Face Yourself is a transcontinental deathcore force that has been around since 2023. It’s amazing to me that their members are spread out from Colorado, New York, New Jersey, and France. I can barely get friends in the same town as me to hang out.
The band isn’t afraid to drop EP after EP with singles constantly thus offering deathcore from a thousand little cuts. Their first three EPs were all self-released in 2023. After lying dormant for a year, the band came back swinging in 2025 and begin working with their new home, Sumerian Records (After The Burial, Born Of Osiris, Slaughter To Prevail.
In April of this year, they dropped the Martyr EP and are now circling back to release this 5-song EP Fury on 9/16. On this release, the band evolves and dives into a darker, more psychologically brutal territory. On the lead single from the release, “Fractures”, the band dissects the violence of beauty standards and self-hatred. Vocalist Yasmine Liverneaux brings her French influence and socially conscious themes into these lyrics which really sets them apart from most bands within the genre.
They have been able to blend the modern heaviness of deathcore while keeping true to the old-school roots and stretch the confines of the genre. There are definite MySpace-era throwback riffs, insanely heavy breakdowns, and overall pummeling guitar assaults in these songs. They also include some audio clips and keyboards over the tracks that add to the atmosphere and intensity of the music.
The production of this release is crushing. This is in part to having Joey Strugis (Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, We Came As Romans) behind the mixing controls. He was able to help push their sound into more uncompromising territory while maintaining the emotional depth that they’re known for. The production quality is some of the best I’ve heard in a long time.
The vocals are insane on this release. It goes from extreme highs to utmost lows and it’s exactly what you crave when listening to deathcore. The songs are brutal and arresting. I absolutely love it when bands do breakdowns that are so stop/start on a dime that you break your neck head banging. The breakdown at the end of “Wet Dreams” makes me feel like I could punch through a brick wall. In fact, each one of these songs has a breakdown or multiple breakdowns that would just demolish any venue it was played at.
If you’re a fan of deathcore, moshing, and making that stank face over just gnarly breakdowns, this EP needs to be in your collection. In my opinion, the top two stand out tracks on this release are “Wet Dreams” and “Carousel of Violence”. This is definitely top-shelf deathcore, and I would put it against anything out there currently.
