This year pushed everyone to their absolute limit, however, that darkness, that isolation, proved to be a testing ground for those creators who maybe needed that extra time, that extra push to finally release that debut record, or that EP that felt like it wasn’t in the right vein compared to their previous work. 2020 was a free for all and we as listeners benefitted big time. You may not have yet heard of everyone on this list but rest assured, in such strange and divisive times, all these records found a home whereas a “normal” year may have kept them in the desk drawer forever. Say what you will about 2020, but for those artists brave enough to traverse the tundra of an artistic drought that was this year, hats off to you. In no particular order… 5. August Burns Red – Guardians An...
Misery Made Me
2022 release. Filled with moments of relentless energy throwing back to their punk and hardcore roots to visionary moments of modern heavy, Silverstein's Misery Made Me fastens the group's status as torchbearers of the scene on all fronts. It's both intriguing and inspiring that a band - who could have merely rested on the impressive legacy they've already cemented - would continue to dig deep and find the inspiration to reach people in meaningful new ways. On Misery Made Me - and their 22nd lap around the scene - Silverstein ultimately find themselves spring-boarding off the heights they've reached over the past handful of years. "For the first time in our career, we truly put it all out there. We went into this with no rules and no preconceived notions of what Silverstein is or what it could be. The results are bold. We somehow wrote the heaviest, saddest, catchiest, and most emotional songs in 22 years of being a band... all on the same album," reveals vocalist Shane Told.
