Simulakra

The fest also features Killswitch Engage (25th anniversary set), Suicidal Tendencies, Machine Head, Overkill, Better Lovers, Full of Hell, Integrity, 200 Stab Wounds, and more…

The February roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

Listen to new songs by Latto, The Black Keys, GloRilla, Nardo Wick/Sexyy Red, Hollie Cook (Amy Winehouse cover), Simulakra, J Noa, Ulver, Blockhead, and more…

The lineup also includes Madball, Terror, Killing Time, Mindforce, Soul Search, Crown of THornz, Magnitude, Confusion, Train of Thought, and more.

Plus: Haunt & Hell Fire, The Black Sabbath Cover Band Rehearsals, The Baseball Project, Cold World, the Triple B / Daze / Streets of Hate showcases, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Bombino, and more tour and festival news.

The lineup also includes Killing Time, Mindforce, Soul Search, Crown of Thornz, Magnitude, Simulakra, Adrienne, Big Boy, and more…

Delaware metallic hardcore band Simulakra’s picks include Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Westside Gunn, Freddie Gibbs, Pusha T, Vomit Forth, Killing Pace, SZA, and more…

The Louisville hardcore fest also includes Foreign Hands, Fuming Mouth, Koyo, Mutually Assured Destruction, One Step Closer, Regulate, No Pressure, Spy, Vomit Forth, and more…

Tuesday’s NYC-area shows include Rage Against The Machine, Rise Against, Kehlani, Crowbar, and more.

Members of Year of the Knife, Jesus Piece, Simulakra, and Ecostrike meet up in metallic straightedge band Carbonite, whose sophomore EP is out now on From Within Records…