Winning has no shine in Brian Hunsaker’s “Final Score.” Brian Hunsaker’s fifth and final single before Where Dreamers Fall uses speed metal and power metal to face war’s aftershock. He frames conflict as a mental trap. The end keeps coming into view, yet no outcome feels clean. It suits listeners who want intense metal with a dramatic premise. It avoids a simple tale of triumph. The path...

Faint Halos smash headlong into our digitally fragmented reality with "I Don't Want to Know," an urgent, anxiety-laced blast of alt-rock. The Philadelphia band steered by founder and songwriter Paul Hashemi alongside Miguel Padro, Bill Hallinan, and Matt Cieljka has explicitly declared war on the modern crisis of engagement. Following their 2024 album "I can see a million lights", they continue to completely bypass sterile,...