Hardcore

Decibel faves Converge make their SIXTH cover appearance. Get new the issue (or all six in a discount bundle) here!

Detroit noise rockers Child Bite are in the middle of a brief run of tour dates with Housecore labelmates Superjoint while also preparing to bring the noise with Unsane in December, but they’re still putting out new music. The group have a new split with Minneapolis’ STNNNG coming out on Forge Again Records, so Decibel is streaming new Child Bite…

Chris Dodge and his Trappist bandmates get primal in their new metal-and-beer podcast series, “Hour of the Barbarian.”

Watch a new video from metalcore bruisers Kublai Khan now!

Explosive hardcore outfit Sharptooth have recently signed to Pure Noise Records. Listen to a new song and read a new interview now!

Metalcore legends Zao sense danger on new song “The Host Has Bared Its Teeth.”

Advance copies of Decibel issue #157 are available now in LIMITED quantities!

Stream and acquire the exclusive new All Out War flexi 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!

Stream the first single from Left Behind‘s new record, Blessed by the Burn now!

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

Stream a new song from Canadian melodic hardcore outfit Counterparts now!

Get an active deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, September 4 at 10 AM EST and our 83rd entry into the ever-expanding Decibel Flexi Series is yours. Miss it and be condemned to suffer without it.

In the wake of the announcement of Trap Them‘s final shows, we consider ten essential tracks from the metallic hardcore outfit.

Stream the flattening new EP from hardcore heavyweights Vatican NOW before its release on Friday.

God Mother are as exhilarating as they are aggressive. Listen to a new song from their Party Smasher Inc. debut now!

Unhinged blackened hardcore trio Moral Void have an explosive debut record with Deprive. Delve further into the madness.

Check out a new track from reactivated NYHC legends Burn.

Metallic hardcore heroes All Out War are this week’s Best New Noise.

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.

Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume
Consistency is the Devil
dB rating: 8/10

Stream the new album from Atonement Theory, featuring Harm’s Way’s Jay Jancetic.

Ex-A Life Once Lost frontman Bob Meadows has been busy as of late. When he’s not laying down groove metal with Mind Power, he’s unleashing furious, grinding metal with OLDBONES. Their latest offering, “Followed With A Swarm” is a fast, angry song. “The song ‘Followed With A Swarm’ touches on a relationship that no longer exists,” Meadows says. “Lyrically, the…

Virginian pit-stirrers High Priest blast out hardcore/grind extinction sermons on their ferocious Grail Sludge EP.

Introducing: Tripsquad Records, plus track premieres from Full Scale Riot and Huge.

Pro-Pain frontman Gary Meskil was injured last week in Belgium, where he was the victim of a robbery and attempted murder.

Check out the new lyric video from metallic hardcore outfit Get the Shot.

Stream the new record from River Black, featuring members of Municipal Waste and Revocation.

Converge, Godflesh, Neurosis and more have immortalized their Roadburn performances as live albums.