Tokyo metalcore royalty SAILING BEFORE THE WIND have recently released their crushing new single ‘One Step Over‘ featuring Jonathan Thorpenberg of The Unguided fame, delivering their propulsive metalcore energy in an anthemic package. To celebrate, we caught up with the band to give you their top 10 underground bands worth checking out in 2022, and Top 5 Albums selected by their bassist Bitoku Sakamato! Merging influences from metalcore, melodic death metal and hardcore genres, ‘One Step Over’ boasts relentless grooves, ruthless fretwork, and hook-laden choruses that rip the song open from the starting note. Vocalist Ryoichi Suemori delivers brutal gutturals and resonant cleans with full gusto elevating this swirling wall of sound layered with precise riffs and rhyt...
