Sick of It All: Blood, Sweat and No Tears
Released in 1989, Blood, Sweat and No Tears is Sick of It All’s debut album and one of the founding documents of…
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Sick of It All: Built to Last
Released in 1997, Built to Last is Sick of It All’s fourth album and one of the peaks of their major-label years.…
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Agnostic Front: Cause for Alarm
Released in 1986, Cause for Alarm is Agnostic Front’s second album and one of the most debated documents in New York hardcore.…
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Gallows: Grey Britain
Released in 2009, Grey Britain remains one of the most ambitious works ever to come out of British hardcore punk. The second…
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Chubby and the Gang: Speed Kills
When Speed Kills arrived in 2020, it sounded like a record beamed in from another decade, and that is exactly its strength.…
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One Step Closer: This Place You Know
Coming out of Pennsylvania, One Step Closer has established itself as one of the standard-bearers of melodic hardcore’s revival. This Place You…
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Drain: California Cursed
Formed in Santa Cruz, Drain brought a welcome breath of fresh air to the hardcore scene with California Cursed, their debut album…
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Jesus Piece: Only Self
Released in 2018, Only Self is the debut album by Jesus Piece, a Philadelphia act that established itself as one of the…
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Heaven Shall Burn: Iconoclast
Released in 2008, Iconoclast is one of the most emblematic albums by Heaven Shall Burn, a German act that built its reputation…
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Misery Signals: Controller
Misery Signals’ third album, Controller, appeared in 2008 and marked a pivotal step for this North American act devoted to a dense,…
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The Chariot: Long Live
When The Chariot released Long Live in 2010, the Atlanta band had already built a reputation resting as much on their live…
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Zao: Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
Released in 1998, Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest marks a turning point for Zao and for a whole swath of late…
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Coalesce: Give Them Rope
The debut album from the Kansas City band, Give Them Rope arrives in 1997 and lays one of the first stones of…
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Norma Jean: Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
Norma Jean’s debut, released in 2002, Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child arrives like a chaotic jolt out of Georgia. The…
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All That Remains: The Fall of Ideals
The third album from the Massachusetts band, The Fall of Ideals is the 2006 record where All That Remains finally locked in…
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Shadows Fall: The War Within
Released in 2004, The War Within stands as the commercial and creative peak of Shadows Fall, the Massachusetts band that played a…
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Unearth: The Oncoming Storm
With The Oncoming Storm, released in 2004, the Massachusetts band Unearth established itself as one of the spearheads of American metalcore of…
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As I Lay Dying: An Ocean Between Us
Released in 2007, An Ocean Between Us stands as a peak in the discography of As I Lay Dying. The California band…
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Birds in Row: We Already Lost the World
A French trio that deliberately keeps a low profile, Birds in Row has established itself as one of the most respected names…
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Fiddlehead: Between the Richness
Fiddlehead holds a singular position in contemporary melodic hardcore. This American band brings together musicians drawn from respected acts of the scene,…
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Basement: Colourmeinkindness
Colourmeinkindness arrived in 2012 in a peculiar context: the British band Basement, from Ipswich, announced a hiatus at the very moment they…
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Title Fight: Floral Green
When Title Fight released Floral Green in 2012, the Kingston, Pennsylvania band closed one door in order to open another. Where their…
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Ceremony: Rohnert Park
Released in 2010, Rohnert Park is a pivotal record in Ceremony’s trajectory, the Californian band taking its title from the name of…
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Defeater: Travels
Released in 2008, Travels is Defeater’s first album, from the Massachusetts band that would become one of the major names in melodic…
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Incendiary: Thousand Mile Stare
Six years after Cost of Living, Incendiary returned in 2023 with Thousand Mile Stare and confirmed their place among the standard-bearers of…
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Xibalba: Tierra y Libertad
Hailing from California, Xibalba built its identity on a powerful blend of metallic hardcore, death metal and doom. Tierra y Libertad, released…
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Kickback: Forever War
Kickback holds a place apart in the history of French and European hardcore. A sulfurous, often controversial band, it built its myth…
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Trapped Under Ice: Big Kiss Goodnight
By the time Trapped Under Ice released Big Kiss Goodnight in 2011, the Baltimore band had already proven it belonged among the…
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The Ghost Inside: Get What You Give
There is in metalcore a lineage of bands that refuse darkness in favor of light, and The Ghost Inside is one of…
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Merauder: Master Killer
Some records do not seek to charm but to impose their law. Master Killer, released in 1996 by the New Yorkers of…
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Earth Crisis: Destroy the Machines
When Earth Crisis released their first full length album in 1995, straight edge hardcore finally had its most uncompromising manifesto. Coming out…
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Ignite: Our Darkest Days
There is a delicate art in melodic hardcore: that of marrying power and light, rage and soaring. Ignite has mastered that balance…
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Uniform Choice: Screaming for Change
While straight edge asserted itself mostly on the East Coast, California brought its own stone to the edifice with bands like Uniform…
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Chain of Strength: True Till Death
Few bands have left a mark as deep in as little time as Chain of Strength. True Till Death gathers the essence…
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Leeway: Born to Expire
Some records embody a junction all by themselves, a point of contact between two worlds. Born to Expire, released in 1989, is…
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Killing Time: Brightside
When Brightside arrived in 1989, the New York hardcore scene had already delivered several of its foundational records, yet few of them…
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