Hardcore Episodes

We had the pleasure of interviewing Jeromes Dream over Zoom video! San Francisco hardcore band Jeromes Dream — Erik Ratensperger( drums), Jeff Smith (bass, vocals), and Sean Leary (guitar) — released their new album and third full-length The Gray In...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Asking Alexandria over Zoom video! Since 2008, Asking Alexandria, formed and based in the U.K., have paved a path of their own, distilling danger and excess into an equally dangerous hybrid of stadium rock...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Lybica over Zoom video! Meet Lybica, a dynamic instrumental 3-piece force from south Florida that seamlessly blends flavorful guitar melody with powerful metallic crunch. Lybica will take you on an epic musical...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Bad Omens over Zoom video. Bad Omens slither through boundaries, only to ultimately choke convention in the process. The quartet—Noah Sebastian (vocals), Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson (guitar), Nick Ruffilo (bass),...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Franz Stefanik of Dead Tired over Zoom video. Dead Tired’s unrelenting musical onslaught is best defined by way of contrasts and contradictions, existing in the ether between opposing forces and foiling ideas....

We had the pleasure of interviewing Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire over Zoom video. ALEXISONFIRE released Otherness, their long-anticipated and first full-length album in over 13 years. Otherness is arguably the band's most cohesive and...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Vatican over Zoom video. Savannah, Georgia five-piece VATICAN has released their new album ULTRA, via UNFD. Vatican are influenced by the "fuck you" frankness of heavy hardcore, but with the technical leads...

We had the pleasure of interviewing LIMBS over Zoom video. U.S. post-hardcore rising stars LIMBS have released their lyrically intimate and sonically pummeling new EP Coma Year on UNFD. The band has shared the video for "Blood and Heel.". The...

We had the pleasure of interviewing RXPTRS over Zoom video. Bristol, UK-based band RXPTRS — who blend rock, metal, punk, and hardcore with a seamlessness that is enviable, creating something that is unique that seethes with boundless energy — have...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Future Palace over Zoom video. Future Palace just released their brand new album “Run” via Arising Empire and have shared the video for "Dead Inside”. The song appears on the band's sophomore album Run. Get...

⚡️Our first IN PERSON interview since March 2020! ⚡️ We had the pleasure of interviewing Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire over Zoom video! Memphis May Fire makes anthems for the broken. The four-piece rock band channel a generation’s worth of...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Trench over Zoom video! Setting the bar high with their debut record Condition (2017), Trench paved themselves a notably unique lane in both hardcore and nu-metal genres. Not stopping there and taking their sound...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Bradley Scott of Emarosa over Zoom video! Emarosa is returning to the alt pop scene with their dazzling first single since their showstopping 2019 album Peach Club. "Preach," out on April 27th, doubles down on...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Kublai Khan TX over Zoom! Hardcore's brainiest brawlers Kublai Khan TX released their new EP, Lowest Form of Animal, via Rise Records. The Sherman, TX quartet—Matt [vocals], Nolan Ashley [guitar, vocals],...

We had the pleasure of interviewing ERRA over Zoom video! Prolific metalcore progressives ERRA have dropped the deluxe version of their latest album S/T, viia UNFD. The expanded edition of S/T is beefed up with seven additional tracks,...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Wolves at the Gate over Zoom video! WOLVES AT THE GATE have announced their fifth album Eulogies. It arrives on March 11 via Solid State Records. The band recently shared the video for the new song "Peace...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Nekrogoblikon over Zoom video! The self-proclaimed "Best Goblin Metal on the Planet" known as Nekrogoblikon have announced their new album The Fundamental Slimes and Humours. The album will arrive April 1....

We had the pleasure of interviewing Of Mice & Men over Zoom video!    OF MICE & MEN first emerged as part of a vanguard of subculture alongside their contemporaries and tour mates in Bring Me The Horizon, A Day To Remember, Pierce The Veil, Asking...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Annihilator over Zoom video! ANNIHILATOR are a Canadian heavy metal/thrash metal band founded in Ottawa in 1984. They are the best-selling Canadian band in their genre, having sold more than three million albums...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Can't Swim over Zoom video! CAN'T SWIM have released their new album Change of Plans, on Pure Noise Records.  The New Jersey band had recently dropped the video for the first single "Deliver Us More Evil." Watch...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Hunter Burgan of AFI over Zoom video!  AFI's unshakeable connection with their audience is a testament to the band's knack for reinvention, renewal, and exploration, anchored by an unblemished authenticity. AFI...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Breaking In A Sequence over Zoom video!  Breaking In A Sequence, the hard rock band featuring former Korn drummer David Silveria, has released an explosive new video for their cover of Faith No More’s “Midlife...

Together with American Songwriter and Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing ATREYU over Zoom video!  ATREYU SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SONG "SAVE US" Orange County metalcore mainstays ATREYU have shared the video for the new song...

Together with American Songwriter and Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing August Burns Red over Zoom video!  Upholding artistic pillars of tightly wound technical proficiency, airtight grooves, and pensive lyricism, August...