Crown the Empire

Crown The Empire spent a decade walking the tightrope between hard rock, screamo, and breakdown-driven metal, swinging wildly between styles across metalcore classic The Fallout and radio-banger Sudden Sky. On album number five, their first full-length in nearly as many years, the quartet split the difference with spectacular splendor. DOGMA is as decisively heavy as…

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Capstan

To make a mosaic, tiny pieces interlock as a larger picture. In similar fashion, distinct elements coalesce as one in Capstan. The Florida quintet—Anthony Demario [vocals], Joe Mabry [guitar], Harrison Borman [guitar], Andrew “Boz” Bozymowski [bass, vocals], and Scott Fisher [drums]—merge metallic precision with pit-splitting hardcore grooves and the kind of hooks you can’t shake.…

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