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: 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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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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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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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: 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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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: 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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Hatebreed: The Rise of Brutality
Released in 2003, The Rise of Brutality extends the triumphant momentum of Hatebreed after the success of the previous album. Jamey Jasta’s…
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Strife: One Truth
With One Truth, released in 1994, Strife signs one of the landmark records of West Coast metallic hardcore. The Los Angeles band,…
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Ignite: Call on My Brothers
Released in 1995, Call on My Brothers marks Ignite’s first full-length album and lays the foundations of an identity that would set…
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Ignite: A Place Called Home
With A Place Called Home, released in 2000, Ignite takes an important step in its career. The Orange County band, carried by…
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Leeway: Desperate Measures
Released in 1991, this second album from Leeway confirms the peculiar place the Astoria, Queens outfit held within the New York scene.…
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H2O: Nothing to Prove
Released in 2008 on Bridge 9, Nothing to Prove marks H2O’s return after several years without a record. Toby Morse’s band reconnects…
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H2O: F.T.T.W.
Released in 1999 on Epitaph, F.T.T.W. confirms H2O as one of the leading bands in late-1990s New York melodic hardcore. The title,…
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Black Flag: Slip It In
Released in 1984, the same year as My War, Slip It In extends Black Flag’s heavy, dark turn. The band keeps exploring…
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Fury: Failed Entertainment
With Failed Entertainment, released in 2019, California’s Fury sign a rich and nuanced melodic hardcore record. Far from limiting itself to aggression…
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Get the Shot: Infinite Punishment
With Infinite Punishment, released in 2019, Quebec’s Get the Shot deliver a record of formidable intensity. Out of Quebec City, the band…
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Malevolence: Malicious Intent
With Malicious Intent, released in 2022, England’s Malevolence, out of Sheffield, confirm their status as a rising force in metallic hardcore. This…
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Pain of Truth: Not Through Blood
There is an intensity to Not Through Blood, released in 2022, that leaves no doubt. Pain of Truth, an outfit sprung from…
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Regulate: Regulate
With its self-titled album released in 2022, Regulate confirms that you can play New York hardcore without simply copying its codes. The…
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Higher Power: 27 Miles Underwater
Coming out of Leeds, England, Higher Power surprised more than one observer with 27 Miles Underwater, released in 2020. Where the band…
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Mindforce: Excalibur
Hailing from the Hudson Valley in New York State, Mindforce carved out a solid reputation in hardcore through a punchy blend of…
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Koyo: Would You Miss It
Hailing from Long Island, New York, Koyo draws on a particularly rich regional heritage, that of a scene that gave birth to…
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Anxious: Little Green House
Formed in Connecticut, Anxious belongs to that wave of young bands reinventing melodic hardcore by tinting it with emo and pop sensibility.…
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End It: Unpleasant Living
Hailing from Baltimore, End It embody a hardcore proud of its urban roots and its local footing. Unpleasant Living, released in 2022,…
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Sunami: Sunami
Coming out of the San Francisco Bay Area scene, Sunami made a name for themselves in very little time with a beatdown…
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Kublai Khan TX: Lowest Form of Animal
Hailing from Texas, Kublai Khan TX has spent years carving out a reputation as one of the heaviest names in modern beatdown…
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Caliban: The Undying Darkness
With The Undying Darkness, released in 2006, Caliban confirmed their place among the major figures of German metalcore. The band refined their…
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Bury Tomorrow: Cannibal
Released in 2020, Cannibal is the sixth album by Bury Tomorrow, a British band that had become one of the pillars of…
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