CEREMONY release Live at the Hollywood Palladium today via Relapse Records. Recorded at their sold-out LA headliner two years ago to the day — Rohnert Park played live in full, plus tracks spanning the band’s catalog.

CARRY ON are back. California hardcore legends reunite for summer 2026 shows, including SOUND AND FURY. A long-overdue A Life Less Plagued re-press is also on the way. Twenty-five years later, this chapter opens again.

Many thanks to @idioteqcom.bsky.social for profiling my new band! idioteq.com/50-days-at-i...

How do you like Citizen I.C.E., by Dropkick Murphys / @haywire617? "they've poorly trained an army for our kids to fear today / The gave 'em masks and weapons and sent them on their way / They're knee-deep in proud boys, thе party never stops / Too scared to join thе military, too dumb to be a cop"

BAYWAY dumped World Of Bayway Vol. III out of nowhere: slow pressure, knuckles first, via @Trustkill - The drop lands just before they head into a packed stretch of shows, including HELLFEST WEST and a long US run with SNUFFED ON SIGHT on select dates. trustkill.bandcamp.com/album/world-...

Pittsburgh horsecore pack Kicked In The Head By a Horse just dropped “Memento mori” and it hits like blunt force trauma. Short, super heavy, twisted, merging chaotic metalcore with deathmathcore, no breathing room. BLOOM/DECAY EP, out February 18. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbL4...

LIKE A PEET, KEEN TO THE RUSTLE OF LEAVES, by LIMBS. Metallic and chaotic, drifting into noise, post-rock tension, and eerie synth textures. MAJORITY RULE colliding with the unpredictability of WRISTMEETRAZOR, filtered through experimental lens. zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/like-a...

Rock album of the week: Love, Keep Me Afraid by Muttering. "Songs about love... searching for answers in a deep pool of self reflection." muttering.bandcamp.com/album/love-k...

Brighton post-hardcore/screamo outfit Chalk Hands have dropped a powerful new video single titled "Pauvre de Moi" - their second taste of upcoming sophomore album The Line That Shapes the Coast of Us. Pre-orders are currently live through Dog Knights Productions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ6h...

Belfast groovecore band Survivalist has released their sophomore album "A Place For Those Who Suffer, Alone" via Seek And Strike Records, xploring themes of isolation, mental health, and emotional endurance. survivalistgc.bandcamp.com/album/a-plac...

New Strife @Strife_LA cover special coming up on Feb 3 on IDIOTEQ

Costa Rican band Adiós Cometa just released "Un destello de luz" — nine tracks caught between wanting to flee and choosing to stay. Angular guitars, restrained distortion, post-hardcore edges meeting spacey shoegaze. idioteq.com/costa-rican-...

Grave Heist (Hudson Valley, NY) dropping new EP 'Fate Of The World' Feb 27th - recorded with Don Fury First single "Pale Blue Dot" out now. linktr.ee/graveheistny

OUTBREAK FEST 🔥SUN: Basement, Suicidal Tendencies, Hatebreed (2 albums!), Trapped Under Ice, TRASH TALK, Snail Mail, La Dispute, Nothing. SAT: Alexisonfire (Crisis!), Converge, PUP, High Vis, Touché Amoré, Quicksand. FRI: The Front Bottoms (Talon of the Hawk!) // outbreak-fest.co.uk

NOFX is back and as usual, they don't give a f**k. "Minnesota Nazis" supports protests against ICE violence in Minnesota. "America, why can't we all agree / It's ok to judge and have some hate for people / If you base it on their ethics / Not their ethnicity" www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU6s...

VENEZIA HARDCORE FEST 2026 is locked in. May 15–16, CS RIVOLTA (Marghera, Italy). ANGEL DUST, BRACE WAR, NUOVO TESTAMENTO + more. Skate ramp, food, no nonsense. Italy goes hard again.

REFUSED wrapped up their hometown chapter in UMEÅ with three sold out farewell shows. We’ve got a loose photo report from all three nights capturing the bands the people and the room. idioteq.com/refused-clos...

THE SADDEST LANDSCAPE announce Alone With Heaven, their first full-length in 10 years, out April 24 via IODINE RECORDINGS. New single “From Home They Run” is out now. Recorded in part with the late Steve Albini. dthw.sh/fromhomethey...

Miami hardcore band POWERPLAY drop new single “Liberosis,” their first release via TERMINUS HATE CITY, featuring Andrew Neufeld of COMEBACK KID. An anthemic take on mental health, pressure, and finding strength through community - youtu.be/VDSjZ7SUgH4?...

STRESSED return with A World From Ashes. Adelaide hardcore pushed deeper into metal, cold and confrontational, carrying the weight of bands like REPRISAL, ARKANGEL, and MORNING AGAIN. A message-driven violence built for movement, sweat, and impact. lifelairregretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-worl...

It’s late, MTV’s still flickering, and some random loud band crashes in - no clue who they are, but it’s heavy as hell, so you don’t touch the remote. Filth is Eternal www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pyt...

NIRVANA's Tourette's goes hardcore with Swedish XIAO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZom...

