Potion - "Real Teen Wolves" (guitar playthrough)

Guitar playthrough from Potion, featuring members of Antarctica / Car Made of Glass / TEBOTJF, and ex-Embryonic Devourment.

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Car Made of Glass - "Incorporating Human Cognitive Biases in a Probabilistic Model of Retweeting"

Mathcore Index Presents: Car Made of Glass - "Incorporating Human Cognitive Biases in a Probabilistic Model of Retweeting"

An Albatross - live at Mathcore Index Fest 2018

Philadelphia based experimental noisecore act An Albatross' energetic full set from Mathcore Index Fest 2018, featuring a new song off their forthcoming EP, "Return of the Lazer Viking."

Mary Todd - live at Mathcore Fest 2018

Brooklyn based mathcore trio Mary Todd's full set from Mathcore Index Fest 2018.

Inside the Beehive - live at Mathcore Index Fest 2018

The 2nd professionally shot set from Mathcore Index Fest 2018, New Jersey's legendary Inside the Beehive.

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: The Sound That Ends Creation - "Roses and Thorns and Dead Unicorns"

Chris Dearing, the mastermind behind Texas mathcore / grind project, The Sound That Ends Creation, has come a long way. After releasing "Fitting Through the Crawlspace Between Rhyme and Reason" less than a year ago and appearing on Mathcore Index: Volume 4, TSTEC is back with his 3rd full-length, and it sees some of best work from the solo artist yet. With artwork done by Connie Sgarbossa of SeeYouSpaceCowboy, one can almost assume what kind of music one is going to encounter here, but the album also briefly broaches some electronic elements and includes a small saxophone feature. "Roses and Thorns and Dead Unicorns" is immediately reminiscent of the glory days of MySpace, and with it's cut-out art aesthetics, harsh vocals, art-grind freak outs, and abundant audio samples (Trailer Park Boys fans, rejoice), all that's missing is that white belt hanging in your closet.

"Roses and Thorns and Dead Unicorns" drops June 30th 2018 on Bandcamp.

Mathcore Index Presents: Human Cull, Atomck, A Werewolf!, Sarcastic Burn Victim, Pupil Slicer, and Death Goals @ The Black Heart, Camden (U.K))

Mathcore Index Presents: Human Cull, Atomck, A Werewolf!, Sarcastic Burn Victim, Pupil Slicer, and Death Goals @ The Black Heart, Camden (U.K)

SOUNDING - live (album release show)

Recent live footage from our friends in SOUNDING's album release show.

*SOUNDING - "Trepanation" is out now via Dark Trail Records.

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: The Central - THE HONEST SESSIONS (pt. 2)

Mathcore Index Presents: The Central - THE HONEST SESSIONS (pt.2)

"Aluminum Cage / Infinite Pockets / Name to Impress"

"Whatever Happens"

Mathcast Episode 9: 5/28/17

This is the 9th episode of Mathcast, in which we discuss Dark Habits, THECHEESEBURGERPICNIC. Leeched, Eglise, 156/Silence, The Guts, Dead Sons, Tandem, Voiddweller, and try to figure out what the heck a Bear Bong is (spoiler alert: we say "HM2 worship" a whole bunch).

Mathcast Episode 8: 4/28/17

This is the 8th episode of our podcast, in which we discuss Black Nail, Mary Todd, Noinu, PlasticBag FaceMask, The Emblem Faction, Puncture, The Heads are Zeros, and Mathcore Index: Volume 3.

Mathcast: Episode 5 2/2/17

This is the 5th episode of "Mathcast," in which we discuss Czar, Retail Monkey, SCIO, Vortex of Influence, Keratoconus, Youdash, Complexity Fest 2017, and tease the possibility of Mathcore Index Fest 2018.

Also available on iTunes.

