Feign - False Hope (2012)

Alright, fuckers. This is the only kind of music that's been assaulting my earballs for the past couple of weeks, so until I get over it,  you're gonna get a whole lot of chuggy breakdowns, dissonant breakdowns, and breakdowns. As far as my goal of alienating every single one of my readers goes, deathcore's pretty much perfect: jazz/new age/whateverthefuckelseIpost fans will simply ignore it, as they do all of my posts about heavy music, while most metalheads will be sent into a hopeless tailspin of butt agony that will end in comparisons to Whitechapel and Meshuggah.

So yeah. Feign. They're from Houston, TX, and they play what the kids hilariously seem to be calling downtempo (word, so it sounds like Dido, right?), meaning that it's sludgy, djent-y deathcore. And, it's some of the best I've heard. Here's their Facebook, and here's their bandcamp.

Track listing:
1. Threnody
2. Fiend
3. Fractures
4. Retribution
5. Solitude
6. Recollections of the Less Fortunate

As far as I can see, everyone is my fucking enemy

Seeker - The Antagonist (2012)

Deathcore with 'atmospheric' elements. Massive breakdowns, djent-y riffs, and dissonant, ambient guitar textures. The production isn't quite as obliterating as some of their peers', but Seeker clearly have the ability, and I look forward to hearing more from them.

Track listing:
1. The Antagonist
2. Serpent Skin
3. Shameless
4. Ghost of the Gallows
5. Idolized

I will not rest until I know that you are alone

The Contortionist - Intrinsic (2012)

Progressive deathcore that's as beautiful as it is brutal. Atonal breakdowns juxtaposed against a shimmering backdrop of propulsive, polyrhythmic prog. One of my favorite metal records in recent memory.

Track listing:
1. Holomovement
2. Feedback Loop
3. Causality
4. Sequential Vision
5. Geocentric Confusion
6. Dreaming Schematic
7. Anatomy Anomalies
8. Cortical
9. Parallel Trance
10. Parallel Trance (Alt. Version)

Astral movement