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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Holy Figures: North Carolina Post-Hardcore Outfit Returns with “Thanatophia” (PREMIERE)

By Adam Yoe |

Another gem from New Morality Zine (Sunstroke, Excide, Porcupine).

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Weaponize: New Jersey Metallic Hardcore Band Pummels Us with “Jaded” (PREMIERE)

By No Echo |

Hear the story of a man at war with himself (while you mosh along).

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5 Killer Cover Songs: Misfits

By Gregg Harrington |

Walk among these ripping reinterpretations.

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Mind Power: Ex-A Life Once Lost, Ligeia Members Unleash Metallic Hardcore on “Grounded”

By Carlos Ramirez |

Think the darkened '90s hardcore sound with the labyrinthine musical arrangements of Meshuggah. 

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SPY: Bay Area Bruisers Take Aim at National Mythmaking on “Exceptional American”

By Owen Morawitz |

Last seen on No Echo's '12 Newer Hardcore Bands to Check Out in 2021' list.

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Our Favorite Hard Rock Moments in Alternative Rock/Grunge Songs, by Soul Blind

By No Echo |

The No Echo favorites show some love for their musical influences.

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