Jul 24, 2026
Two Years of 'Only One Mode': Speed Made Hardcore an Australian Export
Speed's debut 'Only One Mode' turned two this month. The Sydney band dragged beatdown hardcore to ARIA #1 and onto the world stage.
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Jul 23, 2026
Madball Never Left. 'Not Your Kingdom' Just Proves They Still Own the Block.
Madball's 10th album 'Not Your Kingdom' drops July 24, 2026 on Nuclear Blast — their first full-length in seven years, and NYHC's founding crew sounds meaner than bands a third their age.
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Jul 22, 2026
Show Me The Body Cut The Noise And Came Back Heavier: 'Alone Together'
Show Me The Body traded chaos for focus on 'Alone Together.' Stripped-down NYHC that hits harder because there's nowhere to hide.
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Jul 21, 2026
Bloodshed Sound Like Cleveland Moved to Los Angeles
Bloodshed play evil metallic hardcore out of Los Angeles with Cleveland DNA. New single Abhorrence is out on DAZE and the debut EP is coming.
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Jul 20, 2026
Walls of Jericho Are Back and Kurt Ballou Recorded It
Detroit metalcore veterans Walls of Jericho announce System Error: Humanity, out November 13 on Napalm. Fifteen songs, Kurt Ballou behind the board, first LP in a decade.
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Jul 20, 2026
Totalitar Break 20 Years of Silence
Swedish d-beat pioneers Totalitar have announced their first album in two decades, out August 28 via Prank and De:Nihil. No reunion tour cash-grab. Just a record.
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Jul 15, 2026
Kublai Khan TX: The Heaviest Blue-Collar Band in Metalcore
A Texas five-piece who turned working-class rage into arena support slots without softening a single riff. Kublai Khan TX, and how they did it the hard way.
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Jul 14, 2026
Sunami: How a Joke Band Became Hardcore's Heaviest Draw
Sunami started as a San Jose parody act and turned into one of beatdown hardcore's biggest live draws. Here's the file on the Bay Area band.
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Jul 13, 2026
Knocked Loose Are Opening for Metallica. Hardcore Didn't Sell Out — It Broke In.
Knocked Loose opened for Metallica and Gojira across Europe in 2026 — their biggest tour yet — and didn't soften a single breakdown to do it.
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Jul 09, 2026
No Cure Go Full-Length: 'It Is Going To Get Dark' Drops July 10
Birmingham, Alabama's No Cure release their debut LP 'It Is Going To Get Dark' July 10 on SharpTone. Four years of EPs, tours, and scars led here.
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Jul 08, 2026
What Is Beatdown Hardcore? A Field Guide To The Heaviest Genre Alive
Beatdown hardcore is the heaviest, slowest, most violent corner of hardcore. Here's what it is, where it came from, and the bands that define it in 2026.
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