Carlos Ramirez

Features

Price of Fear: New Hampshire Band Serves Up Riff-Driven Crossover on Moral Ruin EP

By Carlos Ramirez |

The follow-up to their 2025 self-titled EP just came out last week.

Features

Abduct.exe: Former Members of As the Sun Sets Take Grindcore Path in New Band

By Carlos Ramirez |

Discordance Axis with slam parts? Why not?

New HC Bands

New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Javelin

By Carlos Ramirez |

FFO: Kickback, Merauder, karate mosh parts

Features

Orlock: Chicago Band Cooks Up Horror-Tinged Punk in “Lite Racy” Music Video (PREMIERE)

By Carlos Ramirez |

The group features Chris Wade of '90s band Hose.Got.Cable within its ranks.

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

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