metallic hardcore

Full Album Stream: Turian – “Blood Quantum Blues”

June 2, 2025

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.

Now Available: THE RED CHORD’s ‘Fused Together in Revolving Doors’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl FOR THE FIRST TIME!

May 16, 2024

There are only 200 copies of the Red Chord‘s Fused Together in Revolving Doors LP, on an exclusive Lava-colored vinyl variant for the FIRST TIME EVER shipping now via Decibel.

Full Album Stream: Mastiff – “Deprecipice”

March 21, 2024

Stream Deprecipice, the new album from UK sludge/metallic hardcore band Mastiff and read a lengthy interview with guitarist and vocalist James Lee Ross.

Surprise! DEADGUY’s ‘Fixation on a Coworker’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl is NOW IN STOCK

February 16, 2024

We’ve got 200 copies—the most limited variant—of the deluxe LP reissue of Deadguy’s landmark Fixation on a Coworker, on Atom-smashed Orange with Black Splatter!

Track Premiere: Oxx – “The Hypostasis”

July 13, 2023

Danish avant metal trio Oxx put the (extra) X in ox. Check out their complicated new single, “The Hypostasis.”

Full EP Stream: Orchid’s Curse’s The Decay Waves a Flag For Eastern Canadian Metal

June 15, 2023

Turn back the clock to the late ’90s/early ’00s with the metallic hardcore and epic bright-eyed sludge of eastern Canada’s Orchid’s Curse.

Full Album Stream: She – ‘Goodpaster’

June 13, 2023

Hear Alaskan progressive metallic hardcore outfit She introduce their full-length debut, Goodpaster.

Video Premiere: Kings Never Die – “Make Them Anymore”

March 31, 2023

Fans of New York and New Jersey-derived styles of hardcore will find plenty to love from Kings Never Die, from the gang vocals to the crushing breakdown.

LIMITED TO 50 EACH: DEADGUY’s ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ on Metal & Beer Colored Cassettes via Decibel Records!

March 24, 2023

Get your ultra-limited “metal” or “beer” cassette edition of Deadguy’s Buyer’s Remorse: Live from the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest & watch the full pro-shot performance now!

Video Premiere: Matriarchs – “Everything I Love Dies”

February 16, 2023

Watch Billy Graziadei of Biohazard guest in a animated video from California metallic hardcore band Matriarchs.

Track Premiere: American Standards – “The Tourist”

January 10, 2023

Hear Phoenix metallic hardcore pounders American Standards get heated on new single, “The Tourist.”

Hear New ALL OUT WAR Track “Glorious Devastation” & Pre-Order New LP ‘Celestial Rot’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!

October 13, 2022

We’ve got 100 copies of metallic hardcore heroes All Our War‘ new LP, Celestial Rot, on Decibel-exclusive Bone White vinyl. Pre-order now!

LISTEN: Botch Release First New Song In Over 20 Years

August 24, 2022

Hear “One Twenty Two,” the first new song from Northwest metallic hardcore/math rock legends Botch in 20 years.

Track Premiere: Bovice — “Sluggo Season”

July 27, 2022

Bouncy, brutal hip-hop-infused metallic hardcore is up to bat via the new Bovice jam “Sluggo Season.”

Track Premiere: Grace — “Wasteland”

July 13, 2022

Check out the exclusive premiere below of Grace‘s fiery, enlivening new single “Wasteland,” which hits all digital platforms this Friday via Upstate Records.

Track Premiere: Point Break — “I Am”

June 29, 2022

No Keanu, but the latest metallic hardcore jam from Pointbreak hangs a hard ten nonetheless.

Track Premiere: Bloodlet – “Stealing Fire”

June 15, 2022

Florida sludge-laden metallic hardcore legends Bloodlet return with the eternal fire and liver-eating anthem “Stealing Fire.”

Video Premiere: Black Matter Device – “Blood Splatter Ink Blot”

June 14, 2022

Like any good American mathcore act, Richmond, Virginia’s Black Matter Device pass the Rorschach test in latest video.

Visual Violence: Legendary Underground Music Promoter Rich Hall Brings the Heavy to Fine Arts Gallery Show

June 8, 2022

Metal/hardcore/punk promotor extraordinaire Rich Hall picks up a paintbrush with exquisitely brutal fine arts results.

Track Premiere: The Bearer – “Let It Burn”

June 7, 2022

Austin’s metallic hardcore trio The Bearer wanna make organized religion feel the burn.