The Acacia Strain

Following our lists on '90s metalcore and 2000s post-hardcore, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 15 classic albums from metalcore's most popular era.

The NYC prog metal band's diverse playlist includes songs by The Damned, Big Thief, This Is The Kit, Best Coast, Protest The Hero, Tyler the Creator, The Acacia Strain, PUP, Rage Against The Machine, Mastodon, and more...

Tributes to Riley have been pouring in from all over the metal and hardcore communities, including from Converge, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Thursday, La Dispute, Overkill, Kreator, Harms Way, Fucked Up, Trash Talk, Coheed, Full of Hell, Turnstile, and still many, many more...

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 week's Notable Releases include Courtney Marie Andrews' personal, stripped-back new album, Boldy James & Sterling Toles' full-band jazz-rap collab, The Acacia Strain's guest-filled, late-career triumph, Gulch's new rager, and more...

”I can tell you this. Local bands deserve your attention — they are getting better. We were all local bands once, pay it forward.”

Listen to new songs by Pop Smoke, RMR, Buddy, The Acacia Strain, Toots and the Maytals, Bombay Bicycle Club, Teyana Taylor, Anika Pyle, Bootsy Collins, and more.

Listen to new heaviness from Power Trip, The Acacia Strain, Inter Arma, Vile Creature, Bell Witch/Aerial Ruin, Year of the Knife, and more...

Listen to new songs by slowthai, Gayngs, Alice Cooper, Built to Spill, Dave Sitek's new-ish band, girl in red, James Vincent McMorrow, Baldi/Gerycz Duo, and more.

New songs by Alice Cooper, Inter Arma (Neil Young cover), Exhumed, Gaerea, The Acacia Strain, Protest the Hero, Misery Signals, END, Nuvolascura, Entry, Skeleton, Chelsea Wolfe's new band Mrs. Piss, and more