the Rival Mob

Dying Wish's Emma Boster names her top 10 hardcore albums of all time

Emma’s picks range from Hatebreed to Foundation to No Warning, with commentary on each one.

5 Hardcore Albums That Defined Each Era, According to Axe to Grind

Axe To Grind break down each half-decade of hardcore with five albums that defined and best represented the era.

Triple B Records releases compilation of songs from their first 100 releases

Triple B Records is one of the best hardcore labels around, and they’ve just released this massive new comp in honor of their 15th anniversary…

Black N' Blue Bowl 2015 pics & videos: Burn, Crumbsuckers, Candiria, Sick of it All, Regulators, Madball, Earth Crisis, more

photos (and some of the videos) “BURN & Crumbsuckers sounded great. NYHC on top nothing can compare to the Black N Blue Bowl this year.” – Joey “Burn was one of the best sets I’ve ever s…

Revelation Records vets Burn reuniting for Black N' Blue Bowl (with Glassjaw's rhythm section)

Gavin : Everything is very instantaneous now, and you can access almost anything with the flick of a finger. Not to sound pretentious, but there’s a craftsmanship that goes into songwriting and the performance, and that’s what separated Burn from other bands…

Total Control, Thee Oh Sees, Dead Moon, White Lung, No Hope for the Kids & more playing LA's Berserktown II fest

Total Control, Dead Moon, Thee Oh Sees, White Lung, Screaming Females, Priests, Tenement, Amen Dunes, Gun Outfit, Milk Music, and more will play Los Angeles festival Beserktown II from August 14 – 16…

Black N' Blue Bowl announces full lineup, tix on sale (Earth Crisis, the Bad Brains/Cro-Mags band & more added)

The previously-mentioned annual NYC hardcore festival Black N’ Blue Bowl takes place on May 16 & 17 at Webster Hall this year, and now the complete lineup and ticket info has been revealed…

Crumbsuckers reuniting again for Black & Blue Bowl (which added more bands); United Blood Fest lineup announced

Like New York City contemporaries such as Agnostic Front and the Cro-Mags, the Crumbsuckers were one of the original purveyors of 1980s crossover: the bridging of metal and hardcore that temporarily united the two divergent tribes of metalheads and punks into one bloody unified mosh pit…

Chaos in Tejas 2012 expands again; tickets on sale today

Saint Vitus @ Irving Plaza in 2011 (more by BBG) Chaos in Tejas (May 31-June 3 in Austin) have announced ANOTHER batch of bands to add to their ridiculous lineup including Saint Vitus, Church of Misery, No Statik, Toys That Kill, Pegasus, Martial Canterel, Anasazi, Bloodwing (mems of The Spits, who are on tour soon), Harm’s Way, Hatred Surge, the Hex Dispensers, John Wesley Coleman, Joyce Manor, and many many others…