to add MYPROOF to my marketing team. Or I might just look for Metal For … Continue reading »
Until the Day I die, D.I.D. will be completely unintelligible. The boys of D.I.D. are up in the club dodging laser beams in their noisy growly single “Until the Day I Die.” It’s a mix of metal visual kei and hardcore screams, but I actually dig the guitars. As for the vocalist, he sounds like … Continue reading »
Santa Claus is coming to town and he’s headbanging. Check out SLANG’s political hardcore stance on Christmas and War or maybe the war on Christmas? All I know is shit is blowing up in the background while a kid plays during the holiday season. Something just isn’t right in “もの言わぬ本 / ろうそくのまち.” Get your aggression … Continue reading »
With a bassline that barrels down upon you, “Resist it” by Not a Name Soldiers is going to jump all over you and beat you up. Thank you for some really gritty hardcore! I’ve honestly hadn’t heard to much from the J-hardcore scene this year, and Not a Name Soldiers sound like they are ready … Continue reading »
My friends forever want to karate punch you in the chest. Check out the face puncher “My Friends Forever” from ROACH. Gritty guitar crunch and a brutal slo mo beat down (literally the beat slows down to a crawl) will have you wanting another. Badass. Run in place with ROACH’s new album No Reason in … Continue reading »
Keep your eyes open or you’ll probably get punched in the face. I’m assuming that’s what a nice flyer would say warning you before you enter the pit of a Loyal to the Grave concert. Why? Because arms be flailing all over the place. Just check Loyal to the Grave’s new video for “Keep an … Continue reading »
