jpJul 21, 2025
Hardcore and metalcore live and die on the line between personal confession and postured fury. But when a song like Dying Wish’s “Severing the Senses” leans too far into vagueness and fantasy, its anger feels more staged than searing. If you’re going to scream revenge, you’d better sound like you mean it.
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https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/severing-the-senses/
Dying Wish’s SEVERING THE SENSES: No Holds Barred—or Just Holding Back?

In “Severing the Senses” (2021) Dying Wish frontwoman Emma Boster sings about being “thirsty for blood” and “hunting for revenge.” She vows, “A broken bone for each tear I shed.” Fair enough — but …

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jpJul 21, 2025
The Acacia Strain’s “Inverted Person” wants you to believe paradise was ruined… by people wearing cell phone holsters. Because nothing says apocalyptic metalcore like a Boomer meme from 2008.
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https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/the-acacia-strains-inverted-person-the-apocalypse-wears-a-cell-phone-holster/
The Acacia Strain’s ‘Inverted Person’: The Apocalypse Wears a Cell Phone Holster

The Acacia Strain’s “Inverted Person” (2020) would be a passable slab of nihilistic metalcore were it not for one glaring lyrical misstep that drags the whole track into self-parody. The song …

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