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GILLIAN CARTER just put out a live record captured on August 31, 2025 at The Orpheum in Tampa. gilliancarter.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
GILLIAN CARTER just put out a live record captured on August 31, 2025 at The Orpheum in Tampa. gilliancarter.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...
In the ’80s, Italian punk scenes connected without the internet — through fanzines, letters, and real addresses. Paolo Palmacci’s Fanzinet project maps nearly 700 of those publications, bringing back a physical, slow, deeply human network that once held entire scenes together.
Seee how community worked before the web: Fanzinet - building a living archive of 1980s Italian punk fanzines - IDIOTEQ.com
In the early 1980s, if you wanted to be part of something, you had to leave the house. You wrote letters. You waited. You photocopied pages by hand, stapled
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January 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
In the ’80s, Italian punk scenes connected without the internet — through fanzines, letters, and real addresses. Paolo Palmacci’s Fanzinet project maps nearly 700 of those publications, bringing back a physical, slow, deeply human network that once held entire scenes together.
MASS CONTROL back in full blunt-force mode. “Illusory Walls / Chasm” is short, heavy, no filler — straight 90s-core energy with teeth. Sydney / Blue Mountains grit, leaning hard into EARTH CRISIS, INTEGRITY, IN COLD BLOOD territory. Zero mercy. lifelairregretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/illuso...
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
MASS CONTROL back in full blunt-force mode. “Illusory Walls / Chasm” is short, heavy, no filler — straight 90s-core energy with teeth. Sydney / Blue Mountains grit, leaning hard into EARTH CRISIS, INTEGRITY, IN COLD BLOOD territory. Zero mercy. lifelairregretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/illuso...
CASTxDOWN unleashes straight edge FURY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVt...
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
CASTxDOWN unleashes straight edge FURY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVt...
CAPILLARY share new single Plainview ft. Joey Chiaramonte of KOYO. The track reflects on time, memory, and growing away from people and places you still miss, ending on a note of gratitude and excitement for what’s next. Debut album In Remembrance lands Jan 2 via 51st State Records. vyd.co/Plainview
Plainview
By Capillary
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December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
CAPILLARY share new single Plainview ft. Joey Chiaramonte of KOYO. The track reflects on time, memory, and growing away from people and places you still miss, ending on a note of gratitude and excitement for what’s next. Debut album In Remembrance lands Jan 2 via 51st State Records. vyd.co/Plainview
Enervate x Milwaukee Hardcore x “My Own Peace Of Mind” EP is up! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... or distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
My Own Peace Of Mind - YouTube
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December 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Enervate x Milwaukee Hardcore x “My Own Peace Of Mind” EP is up! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... or distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
We talked with GUILT TRIP about playing shows to 10 people, sometimes none, signing to Roadrunner, Manchester shaping their attitude more than their sound, and why touring still feels exciting instead of exhausting. idioteq.com/guilt-trip-d...
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We talked with GUILT TRIP about playing shows to 10 people, sometimes none, signing to Roadrunner, Manchester shaping their attitude more than their sound, and why touring still feels exciting instead of exhausting. idioteq.com/guilt-trip-d...
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Chain Reaction spent decades telling kids “no crowd surfing, no crowd moshing” while simultaneously producing some of the wildest gigs and pics hardcore ever framed. Venues close. Scenes move. Respect to Chain Reaction for holding the line for almost 30 years 🫡
December 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Chain Reaction spent decades telling kids “no crowd surfing, no crowd moshing” while simultaneously producing some of the wildest gigs and pics hardcore ever framed. Venues close. Scenes move. Respect to Chain Reaction for holding the line for almost 30 years 🫡
NUR drop their first LP Shock Mentality — eight tracks on war fatigue, ego, climate dread, and the web turning into a cage.
Full story + track-by-track in the new post.
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Full story + track-by-track in the new post.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
NUR drop their first LP Shock Mentality — eight tracks on war fatigue, ego, climate dread, and the web turning into a cage.
Full story + track-by-track in the new post.
idioteq.com/blackened-sl...
Full story + track-by-track in the new post.
idioteq.com/blackened-sl...
Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero goes doom pop / melo metal - youtu.be/gipMOZE2gNA?...
SOM - ANTI-HERO ((Taylor Swift Cover)) (Official Video)
YouTube video by SOM
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December 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero goes doom pop / melo metal - youtu.be/gipMOZE2gNA?...
Endless Suffering by German hardcore monster HAYWIRE will crush you! youtu.be/SJIXmtr7D7w?...
Endless Suffering
YouTube video by Haywire - Topic
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December 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Endless Suffering by German hardcore monster HAYWIRE will crush you! youtu.be/SJIXmtr7D7w?...
Kenya formed in '22 when hardcore in Bali started moving again after COVID killed shows completely. This year they became the first Bali band to tour the UK and play Outbreak Fest. Big moment back home. Bali hardcore is very much alive again. idioteq.com/kenyas-rise-...
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Kenya formed in '22 when hardcore in Bali started moving again after COVID killed shows completely. This year they became the first Bali band to tour the UK and play Outbreak Fest. Big moment back home. Bali hardcore is very much alive again. idioteq.com/kenyas-rise-...
Hardcore vets 1125 are back with their first LP in seven years. Formed in Złotów in 96, the crew brings 10 tracks built on solid hc riffs and stiff, chant-ready choruses, circling around everyday pressure, fatigue, resistance, and the grey zones of adult life.
