Killer Klassix: Too Close To Touch: “Too Close to Touch EP”
Keaton’s vulnerable lyrics paired with Moore’s pop-influenced basslines and layered with Marble and Kidd’s intricately emotive guitar melodies makes for a brilliant debut effort that is equally romantic and ambitious.
Killer Klassix: Dance Gavin Dance- “Demos” EP
It’s something interesting to follow a band from their initial demos to being one of the biggest bands in the scene and only generating a bigger and bigger fan base.
Killer Klassix – We Came As Romans: “Dreams” EP
While a first listen could lead some to dismiss the band entirely based on the reliance of lead singer Dave Stephens’s unclean vocal performance, the lyrics carve a deeper connection, saying more than apathetic iterations of youth and delving into ideas such as existence, philosophy, relationships and other grand themes of life.
Killer Klassix: Alive In Standby; “Dream Status” EP
Alive in Standby takes the pain in stride, crafting an EP that is a balance of electronic pop, aggressive metalcore with a touch of sensual R&B that can be for your first time metalcore listener, or a long established fan.
Killer Klassix: Saosin- “Translating The Name” EP
"Translating the Name” is a fast paced explosion that is an abstract take on the turmoils of everyday “growing pains” and aggressively ponders existence in order to understand the strife of life.
Killer Klassix: Hands Like Houses – Ground Dweller
Hands Like Houses use melody, aggression and sensual emotion to build a musical world that ensnares the listener and holds their attention for the full album.
Killer Klassix; Thursday- “Full Collapse”
Thursday paves the way for a sound rooted in aggression and relates to fans through moments of hardship and discontent, offering solace by melody.
Killer Klassix: Coheed And Cambria– “The Second Stage Turbine Blade”
"The Second Stage Turbine Blade” is a search for an other-worldly melody that transcends the medium.
Albums Dead On Arrival- Hands Like Houses; “Anon”
If a band was to give as little effort as possible, go into a recording studio and write the simplest pop rock songs ever, it would result in this album, a couple beats short of a Maroon 5 album.