Rock’n’roll infused hardcore punks WALK THE PLANK return to Germany for the first time since 2018 with a new bassist and plans for fresh recordings

Pop punk act RINGPOP! hit Warped Tour DC with their biggest crowd yet and left the stage buzzing

FATES MESSENGER declares “Eternal War” with Tim Williams of Vision of Disorder as they prepare full EP

This album hit me mid-ride and nearly made me crash — OBSTRUKTION’s “The End Takes Form” channels pure, controlled chaos

LEFOKOLODI’s debut EP is a loud, messy, honest thank-you letter to their South African scene and their heroes

Mellow shoegazers SLOW CRUSH Slow Crush unveil “While You Dream Vividly” ahead of upcoming album Thirst

FOX LAKE torch genre lines again with “Freestyle” featuring Avoid and announce new record New World Heat

UPON A FIELD’S WHISPER – “Of Flesh and Wool” reflects on shared humanity in a collapsing world

SUSPENDED IN COBWEBS critiques power and doubles down on dissonance with new EP “Pig Debris”

Screamo act PRETENDING confront impermanence on “Friendships Fading like Sunworn Prints on Your Grandparents’ Wall”

Hardcore band SHUTDOWN returns with By Your Side, their first new release in 25 years, and announces summer U.S. and European shows

Australia’s CANARY BONES follow their debut demo with new video for emotionally loaded “Tortfeasor”

FORKED demo captures the sound of hardcore shaped by distance and time

Aussie hardcore power pack IRON MIND reflect on pain, purpose, and persistence with “Test Of The Iron Mind”

MORTAR return with a second album of war-fueled nightmares, coming up via five European labels

At night’s end, LOCRIAN revisit The Crystal World with a 15th anniversary reissue

Hardcore band DROUGHT unveil “Wayfinding”, unpack the emotional terrain of “Souvenir”

JEROMES DREAM contribute “The Seventeen Downtown” to Iodine Records’ benefit compilation The Dogs of Hope

BAD RELIGION’s “Suffer” gets first cassette reissue since 1988 through Tapehead City and Epitaph

DRAG ME UNDER return with a new album shaped by Reno’s DIY roots and personal loss