Album review: Hollow Front – The Fear Of Letting Go

What would metalcore be without suffering? Ask Hollow Front, whose third album captures them in a state of flux, while reminding us that the significance of a piece of art can change over time. Not a lot of time, in the case of single Letting Go. Beginning life as a lament about the end of a romantic union, the song took on a new significance when guitarist Dakota Alvarez announced he was leaving the band, citing the residual trauma and financial complications resulting from the bus crash Hollow Front were involved in last year. Dakota’s presence on Letting Go, the album’s closing track, certainly brings an added poignancy in its final moments. Hearing vocalist Tyler Tat sing the words ​‘The passion’s gone now’ and ​‘I never thought that it would come to ...

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