Articles by Branan Ranjanathan

Exalt's Five Steps for Making Groundbreaking Metalcore

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2016

Kitchener, ON-based four-piece Exalt have grown a great deal in the two years since their signing to Toronto-based label New Damage, and th...

Cruel Hand

Your World Won't Listen

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

With Your World Won't Listen, Cruel Hand offer up a middle-of-the-road album that occasionally dips into moments that are reminiscent of th...

Die Young

No Illusions

PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2016

At their best, ambitious Houston unit Die Young echo Earth Crisis' chunky metalcore riffing on new album No Illusions, but they ultimately...

Creative Adult

Fear of Life

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2016

Creative Adult refuse to stay in one place for too long on their slow-burning sophomore record, Fear of Life. A great number of influences...

Bent Life

Never Asked for Heaven

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2016

After five years of being a band, Bent Life have released their first full-length, and it was well worth the wait. Building on the already-...

Capsize

A Reintroduction: The Essence of All That Surrounds Me

PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2016

Capsize dive headfirst into a nostalgia spiral with their latest record, throwing back to the neo-metalcore wave a decade past, paying heav...

Mizery

Absolute Light

PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2016

Mizery's Absolute Light is a dense, boundary-pushing debut LP that places them amongst the most creative and versatile bands in the hardcor...

Frameworks

Smother

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2016

Gainesville, FL unit Frameworks take melodic hardcore to new heights with their sophomore LP by expanding their sonic palette into fresh an...