UNSIGNED AND UNHOLY: DOWN WITH HAIRCUTCORE

Another week, another inbox full of really good bands deserving of record deals over any given verb the noun haircutcore scenester. Sigh… the injustice of it all. First World Problems.

• Columns: Groovy deathgrind? Why not… whoever said you can’t swing and grind at the same time is no friend of mine. Columns hail from Charlotte and Winston-Salem, NC and have two 2-minute bangers posted on their Bandcamp page.
• Cloud Zone: Atmospheric instrumental post-metal with a hint — but really, just a hint — of djent. This is like what would happen if the Periphery dudes listened to way more Isis and Cult of Luna than Meshuggah.
• Lycergus: Frosty psychedelic black metal just like grandma used to make… except from the barren hot desert of Wichita Falls, TX.

-VN