1125.bandcamp.com/album/stan-o...
1125.bandcamp.com/album/stan-o...
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Hardcore vets 1125 are back with their first LP in seven years. Formed in Złotów in 96, the crew brings 10 tracks built on solid hc riffs and stiff, chant-ready choruses, circling around everyday pressure, fatigue, resistance, and the grey zones of adult life.
1125.bandcamp.com/album/stan-o...
1125.bandcamp.com/album/stan-o...
“Breaking Waves” is out now — the first track from Chalk Hands’ upcoming album “The Line That Shapes the Coast of Us”, out March 27th via Dog Knights Productions. idioteq.com/breaking-wav...
December 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“Breaking Waves” is out now — the first track from Chalk Hands’ upcoming album “The Line That Shapes the Coast of Us”, out March 27th via Dog Knights Productions. idioteq.com/breaking-wav...
Rise Of The Northstar - idioteq.com/rise-of-the-...
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Rise Of The Northstar - idioteq.com/rise-of-the-...
A lot of emo and MySpace stuff coming this Friday
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A lot of emo and MySpace stuff coming this Friday
Swedish hardcore spotlight: MODERN GUILT! idioteq.com/no-peace-in-...
No Peace in Silence: MODERN GUILT push into their own storm with new single - IDIOTEQ.com
It starts close to dawn, the moment when the body shuts down and the mind refuses to settle. That same tension runs through MODERN GUILT’s new single “No
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December 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Swedish hardcore spotlight: MODERN GUILT! idioteq.com/no-peace-in-...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan just got its first real shoegaze band — elbowsway @elbowsway_ — and their debut single “common sense” is the opening shot.
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ELBOWSWAY introduce themselves with “common sense” as one of the first shoegaze voices to emerge from Tashkent - IDIOTEQ.com
A band announcing itself from a city not usually tied to shoegaze already sets a certain scene, but elbowsway take that reality as their starting point rather
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December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tashkent, Uzbekistan just got its first real shoegaze band — elbowsway @elbowsway_ — and their debut single “common sense” is the opening shot.
idioteq.com/elbowsway-in...
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This week is a wrap! New Releases in Hardcore, Punk Rock, Screamo, Post Rock, Metal & dozens of shades of Rock! idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...
In Shorts: Nov 21-28 - IDIOTEQ.com
With the end of the year creeping closer and releases piling up faster than anyone can reasonably keep track of, here’s another round of underground damage
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November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This week is a wrap! New Releases in Hardcore, Punk Rock, Screamo, Post Rock, Metal & dozens of shades of Rock! idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...
Vitamin X fire the starting shot of Ride The Apocalypse with “Chop Chop Chop”, now streaming as the album’s first available track. The Amsterdam hardcore veterans keep their trademark speed and bite intact. vitaminx.bandcamp.com/album/ride-t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Vitamin X fire the starting shot of Ride The Apocalypse with “Chop Chop Chop”, now streaming as the album’s first available track. The Amsterdam hardcore veterans keep their trademark speed and bite intact. vitaminx.bandcamp.com/album/ride-t...
Historic Italian hardcore force WITH LOVE are getting a full archival blast with Yours, Truly, a 20-track double LP — remastered and finally landing on vinyl Jan 14 via Shove and Green Records.
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Historic Italian hardcore force WITH LOVE are getting a full archival blast with Yours, Truly, a 20-track double LP — remastered and finally landing on vinyl Jan 14 via Shove and Green Records.
Legendary punk band NOFX will release "A to H" on December 5th, the first installment in their upcoming triple album project titled "A to Z", a special album series packed with rarities, demos, and never-before-heard tracks from the band’s storied career.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Legendary punk band NOFX will release "A to H" on December 5th, the first installment in their upcoming triple album project titled "A to Z", a special album series packed with rarities, demos, and never-before-heard tracks from the band’s storied career.
Loads of great new releases landed this week! You don’t need to dig, we already did. Slide over to idioteq.com and catch the heaviest, weirdest, and most interesting releases that dropped.
Hardcore, metalcore, screamo, punk rock, pop punk, and like fifty shades of loud in between 🙌🙌🙌
Hardcore, metalcore, screamo, punk rock, pop punk, and like fifty shades of loud in between 🙌🙌🙌
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Loads of great new releases landed this week! You don’t need to dig, we already did. Slide over to idioteq.com and catch the heaviest, weirdest, and most interesting releases that dropped.
Hardcore, metalcore, screamo, punk rock, pop punk, and like fifty shades of loud in between 🙌🙌🙌
Hardcore, metalcore, screamo, punk rock, pop punk, and like fifty shades of loud in between 🙌🙌🙌
Frantic, emotional post-hardcore icons THE The Saddest Landscape break a decade of silence with Hexes, a claustrophobic two-and-a-half-minute return that drags their trademark skramz through themes of grief
thesaddestlandscape.bandcamp.com/track/hexes-2
thesaddestlandscape.bandcamp.com/track/hexes-2
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Frantic, emotional post-hardcore icons THE The Saddest Landscape break a decade of silence with Hexes, a claustrophobic two-and-a-half-minute return that drags their trademark skramz through themes of grief
thesaddestlandscape.bandcamp.com/track/hexes-2
thesaddestlandscape.bandcamp.com/track/hexes-2