Carlos Ramirez

Features

See You Next Tuesday & Chop7x Channel Magic: The Gathering Lore on Split EP

By Carlos Ramirez |

The Michigan grindcore outfit and Connecticut noisegrind lone wolf have teamed up.

Interviews

Zanjeer Vocalist Hassan Dozakhi on Confronting Oppression Through Hardcore

By Carlos Ramirez |

"...brown people aren’t just in Europe to sell kebabs and wipe toilets… It’s time to pass us the fucking mic."

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: XrecoilX

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Until the End, Throwdown, Black My Heart

Features

Painist: Breaking the Rules of Crust Punk with Piano and Distortion

By Carlos Ramirez |

The musician pulls influence from neocrust staples like Tragedy, Ekkaia, and Habak.

Features

Brick Windows: Troy, New York Noise Rock Unit Keeps It Wild & Loud on Debut Release

By Carlos Ramirez |

Everything from DC Hardcore to Lightning Bolt to Primus informs their sonic approach.

News

Ceremony Lean Into Their Hardcore Punk Roots on New Track “Other Hells”

By Carlos Ramirez |

"...the song responds by aiming to unify, using punk’s great liberatory force: the slam.”

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Maximum Force

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Best Wishes-era Cro-Mags, Parris Mayhew riffs, records tracked at Normandy Sound

Features

Out4Blood: Minnesota Hardcore Unit Explores The Price of Power on Debut Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

Meet one of the bands making noise in the Twin Cities right now.

Features

Hold: Indonesian Band's Truth and Honor Is a Brutal Dose of Metallic Hardcore

By Carlos Ramirez |

It's one of those cases where the music lives up to its LP's cover art.

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Sift

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: H8000 era, All Out War, Contention

Features

Badterms: Boston Bootboys Rock Out on “Nothing Makes Sense” (SONG PREMIERE)

By Carlos Ramirez |

Their Nest of Vipers LP is coming out via TKO Records and Contra Records.

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Ditch

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: raw hardcore, thrashy hardcore, basement demos

Features

Time Theft: Tulsa Hardcore Unit Is Helping Fuel Their Surging Local Scene

By Carlos Ramirez |

“A lot of people don’t think of Oklahoma, but we have a growing group of young people making big things happen.”

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Trench

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Sex Prisoner, Weekend Nachos, Scalp

Features

spring house: New Hardcore Band Channels Dischord & Revelation Roots on Debut LP

By Carlos Ramirez |

Perfect for those who prefer a more melodic take on hardcore.

Features

Maranatha Singer/Guitarist Collin Simula on the Ohio Sludge Band’s Bleak New Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

“This record is just heavy as hell.”

Features

Shillely Deliver Their Oklahoma City-Style Take on Street Rock via “Widowmaker” Single

By Carlos Ramirez |

Oi!, hardcore punk, and other influences are thrown into the sonic stew.

Features

Author Gary Strickland Channels Hardcore History Into Fiction in New Novel

By Carlos Ramirez |

Hardcore Rules: The Unreal Story of Youth On Trial is out now.

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