WKNC 88.1 FM - North Carolina State University Student Radio
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | STRYCHNOS | Armageddon Patronage | Dark Descent |
| 2 | SVNEATR | “Never Return” [Single] | Prosthetic |
| 3 | WRISTMEETRAZOR | Degeneration | Prosthetic |
| 4 | ABHORIA | Depths | Prosthetic |
| 5 | AMIENSUS | Reclamation Part 1 | M-Theory |
| 6 | ANAKA | The Oblivion Call | Self-Released |
| 7 | AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE | Quad Brutal | Napalm |
| 8 | BRAT | Social Grace | Prosthetic |
| 9 | BRODEQUIN | Harbinger of Woe | Season of Mist |
| 10 | CANDY | “eXistenZ” [Single] | Relapse |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | WAHID | feast, by raven | Innovative Leisure/Praises Due |
| 2 | SGLILY AND EMOTIONALS | Genki Rock | Full Metal |
| 3 | AN ALIEN CALLED HARMONY | An Alien Called Harmony [EP] | New Soil |
| 4 | RITCHIE | Triple Digits [112] | AWAL |
| 5 | GROUPTHERAPY | i was mature for my age, but i was still a child | Self-Released |
| 6 | SCOTT Y LOS PELMAZOS | Analog Machine Presents – Scott Y Los Pelmazos | Analog Machine |
| 7 | GUMBO | Stir The Pot | A Tiny Universe |
| 8 | LOS CHICOS CRIOLLOS | Tango Sessions | CMNWLTH |
| 9 | SEAFOOD SAM | Standing On Giant Shoulders | drink sum wtr |
| 10 | CLAN SPRM | The Great American Eclipse | Humblux |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | MEAN JEANS | Blasted | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 2 | SWEET HOME | Advice | Surplus Dads |
| 3 | VEGYN | The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions | PLZ Make It Ruins |
| 4 | WAGGING | My Own Private Rodeo | Self-Released |
| 5 | ADRIANNE LENKER | Bright Future | 4AD |
| 6 | MANNEQUIN PUSSY | I Got Heaven | Epitaph |
| 7 | OFFICE DOG | Spiel | New West/Flying Nun |
| 8 | PSYMON SPINE | Head Body Connector | Northern Spy |
| 9 | SOFTCULT | “Shortest Fuse” [Single] | Easy Life |
| 10 | YEULE | “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” [Single] | A24 |
| 11 | BLADEE | “Requiem” [Single] | Trash Island |
| 12 | BRISTLER | Cascades At Play [EP] | Mint 400 |
| 13 | CRUMB | “AMAMA” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 14 | DEAD POET SOCIETY | FISSION | Spinefarm |
| 15 | FONTAINES DC | “Starbuster” [Single] | XL |
| 16 | GLITTERER | Rationale | Anti- |
| 17 | GOAT GIRL | “Ride Around” [Single] | Rough Trade |
| 18 | LOWERTOWN | Skin Of My Teeth [EP] | Self-Released |
| 19 | MEI SEMONES | Kabutomushi [EP] | Bayonet |
| 20 | OMNI | Souvenir | Sub Pop |
| 21 | PANCHIKO | Failed at Math(s) | Ditto |
| 22 | PINKSHIFT | suraksha [EP] | Hopeless |
| 23 | RADIOHEAD | OK Computer | XL |
| 24 | SAYA GRAY | QWERTY II [EP] | Dirty Hit |
| 25 | STALEFISH | Stalefish Does America | Happen Twice |
| 26 | VAMPIRE WEEKEND | Only God Was Above Us | Columbia/Sony |
| 27 | YARD ACT | Where’s My Utopia? | Island/UMG |
| 28 | YUNGATITA | Shoelace & A Knot | Self-Released |
| 29 | AL WEST | The Store | Spirit Research |
| 30 | ACTRESS | LXXXVIII | Ninja Tune |
# | Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FLORIST | “Riding Around in the Dark” [Single] | Terrorbird | |
| 2 | CHASTITY BELT | Live Laugh Love | Suicide Squeeze | |
| 3 | EKKO ASTRAL | pink balloons | Topshelf | |
| 4 | LOSTINES, THE | Meet The Lostines | Gar Hole |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | MEI SEMONES | Kabutomushi [EP] | Bayonet |
| 2 | DANNY BROWN | Quaranta | Warp |
| 3 | MANNEQUIN PUSSY | I Got Heaven | Epitaph |
| 4 | ADRIANNE LENKER | Bright Future | 4AD |
| 5 | ATMOSPHERE | Talk Talk [EP] | Rhymesayers |
| 6 | KIPP STONE | 66689 BLVD | Closed Sessions |
| 7 | ROSIE TUCKER | Utopia Now! | Sentimental |
| 8 | SEAFOOD SAM | Standing On Giant Shoulders | drink sum wtr |
| 9 | WAHID | feast, by raven | Innovative Leisure/Praises Due |
| 10 | CAKES DA KILLA | Black Sheep | Young Art |
| 11 | ILLA J | No Traffic | BBE |
