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our album 'Time Devours Everything'

by VAIN LOUIE

We are VAIN LOUIE, melodic hardcore from The Netherlands. We proudly present our album 'Time Devours Everything!' In the gray areas between black and white, every person is looking for balance. As in life and death, dreaming and the awakening, 'Time Devours Everything'.

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eclipse.

by InRetrospect

Our final single from the current_state EP cycle, ‘eclipse.’, is the darkest song that InRetrospect have written to date. Thanks to the creativity of our team we’ve managed to produce what we believe to be one of the most vivid and imaginative singles we’ve ever released.

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safe_haven.

by InRetrospect

Our latest single ‘safe_haven.’ was written to parallel a number of prominent issues within modern society. Themes of dystopianism are woven throughout this unforgivingly heavy song; angular riffs and glitchy production techniques merge effortlessly to create a bleak and oppressive soundscape.

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deadweight.

by InRetrospect

Our latest single deadweight. explores the abrupt, and at times terrifying, experience of sleep paralysis. During the writing process for this particular song, we were eager to experiment with intensity in order to effectively convey the duality between paranoid insomnia, and restful serenity.

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Dead Air

by Compounds

We're Compounds - a 5-piece Melodic Hardcore band from Reading, Berkshire. Check out our latest single, Dead Air, a quick insight into what's to come from our new line-up.

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GIVING UP ON GIVING IN

by WE STRUCK GOLD

The false sense of self is truly alive. The harrowing voice, urging on a resentment of accomplishment; feeding off the fear of failure. It is often believed that we are the fabricators of our own cynicism of failure, yet all it takes is one step back to consider... is that voice truly ours?

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Ache

by Black Coast

This is Black Coast's third release this year 'Ache' from the newly announced debut album Outworld', set for release 19 November via Blood Blast Distribution. On 'Ache' The 'Stokie' five-piece celebrate their brooding nu-metal KoЯn and Deftones influences, melded with their metallic hardcore sound.

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Every Second

by Rebuild The Past

Rebuild The Past is a fresh and purposeful metalcore band that does not try to be careful when writing Arrangements, lyrics and riffs, anything that sounds good goes into release. inspired by the complexity of life, texts reflect the problems, Faced with which you will find like-minded people

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Flow

by Everase

Greetings! We are ukrainian rock band EVERASE. On 06/20 we released our debut album "GO FOR BROKE". Check it out!

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Unearthed

by Groom Lake

Hey Punktastic! We're Groom Lake from Brighton/Ipswich, and this is our new single Unearthed, from our upcoming EP Fallen Earth. The song is about the greed and corruption of those who seek to profit from the suffering of others. We hope you like the track! Groom Lake x

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Sparks In Our Blood

by Matter Of Mind

We’re Matter Of Mind from Stockport, Manchester. If you like Ballsy guitars and choruses that will have you screaming along until your hearts content, we’re the band for you.

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Betrayal

by Only the Righteous

Hotly tipped metalcore unit, ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS, are poised to rise with the release of their blistering debut EP, Severance, out Friday 22nd November.

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Vague View

Hi guys, I'm Fred, guitar player in a Belgian metalcore/post-hardcore band called Vague View. We recently released our 8-track debut EP 'To Hell With Heaven' - I hope you guys like the track!

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Of Legions

Coming at you from a diverse background of punk, metal, rock and hardcore, Brit hardcorers, OF LEGIONS, are a towering, raw, and formidable group. The band release their enthralling new single, Vision Of Misery, featuring Loathe’s Kadeem France, on Friday 9th November.

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Cove

Kent heavy quintet Cove announce that their sophomore, EP ‘A Conscious Motion’, will be self-released on 23rd March 2018. With a chosen title that means something different to each member, guitarist Pete Woolven explains his own interpretation as concerning “conscious change"

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