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Just caught this week’s roundup on “In Shorts: November 7-14” via IDIOTEQ|com and there’s serious heat across all corners of the scene. 🎧 idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just caught this week’s roundup on “In Shorts: November 7-14” via IDIOTEQ|com and there’s serious heat across all corners of the scene. 🎧 idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...
Norwich screamo beaast CASSUS is back! As a Person - cassus.bandcamp.com/track/as-a-p...
As a Person, by Cassus
track by Cassus
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Norwich screamo beaast CASSUS is back! As a Person - cassus.bandcamp.com/track/as-a-p...
DAZE presents BIG BOY EP // Love Songs. It's the first release from the San Jose crew with an actual title after years of promo tapes, and it shows up with the kind of confidence you’d expect from a band sharing DNA with Sunami and Hands Of God.
dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/love-s...
dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/love-s...
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
DAZE presents BIG BOY EP // Love Songs. It's the first release from the San Jose crew with an actual title after years of promo tapes, and it shows up with the kind of confidence you’d expect from a band sharing DNA with Sunami and Hands Of God.
dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/love-s...
dazestyle.bandcamp.com/album/love-s...
This week in (heavy) music is a wrap! See our under the radar picks here: idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...
In Shorts: November 1-7 - IDIOTEQ.com
The Halloween haze is fading, but new music is still flooding the timeline from every direction. Below you’ll find another batch of releases and announcements
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November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This week in (heavy) music is a wrap! See our under the radar picks here: idioteq.com/in-shorts-no...
PUKE WOLF return with “Hyena Laugh” — an 11-minute descent through cruelty, remorse, and collapse, featuring DEMERSAL and violinist Sophia Larsdotter (WHO KILLED BAMBI). Three movements. One slow-burning rage. “Some swear they’ll change / But you never will.” --> idioteq.com/puke-wolf-di...
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
PUKE WOLF return with “Hyena Laugh” — an 11-minute descent through cruelty, remorse, and collapse, featuring DEMERSAL and violinist Sophia Larsdotter (WHO KILLED BAMBI). Three movements. One slow-burning rage. “Some swear they’ll change / But you never will.” --> idioteq.com/puke-wolf-di...
Philadelphia’s NOTHING return February 27, 2026 with A Short History of Decay via Run For Cover, a bruised, industrial-leaning shoegaze record that stops pretending everything’s fine and lets age, tremors, and regret sit loud in the mix.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtW...
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NOTHING - 'cannibal world' (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Nothing
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November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Philadelphia’s NOTHING return February 27, 2026 with A Short History of Decay via Run For Cover, a bruised, industrial-leaning shoegaze record that stops pretending everything’s fine and lets age, tremors, and regret sit loud in the mix.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdtW...
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PEDESTAL FOR LEVIATHAN unveil “Enter: Vampyric Manifestation”, pushing symphonic blackened death metal toward heavier territory - IDIOTEQ.com
Pedestal for Leviathan return this Halloween, Friday October 31st, with the full-length “Enter: Vampyric Manifestation”. The project comes from Denver,
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October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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RECOLLECTION share one more preview ahead of Friday’s debut EP Vivid Dreams with “Lover’s Quarrel.”
Featuring members of HAYWIRE, SKINHEAD, HAMMER BROS, and more, the track pushes their self-described “hard indie” approach: hardcore, Oi!, soaring leads, and a chorus built to loop in your head.
Featuring members of HAYWIRE, SKINHEAD, HAMMER BROS, and more, the track pushes their self-described “hard indie” approach: hardcore, Oi!, soaring leads, and a chorus built to loop in your head.
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
RECOLLECTION share one more preview ahead of Friday’s debut EP Vivid Dreams with “Lover’s Quarrel.”
Featuring members of HAYWIRE, SKINHEAD, HAMMER BROS, and more, the track pushes their self-described “hard indie” approach: hardcore, Oi!, soaring leads, and a chorus built to loop in your head.
Featuring members of HAYWIRE, SKINHEAD, HAMMER BROS, and more, the track pushes their self-described “hard indie” approach: hardcore, Oi!, soaring leads, and a chorus built to loop in your head.
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In Shorts 🎃 New Releases, Oct 24-31, Halloween 2025 - IDIOTEQ.com
It’s Halloween (week) — and there’s no shortage of fresh music dropping everywhere. Here’s another round of new releases and updates spanning hardcore,
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October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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New TETSUO EP drops October 31st and it feels like something crawling out from under the floorboards — “fauna.” twists screamo into noise-washed hardcore, breathing heavy, blinking in fluorescent dark.
Full feature up now on IDIOTEQ|com. Get your ass up there and get inspired.
Full feature up now on IDIOTEQ|com. Get your ass up there and get inspired.
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New TETSUO EP drops October 31st and it feels like something crawling out from under the floorboards — “fauna.” twists screamo into noise-washed hardcore, breathing heavy, blinking in fluorescent dark.
Full feature up now on IDIOTEQ|com. Get your ass up there and get inspired.
Full feature up now on IDIOTEQ|com. Get your ass up there and get inspired.
