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...

Post-rock/screamo heart-breaker VI SOM ÄLSKADE VARANDRA SÅ MYCKET just dropped För varje steg, their first new song in years - visomalskadevarandrasamycket.bandcamp.com/track/f-r-va...

Just caught this week’s roundup on “In Shorts: November 7-14” via IDIOTEQ|com and there’s serious heat across all corners of the scene. 🎧 idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...

Norwich screamo beaast CASSUS is back! As a Person - cassus.bandcamp.com/track/as-a-p...

DAZE presents BIG BOY EP // Love Songs. It's the first release from the San Jose crew with an actual title after years of promo tapes, and it shows up with the kind of confidence you’d expect from a band sharing DNA with Sunami and Hands Of God. dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/love-s...

This week in (heavy) music is a wrap! See our under the radar picks here: idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...

PUKE WOLF return with “Hyena Laugh” — an 11-minute descent through cruelty, remorse, and collapse, featuring DEMERSAL and violinist Sophia Larsdotter (WHO KILLED BAMBI). Three movements. One slow-burning rage. “Some swear they’ll change / But you never will.” --> idioteq.com/puke-wolf-di...

Philadelphia’s NOTHING return February 27, 2026 with A Short History of Decay via Run For Cover, a bruised, industrial-leaning shoegaze record that stops pretending everything’s fine and lets age, tremors, and regret sit loud in the mix. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtW...

Thanks Karol! @idioteqcom.bsky.social

RECOLLECTION share one more preview ahead of Friday’s debut EP Vivid Dreams with “Lover’s Quarrel.” Featuring members of HAYWIRE, SKINHEAD, HAMMER BROS, and more, the track pushes their self-described “hard indie” approach: hardcore, Oi!, soaring leads, and a chorus built to loop in your head.

This week in heavy music - idioteq.com/in-shorts-ne...

New TETSUO EP drops October 31st and it feels like something crawling out from under the floorboards — “fauna.” twists screamo into noise-washed hardcore, breathing heavy, blinking in fluorescent dark. Full feature up now on IDIOTEQ|com. Get your ass up there and get inspired.

INTEGRITY and SKARHEAD team up for a new split EP out today, October 31, via Static Era Records. The release packs three tracks total: INTEGRITY’s snarling opener “Devil Down,” SKARHEAD’s groove-heavy “Till’ Death We Part,” and a third cut, “Die By The Gun.”

Middle-Man Records drops GRAVE NEIGHBORS V.9 for Halloween, stacking wild covers like Rid of Me taking on Interpol’s “PDA,” Ariadne's Thread flipping Converge, Guerrilla Ghost on R.E.M., (...) middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/grave-...

COUP D’ÉTAT drops new EP, an emotional document of the Victoria, BC scene recorded between Nov 2024 and March 2025. Out now via @zegemabeachrecords.bsky.social , the four-track release bridges fifth-wave emo and screamo with a that Pacific North West pulse. therealcoup.bandcamp.com/album/coup-d...

Screamo legends SAETIA are pulling their music from Spotify, starting with Collected and soon Tendrils. If that’s got you bummed out, dive into a bunch of other post-hardcore and screamo bands in the massive playlist here - open.spotify.com/playlist/14q...

Screamo record of the year contender? New @MassaNera feature lands tonight on IDIOTEQ!

Polish emo outfit MEATBALLS dropped a new single, “trudno, zasypiam,” via Peleton Records. The Szczecin-based band, known for playing straight-up northwest emo with that post-hardcore edge and a touch of twinkling math rock, keeps it really interesting - www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8D...

@idioteqcom.bsky.social follows on today's release from Drill For Absentee sharing a big feature on the new release from the post-hardcore band AND including track-by-track interview by Michael Nace here: idioteq.com/drill-for-ab... @expertworkrecords.bandcamp.com #DisciplinePR

Sheffield indie emo trio Pale Sailor release their debut EP you’re not yourself today, a four-track reflection on exhaustion, frustration, and the slow climb toward recovery, blending midwest emo and pop punk with intimate, literary lyricism. Listen at idioteq.com/sheffield-in...

HEAT are back with Act Of Mercy, their new EP due Nov 14 via lifelairregretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/act-of... First track Fooled Me Once (featuring TIME ENDS) is now streaming, marking the Melbourne band’s return after two years of refining their sound into five tracks of bouncy hardcore.

A MOURNING STAR will release their new album Necessity Has Clipped My Wings on October 31 via DAZE. The Vancouver six-piece blends metalcore, melodic death metal, and hardcore, with production handled by Andre Urquidi and mastering by Stuart McKillop. Can't wait!

TWITCHING TONGUES have released Twitchfits Vol. 3, the newest entry in their Misfits cover series, out now through Closed Casket Activities.

It’s been 31 years since Sick Of It All dropped Scratch the Surface — October 18, 1994. You can still feel the actual humidity of New York basements in those riffs, the way Lou spits lines about authenticity and survival like it’s a code. #sickofitall #scratchthesurface #nyhc #hardcore

Norway’s PROBLEMAN @problemanband are back with “Eg vannæ plantæ sjøl om di e døð” — faster, louder, and heavier in all the right ways. It’s post-emo and pop-punk wrapped in cold northern air, where everyday life meets quiet melancholy, and we're stoked to give you a full premiere now on idioteq.com