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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God Save The Gun
Album - 14 Tracks - Released October 17, 2025

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504 Plan
AFI
Acres
Agnostic Front
Alexisonfire
Allanamiento Emocional
American Television
Amyl and The Sniffers
And Phobos Falls
Antihéroes
Apebreeder
AthensGoatMafia
Biohazard
Bloom
Bong Brigade
Booze & Glory
ChuggaBoom
Circle Jerks
Clear Convictions
Cloudcage
Comastatic
Combat
Crisis Theory
Curveless
DFMK
Daedra
Dayseeker
Dead Boys
Dead Heat
Deathgrave
Der Ganze Rest
Disventure Camp
Dry Socket
Edit The Tide
Existenter
FORBIDDEN
Face Yourself
Fatal Realm
Fugazi
GG Allin
Give My Remains to Broadway
Godmode
Guilt Trip
Horror Skunx
Hüsker Dü
In Color
In Waves
Jogo Sujo
Joker's Republic
Judge & Jury
Keni Nije Mrtav
L.S. Dunes
Lambrini Girls
Left Hand Black
Left to Suffer
Lift The Curse
Meu Funeral
Michael Motorcycle
Militarie Gun
Muggeseggel
Murder Junkies
Neckscars
Noise Ratchet
Norcos Y Horchata
Ogenj
Oh! I Kill
Pennywise
People R Ugly
Playlunch
Point North
Prostorija Za Otpad
Rage Into The Inferno
Rancid
Restraining Order
Rou Reynolds
SANITY
STONE COLD
Sainthood Reps
Set in Stone
Show Me the Body
Speed
Stick To Your Guns
Strung Out
Sudden Waves
Suspended 4th
The Butcher Sisters
The Damned
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Good The Bad and The Zugly
The Maysides
Thornhill
Thrice
Traffic Nightmare
Trash Talk
Visceral Sound
Werewolves
Worlds Scariest Police Chases
Zdechły Osa
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Nirvana
Pierce The Veil
The Goo Goo Dolls
Rise Against
A Day To Remember
Ramones
Stand Here Alone
Misfits
AFI
Knocked Loose
Ólafur Arnalds
Dayseeker
Fried By Fluoride
Turnstile
Amyl and The Sniffers
City Morgue
Point North
Thornhill
Thrice
Descendents
Dead Kennedys
Sodikken
Rancid
Suicidal Tendencies
Fugazi
Refused
Propagandhi
zebrahead
Pennywise
Alexisonfire
SOFT PLAY
La Polla Records
Show Me the Body
Judge & Jury
The Butcher Sisters
The Damned
Horror Skunx
Cor
Municipal Waste
Zdechły Osa
Black Flag
Dead Fish
Acres
Operation Ivy
Bad Brains
Every Time I Die
Murder
Crooked Bangs
Godmode
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High Vis
Sunny Day Real Estate
Stick To Your Guns
Terror
Gutter Grinders
Speed
Comeback Kid
T.S.O.L.
Left to Suffer
Desakato
Minutemen
Guilt Trip
The Good The Bad and The Zugly
Nothing
Agent Orange
In Color
GING NANG BOYZ
Booze & Glory
Berri Txarrak
Negative XP
Sick Century
If Not For Me
Dragged Under
Hüsker Dü
Screeching Weasel
STIFF RICHARDS
Agnostic Front
ITCHY
Craig Owens
The Toy Dolls
Militarie Gun
Get The Shot
The Bronx
SeeYouSpaceCowboy...
Strung Out
Adolescents
88 Fingers Louie
Biohazard
Midnight
The Exploited
The Vandals
The Dead Milkmen
D.R.I.
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Chimaira
Disarray
Germs
Dead Boys
Code Orange
Circle Jerks