The kids are bringing back early-’00s metalcore. I didn’t see this development coming, but it’s been very fun to watch.
There’s a whole scene that’s developed around Ephyra, a Connecticut-based label that only came into existence in 2022. Bands like Balmora, Since My Beloved, Azshara, and Blow Up The Outside World are fully steeped in the complicated song structures and bone-deep guitar crunches that Poison The Well and Prayer For Cleansing brought into the game many years ago.
And then there’s I Promised The World, a Texan band that seems to have beamed in directly from 2003, before any of the band members were actually born.
https://www.stereogum.com/2328750/i-promised-the-world-announce-self-titled-ep-hear-bliss-in-7-languages/music/
