I love these monstrous chugs! BLEGH!
Number Five: Cognitive – Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction VIDEO Cognitive are back with a very strong entry for this year! It’s all-around solid and more than capable deathcore!
Number Four: Darko – Darko VIDEO Darko—or Darko US if you want to find the band online—is a deathcore superentity, and I’ve got to say the result speaks for itself. Jam this as soon as possible!
Number Three: Crown Magnetar – The Codex of Flesh VIDEO The Codex of Flesh is just that good! Bring me these wicked breakdowns all day long!
Number Two: Brojob – The Heaviest Album of All Times VIDEO I’ve been on the first hype train from Brojob station when the band released their first album, and even though the novel factor diminished with time, I’m still a big fan of these huge riffs, creative songwriting, and humorous aesthetics. This album is good, but you shouldn’t take it seriously.
Number One: Humanity’s Last Breath – Välde VIDEO I still remember putting this album on for the first time, in my car on a long and isolated road. The way the riffs turn and the songs shift just compelled me to raise the volume and be physically assaulted by the soundwaves. This feeling of awe is seldom met when listening to new material these days, but I felt like a teenager once again, finding the heaviest new thing out there, and for that, Välde is numero uno!
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Friday, 12 February Humanity’s Last Breath – Välde 51:11 blackened deathcore Sweden Unique Leader
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Dödsdans [01:34]
2. Glutton [03:37]
3. Earthless [04:58]
4. Decent [04:27]
5. Spectre [04:50]
6. Dehumanize [05:23]
7. Hadean [04:22]
8. Tide [05:08]
9. Väldet [02:57]
10. Sirens [04:23]
11. Futility [04:06]
12. Vittring [05:34]
Friday, 5 March Brand of Sacrifice – Lifeblood 41:05 deathcore Toronto, Ontario Independent
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Dawn [01:52]
2. Demon King [03:55]
3. Animal [04:04]
4. Altered Eyes [03:54]
5. Prophecy of the Falcon (ft. Frankie Palmeri) [02:57]
6. Perfect World [01:27]
7. Mortal Vessel (ft. Ben Duerr) [04:17]
8. Foe of the Inhuman (ft. Eric Vanlerberghe) [04:05]
9. Vengeance (ft. Jamie Graham) [04:28]
10. Ruin (ft. Tyler Shelton) [03:43]
11. Corridor of Dreams [02:06]
12. Lifeblood [04:17]
Friday, 19 March Depths of Hatred – Inheritance 41:07 deathcore Montréal, Québec Prosthetic
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Enslaved Through Lineage [03:29]
2. Sadistic Trials [03:30]
3. Pulsating Rhythm [04:10]
4. Fastidious Imitation [03:35]
5. Drop of Red [03:42]
6. Illusive Obsession [04:47]
7. The Gift of Consciousness [01:33]
8. Shivers [03:51]
9. Inheritance [03:42]
10. The End of Ourselves [05:14]
11. Emerging as One [03:34]
Friday, 30 April Crown Magnetar – The Codex of Flesh 32:05 technical deathcore Colorado Springs, Colorado Independent
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Full Spectrum Hatred [03:41]
2. Black Lotus [03:10]
3. Icon of Sin [02:42]
4. Dead Reflections [03:02]
5. Death Architect [04:41]
6. The Codex of Flesh [02:30]
7. Systemic Pestilence [02:47]
8. Saprophytic [03:27]
9. Deciphering [03:17]
10. There Is No Life Without Suffering [02:48]
Friday, 7 May Darko – Darko 44:27 deathcore USA Independent
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Splinter Cell [0:03:50]
2. Fiend Dream [0:03:27]
3. Donna [0:04:41]
4. Pretenders (feat. Ben Duerr) [0:03:00]
5. Praise The Sun [0:04:06]
6. The Last Of Us [0:02:39]
7. Daniel (feat. Courtney LaPlante & Johnny Reeves) [0:04:05]
8. Mars Attacks [0:03:40]
9. Pale Tongue [0:03:16]
10. Insects [0:03:50]
11. If This Is Forever [0:04:47]
12. Darko (feat. Nick Arthur) [0:03:25]
Friday, 2 July Born of Osiris – Angel or Alien 54:34 deathcore USA Sumerian
Tracklist (click to display)
1. Poster Child [0:04:36]
2. White Nile [0:03:49]
3. Angel or Alien [0:04:27]
4. Waves [0:03:08]
5. Oathbreaker [0:03:45]
6. Threat of Your Presence [0:03:36]
7. Love Story [0:04:23]
8. Crossface [0:04:27]
9. Echobreather [0:03:36]
10. Lost Souls [0:03:30]
11. In for the Kill [0:03:51]
12. You Are the Narrative [0:03:24]
13. Truth and Denial [0:03:42]
14. Shadowmourne [0:04:44]
Friday, 16 Cognitive – Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction 39:19 deathcore Jersey Unique Leader
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Eniac [04:47]
2. The Maw [03:18]
3. Arterial Red [03:41]
4. From the Depths [03:39]
5. Oroborous [02:55]
6. To Feed the Worms [04:03]
7. Malevolent Thoughts [03:57]
8. Tearing Tendon from Bone [03:46]
9. Destitute [05:46]
10. Of a Hastened Extinction [03:27]
Friday, 23 July Brojob – The Heaviest Album of All Times 35:16 deathcore UK Hollowed
Tracklist (click to display) 1. GET READY FOR THE HEAVIEST SHIT YOU’VE EVER HEARD [00:47]
2. EXTRA THICC (feat. KMAC 2021) [03:21]
3. PUNISHER (feat. John Robert C) [02:44]
4. EMBRACE THE DECAY (feat. Kyle Anderson) [02:34]
5. BROJOB: EXPOSED? [00:44]
6. THE INCEL ANTHEM [03:40]
7. KEYBOARD WARRIORS (feat. Hunter Madison) [03:16]
8. IMPULSE [02:37]
9. BROJOB: THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME [00:27]
10. BOTTOM FEEDERS (feat. Taylor Barber) [03:08]
11. TEMPER TANTRUM [03:54]
12. BITE DOWN [03:16]
13. TUFF LOVE (feat. Duncan Bentley) [02:24]
14. FUCK YOURSELF (feat. Mac Smith) [02:24]
Friday, 13 August Lorna Shore – … And I Return to Nothingness 18:01 deathcore New Jersey Century Media
Tracklist (click to display)
1. To the Hellfire [0:06:09]
2. Of the Abyss [0:05:43]
3. …And I Return to Nothingness [0:06:10]
Friday, 17 September Valley of Snakes – Abandon the Light 22:30 deathcore Melbourne, Australia Independent
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Abandon the Light [01:10]
2. The Most Difficult Thought [05:20]
3. The Mouth of Hell [03:56]
4. Of Human Depravity [05:54]
5. A Cockroach in the Dirt [04:34]
6. Hypoxia [02:36]
Friday, 29 October White Chapel – Kin 47:27 deathcore United States Metal Blade
Tracklist (click to display)
1. I Will Find You [0:04:54]
2. Lost Boy [0:03:58]
3. A Bloodsoaked Symphony [0:04:28]
4. Anticure [0:05:35]
5. The Ones That Made Us [0:04:10]
6. History is Silent [0:04:54]
7. To the Wolves [0:03:53]
8. Orphan [0:04:40]
9. Without You [0:01:00]
10. Without Us [0:04:37]
11. Kin [0:05:37]
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