Hardcore

The Good Ship Lollipop finally sets sail today! Order one of the remaining copies of the new Venomous Concept album from Decibel Records now!

Belgian death thrash combo Schizophrenia pay homage to thrash’s roots on new GBH cover.

Hear San Diego punk noiseniks Negative Blast shake it but don’t break it on new single “Egghead.”

Venomous Concept, featuring Kevin Sharp (Lock Up, ex-Brutal Truth) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/et al), premiere new single “Fractured!” Watch the video NOW!

Venomous Concept, fetauring Kevin Sharp (ex-Brutal Truth) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/et al), premiere new single “Timeline!” Watch the video NOW!

Venomous Concept—the punk band formed by Napalm Death’s Shane Embury and former Brutal Truth vocalist Kevin Sharp—are set to release The Good Ship Lollipop via Decibel Records on Feb 24.

Adrenalin O.D. drummer Dave Scott Schwartzman discusses his upcoming book If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D., which tells the story of AOD and hardcore’s formative years.

Hardcore punk bruisers Venomous Concept and Richmond crossover crushers Under Attack join forces in the best split 7-inch you’ll hear all year.

Today we’re shaving our heads—metaphorically, metaphorically—and taking a look at a pair of classic punk EPs that even as diehard metalheads we absolutely love.

This week Demo:listen gets knocked out by Swedish sludge/hardcore punk duo Nembutal Sleep.

Sometimes a name perfectly encapsulates what a band sounds like. And Portland’s Dry Socket found the exact right moniker to describe their painful, impossible-to-ignore approach to hardcore punk.

Spin the entirety of Caterwaul from punk blasters Milquetoast and pre-order it in advance of a January 28 release from Wise Blood.

Eye Spy a double-dose of hardcore punk in VHS-inspired form from To Live a Lie Records.

DARE deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Rotting Out, Mizery, Incendiary and others at the vanguard of hardcore.

Californian supergroup Seized Up deck you with an uppercut of hardcore punk in the upcoming EP’s title track, “Marching Down the Spiral.”

Catching up with Dropdead‘s Ben Barnett and Bob Otis to talk about the band’s extensive 2020 reissue campaign.

Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Dropdead picture flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, May 4 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from grind punk heroes Dropdead.

Get a full D-beatdown from righteous Californian hardcore crushers Destroyed in Seconds (D.I.S.) via Divide and Devour right now.

From their forthcoming EP, Phosphorous, check out this incendiary single from Providence-based subversive blackened death punks New Hell.

Unhinged Chicago rockers Mexican Werewolf unleash their full length today. Hear in its entirety right here.

Chicago’s Mexican Werewolf slay violent smash‘n’roll. Check out this exclusive track premiere from their forthcoming debut album, Murder House.

Watch a new video from Portland hardcore punks WORWS right here.

Get to know WAR Records, run by Strife guitarist Andrew Kline.

Watch a new video from Texas hardcore group Shadow of Doubt now!

Indonesian hardcore outfit Children of Terror take a diverse host of influences and combine them with a metallic hardcore sound.

A couple months ago, with an almost devil-may-care, casual shoulder shrug, one of my all-time favourite bands in the history of forever, Italian hardcore legends Raw Power, quietly released their new album. We caught up with vocalist Mauro Codeluppi to discuss growing old, not giving a shit and the time they played with G’N’R.

Prisoner stream a ferocious new track from their upcoming LP, Beyond the Infinite. 

Spazz is rereleasing a collection of live and studio recordings from 1995-96. 

End of Days
Heart-D-beat of a nation
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