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Struggle Within: The Most Underrated NYHC Band of All Time?

'90s melodic/metallic hardcore with a progressive edge.

Review: Side Over, Loves You (La Société Expéditionnaire, 2026)

Early-'90s Pennsylvania melodic hardcore group reunites to properly document past efforts.

Review: Burial at Ornans, Velocity Tomb (The Northeast Deathgrind Syndicate, 2026)

Wildly progressive and technical death/grind out of Buffalo, NY.

Random Roundup: July, 2026

Shit you should hear from Alarm!, Bleeth, Eastwood, Laid Low, Turn the Tide, and Yokedevils.

Review: Sun Within, Sun Within (Exotic Fever, 2026)

Grungy alternative/indie rock from this Philadelphia trio.

Song of the Day: Crime Square, “Don't Be Mad,” from Takedown/RTF: New Jersey Brotherhood (2026)

The first track from this new project featuring members of Bulldoze/Train of Thought/Agents of Man.

Review: Cutthroat, Hatebreedsrage & Legacy of Rage 1995 - 1997 (Wax Assault, 2026)

Groove-fueled metalcore destruction out of upstate NY, reissued on CD and for the first time ever on vinyl.

Review: GNP (Grossest National Product), 1985 Demo (Prank, 2026)

A well-documented labor of love shining light on one of Alabama's earliest punk bands.

Review: Immortal Form, Exterminatus Extremis (Heavy & Fast, 2026)

More beefy, brutal death metal from this D.C. outfit.

Random Roundup: May, 2026

Shit you should hear from Capital Scars, Ecotage, Extracts, Nílim, Thievery, and Think Machine.

Review: Unanswered/Hope (Delusion), Complete Discography (Figure Four, 2026)

Underrated mid-to-late-'90s metalcore for fans of Rorschach, Converge, etc.

Random Roundup: April, 2026

Shit you should hear from '82 Inferno, Box Elder, Crash Outfit, Damokles, Fail You, and Mass Appeal.

Review: New Dawn Fades, Lores (Self-Released, 2026)

Philly doom metal-infused rockers return with an excellent full-length LP.

Review: whitepicketfence, whitepicketfence (Exotic Fever, 2026)

Guitar/drums duo crosses genres with their "fuck you to the American Dream."

Song of the Day: MPB, “Victimologist,” from Flattened (2025)

Swedish noise rock with undercurrents of sludgy warmth and mathy quirks...

Song of the Day: Unreal City, “Emptiness,” from Blood Memory (WAR Records, 2026)

Pittsburgh crew returns with another metallic hardcore offering for all who worship at the altar of mid-to-late-'90s Cleveland.

Song of the Day: Afraid to Die, “Hell is a Place in My Mind,” from Hell is a Place in My Mind (The Coming Strife, 2026)

An interestingly blended form of U.K. metalcore that damn sure leaves a mark.

Review: No Gods, Antidivinity (Heavy & Fast, 2026)

Raging death/thrash with a twist...

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