No Echo

Features

Dear Furious: Hardcore Veterans Unite in New Band, Premiere Debut Track

By Carlos Ramirez | 5.2.2017

Members of Strife, Outspoken, Throwdown, A Chorus of Disapproval, Adamantium, and Mean Season Join Forces.

Record Collectors

Record Collector: Jeff Smith, aka lordxhumungus

By Carlos Ramirez | 5.2.2017

Whatever you do, just don't bring up Media Mail to this guy.

Song of the Day

Younglove, “As I...,” from Forsaken Will (2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 5.1.2017

Here's some hardcore straight out of Santa Cruz.

Record Collectors

Record Collector: Matt Rudzinski (Tribunal/Divebomb Records, Killwhitneydead)

By Carlos Ramirez | 5.1.2017

The label owner and CD hunter clearly has diverse musical tastes.

Song of the Day

Lookin Up, “Break” (2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.29.2017

New Zealand hardcore with bounce.

Reviews

Let It Be Written: The Biography of Metallica’s James Hetfield, by Mark Eglinton (Lesser Gods, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.28.2017

A look behind the complicated life and career of a heavy metal living legend.

Song of the Day

Nuclear Altar, “Ghostblood Rituals,” from Mankind in Decline (2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.28.2017

Nasty D-beat from Croatia that sounds like it was recorded on a boombox (that's a good thing here).

Features

Track Premiere: Panicker, "Heave" from Panicker (Three One G Records, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.27.2017

Wax Trax! Records meets the soundtrack to a David Cronenberg flick.

Song of the Day

Morfin, “Reincarnated,” from Consumed by Evil (FDA Records, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.27.2017

Imagine if Death made an album in between Leprosy and Spiritual Healing.

Record Collectors

Record Collector: Mike De Lorenzo (Sheer Terror, Serpico, Kill Your Idols, C.R.)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.27.2017

His OCD is no joke.

Interviews

Jorge Rosado (Merauder, Akani)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.26.2017

The outspoken singer on bad record label deals, Eddie from Leeway, and his band's legacy.

Song of the Day

Cold as Life, “Suffer” (Demons Run Amok, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.26.2017

Detroit bruisers return with a no-nonsense hardcore burner.

Features

Obscure Metal Bands: Ulysses Siren (California, 1983–Present)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.26.2017

Bay Area speed demons deserved a deal with Combat Records.

Song of the Day

Cult Cinema, “Midnight Man” (2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.25.2017

London outfit rip and tear in a creeped-out fashion.

Record Collectors

Record Collector: Tim McMahon (Search, Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Face the Enemy, Triple Threat)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.25.2017

Can you say Chung King Can Suck It test pressing?

Interviews

John Coyle (Outspoken, LastLight, Kill the Messenger, Yuckmouth)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.24.2017

The singer for the influential California-based straight edge band flips through his back pages.

Song of the Day

Edgewise, “Choked Out,” from Angels and Addicts (CoinTossRecords, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.21.2017

Formed in 1989, these hardcore vets haven't lost their bite.

Features

EP Premiere: Unrestrained, Inside My Head, Black Meets Red (Indecision Records, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.20.2017

Ex-members of Ten Yard Fight, Backlash, and The Dead Unknown bring it down, hard.

Most Recent

Dear Furious: Hardcore Veterans Unite in New Band, Premiere Debut Track

Record Collector: Jeff Smith, aka lordxhumungus

Younglove, “As I...,” from Forsaken Will (2017)

Record Collector: Matt Rudzinski (Tribunal/Divebomb Records, Killwhitneydead)

Lookin Up, “Break” (2017)

Let It Be Written: The Biography of Metallica’s James Hetfield, by Mark Eglinton (Lesser Gods, 2017)

Nuclear Altar, “Ghostblood Rituals,” from Mankind in Decline (2017)

Track Premiere: Panicker, "Heave" from Panicker (Three One G Records, 2017)

Morfin, “Reincarnated,” from Consumed by Evil (FDA Records, 2017)

Record Collector: Mike De Lorenzo (Sheer Terror, Serpico, Kill Your Idols, C.R.)

Jorge Rosado (Merauder, Akani)

Cold as Life, “Suffer” (Demons Run Amok, 2017)

Obscure Metal Bands: Ulysses Siren (California, 1983–Present)

Cult Cinema, “Midnight Man” (2017)

Record Collector: Tim McMahon (Search, Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Face the Enemy, Triple Threat)

John Coyle (Outspoken, LastLight, Kill the Messenger, Yuckmouth)

Edgewise, “Choked Out,” from Angels and Addicts (CoinTossRecords, 2017)

EP Premiere: Unrestrained, Inside My Head, Black Meets Red (Indecision Records, 2017)

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5 Dank Nugs, by Lee Spratley and Zac Hryciak (Spooky Cool)

My Favorite New Music of 2015, by Carlos Ramirez

Adiós Cometa: Costa Rican Post-Hardcore Band Gets Heavier on Split with Cissné

Freddy Alva (New Breed compilation, Wardance Records)

10 Best Hardcore Albums of 2021

Afterthought: Tampa Hardcore Band’s New Demo Delivers the Goods

Kaonashi, Why Did You Do It? (Get This Right Records, 2018)

Krimewatch, Initiate, Provoke, Khiis @ Humanist Hall, Oakland (PHOTOS)

Final Daze: Athens Outfit Blends NYHC Tradition With Greek-Language Edge

Hazing Over, Pestilence (Self-Released, 2021)

French Kiss, Everyday Chemistry (Self-Released, 2019)

Sunstroke Singer Sean Farlow Discusses New Release From Philly Hardcore’s Best Kept Secret

Hardcore Album of 2017: If I Can't Listen to UNIFIED RIGHT In Heaven..., by Unified Right

Photographer Spotlight: Luca Giorietto

Reed Bruemmer (Splattered Records, OVERDOSE, Speedwolf) on His Everyman Music Career

Yellfire: Seattle Band Delivers Apocalyptic Riff Clinic on “Escape” (PREMIERE)

Devil In Me: Portuguese Metallic Hardcore Group Remains On the Grind on New Album

PUSCH Singer Brandon Richie Gets Uncomfortably Honest on Their Intense New EP

Record Collector: Marcus Kock, aka xmarcuskx