Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

Soreption

Monument of the End

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2018

Technical death metal unit Soreption deliver an intricate, complex record with their third full-length release, Monument of the End. Showin...

Axis of Despair

Contempt For Man

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2018

Swedish grind act Axis of Despair's Contempt For Man may be their first full-length release, but they're no strangers to the genre. Featuri...

Depths of Hatred

Bloodguilt

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2018

Montreal's Depths of Hatred offer a healthy dose of grinding riffs, crushing breakdowns and razor-sharp technicality on their debut release...

Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway

Dictator

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2018

System of A Down axeman Daron Malakian last released an album from his side project Scars On Broadway a decade ago, following his main band...

Between the Buried and Me Double Back to Death Metal on Two-Part 'Automata'

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2018

Between the Buried and Me aren't content doing the same thing twice. The progressive metal act built their sound through death metal and me...

Birds In Row

We Already Lost the World

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2018

French hardcore punk trio Birds In Row return with their first full-length record in six years, We Already Lost the World. The band's sopho...

Between the Buried and Me

Automata II

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2018

Continuing from the first part of Automata, progressive metal masters Between the Buried and Me bring a whole new set of musical twists and...

Converge

Beautiful Ruin

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2018

When Converge released their ninth studio album, The Dusk In Us, last fall, they left a handful of tracks off without any solid plans for w...