| 12 | MEAN JEANS | Blasted | Fat Wreck Chords |
| 13 | OFFICE DOG | Spiel | New West/Flying Nun |
| 14 | RITCHIE | Triple Digits [112] | AWAL |
| 15 | SOFTCULT | “Shortest Fuse” [Single] | Easy Life |
| 16 | TY SEGALL | Three Bells | Drag City |
| 17 | WAGGING | My Own Private Rodeo | Self-Released |
| 18 | ALTERNATE LIFE FORCE | A.L.F. – The Initial Transmissions [EP] | Self-Released |
| 19 | CHUCK STRANGERS | A Forsaken Lover’s Plea | Lex |
| 20 | CZARFACE | Czartificial Intelligence | Silver Age/Virgin |
| 21 | DEAD POET SOCIETY | FISSION | Spinefarm |
| 22 | DJ UNKNOWN | Prisoners Of Gravity | Urbnet |
| 23 | EDO. G | We Do Good | Red Line |
| 24 | GOTTS STREET PARK | On The Inside | Blue Flowers/PIAS |
| 25 | HOTLINE TNT | Cartwheel | Third Man |
| 26 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Crying Crystals | Mighty Gang |
| 27 | OMNI | Souvenir | Sub Pop |
| 28 | K-RIZ | One Way Ticket | Birthday Cake |
| 29 | KURUPI | Mano [EP] | Hit The North |
| 30 | MINT FIELD | Aprender A Ser | Felte |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | SAY LOU LOU | Dust Pt. 1 [EP] | Cosmos |
| 2 | BEEN STELLAR | “Sweet” [Single] | Dirty Hit |
| 3 | FONTAINES DC | “Starbuster” [Single] | XL |
| 4 | CHANEL BEADS | Your Day Will Come | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 5 | LIFE’S QUESTION | Life’s Question [EP] | Flatspot |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | CHUCK STRANGERS | A Forsaken Lover’s Plea | Lex |
| 2 | CAKES DA KILLA | Black Sheep | Young Art |
| 3 | WAHID | feast, by raven | Innovative Leisure/Praises Due |
| 4 | SCOTT Y LOS PELMAZOS | Analog Machine Presents – Scott Y Los Pelmazos | Analog Machine |
| 5 | RITCHIE | Triple Digits [112] | AWAL |
| 6 | LOS CHICOS CRIOLLOS | Tango Sessions | CMNWLTH |
| 7 | GUMBO | Stir The Pot | A Tiny Universe |
| 8 | SEAFOOD SAM | Standing On Giant Shoulders | drink sum wtr |
| 9 | ERICK THE ARCHITECT | I’ve Never Been Here Before | IDOL |
| 10 | TOUSSAINT MORRISON | The Very Best Of Ricky & Jane | Urban Home Companion |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | SEAFOOD SAM | Standing On Giant Shoulders | drink sum wtr |
| 2 | DELIVERY BOYS | Delivery Boys | Self-Released |
| 3 | KENNY MASON | 9 (Nine) | RCA |
| 4 | RIZZY RACKZ | “Loving Me Baby” [Single] | MPT |
| 5 | CNO | “Sometimes” [Single] | Self-Released |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | BOBBY SELVAGGIO 11 | Stories, Dreams, Inspirations: For My Boy | Hidden Cinema |
| 2 | JAMES ZOLLAR | The Ways In | JZAZ |
| 3 | JOHNATHAN BLAKE | Tears I Cannot Hide | Blue Note |
| 4 | TONY JONES AND JESSICA JONES | Hear Into The Future | Reva |
| 5 | GOTTS STREET PARK | On The Inside | Blue Flowers/PIAS |
| 6 | GHOST-NOTE | Mustard n’ Onions | Artistry/Mack Avenue |
| 7 | KEYON HARROLD | Foreverland | Concord Jazz/Concord |
| 8 | WILLY RODRIGUEZ | Seeing Sounds | Outside in |
| 9 | KELLY GREEN | Seems | Green Soul |
| 10 | JOSHUA REDMAN FEATURING GABRIELLE CAVASSA | Where Are We | Blue Note |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | SVNEATR | “Never Return” [Single] | Prosthetic |
| 2 | FINAL RESTING PLACE | Prelude to Extinction [EP] | Daze |
| 3 | MOUTHBREATHER | Self-Tape | Good Fight |
| 4 | ABORTED | Vault Of Horrors | Nuclear Blast |
| 5 | ANAKA | The Oblivion Call | Self-Released |
| 6 | WHITECROSS | Fear No Evil | Dark Star |
| 7 | CANDY | “eXistenZ” [Single] | Relapse |
| 8 | WRISTMEETRAZOR | Degeneration | Prosthetic |
| 9 | BRODEQUIN | Harbinger of Woe | Seasons of Mist |
| 10 | GATECREEPER | “The Black Curtain” [Single] | Nuclear Blast |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | VEGYN | The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions | PLZ Make It Ruins |
| 2 | 18 DAYS | Lost In Motion | Self-Released |
| 3 | FBF-VA001 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | fourbyfour |
| 4 | PSYCHOANGEL | rave gundam revolution | Kitty On Fire |
