hardcore

With heavy hitters like Soul Glo, Drug Church, and Vein.fm, as well as a slew of promising newer bands, it’s been a great year for hardcore so far. Here are 13 albums and EPs not to miss…

This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the type of dark, heavy, melodic hardcore defined in the 2000s by bands like American Nightmare, Modern Life Is War, and The Hope Conspiracy, which once again is having a comeback.

Will Turnstile’s success open the doors for more hardcore bands? Here are 10 ships that we think Turnstile’s rising tide should lift…

Ahead of Bad Brains’ reissue campaign, Darryl Jenifer looked back on the first decade of Bad Brains’ career, from helping to pioneer hardcore in their early days to embracing metal in the ‘Quickness’ era, and he told all kinds of history from in-between.

”With a bunch of creative, alien kids in working-class Michigan finding one another and unleashing a catalog of totally amazing tunes, it was the blueprint for radical punk that’s still going strong today. Dope, Hookers and Pavement lets everyone who made the scene state their case and connects the dots,” says Thurston Moore.

Harley Flanagan has weighed in, too.

Chris’ picks include Cold As Life, Candiria, and more, and he talked about why each one deserves to be acknowledged as one of the all-time greats…

It’s been a killer year for hardcore so far, thanks to these releases by Gulch, Rotting Out, Drain, Year of the Knife, and more…

This quarantine-friendly edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ features 10 killer videos of legendary ’80s hardcore bands in their prime, along with an accompanying playlist.

The hardcore scene is thriving right now, but with no shows to attend, here’s 12 great full-set videos of modern-day hardcore bands to tide you over…