Rival Minds

Sydney thrashcore titans Bare Bones have long reigned over the city’s underground, but with their slick and spicy new set of mosh anthems, we predict a crack into the mainstream on their horizon. Drawing on classic metal techniques to dole their punkish ferocity a tasty dose of swagger, the five-piece shine with motley layered guitars, tearing basslines, and screams that teeter back and forth between mildly destructive and downright deadly. It’s a clear step up from their 2017 debut (which, mind you, was fantastic) – heavier and harder-hitting, yet more experimental and melodically resonant, LP2 sees Bare Bones master their genre-bending idiosyncrasy to a T.