Hardcore
Q&A: Harley Flanagan (Cro-Mags) on Playing ‘The Age of Quarrel’ at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest
April 10, 2026 Justin Norton
NYHC legend Harley Flanagan on 40 years of The Age of Quarrel, his pain becoming others’ joy and playing Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on May 2.
Full Album Stream: Throwing Bricks & Ontaard –Something to Lose: Live at Roadburn 2025
April 6, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the collaborative performance by Dutch extreme bands Throwing Bricks and Ontaard on a special seven-song set they wrote and composed for Roadburn 2025.
Full Album Stream: Sweat –Tear it on Down
March 30, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Move to the beat of L.A. hardcore punk ’n rollers, Sweat, featuring members of Graf Orlock, Dangers, Dogteeth and Ghostlimb.
Q&A: Chris Stover on Crossover Legend Void’s New Live Album
March 26, 2026 Justin Norton
VOID bassist Chris Stover talks Live 1982, released this month on Outer Battery Records, how it came about and what it’s like to talk about a band that lasted for roughly three years, four decades later.
Track Premiere: Boneripper – “Damnation”
March 24, 2026 Emily Bellino
“Peace sells, but who’s buying?” ask Boneripper on their new tune.
Full Album Stream: Backfire! – “The Last Confession”
March 16, 2026 Emily Bellino
’90s Dutch hardcore heroes Backfire! stream their final release before hanging their boots up later this year.
Full Album Stream: Kallohonka –Lazer Blood
March 11, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Texas noise-damage weirdos Kallohonka bear down with ferocity on proggy debut, Lazer Blood.
Full Album Stream: Stress Spells –Hearts Never Tire
February 4, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the manic, twitchy mathcore of New Jersey quartet Stress Spells on their new album, Hearts Never Tire.
CRO-MAGS Premiere Exclusive New Recording of “Hard Times” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 8, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Score an exclusive flexi featuring hardcore legends Cro-Mags new re-recording of the classic “Hard Times,” while supplies last!
Video Premiere: Ramtha – ‘Infinite Energy’
January 6, 2026 Emily Bellino
Unlock the cheat code for “Infinite Energy” when you watch this new vid from Florida party-thrashers Ramtha.
Track Premiere: Forcefed Horsehead – “The Will of the Many”
December 15, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Forcefed Horsehead unleash a raw, hardcore-driven D-beat fest that strangles, maims, gnashes and generally causes mayhem and destruction. Hear it now.
Interview: Biohazard’s Evan Seinfeld on New Album and Reuniting the Classic Lineup
November 25, 2025 Emily Bellino
Biohazard‘s Evan Seinfeld chats about Divided We Fall, what makes a classic album for the band and the current state of hardcore.
Full Split Stream: Territory / Withdrawal – “Hope is Disease/Paranoia is Salvation”
November 17, 2025 Emily Bellino
Take a walk on the dark side of metallic hardcore with Withdrawal and Territory.
Video Premiere: STELLVRIS – ‘Shatter and Bloom’
November 6, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Czech metal band STELLVRIS drop their new EP, Shatter and Bloom, on Friday, November 7. Check out a video for the title track with us.
Full Album Stream: Karate Steve –Time Under Tension
October 20, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Beantown bashers Karate Steve lay down some black belt-quality hardcore sludge on third full-length Time Under Tension.
Video Premiere: Feldspar – “Pasta Day”
October 15, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Roman hardcore band Feldspar are back with a new single and video “Pasta Day,” out October 16 (World Food Day) via Time To Kill. Hey, hey — it’s pasta day!
Full Album Stream: Nicolas Cage Fighter –I Watched You Burn
September 10, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Aussie deathcore quartet Nicolas Cage Fighter turn up the heat on I Watched You Burn.
Video Premiere: No Apologies – “Grief”
August 18, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hardcore Aussies, No Apologies, cope with the pain of a devastating loss on new track “Grief.”
Full Album Stream: Red Brick – “Thrown”
July 22, 2025 Emily Bellino
Get mad as hell with sludge duo Red Brick.
Q&A: Nige Rockett on Rerecording Onslaught’s Anarchic Early Material
June 23, 2025 Justin Norton
The long-running British thrashers Onslaught discuss 40 years of Power From Hell and maintaining relevance.
Full Album Stream: Turian – “Blood Quantum Blues”
June 2, 2025 Emily Bellino
Hear Seattle metallic hardcore crushers Turian return with a tighter sense of identity and an amped-up sound on their new album, Blood Quantum Blues, out Friday on Wise Blood.
KILL FEED 063: GRIDIRON Bring the Big Game to Life
May 21, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The vocalist, guitarist and bassist of the hybrid heavy act share just how much gaming contributed to their very existence.
Full EP Stream: Hellgrammites’ Ethos
May 15, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Do you like metal as much as you like punk? Hardcore as much as crossover? Enjoy rocking rock? Then, check out a stream of the new EP from Hellgrammites!
Full Album Stream: Meatwound –Macho
May 7, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Florida hardcore noise scrape menacers Meatwound offer up their bloody good fourth long-player, Macho.
Full Album Stream: Kiritsis – “Kiritsis”
March 31, 2025 Emily Bellino
Indy sludge outfit Kiritsis share their debut album.
Scott Burns Book Signing Session Announced at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025
March 27, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Meet legendary death metal engineer Scott Burns at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4 to sign copies The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997 at the Decibel merch table!
Video Premiere: Feed the Beast – “Tombs Underneath the Tombs”
March 14, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Southern California hardcore band Feed the Beast have dropped their latest album, Mercy, the band’s first for Futureless. Check out the video for “Tombs Underneath the Tombs” with us today.
Video Premiere: Hellgrammites – “Bayonet”
March 12, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear fierce Denver metalcore outfit Hellgrammites get all stabby on new track “Bayonet,” from their upcoming Ethos EP.
Track Premiere: Xiao – ‘Control’
March 4, 2025 Emily Bellino
Swedish powerviolence purveyors Xiao debut the explosive title track from their new album.
Video Premiere: Industrial Puke – “Hoax-Mongers”
January 29, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish D-beat crusters Industrial Puke hurl their vitriol at “Hoax-Mongers” on their brand new single for Suicide Records.
