Audiomachy‘s Holofracture is a math metal album from the Australian duo. A rare sight in the genre, nowadays, is to have compositions based on genuine mathematical concepts, a few examples of which are listed in the album’s description on bandcamp. This makes not only for an alien sounding album, but also for an active and intellectually interesting listening experience. This album was released in 2014, but it’s very much up to date with the current math scene. The band is said to be working on a new album for 2017!
Meganeko is an awesome project from Sweden that creates … Read more

Blame Kandinsky is a Greek mathcore band, and Spotting Elegance in Chaos is their debut album. Their bias towards dissonance makes me happy. While they’re not using them all day, all night, the inclusion of minor and diminished intervals in their songs is just and wise. You could think of it as a more straightforward Dillinger Escape Plan, but they’ve got something more than just that, so be sure to try this one out!
The work of Austin Woodward, Echopraxia just released Candle Cove. As the uncanny tag ‘thalloween’ suggests, this album is a blend of melodic progressive djent … Read more

The low fidelity nature of Ad Christi gloriam‘s self-titled effort is the only thing detracting me from wholeheartedly recommending it. In an experiment to push new boundaries for the blackgaze genre, the band adopts a very religious, optimistic, and wholesome point of view, which is further supported by their choice of chords and lyrics. While the production at large is rough and uneven, what’s worse is the drum kit. It’s obviously from an electronic drum kit with a rather basic sound library attached to it. This is the detail that bothers me most, but if you can get behind … Read more

USA’s Czar is an experimental mathcore band, and Life Is No Way to Treat an Animal is their sophomore album. Their take on jazzy mathcore is refreshing and very enjoyable. Their compositions often wander left and right so naturally that it doesn’t come off as forced or undesirable. With nineteen songs over the course of almost fifty minutes, you’re sure to have enough entertainment for a while!
Nintendocore Lives wasn’t a blog or a page I was familiar with, but that’s changed with the release of their compilation album Glitched. Putting forth nineteen tracks of heavy chiptune music, this … Read more

The experimental black metal entity known as Voidcraeft recently released Dogma, the latest EP of Germany’s one-man band. This is very much in line with their December full-length, Un futur cadavre, and ditches the sublime quarter-tone compositions of Visceral Practices, much to my dismay. However, Dogma is quite an amazing EP in its own right. It was written with five rules in mind, most of which were rapidly broken. This self-disrespect isn’t detrimental to the music, however, and what survives is an outstanding, dissonant, and aggressive black metal record that is absolutely free as well!

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