If you’re new to Grade 2, you’ve picked a great time to say hello; the Isle Of Wight trio have just today released their best album to date in ‘Talk About It’, and it gets an airing tonight.Continue Reading
The Philadelphia quartet specialise in a highly compelling blend of punk and hardcore, steeped in medieval imagery and gloomy atmospherics, with echoes of the likes of The Damned and Killing Joke at every turn.Continue Reading
As the intro guitar line of ‘Cut Throat’ bursts from the speakers, it’s clear that the band haven’t so much reworked their sound as refined it; with their trademark dual vocal attack, abrasive guitars and ridiculously dexterous bass lines all present and correct.Continue Reading
As you can probably imagine, for the most part, ‘Next Stop…Dead Stop…’ is a fast and furious affair, on which the band combine raw, 80s-style hardcore punk with a touch of power violence and a wonderfully bleak lyrical outlook.Continue Reading
Miss the glory days of Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords? Diagnostics are just what the doctor ordered. Bridging the gap between skate-punk and melodic hardcore, the six tracks on ‘Thoughts To Forget’ see the London quartet breathing fresh life into these vintage sounds.Continue Reading
Rare are bands that draw influence from both underground hardcore and arena-sized hard rock/metal bands, but upstate New York quartet Flatwounds do exactly that, and they do it well.Continue Reading
Opening track ‘Lacerated’ rides in on a wave of distorted feedback and belts along with hardcore punk fury and some seriously two-step worthy crunchy guitar work. ‘Human Figures’ keeps the relentless pace going, before ‘Dragging A Rope’ brings things to a suitably brutal close.Continue Reading
Well, with a name like that, plus their excellent 2025 ‘Fuelled By Spite’ EP and a great set at London’s Endeavour last summer to boot, how could we NOT interview livewire Bristol crew R.P.C.?! I caught up with guitarist Jim and drummer Alfie for a chat.Continue Reading
As with their sterling set at the Underworld last summer, Instigators go on a heads-down, no-nonsense romp through their back catalogue of anarcho-punk/vintage hardcore anthems, with the likes of ‘Computerage’ and ‘Blind Eye’ sounding suitably intimidating. Continue Reading
Some things never change, indeed, but that’s not always a bad thing. Straight-edge hardcore is a case in point; the genre is a well-trodden path by now, but it still sounds great if done well.Continue Reading
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