Label: Kuromaku Corp Release Date: November 14th 2025 I wasn’t even gonna do another review this year. I wanted to shift my focus on getting my 2025 top 10 albums post ready. But I felt compelled for some reason to do a review for this one. CHAPTER 04: RED FALCON SUPER BATTLE! NEO PARIS WAR!! is the 4th full length album from whatever the fuck French hardcore crossover rap ani-metal band Rise of the Northstar. Fucks sake I’ve listened to this album much more than I needed to.

Label: Epitaph Release Date: November 7th 2025 Santa Cruz hardcore kings DRAIN are back with their third full length album, …IS YOUR FRIEND. This is a positive, feel-good record with no shortage of gnarly riffs, breakdowns, skank parts, sing-alongs, and solos. DRAIN is a band, that when you hear their music, you immediately know it’s them. Whether it’s the killer guitar tones, the infectious grooves, or Sammy’s undeniable vocals, you know you’ve stepped into their world from

Label: BLKIIBLK Release Date: October 17th, 2025 It’s been 13 years since NYHC legends Biohazard released an album. They have now returned with Divided We Fall, featuring their classic lineup, and boy it’s refreshing to hear these guys back at it, just as if it was the early 90s. We are thrown back into that era right as we start the first track, hard riffs and some tough-guy attitude. This is streetwise 90s NYHC. This is the bands complete playbook — mosh parts, fast parts,

Label: Youngblood Records Release Date: October 17th, 2025 Though there is a healthy scene of hardcore bands in the UK, it does seem that in this area of the world, straight edge has always been harder to come by. It makes sense though, this is a place where sharing pints with your mates is engrained in the culture. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of blokes Xing up in the UK. The members of Sheffield straight edge hardcore punk band Cannonball are some of them. Cannonbal

He beats ass up on stage for several bands, and in the ring as Samhain. Following the October 13th 2025 release of Enter The Den…, the debut EP from one of his latest projects, Long Island hardcore band Lion’s Den, I caught up with primary songwriter, drummer, and producer, Remarkable Wrestling Champ Sam (no government name needed). As soon as I turned on Enter The Den…, I couldn’t help but go, “ahhh here’s Under The Knife”, was the conscious idea when starting this project t

Label: Delirium Release Date: October 13th, 2025 Have you ever heard Hatebreed’s Under The Knife EP? Then you know exactly what to expect from Enter The Den…, the debut EP from Long Island hardcore band, Lion’s Den. Drywall beware. As soon as it starts, you’re compelled to smash your enemies. Each riff calls for movement, every breakdown demands blood. All 4 songs on here are spin kick and crowdkill worthy. Riffs, snare, and breakdowns. All killer, no filler. Opening track, S

Label: Streets Of Hate Release Date: September 4th 2025 A month ago, Grael, hardcore/metalcore band from Long Island, New York dropped their first EP, World Without End. There are riffs here that Slayer wish they put on their records and breakdowns that will make you break your own neck, or someone else’s nose. There’s a rabid feeling laced in the music that is sure to infect any listener and any audience member.  At only 18 minutes, this EP shreds through you, with ripping g