Colorado’s deathcore kings are here to beat your fucking face in. Right the fuck in. No theatrics, no choirs, no sweeping symphonics (ok, maybe just a smidge in 2 songs), just 4 songs in 18 minutes to remind you they arguably sit atop or near the top of the current pure deathcore heap.
After delivering their debut in 2021’s The Codex of Flesh, Crown Magnetar has grown into a monster in the scene with 3 EPs and 2023 sophomore crusher, Everything Bleeds. And there is no time for mercy as the 4 songs here continue with what Everything Bleeds built upon. Pure fucking devastation.
There’s no doubt in my mind that these 18 minutes, along with Whitechapel’s new album, will comprise some of 2025’s most brutal music (at least as far as Deathcore). It’s absolutely relentless, largely due to Dan Tucker’s monstrous bellows but also due to the sheer heft delivered on the likes of all four tracks. Notably the last two songs, “Bringer of Dead Light” and “Decapitation Ritual”, with a closeout/breakdown that will bring you to your knees.
It’s not all breakdowns as openers “Barbed Wire Noose” and “Nailed the Fuck Down” could go toe to toe with the likes of Benighted or Aborted at times, but ultimately, every song leaves a path of destruction in its wakes as Crown Magnetar continues to stomp on the throat of the deathcore genre.
