Yes, I’m well aware we've just done the whole year-end-awards thing. But that doesn't change the fact that 2025 was an absurdly stacked year for deathcore. Like, "grand cru" levels, if you'll pardon my French. With that many killer releases flooding the zone, a few worthy heavy-hitters were bound to get trampled in the stampede.
One of them, clawing its way back out of the pile, is Bleeding Hypocrisy by Earth Eater.
Formed in 2017, with two EPs and a debut full-length already under their belts, Earth Eater are a three-piece from Portland, Oregon specializing in high-intensity workouts for the neck muscles. This is fierce, juggernaut deathcore. Hitting harder than the meteorite that dropped from orbit and wiped out the dinosaurs. No exaggeration (okay, some exaggeration): this thing goes ball-crushingly hard.
At its core, Bleeding Hypocrisy is a well-executed trifecta of heaviness, technicality and melody. Earth Eater clearly understand the radical concept of writing actual songs. The album is equal parts ridiculously savage and insanely enjoyable (which probably says something troubling about me), and then sneaks in just enough melody to keep you coming back for repeat
Stylistically, Earth Eater doubles down on all the deathcore fundamentals: giant-sized heaviness, an unflinching technical assault, dissonant grooves that seem engineered to collapse venue walls on the first note, blistering riffs, meaty solos juicer than a filet mignon steak, monstrous breakdowns that could register on the Richter scale, and ferocious vocals. It’s all here. Scorched-earth bludgeoning with a ribbon on top.
You’ve read it here first, folks: this warhorse of an album is an underrated banger, plain and simple. A display of groove-laden and surprisingly listenable brutality that should turn more than a few heads and maybe, hopefully, even elbow its way closer to the front of the pack.
Is it late for the 2025 awards cycle? Sure. Is it too late for you to add it to your regular rotation of "music that makes me want to punch a new crater into the moon"? Absolutely not.
