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Cables & Arms: San Francisco Post-Hardcore Group Returns with “Burn” (VIDEO PREMIERE)

By No Echo |

"The song is about the natural conclusion to overt inequality, amplified by traditional and social media..."

Interviews

Jacob Bannon on Umbra Vitae, Working During the COVID-19 Lockdown, Death Metal + More

By Adam Yoe |

"Many artists will play dress up in sub-genres for better or worse. We are not interested in that."

Interviews

Drummer Andy “Outbreak” Granelli (The Distillers, The Nerve Agents, Model American)

By Darren Nanos |

"I always had this drive to do music, I never thought of anything else. Fucking laser focus on that. That was it."

Features

FAIM: Denver Hardcore Band Announces Debut LP, Premieres “Division Ave” (EXCLUSIVE)

By Flint Beard |

Inspired by "learning about the racist history of redlining," the track will appear on Hollow Hope.

Features

Drill Sergeant: New HC Band Feat. Current/Ex-Members of Fixation, Stud Count + More

By No Echo |

Citing influences like Infest, Crossed Out, and Vaccine, this group's debut demo is a brutal one.

Reviews

Umbra Vitae, Shadow of Life (Deathwish Inc, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Members of Converge, The Red Chord, and Twitching Tongues go on a death metal rampage.

Interviews

Mainstrike Vocalist Roland Roller Looks Back on the Dutch Hardcore Band’s ‘90s Run

By Carlos Ramirez |

"It was a great time as we stood at the beginning of a birth of a scene Europe had never seen before."

Interviews

Thirty Nights of Violence Singer Zach Wilbourn on Their New EP, the Nashville Hardcore Scene

By Connor Atkinson |

"We want to test the confines of our genre.”

Features

Don’t Sleep: East Coast Hardcore Band Reveals Album Details, Drops “Refine Me” Music Video

By Carlos Ramirez |

When Dave Smalley (DYS, Dag Nasty, ALL, Down By Law) is singing, we're listening.

Features

Mikey Erg + Postage Merge Forces on New Split EP, Donating Proceeds to NAACP

By No Echo |

Hooky punk purveyors collaborate on a cool project.

Lists

5 Bands That Introduced Me to Death Metal, by Lucas Anderson (Funeral Leech)

By No Echo |

The New York City-based drummer/vocalist pays tribute to some of his early influences.

Features

The Story Behind the Fake BOLD Reunion of 1996

By Eddie McNamara |

Cookbook author (and former NYHC musician) Eddie McNamara takes us back to the fateful day.

Features

Punitive Damage: Meet One of the Sickest Newer Hardcore Bands Out Right Now

By Carlos Ramirez |

"...I’m tired of clowns with ACAB tattoos acting like cops thinking they belong."

Song of the Day

Mal Aux Yeux, “Le Soleil Me...,” from Séquestré par la futur (Gargouille Association, 2020)

By Adam Yoe |

Left of center punk that features shades of Ebullition Records, crust, post-metal, and rock steady (!).

Features

185 Miles South Podcast Host Zack Nelson Bleeds Southern California Hardcore

By Carlos Ramirez |

A seminal Bad Religion album lit the fuse.

Reviews

Rotting Out, Ronin (Pure Noise Records, 2020)

By Hugo Reyes |

A hardcore album built for these traumatic times.

Features

Death Eyes: San Diego Band Whips Up Angry Noise Rock on "Management Is Not Your Friend"

By No Echo |

Do not watch the music video for this track around small children.

Features

Male Patterns x Executors: NY/NJ Groups Team Up for Split EP of Ferocious Punk

By No Echo |

Grrrrrrr!

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