Produced by Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, King 810, Tallah, Varials), Signs Of The Swarm’s latest album—Amongst the Low & Empty (2023)—is so destructively deafening, it blew out Schroeder’s subwoofer and left their manager in hysterics laughing out loud at its brutality.

“We’ve always been a deathcore band,” states Bobby Crow. “But this record is a lot MORE – it’s got death metal, metalcore, djent, some industrial stuff…We wanted to make something that was just heavy.”

In the 1.5 years since its release, the Pittsburgh titans released a standalone single that took that to new heights. “IWONTLETYOUDIE” dropped in the midst of their monstrous “Decade of the Swarm Tour, ” celebrating, you guessed it, ten years of that very heavy—albeit in many mutations. It’s these ferocious fusions that have allowed them to play with acts like Lorna Shore, Thy Art Is Murder, Whitechapel, Cattle Decapitation, Carnifex and Archspire, rip European festivals between sold-out headline shows and more.

The buzzing in your ear ain’t tinnitus—well, actually, it might be that too—it’s the Swarm.

Embark on a journey through the darkness as Zwielicht weave tales of forbidden realms. From the haunting depths of “Obsessis A Daemonio” to the chilling echoes of “Symphony of a Dying Star”. Enter a realm where “Forgotten Kings” rise, plagued by the curse of “Pest,” while the enigmatic “Nordlys” lights the path to redemption. Brace yourself for the raw intensity and brutality of “Mortal Shells” and surrender to the poem of “Zwielicht.” Prepare for a symphony of agony, where arrogance meets despair. This is the immersive and captivating world of Zwielicht.

Let us embrace a new era of darkness by bringing the “black” into blackened heavy music. Join us on the way down to infernal gates of hell to be rebirthed back to life. The album contains the most mind-bending variety of different heavy musical influences and sounds. Epic symphonic orchestras accompanied by slam breakdowns; this will have it all. Inspired from metaphors written by nature, death, and inner demons.

ten56. came of of the gates swinging and haven’t stopped since the release of their first industrial laced banger ‘Diazepam’ post pandemic. Proving to be more than just a flash in the pan, the French / English quintet surprised the industry by taking their first album around the globe, yet show no signs of slowing down. With an imposing image and unpredictable sound that demands attention; it’s difficult to know exactly where ten56. will go next, but the world is watching and the answer to the question is never too far away…

If time is a flat circle, then 2 things are true: 1) Deathcore’s return was inevitable. 2) Andrew Baena, Johnny Ciardullo, Cooper Lagace and Travis Regnier were destined to form another band.

The quartet killed off predecessor Galactic Pegasus’ djenty metalcore as their writing trended deadlier. So intense was Carcosa’s devotion to death that the body was still warm when they started.

Their June 2020 unveiling and release of the ‘Absent’ EP 2 months later took them from disregard of to mastery over death.

Carcosa stare into the abyss—knowing everything happens in cycles but with the nihilistic knowledge everything ends. Their name, as well as the black, yellow and spiral-laden imagery, were inspired by ‘True Detective.’

One could argue their lyrics and sound came from the hopeless mind of Rust Cohle. The music borders on apocalyptic but accepts the bleak end as the twin of the hopeful beginning. It’s the kind of doom-and-gloom through which The Acacia Strain and Chelsea Grin channeled their brutality, tempered with the futuristic noises of contemporaries like Brand of Sacrifice.

The lyrics on debut LP ‘Anthology’ don’t follow the tragic journey of their debut, but the collection renews its endless loop construction. The new release drops on the year anniversary of its predecessor (8/19) and the final track seamlessly segues to the opening of both.

Though done intentionally for ‘Absent,’ on ‘Anthology’ it happened without conscious thought; time is a flat circle, indeed.

Face Yourself is an independent transcontinental modern Deathcore band that was founded with members from New York, New Jersey, Colorado, and France. Face Yourself has established themselves in the modern Deathcore era with throwbacks to the early Myspace Deathcore era mixed with their own unique sound that consists of nothing but sheer relentlessness.

In 2023 Face Yourself made their debut release in the form of their Self-Titled EP which was quickly followed up that same year with their Death Reflections and Tales of Death EPs.