Review: Originally released in 2012, Daybreaker would serve as the fifth full-length from Brighton progressive metalcore heavyweights Architects, following an identity crisis after 2011's more streamlined post-hardcore effort The Here & Now. While in the decade since, the band have gone on to become one of Britain's most successful heavy music exports, finally managing to balance their heftier proclivities with mainstream appeal, the material here strikes a curious retrospective balance between their mathcore origins, the increasingly vast melodious experimentations, as well as their first forays into embracing elements of nuanced electronica. Conceptually marking their arrival to politically driven messaging, with the now even more timely and oppressively hefty 'These Colours Don't Run' tackling US political division while 'Devil's Island' lambasts the London riots of 2011, the album is also noted for its guest features including Drew York of Stray From The Path on 'Outsider Heart', and Oli Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon on the standout 'Even If You Win, You're Still A Rat'.
Review: Originally forming in 2016 as a YouTube parody band providing metal renditions of well-known pop songs, it wouldn't take long for Bloodywood to realise their full potential as India's most successful metal act to date. Following on from their 2022 debut full-length Rakshak, the group return with their highly anticipated sophomore effort Nu Delhi, serving as both a tribute to their city of origin as well as their embracing of nu-metal and rap metal styles, combining low-end grooves and bilingual verses delivered in both English and Hindi, though the language palette is expanded to Japanese for the BABYMETAL featuring 'Bekhauf'.
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