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...

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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...

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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.

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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

Zegema Beach Records has reissued Disinformation Fix by Lafayette screamo pioneers USURP SYNAPSE. 50 tracks from the band’s early, chaotic years — short, jagged bursts of grind and sass-core energy that shaped a generation of skramz bands. zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/disinf...

WITHDRAWAL just dropped “Desire”, and it’s as bleak as it sounds — a slow, corrosive dirge about broken dreams and forced realities. The track crawls with THOU-level weight, filtered through the grit of MERAUDER and the despair of ACID BATH. droppingbombshc.bandcamp.com/track/desire

Elly Ryland just dropped a long-form personal piece on IDIOTEQ titled A Soundtrack to My Life: 25 Years on NOFX — a 20-minute ride through skateparks, mixtapes, heartbreaks, DIY tours, and everything that made NOFX more than just a band to a generation.

California’s KNUMEARS just dropped Breaking Ground, a new single on Run For Cover that hits like a breakup between two ghosts. “Hold my hand and wait / The signs are all off but the feeling still remains,” they scream — a line that feels half prayer, half confession - www.youtube.com/watch?v=7niF...

Oklahoma crushers HOUNDS OF WAR have teamed up with PEELING FLESH for “Reaper On Speed Dial,” a 3-minute beatdown out via Slamnasium Recs. Both bands tease a split EP on the way — and if this track’s any hint, it’s probably the heaviest thing you’ll hear this week. open.spotify.com/track/7flUCu...

Hardcore punks GUMM out of Chattanooga just dropped a new two-song single All Gone via Convulse Records @ConvulseRecs , featuring “All Gone” and “New From the Pain.” The release follows their upcoming LP Beneath the Wheel, set for October 31. youtu.be/hAj8P9Qec9g?...

Australian hardcore outfit CULTURE SHOCK have unleashed a one-minute blast called “Separate Entity,” out now via Last Ride Records. It’s short, mean, and over before you can even find the volume knob. @lastriderecords - www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLi-...

BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS @balttwnz return from the abyss with The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me, now out @prostheticrecords.bsky.social. It’s a sermon delivered through chaos—dissonant, feverish, and terrifyingly precise. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg_5...

Check out Idioteq's review of complacency plan and interview with Reilly from JFH about how the album came together and the influences and meanings behind the songs!

ROB ZOMBIE has announced his new album The Great Satan, set for release on February 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. The 15-track record sees him diving back into his early Hellbilly Deluxe energy, mixing punk grit with heavy metal theatrics. robzombie.bfan.link/punks-and-de...

What a week — dozens of new releases across hardcore, punk, rock, metal, and everything in between. No need to scroll too far; just hit our roundup and dig in. Loads of great stuff waiting. The newest drop of #InShorts is here! idioteq.com/in-shorts-ne...

Arizona punk veterans AUTHORITY ZERO take a sharp left turn with their cover of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room,” out now via Law Records as part of Operation Irie — a reggae-rock tribute to the ’90s and 2000s punk era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDCD...

At the Drive-In and The Fall of Troy cracked the door open years ago — Johnny Football Hero just kicked it off its hinges. “Contingency Plan” sounds like a band running on fumes and spite, holding the whole thing together with tape and nerve. idioteq.com/confronting-...

If you’ve been missing the wild-eyed chaos of At the Drive-In or the tangled fretwork mania of The Fall of Troy, JOHNNY FOOTBALL HERO just handed you a relapse. We have the full track by track up now on IDIOTEQ! idioteq.com/confronting-... @lonelyghostrecords.com

50 LIONS have returned with their long-awaited new album New Reality, out now via LAST RIDE RECORDS.

Post rockers TOWN PORTAL drop new single and video “Touching Grass” — the second preview of their upcoming album Grindwork, out November 7 via the band’s own label Dream Bureau. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMda...

TERZIJ DE HORDE release new album Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone — out now via Church Road Records @churchroadrecs. The Utrecht collective fuses black metal’s mythical fire with hardcore urgency, pushing between fury and reflection. terzijdehorde.bandcamp.com/album/our-br...

GONEMAGE returns with Coldest Keep in Bitter Heavens, a concept album released via Fiadh Productions that merges late ’90s symphonic black metal grandeur with pixelated 16-bit soundscapes. gonemage.bandcamp.com/album/coldes...

Sick! 🐦‍⬛HÆRESIS unleash Si vis pacem para bellum — a towering slab of atmospheric black metal through Vendetta Records. Boy it feels both intimate and monumental — cold, demonic, and relentlessly intense. vendetta-records.bandcamp.com/album/si-vis...

FADING SIGNAL are back with Only an Echo, their debut on Indecision Records. Formed in North Carolina in 2019, the band sharpened their sound through two EPs and a split with Florida’s MIRACLE before locking in for this record. fadingsignalkills.bandcamp.com/track/misery...

In case you missed this beast — DIY South Italy label 1A0 just resurfaced Questo cielo è un soffitto più sporco di quello che ho by NOYÉ (out Sept 18, 2025). A blast of emotional Euro screamo — raw, minute-long cathartic eruptions. unoazero.bandcamp.com/album/az-28-...

WITNESS CHAMBER @witnesschamber out of Boise, Idaho, return swinging with Stranger — a metallic hardcore slap that hits like a collapsing building. With members from GRAVE TITAN, STATE OF SUFFERING, and NATURAL EVIL // @daze_style // www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuCR...

ADIÓS COMETA return with El mundo en mis brazos (Leonor) — a slowcore–shoegaze reverie featuring Lucía Masnatta of FIN DEL MUNDO. It’s an ocean of sadness and beauty — each note moving like light through mist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6HV...

SPANISH LOVE SONGS just dropped Cocaine & Lexapro / Berlin. The first track, featuring Kevin Devine, drifts through the kind of emotional wreckage that’s become their trademark — a mess of dependency, confession, and deadpan humor that cuts way too close.

Who would've thought AS I LAY DYING would actually crawl back from all that chaos? After arrests, lineup exits, and full-blown public meltdowns, you'd think the name was finished. But here they are again, trying to write a new chapter. Do we really need another take?

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GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT mark 20 years of All Is Violent, All Is Bright with a newly remixed & re-recorded version of the title track + a video by Aaron Ryan. Euro tour kicks off Oct 8 in Porto.