Okay –I Promise The World are a young, upcoming metalcore band, freshly signed to Rise Records and they’re are starting 2026 with a new self-titled EP. So far, so good, but what makes them unusual is that their sound is heavily indebted to 2006 – like, everything about it could be lifted from mainstream screamo records released the year the band’s members were born. It’s absolutely fascinating, and thankfully, it’s also really good.
Due to the internet’s ability to collapse eras, trends and fashions seem to swirl around in a strange melting pot; Massive jeans are back, people have mullets and moustaches by choice – and here we have a new band whose sound was once pervasive but dropped out of style. Until now. Rise Records think there’s a thirst for it, that it – the past – is also the future. This might sound counterintuitive but it’s actually more of a reset; time and evolution made this kind of metalcore scarce, leaving a gap in the market; I Promised The World are…
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