After ten years of being a band, Foundation is calling it quits. With that decision they join the ranks of Have Heart, Champion and other great Straight Edge Hardcore bands who decided to quit at the peak of their success. It needs no doubt that Foundation will soon gain the same legacy. But before they close … Continue reading
Freedom are a testament to how powerful straight edge is across the globe right now. After thundering out of Detroit in 2014 with debut 7” Pay the Price in tow, the band left in their wake a number of poison-free hardcore anthems. Now, a year on, their new LP USA Hardcore is a more than worthy successor. Like Pay the … Continue reading
The nineties are back! Don’t worry, I’m not talking about eurodance or bad haircuts but about what seems like an early metallic hardcore revival. Earlier this year we heard bands like xRepentancex and Renounced reinvent the sound of bands like Arkangel, Morning Again, Earth Crisis and All Out War. Named after a Strife song, Blistered … Continue reading
Foundation from Atlanta, Georgia are streaming their new and final EP, Turncoat. In April the band announced that they were putting the band to rest, but not before putting out some last songs and playing a handful of shows. The band posted about the stream: “We decided over the weekend we wanted to get the music … Continue reading
Atlanta heavyweights Foundation have released the first track off of their final full-length record Turncoat. In April the band announced that they were putting the band to rest, but not before putting out some last songs and playing a handful of shows. Jam this banger featuring guest vocals from Anderson Bradshaw (The Promise/Another Victim/Terrible Mistakes … Continue reading
After two 7” releases called Retribution and Eternal War, hardcore heavyweights Forced Order are back and ready to release their debut LP called Vanished Crusade on Revelation Records. This five piece band form Southern California consists of (ex-)members of Twitching Tongues, Harness, Disgrace and Soul Search and describe their sound as rampaging, metallic hardcore reminiscing of 90’s Cleveland bands … Continue reading
Blistered from Tampa, FL have premiered the third song, ‘Illusion of Destiny’, from their forthcoming album. The Poison of Self Confinement is the band’s first proper full-length coming out on August 21st via 6131 Records. Pre-orders for the album are also now available. Check out the first single off of The Poison of Self Confinement, ‘Lash’, here and the second single, … Continue reading
Modern Pain have premiered the first single off of their forthcoming full-length Peace Delusions. ‘Vivisepulture Pt. 1’ is certainly a hardcore song but has a strong noise and psychedelic rock side too, giving you an impression of what to expect of their album: a half-hour-long spacey, noisy punk record. In conjunction, Peace Delusions is available for … Continue reading
Terror from Los Angeles, California have released a music video for ‘Mind At War’. The track comes off of the band’s forthcoming LP The 25th Hour which will be out on August 7th via Victory Records. Frontman Scott Vogel says of the track, “When Nick (Jett, drummer) first showed me this song, I immediately thought … Continue reading
If you thought Citizen would do anything to meet anyone’s expectation after the release of their debut record Youth, which allowed them to earn a wider audience, think again. Everybody Is Going To Heaven, their second LP released in June through Run For Cover Records, may surprise a lot of people as it rather deviates from their previous sound. With … Continue reading
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