GALLOWS

On their first album since 2018’s <i>Hard Feelings</i>, Phoenix metalcore troupe blessthefall return with a bang. The appropriately titled “Wake the Dead” was released as a standalone teaser in 2023, followed over a year later by “Drag Me Under”, an explosive tune co-written by Tony Cappocchi of Dragged Under and featuring guest vocals from Lochie Keogh of Aussie metalcore squad Alpha Wolf. blessthefall vocalist Beau Bokan and bassist/vocalist Jared Warth lead the charge on “mallxcore”, a blistering track directed at the band’s Reddit haters, before joining forces with Story of the Year on “Fell So Hard, Felt So Right” and the UK’s Caskets on “Somebody Else”.