Articles by Bradley Zorgdrager
MyChildren MyBride
Mychildren Mybride
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2012
Mychildren Mybride are having an identity crisis on their newest, self-titled album. The cover art is straight out of Norway via black meta...
Impending Doom
Baptized in Filth
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2012
On Baptized in Filth, Impending Doom exhibit every deathcore cliché. Emmure-esque squeals? Check. Eerie-sounding notes over chugs? Check. A...
Xerxes
Our Home Is a Deathbed
PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2012
Once primarily a tough guy's game, hardcore has since expanded its breadth in the wake of "the wave": a self-proclaimed movement of emotion...
Municipal Waste
The Fatal Feast
PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2012
The Fatal Feast is Municipal Waste's fifth album. If they had gone the direction of Megadeth, the band's countdown to thrash extinction wou...
Every Time I Die
Ex Lives
PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2012
Every Time I Die are the rare band that manage to release distinct sounding albums while maintaining a recognizable thread running througho...
Dyscarnate
And So It Came to Pass
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2012
Siege of Amida brought deathcore heavyweights Whitechapel to the world with the release of their debut, The Somatic Defilement. But with th...
I Am Hunger
Odium
PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2012
Do you remember the Illuminatour? Maybe not, as the tour didn't hop the border to the "True North strong and free," but with the release of...
Bleeding Through
The Great Fire
PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2012
Bleeding Through fit right in on the Rise roster, sort of. They make heavy use of breakdowns and keyboards, but unlike many Rise acts, the...