Despised Icon - "Day of Mourning" (2009)

Awesome album, but I don't know if can compete with The Ills of Modern Man. Kept their sound, keep the brutality and the groovy chug riffs. Check out "Day of Mourning", hands down the best song on the album with a more than awesome breakdown.

1. Les Temps Changent (3:28)
2. Day of Mourning (3:02)
3. MVP (3:25)
4. All For Nothing (3:15)
5. Eulogy (3:29)
6. Made of Glass (3:17)
7. Black Lungs (3:02)
8. Diva of Disgust (3:26)
9. Entre Le Bien Et Le Mal (3:57)
10. Sleepless (4:47)

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Circle of Contempt - "Artifacts in Motion" (2009)

Finally this band has found an official name for them haha but this is technical metal at it's finest. I hate to say it but it's almost too technical for me. "Zerohour" is the only track I can remember off it that stood out, but check them all out of course.

1. Color Lines (2:45)
2. Nothing Imminent (3:05)
3. Artifacts in Motion (3:16)
4. Concealed (2:52)
5. Remnants Left (3:04)
6. C.O.C (2:17)
7. Prelude for the Implication (4:10)
8. The Pendulum Swing (2:43)
9. A Day for Night (2:45)
10. Zerohour (3:38)
11. Scour the Sharpside (3:59)

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Armana Reign - "Atonement" (2009)

Can't wait for this band to release a full-length album. "Deceiver" is one awesome song, the intro is just amazing. An underrated band indeed, but if you're wondering...I would consider them Metalcore.

 1. Deceiver (4:52)

2. The Fall (4:43)

3. Into The Sky (5:29)

4. Letting Go (4:04)

5. For Too Long (3:40)

6. The Fight (Isn't Over) (4:07)

7. The Ascent (2:28)

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Carnifex - "Hell Chose Me" (2010)

More brutal than their EP and their first album put together most definitely. Can't get any more sloppy goodness on any album but this one. Don't have any certain songs to look at so just check it out.

1. Hell Chose Me (3:32)
2. Dead Archetype (2:31)
3. Names Mean Nothing (2:58)
4. Heartless (4:13)
5. Sorrowspell (3:37)
6. The Scope of Obsession (2:55)
7. By Darkness Enslaved (3:39)
8. The Liar's Funeral (3:03)
9. Genocide Intiative (4:21)

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House vs. Hurricane - "Forfeiture" (2009)

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Their first EP. Another awesome instrumental to check out is "Colour Space", one of my all-time favorites. One song that sticks out on this EP is "Comforting Our Thoughts in a Continuous Blue".

1. Introduction (1:03)

2. Forfeiture (3:19)

3. Comforting Our Thoughts in a Continuous Blue (2:26)

4. Seeing Things Through Water (4:38)

5. Colour Space (1:30)

6. The Only Virtue (2:44)

7. Furious George (4:02)

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House vs. Hurricane - "Perspectives" (2010)

Awesome album compared to their first. Melodic post-hardcore at it's finest. "Leaps & Bounds" and "II. Softlight" are tracks to definitely listen to. But like every album, just listen to them all =).

1. Leaps & Bounds (4:39)

2. We, The Reserveless (3:53)

3. Lessons Learnt (2:48)

4. Off The Wall (3:19)

5. Experiences (3:59)

6. So They Say (5:33)

7. Complexing the Simple (3:07)

8. Orphan (4:18)

9. Positively Shifted (5:31)

10. I. Sinister, In Many Forms (2:57)

11. II. Softlight (1:39)

12. III. Nevermore (4:43)

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Inked in Blood - "Lay Waste the Poets" (2006)

Inked in Blood's first official album. Different from their newer one but it's still awesome. The lyrics are still powerful and this one includes a lot of breakdowns too, which is always a plus. Check out "All That Remains", "...All That I Have", and "Kiss the Lips of Your Betrayer".

1. All That Remains... (5:26)

2. Hoping to Dream & Never Return (4:42)

3. Lest I Sleep of Death (2:59)

4. Fall From Your Eyes (3:11)

5. Compassion is my own Dissent (4:39)

6. These Sonnets of Our Lives (3:49)

7. Frame Thy Fearful Symmetry (3:14)

8. Kiss the Lips of Your Betrayer (4:42)

9. Comatose (5:16)

10. ...All That I Have (1:31)

11. Ending With a Question (3:31)

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Inked in Blood - "Sometimes We Are Beautiful" (2007)

Awesome melodic hardcore band with some powerful lyrics, meaningful guitar riffs and vocals that aren't too heavy. All the songs are beautiful but ultimately, check out the instrumental. Definitely worth a listen.

1. Call to Arms (3:43)
2. Angel of Lost Hopes (2:56)
3. Altars (2:42)
4. To Be Your One and Only (4:00)
5. Instrumental (2:07)
6. This Moment (4:19)
7. Somewhere Familiar (4:21)
8. With Devils (3:01)
9. In the Wake of the Loss (2:57)
10. Paradise Regained (9:28)

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