Tag: drain
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The Best Hardcore & Metal Scene Albums of 2025
The reactionary effects of a scene hardening its exteriors is really taking effect, but there’s still plenty of room in the pit for thinking person’s emo, impassioned post-hardcore, and those teetering fine lines with the Best Hardcore & Metal Scene Albums of 2025.
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The 50 Best Albums of 2025
An overwhelming transitional year in music gives way for those creating exciting new shapes in sound across the underground and mainstream alternative to be seen with the 50 Best Albums of 2025.
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Recommended Album: DRAIN – ‘…IS YOUR FRIEND’
Another electric performance in modern hardcore thrash from the Santa Cruz trio is what happens when all of the right elements between its people parts come to together and have each others backs.
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DRAIN – “Nights Like These”
The Santa Cruz hardcore trio grants you permission to remember that joy exists, very loudly at that, on the lead single off their new album, ‘…IS YOUR FRIEND’.
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The Best Hardcore & Metal Scene Albums of 2023
Celebrating the breakthroughs and the continued fetes of the scene’s continued evolution with the Best Hardcore and Metal Scene Albums of 2023.
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Recommended Album: DRAIN – ‘LIVING PROOF’
At the core of the Santa Cruz thrashers’ sophomore effort is a wrecking ball determination to be the best self and “fuck this shit” energy turned up hard.
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DRAIN – “FTS (KYS)”
A thrash detox from the Santa Cruz trio where the chug of singed power chords and cratering breakdown results in a self-immolation for one’s own betterment.
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DRAIN – “Evil Finds Light”
The lead single from the Santa Cruz’ thrashers’ sophomore LP, ‘Living Proof’, is a healthy way to workout the wreckage of stress and anxiety rather than giving yourself a breakdown.
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