Butuan City is a city located in the Northern part of Mindanao, Philippines. Though it is not usually in the maps of both hardcore and...
Tough times all over the world…not just recently, been going on for decades. Iranian diaspora hardcore punk band SIYAHKAL have just released a single off...
Liverpool, UK based DIY punk quartet SOURFLAKE have released their highly anticipated debut EP ‘Spite’. Described as having “copious amounts of energy and zeal”, the...
Yooooo…it’s been so long…check out South Korean hardcore band NO SHELTER on this brand new hard-hitting EP entitled ‘Life is Justification’. “We’ve signed with the...
“Being Muslim wasn’t just a part of identity anymore—it became something to justify.” Forged in anger, solidarity and decades of shared experience, GRAIL GUARD announce...
Check out dem boys in Thai death metal band G6PD on their brand new single entitled ‘Black Sun’. This track also serves as the band’s...
After a significant hiatus, CELESTIAL GORGE is back with their first single from the upcoming album, releasing late 2026. Redemption is a cry for clarity...
Vancouver-based nu-punk project BIG CITY GERMS have announced an expansive new tour titled 38 Dates Later, bringing the band across 16 countries throughout Asia and neighboring regions in spring 2026....
While the world has gone completely mad, this SHOULD be the time for aggressive bands to write hard music. Enter long-running Nepali hardcore powerhouse, STRANGLE,...
INTERVIEW | Farhan Vocalist Scottish Hardcore Band RESIST This amazing series continues today with a new instalment of documenting the small minority of Asians involved...
Yeah, you know as SOON as we saw information about a punk band outta Iran, we were all over it. We have been blessed to...
INTERVIEW | Qiuqiu Drummer Chou We continue with our focus on immigrants in the UK killing it in the heavy music scene here. Next up,...
The Russian territory of Yakutsk is a scene that we gladly write about. The scene has always been more punk focused and so when beatdown...
INTERVIEW | Saujan British Nepali Guitarist SYMBOL OF ORION | GRAVEN IMAGE After a weekend of the largest anti-immigrant protests to take place in the...
Many of us immigrants who move to the West often head out to hardcore shows in our new adopted homes solo. Coming into a space...
INTERVIEW | MAZANDARAN UK / IRAN Photo Credit: Joe Leitch, Meline Gharibyan “We used this famous myth as an apt metaphor for the Islamic Republic’s...
Egyptian/UK hardcore band CIRCLE NONE have released a brand new EP and we are super grateful that vocalist, May, allowed us to reshare what she...
YOOOOOOO…how could we NOT write about this?!?!?! Are you insane? Filipino hardcore band BADWAVE just threw up pics and videos of them performing at the...
“Wherever Peach plays, all LGBTQ+ people, people living with HIV, are welcome. You are safe at our shows.” Like many have mentioned, musically, hardcore has...
Southern Metro Manila-based emotive punk band EIFFEL has finally ended their indefinite hiatus and is back with a new single and lineup. The latest single,...