INTERVIEW: Form
They discuss the band’s formation out of the ashes of Mud Dog, their creative process, influences, and memorable live shows
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AUDIO: Wiccans – “Phase IV”
The new release sees the band doubling down on the raw, chaotic energy that’s made them a staple of Milwaukee’s underground.
Read moreVIDEO: Cactus Nights: i h8 it here
The band, in full Halloween costumes, rip through a half hour set that you’ll love.
Read moreVIDEO: Cactus Nights: Thou
The latest Cactus Nights video features a heavy live set from Louisiana-based sludge metal band Thou, captured at Cactus Club on October 7th. Get ready, because things are about to get heavy.
Read moreVIDEO: Cactus Nights: Haywire
The band rip through a 23-minute set, with bodies flying throughout the Bay View club.
Read moreAUDIO: Form – “Godseye”
The record hits with raw, unvarnished energy that picks up where 2023’s “Overworld” left off.
Read moreAUDIO: Big Laugh – “Days of Disarray”
The band, known for their unpredictable approach, delivers four tracks that feel like controlled chaos captured on tape.
Read moreAUDIO: Necron 9 – “People Die”
The band rip through each song with reckless abandon, lashing out at the world in the process.
Read moreAUDIO: Sublet – “demo ’25”
Sublet rip for eight minutes straight on their debut tape.
Read moreAUDIO: Blitzo – “Blitzo I”
Blitzo is a new hardcore project, and their debut EP is six tracks of mind melting music to thrash to.
Read moreAUDIO: Garden Home – “Not Today”
The song is constant power from the band, who rip through the song in under three minutes.
Read moreAUDIO: Form – “Overworld”
“Overworld” is the debut EP from the band, and it’s six tracks of high-energy punk that holds nothing back.
Read moreAUDIO: Snag & Coma Regalia – “MMXXIII”
Snag and Indiana’s Coma Regalia team up for a split LP that packs a tremendous punch.
Read moreAUDIO: Killing Blow – “Killing Blow”
Killing Blow’s new self-titled EP is an explosive and unapologetic collection of five short tracks that deliver a powerful punch. Most songs clock in at under three minutes, “Hell’s Doors” is the only track that breaks the threshold, but each song on this EP serves as a concentrated burst of pure anger. With no holds barred, Killing Blow unleashes a
Read moreAUDIO: Knifeback – “Misery”
Deathcore act Knifeback dropped a new single at the end of June. Life’s not playing fair and it’s time to rage – the band brings a heaping helping of bloodthirsty growls, blast beats and industrial-strength riffage here. With a brutal chorus to shout to and a destructive, mosh-ready attitude, Knifeback channel unrelenting despair with “MISERY.” It’s their second tune of
Read moreAUDIO: Killing Blow – “Shattered Reflection”
Metallic hardcore band Killing Blow are a new one to watch; they’ve released two singles thus far – the second of which just dropped last week. “Shattered Reflection” is a brutal hitter that rages about your dignity being ripped away from you by someone; they made you feel worthless and unlovable but there’s now inescapable judgment that awaits them. It
Read moreAUDIO: World I Hate – “Years of Lead”
Hardcore punks World I Hate have unleashed their highly anticipated debut full-length album into the world. With eleven blazing tracks, the record brutally confronts the callous neoliberal machine that enables evil and violence to pervade in our world. The band is sick of nonstop, performative bullshit, seeking to eviscerate such injustice with the infernal, crushing onslaught of dystopian powerviolence. With
Read moreVIDEO: Milorganaut – “Eight Years Late”
Clocking in at under 90 seconds, the track wastes no time in unleashing its ferocious energy.
Read moreAUDIO: Infamy – “Dying to Live”
Hardcore fans gather – Infamy dropped their long-awaited debut EP this week! Over five tracks, the powerhouse band brings absolute sonic mayhem with diabolical riffage, blistering blast beats and growling vocals that command endless moshes. Tormented lyric themes of succumbing to demons, living a nightmare, the sharp pain of broken trust and struggling against individualism paint gruesome pictures of harrowing
Read moreAUDIO: Red & Black – “Young Til I Die”
Originally recorded in October 2013 during rehearsals for their first of only two shows, the album features the band ripping through ten tracks with raw punk energy.
Read moreAUDIO: Big Laugh – “Consume Me”
Big Laugh blitz through ten tracks in under 20 minutes, taking no prisoners along the way.
Read moreAUDIO: Big Laugh – “Shadow Figure”
Hardcore punks Big Laugh dropped a new single ahead of their forthcoming album “Consume Me.” Fierce and rambunctious, “Shadow Figure” is a full-on modern hardcore banger with riffage that rattles the walls and vocals that cut like a knife. In the final minute it takes on a fearsome, crashing melodic shift that feels like something’s haunting you akin to the
Read moreAUDIO: Big Laugh – “Mask”
Big Laugh’s latest single “Mask” is proof of the band’s love for hardcore punk and modern hardcore in a single explosive package.
Read moreAUDIO: Gorilla Knifefight – “Anarchy Chess EP”
Matt Glassel’s hardcore punk project Gorilla Knifefight has a new EP out. It’s four songs, one of which “Fear Factor” we heard this summer released as a cassingle. Glassel is ready to kick ass and fight as he rocks about the bullshit that is the United States government. The dude’s got love in his heart and spreads it through anarchy
Read moreAUDIO: Gorilla Knifefight – “Fear Factor”
Solo hardcore punk project Gorilla Knifefight released a new ripper this week. Matt Glassel rages about the fear that the system oppresses us with, whether it’s via guns and badges or endless lies. But we have our voices and love is worth fighting for, so never give up. It’ll be on an upcoming split tape and proceeds from the track
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