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New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Price of Pain
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (388+ words) By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 4.7.2026 "We were kind of just chilling at the tables outside the venue between sets, and the idea of forming a band was brought up in passing- I said I was down to do drums cause I…...
First Ordeal: San Jose Band Finds Their Lane Between Hardcore and Metalcore | Features
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (453+ words) By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 4.2.2026 San Jose's First Ordeal took their time getting here. The band had been in the works since around 2023, cycling through different members before finally locking into a lineup that felt right. Once that clicked, everything else…...
Life Cycles: Texas Thrash Band Leans Into Groove & Precision on 'No One Escapes Death' | Features
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (310+ words) By No Echo | @noechonet | 3.31.2026 San Antonio's Life Cycles aren't trying to reinvent anything. They're just making the kind of metal they actually want to hear. "It's a party when we play," drummer Xavier Rios tells No Echo. "I always tell…...
New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Encroachment
1+ week, 1+ day ago (212+ words) By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 3.30.2026 Their formation story: (Shay, vocals): "There's a serious lack of edge bands in Southwest Michigan currently and throughout the history of the region. So we decided to change that." Their sound in their own words: "Straight…...
xforever warx: Utah Metallic Hardcore Band Offers Insight Into Their Crushing New EP | Features
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (435+ words) xforever warx: Utah Metallic Hardcore Band Offers Insight Into Their Crushing New EP'No Echo xforever warx: Utah Metallic Hardcore Band Offers Insight Into Their Crushing New EP Salt Lake City's xforever warx are back with a crushing new EP, Upon…...
Peacebreach: Winnipeg Melodic Hardcore Outfit Toughens Up Its Sound on New EP | Features
1+ week, 4+ day ago (153+ words) By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 3.27.2026 West End Walks was recorded in Winnipeg with Derek Benjamin, who also worked on the band's earlier material. The EP centers on themes that feel both personal and universal. "The lyrical content talks about nostalgia, self-doubt,…...
Interview: Graverust: L.A. Band Explores Blackened Corners of Hardcore on 'Obscure Reality"
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (283+ words) Interview: Graverust: L.A. Band Explores Blackened Corners of Hardcore on 'Obscure Reality'No Echo Graverust: L.A. Band Explores Blackened Corners of Hardcore on Obscure Reality Graverust is a Los Angeles-based band that thrives in the gray area between black metal and hardcore, without…...
Beyond the Styx: French Band Unleashes Metallic Hardcore Fury on “Never Ending War” | Features
2+ week, 5+ day ago (403+ words) By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 3.18.2026 French metallic hardcore force Beyond the Styx are set to return this May'with their fourth full-length, DIVID, and today, No Echo is premiering the band's new video for "Never Ending War." Active since 2011, the Tours-based quintet…...
New Hardcore Band Spotlight: Odd Limbs
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (434+ words) By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 3.17.2026 Their formation story: (Spencer Gilmore, guitar)"It started off as a side project in 2022 for our singer, Melody Corza, and me. We were in a power violence band called Gutter//Hype,which has since disbanded. In…...
Invisible Wounds: Swedish Post-Punk/Hardcore Band Turns Grief into 'Dark Visions' | Features
3+ week, 1+ day ago (335+ words) By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 3.16.2026 Swedish post-punk/hardcore band Invisible Wounds are preparing to release their new EP Dark Visions through Monument Records and Genet Records. According to L'wgren, the band formed out of tragedy and a need for creative release....