Scare Don’t Fear, the new hip-hop – metal transgenre


Rap or hip-hop mixed with heavy metal is something dreaded because so many tried and failed at it.

Recently, Hacktivist has given me (and other people) hope for the success of the surgery. Now, Scare Don’t Fear comes with an album, Destroy | Rebuild, with an other perspective than that offered by above mentioned Hacktivist.

Instead of taking pure djent as a base, they seem to take in influences from metalcore, electronic and dance music, as well as a little bit of djent, too.

The rap is good, the scream is good, the music is good… Destroy | Read more

TesseracT – Altered State

Our four-dimensional cube fellows just released their new bomb, entitled Altered State. It is divided into ten songs and four movements.

Ashe does an amazing job for vocal duties. Antipodal to the trend, his vocals are clean only, and give a wonderful feeling of dreaminess at times. The other instrumentists are exceptionally talented, too, and blow this off in your face on all of the 51 minutes of the album. Polyrhythms, djents, solos, and just freaking awesome riffs dot the album and make sure to keep you interested and on the edge.

Altered State is a strongly recommended album … Read more

Stay Calm and… DuckCore!


The DuckCore Blog just released an incredible compilation of 100 amazing songs from 100 outstanding bands!!! And it’s killing it!

Thou who reads this, and thou who listens to djent / death / progressive / math / -core / metal shall head over there and download this huge compilation for -almost- free!

Here’s a list of a few bands that’s in there : Xenahort, Ovid’s Withering, The Schoenberg Automaton, Slice The Cake, Sirens, Being, Foreboding Ether, Tsaars, Xanthochroid, Vanisher, The Odious, Xenocide, Hybrid, Red Seas Fire, Sithu Aye, Fractals… There are just so many awesome bands!!! You should feel guilty … Read more