La Dispute: Rooms of the House
La Dispute’s third album, Rooms of the House, came out in 2014 on the band’s own label, Better Living. The Grand Rapids,…
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Touche Amore: Is Survived By
Touche Amore’s third album, Is Survived By, came out in 2013 on Deathwish and marks a step into maturity for the California…
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Touche Amore: Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me
Touche Amore’s second album, out in 2011 on Deathwish, Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me is a landmark of emotional post-hardcore…
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Ceremony: The L-Shaped Man
With The L-Shaped Man, out in 2015 on Matador, Ceremony makes a deliberate and radical turn. The California band, once a standard…
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Ceremony: Violence Violence
Ceremony’s first album, out in 2006 on Deathwish, Violence Violence is a concentrate of fury from Rohnert Park, California. The band led…
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Modern Life Is War: Fever Hunting
Fever Hunting, out in 2013 on Deathwish, marks the return of Modern Life Is War after several years of silence and a…
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Modern Life Is War: Midnight in America
Released in 2007, Midnight in America is the third album by Modern Life Is War, a band out of Marshalltown, Iowa. Far…
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Verse: From Anger and Rage
From Anger and Rage, released in 2005, is the debut album of Verse, a band out of Rhode Island. This first record…
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Defeater: Abandoned
Out in 2015 on Epitaph, Abandoned marks a new step in Defeater’s narrative universe. The Massachusetts band shifts perspective and hands the…
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Defeater: Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
Released in 2011 on Bridge Nine, Empty Days & Sleepless Nights extends the storytelling arc Defeater began on Travels. The Massachusetts band…
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Have Heart: Songs to Scream at the Sun
Few bands marked 2000s hardcore with as much intensity as Have Heart. A Boston outfit led by Patrick Flynn, it embodied a…
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Incendiary: Cost of Living
Coming from Long Island, Incendiary embodies a heavy and committed New York hardcore, where sonic power serves an assertive social message. With…
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Harm’s Way: Isolation
Before refining its industrial aesthetic, Harm’s Way first made its mark through brute force. Isolation, released in 2011, shows the Chicago band…
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Harm’s Way: Rust
Coming out of Chicago, Harm’s Way made its name by injecting an industrial coldness into metallic hardcore. With Rust, released in 2015,…
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Xibalba: Anos en Infierno
Eight years after Hasta La Muerte, Xibalba returns in 2020 with Anos en Infierno, a title that lands like a sentence. The…
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Xibalba: Hasta La Muerte
Hailing from Southern California, Xibalba takes its name from the underworld of Mayan mythology, and that funereal reference fits its music perfectly.…
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Deez Nuts: Word Is Bond
Two years after Bout It, Deez Nuts returns in 2015 with Word Is Bond, a title that sums up the band’s whole…
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Deez Nuts: Bout It
Founded by JJ Peters, Deez Nuts has always claimed a festive, urban and unashamed brand of hardcore. With Bout It, out in…
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Kickback: No Surrender
Kickback holds a place apart in French hardcore, that of a band you do not put on for reassurance. With No Surrender,…
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Nasty: Shokka
With Shokka, released in 2015, Nasty reaffirms its standing among the leading names of European beatdown hardcore. Since the band’s early days,…
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Twitching Tongues: Gaining Purpose Through Passionate Hatred
Released in 2011, Gaining Purpose Through Passionate Hatred is the debut album by Twitching Tongues. From this first outing, the Los Angeles…
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Twitching Tongues: In Love There Is No Law
Released in 2013, In Love There Is No Law is the second album by Twitching Tongues, a Los Angeles band known for…
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Expire: With Regret
Released in 2016, With Regret is the final album by Expire, a hardcore band from Milwaukee that would split soon after. Out…
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Backtrack: Darker Half
Released in 2016, Darker Half is a notable album by Backtrack, a hardcore band out of Long Island. True to a direct…
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Trapped Under Ice: Heatwave
Released in 2022, Heatwave marks the long awaited return of Trapped Under Ice, more than a decade after their previous album. The…
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Trapped Under Ice: Secrets of the World
Released in 2009, Secrets of the World is the debut album by Trapped Under Ice, a Baltimore band that quickly became a…
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Stray from the Path: Anonymous
Released in 2013, Anonymous marks an important step in the arc of Stray from the Path. The Long Island band sharpens its…
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Stray from the Path: Internal Atomics
In 2019, Stray from the Path released Internal Atomics and confirmed its place among the most confrontational bands in American hardcore. The…
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The Ghost Inside: The Ghost Inside
Released in 2020 on Epitaph Records, the self titled album by The Ghost Inside is far more than just a record: it…
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The Ghost Inside: Returners
Released in 2010, Returners is the second album by The Ghost Inside and the first issued under that name after the Californian…
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Bury Your Dead: Beauty and the Breakdown
In 2006, Bury Your Dead released Beauty and the Breakdown on Victory Records, marking a clear turning point in the band’s career.…
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First Blood: Silence Is Betrayal
Released in 2010, Silence Is Betrayal illustrates the political, committed hardcore carried by First Blood, an outfit from the San Francisco Bay…
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Death Before Dishonor: Count Me In
Released in 2009, Count Me In confirms the solidity of Death Before Dishonor within the Boston hardcore scene. A relentless touring band,…
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Biohazard: State of the World Address
Released in 1994, State of the World Address propelled Biohazard to the front of the scene and marked the Brooklyn band’s arrival…
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Earth Crisis: Slither
Released in 2000, Slither marks a notable inflection in the path of Earth Crisis. The Syracuse band, long anchored to a monolithic…
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Earth Crisis: Gomorrah’s Season Ends
Released in 1996, Gomorrah’s Season Ends stands as one of the most radical and influential records of nineties metallic hardcore. The Syracuse…
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