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Confronting Right-Wing Populism – SENTIENCE MACHINE – Release New Track [UK]
We typically don’t write about “alt-rock” bands as we’re a strictly hardcore, punk, metal website, but this was too important to pass up. Ever since...
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NYC Hardcore Band DOG BREATH Fire Shots On New Track ‘Weeds’ [USA]
Yo – there are just some bands that need to be platformed. Bands that have something to say, and not afraid to call it out...
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Myanmar-Based Punk Band REBEL RIOT Drop New MV For ‘A las Barricadas’ [Myanmar]
Mynamar-based punk band REBEL RIOT have released a music video for their new single entitled ¡A las Barricadas!. The track is their version of the...
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UKXASIA: UK Straight Edge Titans HOUR OF REPRISAL Drop First Taste of New EP [UK]
Feeling blessed that ever since we anchored on the shores of the UK a year and a half ago, we’ve been able to to not...
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Danbury, Connecticut Up In Here – Hardcore Punk Band THE TARRYS Drop New EP [USA]
Been on a tear checking out more Asian American hardcore lately…check out THE TARRYS on their brand new EP ‘Blind Desires’. The band features members...
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Doom Death Hardcore Band BURDEN OF DESPAIR Announce Debut Album [Japan]
Japanese Doom-Death/Hardcore band BURDEN OF DESPAIR announce to release the 1st full album, named ‘Confutatis -原罪神授-‘ on March 26th, 2025. In 2022, they were back...
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China Hardcore Year in Review – TRIPLE STONE BOOKING | REAL DEAL Reveal Top 10 Shows
“Finally, Restraining Order landed and rushed straight to the venue, arriving at MIDNIGHT. After a quick soundcheck, they ripped right into their set proving their...
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Ex-WORMROT Drummer, Vijesh, Resurrects Grindcore Band CODE ERROR
We have massive news for all y’all today…about the middle of 2024, phenomenal drummer of grindcore legends WORMROT, Vijesh, announced that he was leaving the...
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MUST LISTEN. Iranian Hardcore Punk Band TOF Drop ‘Brain Damage in the Middle East’ [Iran]
THIS IS SO SICK!!!! TØF تُف (Persian for “Spit”) is a two-man Hardcore Punk band from Amol, Iran. The band has been around since 2022,...
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YES – India’s Got a New Hardcore Band – Go Check Out CATATONIC!!! [India]
YOOOOOOOOOO!!! FINALLY!!!! India’s hardcore scene has a brand new contender to start messing with the metal AF landscape that has a stranglehold on the scene...
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Myanmar Punks Form FIERY New Hardcore Punk Band CACEROLAZO – Drop Sick Full Length!!!
When punk emerges from within and in direct response to authoritarianism, it is at its most raw and powerful. Hardcore punk collective CACEROLAZO are demonstrating...
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UKXASIA: UK Based Hindu Beatdown Band SWEAR DOWN Release New EP [UK]
Well well well…as soon as we heard about a Hindu Beatdown band here in the UK, you KNOW we had to hit them up. Vocalist...
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COLUMN: Chinese Powerviolence Band CHOU Reflect On Playing UK Fest CHIMPYFEST
Very cool to see some fellow Asian extreme musicheads who live out here in the west (United Kingdom to be precise) also continuing to actually...
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Screamo Band ISTILAH Release Ode To Palestine [Singapore]
We will ALWAYS stop whatever we’re doing to support artists...
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Massive Day for Global Grindcore – Pakistani Act MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS Return
As mentioned in a variety of our social media posts this past week, we’ve been eagerly anticipating a brand new 5 track demo by Pakistani...
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Vietnamese Crossover Thrash Band Drop Pikachu – Get Serious On New Album [Vietnam]
Brilliant Vietnamese crossover thrash band CUT LON have surprisingly made the conscious decision to drop the infamous Pikachu masks. When we contacted the band, they...
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Singaporean Death Metal Geniuses DOLDREY Release New EP/Fullset Live Vid of EP Show
Now that the biggest extreme band from Singapore has basically imploded (look it up), all is fine because that crown is safe in the hands...
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Chaotic Hardcore Act REXREZ and Grind/Violence Act RUNNER Release Split [Thailand/Japan]
Before we even write about this phenomenal split release by Thailand’s feedback heavy HM-2 demolishing hardcore band REXREZ and Japan’s RUNNER, go press play on...
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Yo – You Ain’t Ready For This – Hardcore Band NUMBERNINE Drop Fire New EP [Japan]
Just from hearing the first two tracks off Japanese hardcore band NUMBERNINE‘s brand new EP ‘New Phenomenon’ makes us wonder which one of you fools...
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A Day That PEACH Drops 2 New Tracks is Always A Good Day [Indonesia]
Anytime a PEACH release comes through our inbox…you know it’s going to be a good day. The phenomenal Indonesian hardcore punk band has dropped TWO...
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INTERVIEW: From Bangladesh To Scottish Hardcore – Vocalist of RESIST Talks To Us About Life
INTERVIEW | Farhan Vocalist Scottish Hardcore Band RESIST This amazing series continues today with a new instalment of documenting the small minority of Asians involved in UK hardcore. Today’s...
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REVIEW: Hong Kong Post-Hardcore Act Wellsaid Release Sophomore Album ‘Lurking’
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REVIEW: Hardcore Punk Act SPIT Release Self-Titled Debut Album [Taiwan]
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REVIEW: Melodic Death Metal Band Reborn Release EP [Vietnam]
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REVIEW: The Most Important Punk Rock Release of 2021 – The Rebel Riot [Myanmar]
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REVIEW: Metalcore Band Prompts’ ‘Magenta Smile’ Gets A Full Review [Japan]
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