No Echo

Song of the Day

Edgewise, “Choked Out,” from Angels and Addicts (CoinTossRecords, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.21.2017

Formed in 1989, these hardcore vets haven't lost their bite.

Features

EP Premiere: Unrestrained, Inside My Head, Black Meets Red (Indecision Records, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.20.2017

Ex-members of Ten Yard Fight, Backlash, and The Dead Unknown bring it down, hard.

Song of the Day

Incendiary, “The Product Is You,” from Thousand Mile Stare (Closed Casket Activities, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.19.2017

A metallic hardcore wake-up call.

Reviews

Foreseen, Grave Danger (20 Buck Spin, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.17.2017

Finland's crossover miscreants show no mercy.

Song of the Day

Rashōmon, “ 死体症候群” (2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.12.2017

Inventive hardcore punk straight out of the District of Columbia.

Song of the Day

Slum Reaper, “Eternal Servitude” (2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.11.2017

New Swedish band combines sludgy guitar tones with nasty breakdowns and we lap it up.

Reviews

Crushed, Deep User (Self-Released, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.10.2017

Imagine the sound of Deadguy playing AmRep-styled songs at a CBGB's matinee, circa 1996.

Song of the Day

Disrepair, “Caged Animal” (2016)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.8.2017

Here's some pissed-off hardcore from Buffalo.

Reviews

Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains, by Howie Abrams and James Lathos (Lesser Gods, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.7.2017

The enigmatic frontman's life story is finally put to paper.

Song of the Day

Mindforce, “They Just Want War,” from The Future Of... (Trip Machine Labs, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.6.2017

This up and coming hardcore band is bringing back a definite '90s vibe on this one.

Features

Song Premiere: Freewill, “Somewhere Down the Line” (2017)

By No Echo | 4.4.2017

Listen to the California melodic hardcore band's first recording since 1988.

Song of the Day

Civilized, “Burning Cold,” from Chopping Block (Youth Attack, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 3.31.2017

Ravenous hardcore for these fucked up times.

Features

Vitriolic War Prayers: Born Against Flyer Art

By Freddy Alva | 3.29.2017

Founding guitarist Adam Nathanson on some of the stories behind the imagery he created for the band.

Interviews

Mike Hartsfield (New Age Records, Outspoken, A18, Done Dying, Freewill, Dear Furious)

By Carlos Ramirez | 3.28.2017

One of the sXe hardcore scene's long-lasting supporters speaks.

Reviews

Primal Rite, Sensory Link to Pain (Revelation Records, 2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 3.24.2017

Hardcore with guitar dive bombs are always welcomed around these parts.

Song of the Day

Dead Heat, “S.E.E.D.” (2017)

By Carlos Ramirez | 3.20.2017

Metallic hardcore will never die if newer bands like this have anything to say about it.

Interviews

Rachel Rosen (Indecision, Most Precious Blood, Milhouse, Caninus, The Wage of Sin)

By Carlos Ramirez | 2.6.2017

"The first record I remember going to buy on my own was the Rockwell album with 'Somebody's Watching Me' on it."

Interviews

Ras Israel Joseph I (Bad Brains)

By Carlos Ramirez | 2.1.2017

The vocalist on their Rise album looks back at his time in the band.

Content Tagged: hardcore

Edgewise, “Choked Out,” from Angels and Addicts (CoinTossRecords, 2017)

EP Premiere: Unrestrained, Inside My Head, Black Meets Red (Indecision Records, 2017)

Incendiary, “The Product Is You,” from Thousand Mile Stare (Closed Casket Activities, 2017)

Foreseen, Grave Danger (20 Buck Spin, 2017)

Rashōmon, “ 死体症候群” (2017)

Slum Reaper, “Eternal Servitude” (2017)

Crushed, Deep User (Self-Released, 2017)

Disrepair, “Caged Animal” (2016)

Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains, by Howie Abrams and James Lathos (Lesser Gods, 2017)

Mindforce, “They Just Want War,” from The Future Of... (Trip Machine Labs, 2017)

Song Premiere: Freewill, “Somewhere Down the Line” (2017)

Civilized, “Burning Cold,” from Chopping Block (Youth Attack, 2017)

Vitriolic War Prayers: Born Against Flyer Art

Mike Hartsfield (New Age Records, Outspoken, A18, Done Dying, Freewill, Dear Furious)

Primal Rite, Sensory Link to Pain (Revelation Records, 2017)

Dead Heat, “S.E.E.D.” (2017)

Rachel Rosen (Indecision, Most Precious Blood, Milhouse, Caninus, The Wage of Sin)

Ras Israel Joseph I (Bad Brains)

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