Heart of a Coward
Heart of a Coward formed in Milton Keynes in 2009 and became a recognizable name in British metalcore by combining djent-informed precision with groove-heavy songwriting. The early Dead Sea EP and Hope and Hindrance introduced the band's low-end impact, but Severance and Deliverance pushed them into stronger territory with songs like "Hollow," "Distance," "Psychophant," "Shade," and "Mouth of Madness." Jamie Graham's era gave the band a commanding vocal identity, while later material with Kaan Tasan on The Disconnect and This Place Only Brings Death showed a group still capable of balancing punishing riffs with clean melodic release. Heart of a Coward's music is built for weight: palm-muted patterns, syncopated breakdowns, and choruses that rarely soften the mood completely. They fit metalcore scope directly through sound, scene, and touring context, but their best work also draws from groove metal's insistence on physical movement. The band's appeal is less about chaos than controlled pressure. When Heart of a Coward lock into a riff, the songs feel engineered to make a room move as one heavy machine.
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Heart of a Coward Discography
6 tracks
- 1 We Stand as One 3:47
- 2 Keep Your Distance 3:38
- 3 And Only Time Will Tell 2:52
- 4 Around a Girl (In 80 Days) 3:25
- 5 Dead Sea, Pt. 1 1:55
- 6 City in Exile 5:45
10 tracks
- 1 Killing Fields 4:04
- 2 All Eyes to the Sky 4:51
- 3 Around a Girl (In 80 Days) 3:27
- 4 We Stand as One 3:47
- 5 Light 2:39
- 6 Shade 4:29
- 7 Nightmare 2:58
- 8 Hope and Hindrance 1:23
- 9 And Only Time Will Tell 2:58
- 10 Break These Chains 7:30
17 tracks
- 1 Monstro 3:33
- 2 Prey 3:48
- 3 Distance 3:58
- 4 Nauseam 3:38
- 5 Deadweight 3:45
- 6 Eclipsed 2:42
- 7 Psychophant 3:43
- 8 Mirrors 3:56
- 9 Desensitise 3:50
- 10 Severance 5:55
- 11 Nightmare (Live at Download 2013) 3:20
- 12 Killing Fields (Live at Download 2013) 3:55
- 13 We Stand As One (Live at Download 2013) 4:26
- 14 Deadweight (Live at Download 2013) 4:32
- 15 Shade (Live at Download 2013) 4:59
- 16 Psychophant (Live at Download 2013) 3:56
- 17 Around a Girl (In 80 Days) (Live at Download 2013) 4:18
10 tracks
- 1 Hollow 4:16
- 2 Miscreation 4:35
- 3 Turmoil I - Wolves 4:15
- 4 Turmoil II - The Weak Inherit the Earth 5:48
- 5 Anti-Life 3:43
- 6 Grain of Sand 4:00
- 7 Mouth of Madness 4:50
- 8 Deliverance 5:01
- 9 Skeletal I - Mourning Repairs 5:37
- 10 Skeletal II - Arise 4:40
1 track
- 1 Collapse 4:40
10 tracks
- 1 Drown in Ruin 3:41
- 2 Ritual 3:33
- 3 Collapse 4:26
- 4 Culture of Lies 3:34
- 5 In the Wake 3:47
- 6 Senseless 3:43
- 7 Return to Dust 2:58
- 8 Suffocate 2:55
- 9 Parasite 3:48
- 10 Isolation 4:41
10 tracks
- 1 This place only brings death 3:31
- 2 Captor 2:54
- 3 Surrender to failure 3:04
- 4 Devour me 3:01
- 5 Decay 3:21
- 6 Ghost 4:26
- 7 HEX 3:27
- 8 Passenger 3:59
- 9 Dehumanise 2:58
- 10 All life is finite 5:06
4 tracks
- 1 Surrender to failure 3:04
- 2 Devour me 3:01
- 3 Decay 3:21
- 4 This place only brings death 3:31
3 tracks
- 1 Devour me 3:01
- 2 Decay 3:21
- 3 This place only brings death 3:31
2 tracks
- 1 Decay 3:21
- 2 This place only brings death 3:31
1 track
- 1 This place only brings death 3:31
1 track
- 1 Paradise 3:16
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