| 5 | CURREN | One True Color | Self-Released |
| 6 | DJ SLORGLEDORF | god put me on this earth to open the pit! | Self-Released |
| 7 | CYBERIA COLLECTION VOL. 3 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dismiss Yourself |
| 8 | BAD TUNER | look at me but through me [EP] | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 9 | NIA ARCHIVES | Silence Is Loud | HIJINXX/Island/Universal |
| 10 | CLUB ANGEL | Soundbwoy’s Destiny [EP] | Astral People/PIAS |
| # | Artist | Record | Label |
| 1 | NIA ARCHIVES | Silence Is Loud | HIJINXX/Island/Universal |
| 2 | BAD TUNER | look at me but through me [EP] | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 3 | DINA OGON | “Det Lacker” (Sebastian Furrer Edit) [Single] | Playground Scandinavia |
| 4 | GIRL ULTRA | “rimel” [Single] | Big Dada |
| 5 | AIGEL | AIGEL [EP] | Silk |
| 6 | OBUMO | “Night Night” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | JAMIE XX | “Baddy On The Floor” [Single] | Young |
| 8 | MARIA CHIARA ARGIRO | “Floating” [Single] | Innovative Leisure |
| 9 | CARIBOU | “Honey” [Single] | Merge |
It’s no secret that there are some hard facts no one likes to think about. One of those facts is the truth of the world, that there is violence which persists daily, people who go without, people who suffer and are turned away by society. This is a fact which many people choose to ignore from the safe bubbles of neighborhoods or college campuses.
Yet, this fact permeates. It’s hard to truly ignore, it’s always there. In the news, on the street corners, in the lived experiences which we try to push down and move past, injustices people have overcome, injustices people still face.
“Death is Little More” by Boundaries, their third album, contains 33 straight minutes of pure insanity. With themes surrounding death, grief and rage, Boundaries delivered an unforgettable record.
Boundaries are a highly underrated band and I believe they will become big players in the scene. Frontman Matthew MacDougal’s harsh vocals will leave your skin crawling, yet constantly wanting more.If you want to hear some of the heaviest breakdowns of 2024, look into this 5-piece band from Connecticut. They are one to keep on your radar.
The album itself flows together smoothly from start to finish, adding to the experience of my first listen. Add unforgettable riffs, melodic elements, and a ferocious percussion, and you have “Death is Little More.” With featured vocals on the album from Marcus Vik (Invent Animate), Lochie Keogh (Alpha Wolf) and Matt Honeycutt (Kublai Khan TX), you know you are getting an AOTY contender.
My top-three tracks on the album are “Turning Hate Into Rage,” “Scars On A Soul” and “Blood Soaked Salvation (feat. Matt Honeycutt)”.
Upon first listen, the opening track, “Turning Hate Into Rage” immediately hooked me into the album. Opening with one of the heaviest tracks on the album was no mistake. It introduces the main theme that surrounds the album as a whole: rage.
The albums single, “Scars On A Soul” was top-tier. This song sounds like top-tier early 2000s metalcore with chaotic hardcore inspired breakdowns. Lyrically, it has to be my favorite.
“Blood Soaked Salvation,” features the vocalist Matt Honeycutt of the metal-core/death-core band, Kublai Khan TX. I was thrilled to hear how MacDougal and Honeycutt sound together on a track, and they did not disappoint. You can clearly hear the Kublai Khan TX influences, and mix that with Boundaries, you have an instant hit. Oh, and have I mentioned heavy breakdowns? This song takes the crown for that.
This album was a chaotic experience from start to finish, in the best way. I personally thought it would be difficult for them to top their previous album, “Burying Brightness.” Even with a shorter run-time, Boundaries did not disappoint. I will for sure be seeing them on this album’s tour cycle. They will be performing at Local 506 in Chapel Hill on June 2.