Best of 2016

Mathcore Index's Best of 2016

Christian:

I hate ranking things I love (especially when it comes to music), and because this year was so exceptionally challenging, I decided to organize my lists based upon pure volume of listens. I also took the time to make a list for unsigned/underground acts, another for signed/major acts (bands that are well known within our scene), and finally 2 smaller lists for EPs and honorable mentions, respectively. Lastly, most of these bands appear on our compilations, so hopefully that doesn't come as a surprise. Allons-i.

Unsigned/underground:

10) Cyprus - "The Librettist"

Australia continues to illustrate they are better at music than you.

9) Jitters - "You're In Therapy"

Instrumental math-rock wizardry.

8) Église - "Église"

The perfect blend of Botch and Converge.

7) Unyielding Love - "The Sweat of Augury"

Feedback, blast beats, and tortured screams, these are a few of my favorite things.

6) Spurn - "Comfort In Nothing"

Sonic filth.

5) Noise Trail Immersion - "Womb"

Heavy, dissonant mathcore. Sleeper hit of the year.

4) The Central - "Discovery of A Rat"

Outstanding musicianship, new favorite two piece.

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3) Forests - "Sun Eat Moon Grave Party"

Prepare for all the feels, because this Singaporean band does American-style emo / math-rock better than America.

2) Mothman - "Answers to No One"

Spiritual successor to bands like His Hero Is Gone and Ed Gein, meanest record with serious replay value.

1) Arms - "Blackout"

Paul Hundeby (also of City of Ifa and City Pro Recordings), the mastermind behind this once one-man project, wrote and recorded all instruments as well handling all engineering and production duties on this powerhouse of a record. I love this record because each song holds truly memorable passages, and I find myself absentmindedly humming the riffs a lot. Arms shared the stage with many notable national touring acts in 2016, and this year they are making their first European appearance along with our friends in Frontierer at Complexity Fest 2017, which is sponsored by Mathcore Index.

Signed/major acts:

10) Every Time I Die - "Low Teens"

I've said this many times, but it bears repeating: this band cannot make a bad record.

9) Nails - "You Will Never Be One of Us"

Say what you will, but it's mean and it makes me wanna mosh.

8) Plebeian Grandstand - "False Highs, True Lows"

Another near perfect effort.

7) Wormrot - "Voices"

Grindcore AOTY, Singapore is strong on our charts this year.

6) Coma Cluster Void - "Mind Cemeteries"

One of the most underrated and interesting bands in modern death metal.

5) Vermin Womb - "Decline"

This is what perfect deathgrind sounds like.

4) American Football - "American Football LP2"

All the Kinsella charm is still there.

3) Ion Dissonance - "To Cast the First Stone"

"To Cast the First Stone" recalls the chaos of "Solace" while still retaining the heaviness of "Minus the Herd," and, simply put, is a banger. Many thanks to Good Fight Music for allowing them to appear on our second compilation, Mathcore Index: Volume 2.

2) The Dillinger Escape Plan - "Dissociation"

The perfect band, and a perfect end (allegedly) to their career. I would say music is better now, them having existed, and there is no band more influential in our scene. 

1) Car Bomb - "Meta"

Here I have included my Bandcamp review for "Meta," as it still seems the most effective description:

"Absolutely outstanding and incredibly innovative, Car Bomb are one of the most compelling bands in extreme music, and they have truly outdone themselves (again) with "Meta." I could continue heaping praise or add comparisons to other bands, but the fact is: there is no comparison to Car Bomb."



