This weekend, Cro-Mags were supposed to open for Ice-T's Body Count. However, due to the coronavirus, that show (and many others) was canceled. The band wanted to forge ahead, so they streamed the entire set that they would have performed at the show. Check it out inside! In 2019 courts ruled in favor of founder... Continue Reading →
(Hed) P.E. will release its new album, “Stampede,”on June 21 via Pavement Entertainment. The follow-up to 2016's "Forever" fuses elements of rock, punk, hip-hop and reggae and is ready to deliver on the eclectic and evolving sound synonymous with (Hed) P.E. "Stampede" is currently available for pre-order here. With the pre-order comes the first taste... Continue Reading →
Weezer's string of "colorful" albums had hits and misses but all together eventually propelled them from MTV darlings to pop-rock cult status to where they are now 25 years later: bonified arena rock headliners.
NYHC kings Madball are gearing up to join Suicidal Tendencies on the Still Cyco Punk After All These Tours on September 18th in Phoenix, Arizona! Today, the band released the music video for "Freight Train" off their recent album, "For The Cause." https://youtu.be/XpHpkAAlKYQ Madball will also play a handful of one off dates during the... Continue Reading →
After hearing this track on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal, my pick of the week goes to Philadelphia's Jesus Piece. A self-proclaimed hardcore band, this music borders on death metal, in particular with this song, "Punish" (listen below). The band just released its full-length, "Only Self" on August 24th via Southern Lord. Buy the album in various... Continue Reading →
A couple of months back, many of you read (and argued over…and argued over…) Kerrang!'s United States of Metal map, which crowned the best heavy metal band from every U.S. state. Now, the long-running U.K. publication has upped the ante, with a hardcore sequel. Above is Kerrang!'s definitive, objective, indisputable list of the single best... Continue Reading →
The Hard Core Dr. Know EP features 6 brand new tracks from founder of the legendary NYHC band the Cro-Mags, Harley Flanagan. This focus of this release is to raise money for Dr. Know of Bad Brains to help with medical expenses from a health issue he suffered in 2015. These new songs are in... Continue Reading →
Review by Jeff Maki —— Though just recently released on March 9, 2018, I've had Ministry's "AmeriKKKant" on the imaginary shelf for some time. Why? The only logical reason I can think of is that in a close-minded way, I prefer to remember Ministry at its peak during the 1989-1996 period when the classic albums... Continue Reading →
Lamb of God may be one of the biggest bands in modern metal, but they will never forget where they came from. Mark Morton (guitar), John Campbell (bass) and Chris Adler (drums) formed the first incarnation of the band, Burn the Priest, in winter 1994 after meeting four years earlier as students at Virginia Commonwealth University.... Continue Reading →
During hardcore’s rise to prominence in the 1980s, a teeneage Mike Gitter chronicled and self-published the musical and cultural revolution in one of Boston’s most beloved DIY zines, xXx. Now, three decades later, the history of the underground has been assembled into the long awaited, 288-page 11” x 11” book, “xXx Fanzine 1983-88: Hardcore &... Continue Reading →
