REGRESS: LONDON, UK With their debut EP on the legendary Rucktion Records, London hardcore mob Regress perfectly capture not only the energy of their home city but also the harshness. This dichotomy unfolds over the five explosive tracks that make up their EP that came out this past January. In Effect’s Gavin Brown had the
GUESSED WRONG, LONG ISLAND, NY Guessed Wrong are yet another up and coming Long Island Hardcore band who totally qualify as “fresh blood” having released their debut 4 song demo in October and who also have played a total of 5 shows at the time we are running this. Their demo absolutely crushes and I
LOVE SICK, LONG ISLAND, NY On August 30th of this year there was a free Long Island Hardcore showcase show at the Massapequa VFW. Nine bands played, most of them would be considered new to very new. The turnout was insane as an entire train station parking lot that is always completely empty on the
BRAINWASHED PHILADELPHIA, PA Brainwashed are an old-school style hardcore band out of Philadelphia, PA that should be on your radar if they aren’t already. This band got started in October of 2023 and have already played about 25 shows. Their self-titled debut came out in June of 2024 and their “Bloodbath” EP came out this
GOOD TEAL NEW JERSEY Good Teal out of New Jersey recently put out one of my favorite releases of 2025. They have been “teasing” us with singles as far back as October of 2023 but on August 15th the wait for the full shipment was finally over and damn did they knock this one out
FREEZE OUT HOUSTON, TX Houston’s FREEZE OUT are as fresh blood as they come having played their first show less than 6 months ago and their lone demo release is just a few weeks older than that. These boys bring the raw, old style hardcore sound to the table and have really shot out of
LEVEL THREAT. BRISTOL, UK With a sound that is aptly described as fast and fucked off, Bristol, UK hardcore band Level Threat made an immediate impact with their self-titled debut EP, which was released last year on Hoods Up Records. With Level Threat aiming to make even more of an impact in 2025, In-Effects Gavin
LESSER BEINGS. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND Lesser Beings are a new band who hail from Glasgow, Scotland that consists of members who play in a whole host of both hardcore and metal bands including Hard Stare and Coffin Mulch. Lesser Beings released their self-titled debut EP last year, and it is a storming collection of hardcore anthems
DEADSHOT. LONG ISLAND, NY Deadshot from Long Island, NY have only been around for about a year now but have created a good buzz so far opening on various bills, and now releasing their debut titled “Not A Shot” which is now available on CD from 51st State Records. I must have gotten 5 or
SHREDS. UNITED KINGDOM Shreds are a band, who are based in Sheffield, UK (although they have members further afield in the UK) who play loud and fast hardcore in the vein of Negative Approach and SSD with their own spin on it. Formed in late 2022, Shreds brought out a well-received EP, “The First
