Current Hardcore Bands You Should Know About!

Actually this blog focusses on hard to get 90's Metalcore and Hardcore releases,

but since there are so many criminally underrated "new" Hardcore Bands that are but playing

the same awesome sound, I just thought that I had to advertise them to you!

Alive & Well
Melodic and Emotional Progressive Metal from Vermont.
Something like Shai Hulud meets Poison The Well or Newborn...
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

As We Were
Metallic, Screamo influenced (modern) Hardcore band from Vermont.
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Aversion
Progressive/Chaotic Metalcore with a 90's touch from Florida.
New Split EP with Coastlines is to be released soon!
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Barren
XVX 90's Mosh - full length to be out soon!
Demo (2012)

Below
Black Metal influenced Metallic Hardcore, probably Metalcore…
Members of Broken Teeth & Survival, but don’t take this as comparison,
(fortunately) they sound nothing like that!
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Between Earth & Sky
"A band. An idea. A situation. Plus abstract lyrics and guitar riffs."
Melodic modern Hardcore with members of bands like Trial, Strain, Gob, Catharsis, ...
At Both End Comp (2009) / Of Roots And Wings (2011)

Blistered
Metallic 90's Hardcore/Metalcore in the vein of bands like Buried Alive...
Awesome lyrics about Animal Liberation as well!
New Record is to be out soon (you can already listen to the first song on 6131 Records)
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Cobra Death
Death Metal with some Thrash and Punk influence.
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Code Blue Coma
Screamo influenced Modern Hardcore with Members of bands like
Within Walls, Hollow Sons, All Aboard, ...
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Cold Season
Melodic Modern Hardcore with 90's Emo influence.
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Content With Dying
Well played Vegan 90's Metalcore from Germany.
(new stuff hopefully to be released soon!)
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Deconsecrate
H8000 Style 90's Metalcore with some Death/Black Metal influence.
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Demonwomb
Metallic Hardcore Band from Austria with some Thrash/Crossover influence.
Demo (2011) / Cursed (2012)

Depravataion
Black/Death Metal with some Crust influence.
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Desperate Times
Metallic Hardcore with some Thrash/Crossover influence.
"Formed out of love for the core by those who grew up on "One Voice", "Cause For Alarm",
"Best Wishes","Those Who Fear Tomorrow"...
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Direwolves
Screamo influenced, melodic Modern Hardcore Band from France.
(new Lp to be out this March!)
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

El Camino Car Crash
Chaotic, Screamo influenced Modern Hardcore Band from Austria.
With members of Within Walls and Unveil.
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Fires & Floods
I'm not really sure if they're still an active band, as you cant find any information about them
on the Internet... However, really good progressive/chaotic Metal with some Hardcore influence
and members of bands like One King Down, Shai Hulud, Dark Day Dawning, Passion, ...
The Voice At Your Heels (2012)

Foreseen
Awesome Thrash Metal/Crossover Hardcore band from Finland.
Metal music with Punk lyrics and a cool attitude, check them out and decide for yourself!
(Lp is to be released really soon!)
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Forward To Eden
Some advertisement on my own account here, hehe...
My new XVX 90's Metalcore/H8000 Style Project with Rat (Statement, Unborn, etc.) on Drums.
Fight For A New World Demo Tape is to be released soon!
Until then check the song(s) on our bandcamp!

Fracture Inc.
Oldschool Metalcore from Germany!
For fans of Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn, Maroon, ...
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their homepage.

Get It Done!
Straight Edge Posi-Hardcore in the vein of bands like Dag Nasty...
Members of bands like Black Friday '29, Settle The Score, AYS, ...
Demo (2011) / Split with Radical Noise (2012) / Split with Overlord (2013)

Guidance
Oldschool Straight Edge Hardcore, for fans of Judge and Outspoken!
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Guilty
Metallic Oldschool Hardcore in the vein of bands like Cro-Mags or Killing Time.
Unfortunately they've already announced their last show...
Demo (2010) / Selftitled (2012)

Gut Feeling
Melodic, Modern Hardcore with even some Youth Crew influence...
Members of Bands like Undying, Catharsis, Torch Runner, Nightbear, ...
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Incitement
H8000 Metalcore Massacre from Poland! Sounds totally like a polish version of Arkangel!
Lyrically more comparable to bands like Integrity or Rot In Hell…
Selftitled Demo (2013)

Inherit
Metallic Oldschool Straight Edge Hardcore with some thrash/crossover influence
and definitely one of the best bands around! With members of bands like:
Pain Runs Deep, xCanaanx, Lightbringer, Wayfarer, Final Rage, Unholy Majesty, ...
Selftitled Demo(2011) / The Crushing Wheels Of Samsara (2012)

Jukai
90's style Metalcore from Long Island!
(And they have a song called Jihad - what else would you want to know?)
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Lies!
90's influenced metallic Hardcore in the vein of bands like
All Out War, Merauder or Strife...
Demo (2011) / Nineties (2012)

