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Colony Drop: New Band Busts Out ‘80s Thrash x Hardcore on “The Guillotine” (PREMIERE)

By Carlos Ramirez |

The Pacific Northwest-based quintet loves Bay Area thrash, Wolverine Blues, and metallic hardcore.

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Knivad: Swedish Crust Punks Release Harrowing New Single, “Förbrukad” (PREMIERE)

By Tom Morgan |

Their band name translates to "stabbed in the throat," which makes perfect sense after you hear them.

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Ritual Blade: Meet One of the Boston Hardcore Scene’s Most Ripping Bands

By Ryan O'Connor |

The quartet features ex-members of Rat Trap, Burden, and Grasp.

Interviews

Artist/Musician Cris Crude (pageninetynine, Terminal Bliss) Discusses His Work, Influences

By Lex Voight |

"I was drawn to DIY punk because I felt attacked by the outside world or somehow alien to it."

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Scarfold: Get Early Jump on Montreal Metallic HC Band's We Shall Suffer Album (PREMIERE)

By No Echo |

This is the follow-up to their 2019 full-length collection, Unstoppable.

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Arcline: LA Hardcore Group Teams w/ Hoods Vocalist on “Reptile” (PREMIERE)

By No Echo |

The music video for the track looks like a Food Network cooking show gone horribly wrong.

Song of the Day

Tsuris, “Hands of Greed,” from Longing for Eternal Love (HBD Collective, 2021)

By Adam Yoe |

The Atlanta outfit cooks up a potent blackened hardcore and crust concoction on their new LP.

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ANTI: Argentine Hardcore Musician Goes Brutal Route on New Project

By No Echo |

"To everyone who might be reading this, if you want to start your own project, whatever it is, do it yourself..."

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Blue Manic: Boston Combo Melds Prog-Metal x Psych Rock With Winning Results

By Abbie Bateman |

"In listening, I’m reminded of Dillinger Escape Plan’s impossible-to-follow riffs and of Kyuss..."

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Spaced: New Buffalo Band Brings “Far Out Hardcore” on Debut Release

By Carlos Ramirez |

Yep, we can dig it.

Reviews

Xalpen, Xo´on (Black Lodge Records, 2021)

By Mick Reed |

Chilean band dishes out black metal with lyrics inspired by an extinct mountain tribe from Patagonia.

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Since We Were Kids: SoCal Skate Punks Revisit the Past on New Recording

By No Echo |

With influences like RKL and JFA, the trio loves tearing up empty pools in their spare time.

Lists

5 Killer Cover Songs: Black Sabbath

By Gregg Harrington |

Some not-so-obvious takes paying tribute to the architects of heavy metal.

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Aaron Stauffer (Seaweed, Ghost Work) Pays Tribute to The Fall’s Mark E. Smith on New Track

By Carlos Ramirez |

The vocalist first fell in love with the UK post-punk outfit when he was a teen in the '80s.

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Momentum: LA Hardcore Band Offers Taste of Vicious New LP via “Overkill” (PREMIERE)

By Adam Yoe |

Find out why vocalist Jordan Jenkins described the lyrics to the track "violence envisioned."

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Civilian Mind: Arizona sXe Band Channels Early ‘00s Melodic HC Rage on “Nobody Knows Me” (PREMIERE) 

By Flint Beard |

FFO: Verse, Go It Alone, Sinking Ships

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Private Hell: New RVA Group Fuses Japanese Hardcore x Thrash on “M.M.M.” (PREMIERE)

By Adam Yoe |

The quartet is composed of members of such bands as Ghouli, Fried Egg, and Sweeties.

Reviews

Overexposure, California '98 (War Against Records, 2021)

By Thomas Vanderpol |

The album features guest appearances from members of such bands as AFI, Rotting Out, and Death By Stereo.

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