Top 5 EPs:

Wolf King - "Into the Infinite"
Sundrainer - "I Hope This Breaks Your Spirit"
Infernal Coil - "Infinite Prayer of Burning Hatred"
Worry - "Burden EP"
Gif From God - "2016 Winter Tour Tape"

Honorable Mentions*:

Telos - "Telos"
Cognizant - "Cognizant"
Brazen Bull - "Soiree"
Munt - "The Mind Is a Cage"
undō - "Deep Down"
Prissy Whip - "RIP AF"
Panthallasa - "Temper"
Cronauta - "The Bullring"
Jesus Horse - "Arguably More Productive Than Being Dead"
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - demo
Autocatalytica - "Vicissitudes"
Minerva Superduty - "Ground Zero"
Drivetime Commute - "Bag of Snakes"
The Guts - "Birth"
The Divorcée - "All My Heroes Are Dead and They Are Never Coming Back"
Car Made Of Glass - demo
Steaksauce Mustache - "Eat What We Kill For You"

*yes, a few of these were totally added last minute. -Christian

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Simon:

In no particular order...

Plebeian Grandstand - "False Highs, True Lows"

Coma Cluster Void - "Mind Cemeteries"

Deathspell Omega - "The Synarchy of Molten Bones"

Ulcerate - "Shrines of Paralysis"

Teramobil - "Magnitude of Thoughts"

Gendo Ikari - "Unit 1" (ep)

Meshuggah - "The Violent Sleep of Reason"

The Apex - "Underbelly" (ep)

Behold... the Arctopus - "Cognitive Emancipation"

Car Bomb - "Meta"

Mathcast: Episode 4 1/1/17

 This is the 4th episode of "Mathcast," in which we discuss SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Scumacide, Autocatalytica, The God Awful Truth, müłçh, and reveal our Best of 2016 lists.

Also available on iTunes.

Submission Sunday - 11/27/16

It's the last Sunday of the month, which means its time yet again to browse through our recent submissions and discoveries of the last month or so, and from here on in we're keeping it strictly releases from the past month in question (that means anything released after our last Submission Sunday post).

First up, Jesus Horse, mathcore from Montréal.

FFO: Every Time I Die, Blood Brothers, DriveTime Commute, The Guts

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This submission is sort of an obvious one if you follow our video premieres, but we wanted to give them exposure here as well; Telos, dark hardcore / mathcore from Copenhagen.

FFO: Converge, FBTMOF

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A super lo-fi but extremely compelling submission from Those Darn Gnomes (featuring members of Pyrrhon), avant-garde mathcore from San Diego. Quite the ensemble was utilized for this one.

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Super catchy submission from Geil, hardcore from Halifax.

FFO: Heavy Heavy Low Low, Prissy Whip, hardcore punk

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Dirty submission from Falter, heavy hardcore from Milwaukee.

FFO: Nails, His Hero Is Gone, Dead in the Dirt

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One of the most exciting submissions this month comes from Dead Kiwis, mathcore from Lyon, France. Be sure to watch out for the full EP, "Karate Karnage," January 2017.

FFO: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Norma Jean, The Chariot

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Like weird noise? Nimitta's got you. Instrumental 2 piece from Chicago with an impressive back-catalog.

FFO: Yowie, The Flying Luttenbachers

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Our last submission is wild one, The Bugs, experimental hardcore / cybergrind from Sydney, Australia.

FFO: The Locust, Melt Banana, Head Wound City, Some Girls

We'll be back again on the last Sunday of every month with more of our favorite new releases, please support the bands; like them on Facebook, nab their releases on Bandcamp, buy their merch.

Mathcore Index: Volume 2

We are proud to present to you our second compilation, Mathcore Index: Volume 2, featuring nearly 30 unique underground artists from around the globe. Artwork by the supremely talented Karl Frandsen, layout by Tamás Bakó, and original logo by Keith Carlson. 

Format: digital, free 

Release date: 11/16/16 

Track listing: 

The Apex - "Underbelly"

Artemisia Absinthium - "Pi"

Brazen Bull - "Stagger"

Car Bomb - "Lights Out"

The Central - "Aku Law"

Cognizant - "Dichotomy"

Cyprus - "Media Analingus"

Down I Go - "An Outlaw Killed"

Forests - "Tamago"

Gas Up Yr Hearse‼ - "Sisyphus In Heat"

Gendo Ikari - "The Protocol"

Gif From God - "No Dude, He Likes to Spray"

Goodthink - "where did it go?"