Lions
Metallic Oldschool Hardcore in the vein of Bands like Judge, Cro-Mags or Killing Time.
Straight Edge as fuck with members of Bands like
Damage ID, Animal Instinct, Solid Ground, Deadlock, Cataract, …
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Not Afraid
Oldschool Straight Edge Hardcore from Belgium,
members of True Colors that are continuing with a similar style.
Be Yourself (2011) / Promo Tape (2013) / (LP out this April)

On Bodies
"We are a band comprised of people who used to, and still do, play in other bands,
and before that did not play in any bands. But when we did, those bands were
As Friends Rust, Shai Hulud, Terror, Culture, Morning Again, Until The End, Glasseater
and Where Fear And Weapons Meet. This sounds like none of those".
Yet really good 90's Hardcore with some Emo/Punk influence.
Planet Hospice (2012) / The Long Con (2013)

Pulled Under
"90s influenced hardcore from DFW."
Totally sounds like some of the classic XVX 90's Metalcore stuff - awesome!
Check them out an/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Punishment Due
Metallic "Long Island Hardcore" with members of bands like:
Extinction AD, Miss My Change, Depressant, This Is Hell, Detriment, ...
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Reincarnation
Thrash Metal/Hardcore Crossover that totally sounds like Deal With It!
(they also do share some members)
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Renounced
Well played melodic 90’s/early 00’s Metalcore that sounds like
7 Angels, 7 Plagues with some Poison The Well riffs.
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

X Repentance X
Put it on your turntable and feel yourself back in the 90’s!
Makes you want to dye your hair blonde, throw on a backpack and start moshing in your room!
With riffs that could easily be from Morning Again or Unbroken, while having lyrics that could be
from Vegan Reich or Day Of Suffering – to name just a few bands that directly come to mind...
For me definitely the best record of the year, musically just as lyrically perfect!
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Shadowboxing
American Northwest hardcore for fans of NYHC with lyrics that have a
Trial meets Chokehold vibe. Featuring a member of This Time Tomorrow and Parasitic Skies
on guitar and Brian from xRisenx doing backing vocals on a track.
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Skinfather
Oldschool Death Metal/Thrash Crossover from the USA
With members of Twitching Tongues, Creatures - new stuff is currently in the making!
ἄθεος Demo (2012) / Succession/Possession (2013)

Strange Places
Long haired (stoner) Metal/Hardcore from the UK with a gloomy Balrog face on the cover.
Well played riffs and solos, along with lyrics like Lord Of The Rings meets Adventure Time.
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

The Ice
Metalic oldschool hardcore in the vein of bands like True Blue (from which they also got their name)
or Zero Mentality. Just a bit more groove and with the use of cool synthesizers!
Actually I’m not sure if they’re really an active band, I guess they’ve played one show last year…
However, they’ve never really disbanded, so I like to think that this wont be the last we heard of them!
Demo MMVII(2007) / Touching The Void (2009) / Promo Tape (2011)

Unholy Majesty
Thrash/Crossover/Hardcore Metal from the UK with members of bands like:
On Thin Ice, Age Of Kali, Cold Snap, The Break In, Santa Karla, Wayfarer, Final Rage, ...
(New stuff is currently in the making!)
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Unrestrained
Metallic, 90's influenced, Straight Edge Hardcore from Portland,
not to be confused with Unrestrained from Vermont!
(new stuff is to be released soon!)
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Waterlvngs
90's Emo with Post-Hardcore and Punk influence... pretty simple, but great!
(unfortunately already called quits in late 2013)
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Withers

"...homage to heavy music’s abomination on the one and its gracefulness on the other hand.
 In this manner they are evocative of bands like Converge, Cursed or Cave In, who have a similar
approach of creating music in the grey area between  chaotic Hardcore, Metal and Punk".
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.

Woodwork

"Politically fueled 90's Hardcore sounding band from France".
Check them out and/or download their stuff for free on their bandcamp.


Yeah, I didnt mention a lot of awesome bands, like:
Alpha & Omega, Anteater, AYS, Backtrack, Battle Ruins, Bitter End, Bleak Reality, Bitter Verses,
Bottom Out, Breaking Point, Coastlines, Coldburn, Death Before Dishonor, Down To Nothing,
Fire & Ice, Forsaken, Hollow Earth, Incendiary, Mongoloids, Natural Order, Naysayer, Nibiru,
Palm Reader, Power Trip, Ranger, Sai Nam, Spirit Animal, Suburban Scum, Take Offense,
True Valiance, Turnstile, Twitching Tongues, World Collapse, ...
but thats just cause they are not "underrated" and so you either know about them anyway,
or get them advertised on like every other hardcore related page as well.
(...or I was just to lazy, I mean, these listed are enough, arent they?)

If any of the bandcamp links has expired or put down, just tell me! ;-)