Oathbreaker

HM-2 death metal beasts Gatecreeper (mem. Spirit Adrift) are prepping their new album Sonoran Depravation for an October 7 release on Relapse…

Caro Tanghe’s vocals go from creepy melodic parts to harsh, piercing screams, and she delivers both styles with skill. They share an uplifting mix of screamo and black metal with their former labelmates Deafheaven, but where that band’s beauty usually only comes in the form of clean guitars and pianos, Caro’s soaring vocals allow Oathbreaker to add it in other ways…

Ohio’s extreme metal group Skeletonwitch are headlining a newly announced fall tour called Curse of the Dead alongside Virginian punk crossover outfit Iron Reagan and Belgian hardcore band Oathbreaker, with All Hell, Gatecreeper and Homewrecker supporting on select dates…

Somewhere, there’s a band named Invincible that’s like, “Huh.” Fucking Invincible is the new project from fellas from Dropdead and Daughters…

Charlotte black n’ crust collective Young and in the Way went full The Shining on Sunday, “spraying” pig’s blood during the Empire Tattoo showcase at Lexington Avenue Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina…

Belgium melodic hardcore/screamo band Oathbreaker put out their excellent sophomore album, Eros|Anteros, last year via Deathwish but still haven’t gotten a chance to come to North American in support of…

Converge at Saint Vitus, May 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge) Deathwish Inc.’s inaugural Deathwish Fest announced that it will be switching venues, moving down the street from the Sinclair in Cambridge, MA to Cambridge go-to The Middle East Downstairs, a bigger venue that allows for the two-day event to be all ages…

Converge at Saint Vitus Bar, 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge) Deathwish Inc. — Jake Bannon of Converge‘s increasingly influential record label — are following up what I can only imagine was their most lucrative year of operation to date (they released Deafheaven’s Sunbather) with their first-ever standalone music festival…

Belgium is a hotbed for a certain type of hardcore sound, embodied in bands like Rise & Fall, Amenra and others. Oathbreaker is another band that flirts with that particular oppressive-hardcore sound, yet this Belgian crew also dabbles in epic screamo (ala Envy) on their new LP Eros|Anteros due via Deathwish on August 20…

Belgian atmospheric sludge crew Amenra are currently streaming their slow-burning in full. Pensive, dark, yet burning brightly like a flame to magnesium, check out the record in its entirety below…