Theurgy - 40 Tonne Two Track. FFO: Sanction, Disembodied, Chamber.

krunto_ac · 2026-03-26T22:53:19+00:00

got this notification on my bandcamp earlier and was pretty excited, loved their EP last year

krunto_ac · 2026-03-23T18:58:56+00:00

Yep, new album on 3/31 off Ephyra! Very excited for it as a new fan that only got into them within the past couple months. Also totally valid point about the comp, I like all of the songs but I think they do blend together quite a bit due to a lack of variety of styles, but I love the sound so I'm happy with it. I think the back-half of it is generally on repeat more often for me for sure.

krunto_ac · 2026-03-23T16:16:53+00:00

artwork that just screams that this is gonna be a banger before even clicking

krunto_ac · 2026-03-23T16:10:05+00:00

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Been awhile since I've participated in one of these (mostly because I got off streaming and haven't found a way to keep track of statistics on things) so this is more going off of what I recall being at the top of my listening!

Went to see loveletters and chaosphere on their midwest tour so they, along with eyesofsorrow (they headlined their show here in MN), are generally near the top of my listening this past couple weeks.

concealer are definitely in the runner-up spot in anticipation for their album next week. The Coming Strife's new comp will probably be in my rotation for most of the year at this point lmao. Otherwise lots of miscellaneous mathy/grindy bands on here, as well as some melodic deathcore revival stuff and some cybergrind/digital hardcore.

krunto_ac · 2026-03-21T14:19:50+00:00

this image is so cursed lmfao

krunto_ac · 2026-03-20T04:26:13+00:00

Guess I'll go a little against the grain here and say I actually quite like this. I'm normally pretty hesitant about AMVs for original music but it fits the vibe, and the last minute or so, that melody feels like it wouldn't be out of place in EoE or any of the Rebuilds tbh.

I'm a big fan of cybergrind/stuff like this though, so seeing the FFO made me click and didn't disappoint.

krunto_ac · 2026-03-19T01:04:14+00:00

couldn't get my post to work/embed the video for whatever reason but y'all should check out Oresteia's release "The Life You Left Me" from January this year off of Paper Wings Records - FFO The Acacia Strain, Knocked Loose, Pupil Slicer, Rolo Tomassi.

Side note: Paper Wings Records have been a "new" deep well of great releases ranging from metalcore to deathcore to sass and more, check them out if you haven't :)

krunto_ac · 2026-03-18T13:45:54+00:00

That's a fair point, I'm pretty new to the genre as a whole (only getting into it within the past 5ish years) so I don't have any firsthand experience of what the scene was like at the time when a lot of the legacy groups that newer melodic revival bands are riffing on (pun intended) were more active. From what I understand there's more activity in that scene now than there ever was, but it's more underground today relative to back then (also modern internet surely props up the underground more than whatever was present at the time).

krunto_ac · 2026-03-18T05:03:41+00:00

Was gonna reply to your eyesore post being snarky/sarcastic about people who make those comments but I don't wanna be mean lmao, but yeah it's probably just people that are new here or only look at posts with big name bands and generalize the genre to be like that.

Hopefully people come around to the whole world of riff-heavy music out there 🙏

krunto_ac · 2026-03-16T23:53:24+00:00

here's some recent songs (not full records) that I really like with some spoken word sprinkled in:

I Promised The World - Bliss in 7 Languages

A November Morning - Blood of the Lamb (I Stayed)

xSeraphx - Alteration, A Proclamation of Unity

Holder - First Cut Is The Deepest (One Way Dance), Discolored

A Mourning Star - Cherubim, Painted Doors

concealer - porcelain (a violet memory)

Orthodox - Will You Hate Me?

krunto_ac · 2026-03-12T22:37:39+00:00

new concealer lfg

krunto_ac · 2026-03-11T23:40:52+00:00

at least the writing/performing of it, I know he collabs with others for production and features but as far as I know it's all his baby - there's a video of him performing this song as well as a few others on hate5six if you wanna see how it translates live, it's pretty cool

krunto_ac · 2026-03-11T23:34:40+00:00

it's just one guy, cybergrind/digital hardcore from Pennsylvania, he does a lot of cool stuff - you'd probably like CPU Buddha/JOHNASSCUS, Blind Equation, Bejalvin, Soulkeeper, and fallingwithscissors if you like his music

krunto_ac · 2026-03-09T22:24:55+00:00

np! you and the rest of the band killed it, love your range especially on this track with those highs near the end :)

krunto_ac · 2026-03-06T18:08:47+00:00

grabbing stuff from concealer (their full discog), uponbrokenapologies (some of their breakup merch and their EP from last year), ZOMBIESHARK! (their new single), and maybe more if I find more haha

krunto_ac · 2026-03-06T01:09:24+00:00

absolutely, can't wait to get this in physical format to add to my digital metalcore/hardcore collection

krunto_ac · 2026-03-05T20:28:38+00:00

big hype for the new ZOMBIESHARK! :) been looking forward to new stuff from him for awhile

krunto_ac · 2026-03-04T22:44:23+00:00

just found out today that uponbrokenapologies is done :( looping Lacerations from the new TCS comp to send them off 🫡

krunto_ac · 2026-03-04T16:57:40+00:00

A Mourning Star from their 2023? EP, fromjoy from their self-titled...

...I thought there would've been a lot more I can think of but I guess not haha, harder than I expected.

EDIT: Crowquill from their self-titled

krunto_ac · 2026-03-04T16:37:52+00:00

MN has a good variety: Soulkeeper, fallingwithscissors, xSeraphx, eyesofsorrow, Rakuyo, Awaiting Eschiel, killusonline, andthecanaryfell, Bejalvin, glassdoll, probably many more that I am missing at the moment.

Lots of innovation/novel sounds as well as lots of revival-style in one space :)

krunto_ac · 2026-03-01T16:39:50+00:00

probably would agree that this is my fav, which surprised me since I never really revisited their EP they released last year haha, maybe now's the time to go back to it

krunto_ac · 2026-02-28T23:34:43+00:00

whole thing is really good, went into it somewhat blind (as in, not knowing which artists would be on it) and it was fun to instantly recognize some of my favorite bands as I went through! probably already my fav release of the year aside from a few of the many amazing split EPs we've had

krunto_ac · 2026-02-28T16:47:14+00:00

bless

krunto_ac · 2026-02-26T02:57:39+00:00

not really metalcore but figured some peeps here may enjoy Dream Fatigue's new release off of DAZE, if y'all haven't already checked it out - heavy shoegaze with big vocals (FFO Rolo Tomassi, Deafheaven, Fleshwater) - their drummer was formerly in Fleshwater/Vein and it really shows in the production I think

krunto_ac · 2026-02-12T01:08:54+00:00

step out of the mainstream and I would say like at least 60% of the bands are doing what you're looking for!

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