Recently, Light The Fuse Records out of The Netherlands re-released the “Drowning Room” EP by the Brooklyn, NY band Lament whose roots date back to 1990. Lament’s early lineups had members that came from bands like Maximum Penalty, First Order and Social Disorder. Lament would release the 4 song “Drowning Room” EP in 1991 on
I don’t recall my first in person interaction with photographer Carl Gunhouse but my guess would be it happened either in or outside of a early to mid-90’s hardcore matinee at CBGB’s. Over the years Carl has been a solid contributor to the hardcore scene through his photography and has an amazing knack for showing
Vile Mind out of Huntington, West Virginia released their debut EP “Endless Suffering” last May and have not looked back having a busy run ever since as they build up their local scene along with the recently formed Huntington Music Collective. One might not think immediately of hardcore when you are talking about the Appalachian
It seems as if the history of Seattle’s Chopping Block is broken up into two parts with their first show in January of 2020 being the un-official start of this band and the end of 2022 being the end of that first phase. September of 2024 saw the release of their “Seattle’s Hardcore” EP that
All 4 All out of Syracuse NY had one of the sickest releases of 2025 with their “Refuse” EP. Raw, old-school style hardcore but also original in that you could feel the passion coming out of your speakers. “Refuse” is/was definitely NOT one of those releases that just grabs a bunch of riffs and throws
Up next in our “20 Questions With…” series is Carlos Chavarriaga, lead singer for Raw Brigade who were born in Bogota Colombia in 2016. In the last 10 years this unit has become a force in the worldwide hardcore community with members spread out between the USA and Colombia. The drive with this band and
Straight Ahead were a short lived NYHC band that featured Tommy Carroll on vocals, Craig Setari on bass, Rob Echeverria on guitar and Armand Majidi on drums. They got their start in 1986, released a handful of songs and played a small amount of shows during their short-lived run which ended in 1988. There has
New York’s Point Blank are a hard-working blue collar hardcore band who have been at it now for 11 years. Their new full-length album “Back To Square One” is out now on WTF Records (NL) on vinyl as well as CD. We caught up with their guitarist Danny Derella and vocalist Ken “KWE” Wagner to
UK Hardcore crew False Reality are making all the right noises for UK hardcore right now. The band who are made up of Rachel Rigby (vocals), Joe Cornwell (bass), Louis Dale (drums) and David Connolly (guitars), have just dropped their latest album “Faded Intentions” and it is a collection of songs that salutes the
In my eyes Trouble Bound out of NY’s Hudson Valley are an extremely underrated band who should be household names in the realm of punk rock households… Granted they came out of a long hiatus not too long ago but have ramped up operations over the last 12-18 months which included the “Broken Ribs &