Hadean - "Noise Reduction Impulse"

Infernal Coil - "True Nature"
Ion Dissonance - "To Lift the Dead Hand of the Past"

MoRkObOt - "KoLoGoRa"

Mothman - "Fiery Faith"

Munt - "Starving" (feat. Davie Campbell of Canpipe)

name - "...By Jaw & Fang"

Noise Trail Immersion - "In Somnis"

Panthallasa - "Blowtorch Mavens"

Prissy Whip - "Dog Food"

Spurn - "News Feed"

Sundrainer - "Blackened Veins"
Teramobil - "Magnitude of Thoughts"

undō - "Deep Down"

Unyielding Love - "Abandon the Body"

Upsilon Acrux - "Pitch Mountain: Maps"

Mathcast: Episode 2 11/1/16

This is the 2nd episode of "Mathcast," in which we talk about Sundrainer, Mothman, Infernal Coil, Prissy Whip, Cognizant, Munt, and fanboy out about our favorite releases and shows in the month of October.

Also available on iTunes.

Submission Sunday - 10/30/16

Submission Sundays started as just a chain of posts on the last Sunday of every month, rounding up our favorite user-submitted releases or releases we unearthed ourselves over the course of that month. However, I felt it would be more effective to simply group all these bands into one article for your convenience and listening pleasure. This time I've narrowed it down to 10 highlights, all of them released within the last few months

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First up, Sundrainer, from Richmond, Virginia. 

FFO: As the Sun Sets, mathcore / techgrind

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Our next submission is a nasty one, Joy, from North Carolina. Thanks to Nick Schultz for recommending this one.

FFO: Nails, Full of Hell, Lamplighter, Grim State

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An incredible submission from Mothman, "Answers to No One," which a pummeling 20 track assault of techgrind/mathcore, and by far one of the most exciting releases this year.



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Screeching, grinding madness from Munt, from Melbourne. Sick highs and insane blast beats with the occasional hardcore breakdown or 2-step, because why the fuck not?



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Super sick stuff from undō, noise / grind from Oakland. Big ups to my good friend Quade Ross for recommending this one.

FFO: Daughters, techgrind, screamo



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Our next band is Puncture, from LA, a promising new band who were recently brought to my attention by my friends in Wolf King. 

FFO: Gaza / Cult Leader, Spurn, Full of Hell



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Really sick stuff from Dig Out, mathcore from Atlanta. 

FFO: Heavy Heavy Low Low, Botch, Gaza



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Next we have Minerva Superduty, mathcore from Athens.

FFO: Botch, Curl Up and Die, Panthallasa 



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Ilenkus, mathcore from Ireland, who's latest album was recorded by Aiden Cunningham of Murdock and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. Solid release.



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Our last submission is yet another sick band from the UK, Salò, from Glasgow. Thanks to homie Tarquin Jones of I Echoed So Loud for the recommendation. Too bad this band recently called it quits.

FFO: Arab On Radar / Doomsday Student, Daughters, Hit School, AIDS Wolf, Gila Monster, Prissy Whip, noise

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Check back on the last Sunday of every month for more new and exciting underground bands.

Mathcore Index: "Volume 2" artwork

We are extremely excited to reveal the artwork for our second compilation, Mathcore Index: Volume 2, featuring over 20 unique underground artists from around the globe. Artwork by the supremely talented Karl Frandsen, layout by Tamas Bako, and original logo by Keith Carlson of The Appartus message boards and Headband 'n Buttonmash. Track list and release date soon.

Mathcast: Episode 1 10/1/16

This is the pilot episode of our new podcast, "Mathcast," in which we talk about Forests, Spurn, Unyielding Love, The Central, .gif from God, and listen to the sound of our own voices.
Also available on iTunes.