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Features

Blow Your Brains Out: Meet the Tokyo Hardcore Band Behind One of the Best LPs This Year

By Carlos Ramirez |

The Big Escape brings to mind the power of prime Cro-Mags and Killing Time.

Features

Hardcore Punk Shows Are Getting “Aggrocidal” in the Mid Ohio Valley

By No Echo |

You definitely love to see it.

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Antagonizm

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Krakdown, Fit of Anger, obscure NYHC demos

Features

Holy Figures: North Carolina Post-Hardcore Unit Returns with EP Featuring Jawbox Cover

By No Echo |

We chat with vocalist/guitarist Owen Smith about the EP and the inner-struggles that inspired the material.

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Winnerz Circle

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Three Knee Deep, Stout, Fury of Five

Features

Existence: Swedish Metallic Hardcore Band Discusses Their Sinister-Sounding Debut LP

By Carlos Ramirez |

Go to Heaven will make fans of Congress, Integrity, and Liar go apeshit.

Reviews

Rotten Sound, Apocalypse (Season of Mist, 2023)

By Benedetto Manzella |

The Finnish grinders return with their eighth studio album.

Interviews

The Dark: Guitarist Robert Griffin on the ‘80s Cleveland Hardcore Punk Band’s New Compilation

By Carlos Ramirez |

"I think some of it sounds like Venom covering Warsaw."

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Qapla’

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Concealed Blade, Gas Rag, Chain Whip

Features

Cross Control: Los Angeles Hardcore Band Teases Debut LP via “Half Right” Music Video

By Flint Beard |

Try and Survive will be coming out through New Age Records on May 5th.

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Eteraz

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Discharge, Impalers, Public Acid

Features

UltraMantis Black: Enigmatic Wrestler on His Hardcore Band’s Past History & Crushing New EP

By Carlos Ramirez |

His group's lineup features Edgewise, Starkweather, and occasionally Pissed Jeans.

Features

Life of Crime x SALT: Ohio Hardcore Bands Link Up for New Split EP (PREMIERE)

By Zach Butcher |

"Ohio hardcore and, more specifically, Columbus hardcore is the best there is."

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Dughouse

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Drift Again, Outspoken, Dayspring

Features

Wanderer: Minneapolis Band Takes a Brutal Journey via “Hatred” (VIDEO PREMIERE)

By No Echo |

Metallic hardcore, death metal & sludge meet on Indulgence of the Unreal EP.

Features

OC Rippers: New Jersey Punk Band Favors Fun & Volume on New Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

"...we draw influences outta '60s and '70s rock and roll and early punk like Sham 69 and the UK Subs."

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Fatal Wounds

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Merauder, God's Hate, Terror

Features

Guillotine: New Hampshire Band Evokes ‘90s Death Metal Spirit on New EP

By Carlos Ramirez |

They also sprinkle metallic hardcore into their sonic recipe.

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