Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes

End of Suffering

PUBLISHED May 1, 2019

Although he gained notoriety as the hyper-aggressive frontman of UK hardcore act Gallows, Frank Carter has softened his musical output cons...

Full of Hell's New Album Will Be a Companion LP to 'Trumpeting Ecstasy'

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019

When Full of Hell announced details for their forthcoming new album, Weeping Choir, some keen fans may have noticed the album art is the in...

Enterprise Earth

Luciferous

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2019

After leaving Infant Annihilator, vocalist Dan Watson created Enterprise Earth and captured the attention of the deathcore community very q...

Whitechapel Tell "The Whole Story" on New Album 'The Valley'

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2019

Though the songs of Tennessee deathcore vets Whitechapel have touched on vocalist Phil Bozeman's troubled childhood life a few times before...

Arrival of Autumn

Harbinger

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2019

If you're a fan of 2000s metalcore bands like Trivium or Killswitch Engage, but want something with a bit harder sound, Grand Prairie's Arr...

Whitechapel

The Valley

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2019

Whitechapel evolved their sound to include clean vocals and more grooves, instead of relying on full-force brutality, for their last album,...

Dead Tired

Full Vol.

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2019

Hamilton hardcore punk act Dead Tired have been pumping out a collection of EPs over the last few years, which they've now collected into a...

Venom Prison

Samsara

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2019

UK death metal act Venom Prison flipped the script on the genre's often misogynistic views with their debut album Animus, writing lyrics li...