Hardcore Punk

Hardcore punk is a high-energy, aggressive genre characterized by fast tempos, driving rhythms, and often, screamed or shouted vocals. Emerging in the late 1970s and peaking in popularity in the 1980s, hardcore punk evolved from the raw, DIY ethos of punk rock, with bands like Black Flag and Dead Kennedys spearheading the movement. Defined by its intense, cathartic sound and anti-establishment sentiment, hardcore punk became a powerful outlet for youthful rebellion and social critique. Its influence can be seen in subsequent genres like post-hardcore, emo, and metalcore, while its raw energy and intensity continue to inspire new generations of musicians. Notable for its fusion of punk's simplicity with metal's aggression, hardcore punk's distinctive sound is marked by its use of palm-muted chords, rapid-fire drumming, and emotive, often politicized lyrics.

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A Day To Remember
Above Us the Waves
Against All Ødds
AlphaWhores
Asylum 213
Awake In Time
Bad Idols
Balzac
Big Mouth
Black Out The Sun
Brave The Storm
Buckshot Princess
By The Grace Of God
Caveman & The Banshee
ChuggaBoom
Church Tongue
Cloudcage
DEFACED uk
Dark Below
Dark Sun
Dead Pioneers
Dead Pollys
Desolated
DethTech
Dorfterror
ENGRAVED
End of All
Existenter
FORBIDDEN
FORDECISION
Face Yourself
Fearless Iranians From Hell
Freeze the Fall
Fucked Up
GING NANG BOYZ
GLOOMLIGHT
Gaytheist
Ghost Kill
Give My Remains to Broadway
Grief Ritual
Gun Ghaol
Harper
Homesick
Hope Till December
Horror Skunx
Indocentes
Ingrown
Jack-Knife
Judge & Jury
KVRMA
L.S. Dunes
La Armada
Last Quokka
Lift The Curse
Lycanthrope
Malcriada
Meu Funeral
Murder
Neverfade
Nuclear Remains
PANKIDZ
PET NEEDS
Pissgrave
Playlunch
Pure Hate
Purified In Blood
Ratpenat
Real Sickies
Rise Against
Rodeo Boys
SNAYX
SPLIT DOGS
Sacrosanct
Saylem
Skontra
Skramz
Spiritworld
Star 99
Staticlone
Sugar Spine
TFR
TURBOBIER
TWO CAR GARAGE
The Accüsed
The Drowns
The HC
The Mistons
The Ratchets
The Transits
Torn From Oblivion
TzarBombah
União Clandestina
Vacuous
Watching the Abyss
We Kill Cowboys
Where Feet Fail
Zdechły Osa
bullet tooth
punkdepo
ratbag
Nirvana
Rise Against
A Day To Remember
Misfits
Dayseeker
Knocked Loose
Fried By Fluoride
Turnstile
City Morgue
Descendents
Dead Kennedys
Sodikken
Suicidal Tendencies
Point North
TOGENASHI TOGEARI
Refused
zebrahead
Judge & Jury
La Polla Records
Horror Skunx
The Damned
Black Flag
Zdechły Osa
Municipal Waste
Operation Ivy
Godmode
Crooked Bangs
Murder
Speed
Bad Brains
Sunny Day Real Estate
High Vis
Gutter Grinders
Comeback Kid
Show Me the Body
X
Agent Orange
Minutemen
GING NANG BOYZ
Guilt Trip
Dragged Under
Negative XP
Berri Txarrak
If Not For Me
Sick Century
Craig Owens
Desakato
Hüsker Dü
STIFF RICHARDS
ITCHY
The Dead Milkmen
88 Fingers Louie
Agnostic Front
The Vandals
The Exploited
SeeYouSpaceCowboy...
The Bronx
Code Orange
Disarray
Circle Jerks
Screeching Weasel
Kerry King
LOCKED SHUT
Lionheart
People R Ugly
Germs
Wipers
Life Of Agony
Choking Victim
Daedra
D.R.I.
Cro-Mags
Subhumans
Adolescents
DethTech
Biting Elbows
Dead Lakes
Get The Shot
Harper
L.S. Dunes
Desolated
Harms Way
Have Heart
ratbag
No Cure
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Alvin és a Mókusok
Face Yourself
Spiritworld
The Dickies
bullet tooth
The Queers
GBH
Fucked Up
CANDY
Bedwetters
Strike Anywhere
Moscow Death Brigade
QUEEF JERKY
ChuggaBoom