Thoughts on the new POISON THE WELL? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkNr...

New single “Hangman” just dropped from VALLEY OF DOVES from Alabama. Alternative/post-hardcore at the core, but they’re clearly pulling from that DEFTONES heaviness, some DREDG atmosphere, and twisting it into their own version of solid thick riffed rock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjf4...

GILLIAN CARTER just put out a live record captured on August 31, 2025 at The Orpheum in Tampa. gilliancarter.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...

In the ’80s, Italian punk scenes connected without the internet — through fanzines, letters, and real addresses. Paolo Palmacci’s Fanzinet project maps nearly 700 of those publications, bringing back a physical, slow, deeply human network that once held entire scenes together.

MASS CONTROL back in full blunt-force mode. “Illusory Walls / Chasm” is short, heavy, no filler — straight 90s-core energy with teeth. Sydney / Blue Mountains grit, leaning hard into EARTH CRISIS, INTEGRITY, IN COLD BLOOD territory. Zero mercy. lifelairregretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/illuso...

CASTxDOWN unleashes straight edge FURY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVt...

CAPILLARY share new single Plainview ft. Joey Chiaramonte of KOYO. The track reflects on time, memory, and growing away from people and places you still miss, ending on a note of gratitude and excitement for what’s next. Debut album In Remembrance lands Jan 2 via 51st State Records. vyd.co/Plainview

Enervate x Milwaukee Hardcore x “My Own Peace Of Mind” EP is up! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... or distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

We talked with GUILT TRIP about playing shows to 10 people, sometimes none, signing to Roadrunner, Manchester shaping their attitude more than their sound, and why touring still feels exciting instead of exhausting. idioteq.com/guilt-trip-d...

Quick chat with EXCIDE around “Bastard Hymns.” @excidehc @sharptonerecs idioteq.com/blurring-har...

Chain Reaction spent decades telling kids “no crowd surfing, no crowd moshing” while simultaneously producing some of the wildest gigs and pics hardcore ever framed. Venues close. Scenes move. Respect to Chain Reaction for holding the line for almost 30 years 🫡

NUR drop their first LP Shock Mentality — eight tracks on war fatigue, ego, climate dread, and the web turning into a cage. Full story + track-by-track in the new post. idioteq.com/blackened-sl...

Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero goes doom pop / melo metal - youtu.be/gipMOZE2gNA?...

Endless Suffering by German hardcore monster HAYWIRE will crush you! youtu.be/SJIXmtr7D7w?...

Kenya formed in '22 when hardcore in Bali started moving again after COVID killed shows completely. This year they became the first Bali band to tour the UK and play Outbreak Fest. Big moment back home. Bali hardcore is very much alive again. idioteq.com/kenyas-rise-...

Hardcore vets 1125 are back with their first LP in seven years. Formed in Złotów in 96, the crew brings 10 tracks built on solid hc riffs and stiff, chant-ready choruses, circling around everyday pressure, fatigue, resistance, and the grey zones of adult life. 1125.bandcamp.com/album/stan-o...

“Breaking Waves” is out now — the first track from Chalk Hands’ upcoming album “The Line That Shapes the Coast of Us”, out March 27th via Dog Knights Productions. idioteq.com/breaking-wav...

Rise Of The Northstar - idioteq.com/rise-of-the-...

A lot of emo and MySpace stuff coming this Friday

Swedish hardcore spotlight: MODERN GUILT! idioteq.com/no-peace-in-...

Tashkent, Uzbekistan just got its first real shoegaze band — elbowsway @elbowsway_ — and their debut single “common sense” is the opening shot. idioteq.com/elbowsway-in...

This week is a wrap! New Releases in Hardcore, Punk Rock, Screamo, Post Rock, Metal & dozens of shades of Rock! idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...

Vitamin X fire the starting shot of Ride The Apocalypse with “Chop Chop Chop”, now streaming as the album’s first available track. The Amsterdam hardcore veterans keep their trademark speed and bite intact. vitaminx.bandcamp.com/album/ride-t...

Historic Italian hardcore force WITH LOVE are getting a full archival blast with Yours, Truly, a 20-track double LP — remastered and finally landing on vinyl Jan 14 via Shove and Green Records.

Legendary punk band NOFX will release "A to H" on December 5th, the first installment in their upcoming triple album project titled "A to Z", a special album series packed with rarities, demos, and never-before-heard tracks from the band’s storied career.

Loads of great new releases landed this week! You don’t need to dig, we already did. Slide over to idioteq.com and catch the heaviest, weirdest, and most interesting releases that dropped. Hardcore, metalcore, screamo, punk rock, pop punk, and like fifty shades of loud in between 🙌🙌🙌

Frantic, emotional post-hardcore icons THE The Saddest Landscape break a decade of silence with Hexes, a claustrophobic two-and-a-half-minute return that drags their trademark skramz through themes of grief thesaddestlandscape.bandcamp.com/track/hexes-2

How does this new CONVERGE flavor land for you? idioteq.com/converge-ret...