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Meet Escuela Grind: Makers of Mind-Expanding, Twerk-Inducing Grindcore
"People are angry right now, and our album is a communicative tool for progress"
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Meet Inclination: Knocked Loose Side Project Tackling Addiction With Clear-Headed Humanity
Isaac Hale and Co. dig beyond "superhero straight-edge" themes to confront their flaws with honesty
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Meet Zulu: Soul-Infused Powerviolence Band Speaking Anti-Racist Truth
L.A. crew are injecting joy and R&B samples into real-deal hardcore — with no "tough guy" bullshit
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Meet Soul Glo: Hardcore Poets Confronting Trauma, White Supremacy and "Hard Conversations"
My Chemical Romance-endorsed Philly mavericks just want to "talk about Black shit” through genre-bending punk
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Static Dress: Inside Theatrical Post-Hardcore Act's Mission to "Make Rock Music Cool Again"
Singer Olli Appleyard: "I'm trying to create a legacy"
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Drain: NorCal Hardcore Crew's Long, Hard Road to Overnight Success
Fighting the current of high-cost living and familial pressures until the world's riding their thrashcore wave
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Scowl: Meet NorCal Hardcore Rising Stars "Making a Mess to Clean It Up"
Singer Kat Moss talks dreams, challenges and catharsis
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Screamo Pioneers Jeromes Dream on Intense Early Days, Polarizing 'Presents' LP
Jeff Smith: "I had a lot of traumas in my childhood. I went to a dark place when we played."