Post-Trash’s 2025 Highlights: Top Picks

uly intense listen that refuses to let up until the very end. While it may be a “demo,” AMEROL’s release is anything but that, delivering a fully formed assault on the senses that can stand up against the best of the best in hardcore circles. – Devin Birse

Enter The Void | Berserker

Dwid Hellion’s powerful spoken word slithers out the gate before Enter The Void’s debut album Berserker bursts forth in an unrelenting onslaught of ferocious blackened hardcore. Astral Twinn’s hypnotic and otherworldly guitar work seamlessly intertwines with Matt Horrigan’s fierce and flurried drumming while Hellion’s spoken word becomes a banshee wail of pure primal fury. One of the standout features of Enter The Void’s music is the tension and release found in their control of dynamics, with white hot blistering passages giving way to brooding and haunting ambience.

Berserker, also featuring Chip King of The Body on the track “Crimson Wake,” is a revelation. The album stands as a testament to the band’s ability to harness the power of aggression and atmosphere, creating an immersive listening experience that is as emotionally gripping as it is sonically intense. Berserker is not just an album, it’s a journey through the darkest corners of the human psyche, a relentless barrage of sound that is as captivating as it is punishing. – Emmanuel Castillo

We’ve only just begun, expect Part Two soon…