INTEGRITY and SKARHEAD team up for a new split EP out today, October 31, via Static Era Records. The release packs three tracks total: INTEGRITY’s snarling opener “Devil Down,” SKARHEAD’s groove-heavy “Till’ Death We Part,” and a third cut, “Die By The Gun.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
INTEGRITY and SKARHEAD team up for a new split EP out today, October 31, via Static Era Records. The release packs three tracks total: INTEGRITY’s snarling opener “Devil Down,” SKARHEAD’s groove-heavy “Till’ Death We Part,” and a third cut, “Die By The Gun.”
Middle-Man Records drops GRAVE NEIGHBORS V.9 for Halloween, stacking wild covers like Rid of Me taking on Interpol’s “PDA,” Ariadne's Thread flipping Converge, Guerrilla Ghost on R.E.M., (...)
middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/grave-...
middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/grave-...
Grave Neighbors V.9, by Middle-Man Records
13 track album
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October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Middle-Man Records drops GRAVE NEIGHBORS V.9 for Halloween, stacking wild covers like Rid of Me taking on Interpol’s “PDA,” Ariadne's Thread flipping Converge, Guerrilla Ghost on R.E.M., (...)
middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/grave-...
middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/grave-...
COUP D’ÉTAT drops new EP, an emotional document of the Victoria, BC scene recorded between Nov 2024 and March 2025. Out now via @zegemabeachrecords.bsky.social , the four-track release bridges fifth-wave emo and screamo with a that Pacific North West pulse. therealcoup.bandcamp.com/album/coup-d...
Coup D'état, by Coup D'état
5 track album
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October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
COUP D’ÉTAT drops new EP, an emotional document of the Victoria, BC scene recorded between Nov 2024 and March 2025. Out now via @zegemabeachrecords.bsky.social , the four-track release bridges fifth-wave emo and screamo with a that Pacific North West pulse. therealcoup.bandcamp.com/album/coup-d...
Screamo legends SAETIA are pulling their music from Spotify, starting with Collected and soon Tendrils.
If that’s got you bummed out, dive into a bunch of other post-hardcore and screamo bands in the massive playlist here - open.spotify.com/playlist/14q...
If that’s got you bummed out, dive into a bunch of other post-hardcore and screamo bands in the massive playlist here - open.spotify.com/playlist/14q...
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Screamo legends SAETIA are pulling their music from Spotify, starting with Collected and soon Tendrils.
If that’s got you bummed out, dive into a bunch of other post-hardcore and screamo bands in the massive playlist here - open.spotify.com/playlist/14q...
If that’s got you bummed out, dive into a bunch of other post-hardcore and screamo bands in the massive playlist here - open.spotify.com/playlist/14q...
Screamo record of the year contender? New @MassaNera feature lands tonight on IDIOTEQ!
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Screamo record of the year contender? New @MassaNera feature lands tonight on IDIOTEQ!
Polish emo outfit MEATBALLS dropped a new single, “trudno, zasypiam,” via Peleton Records. The Szczecin-based band, known for playing straight-up northwest emo with that post-hardcore edge and a touch of twinkling math rock, keeps it really interesting - www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8D...
trudno, zasypiam
YouTube video by Meatballs - Topic
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October 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Polish emo outfit MEATBALLS dropped a new single, “trudno, zasypiam,” via Peleton Records. The Szczecin-based band, known for playing straight-up northwest emo with that post-hardcore edge and a touch of twinkling math rock, keeps it really interesting - www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8D...
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@idioteqcom.bsky.social follows on today's release from Drill For Absentee sharing a big feature on the new release from the post-hardcore band AND including track-by-track interview by Michael Nace here:
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DRILL FOR ABSENTEE return with “Strand of a Lake Volumes 1 and 2”, their first new material in 25 years - IDIOTEQ.com
The Philadelphia trio DRILL FOR ABSENTEE resurface with “Strand of a Lake Volumes 1 and 2”, their first new release since 1998, out October 24 via Expert Work
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October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@idioteqcom.bsky.social follows on today's release from Drill For Absentee sharing a big feature on the new release from the post-hardcore band AND including track-by-track interview by Michael Nace here:
idioteq.com/drill-for-ab...
@expertworkrecords.bandcamp.com #DisciplinePR
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@expertworkrecords.bandcamp.com #DisciplinePR
Sheffield indie emo trio Pale Sailor release their debut EP you’re not yourself today, a four-track reflection on exhaustion, frustration, and the slow climb toward recovery, blending midwest emo and pop punk with intimate, literary lyricism.
Listen at idioteq.com/sheffield-in...
Listen at idioteq.com/sheffield-in...
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Sheffield indie emo trio Pale Sailor release their debut EP you’re not yourself today, a four-track reflection on exhaustion, frustration, and the slow climb toward recovery, blending midwest emo and pop punk with intimate, literary lyricism.
Listen at idioteq.com/sheffield-in...
Listen at idioteq.com/sheffield-in...
HEAT are back with Act Of Mercy, their new EP due Nov 14 via lifelairregretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/act-of...
First track Fooled Me Once (featuring TIME ENDS) is now streaming, marking the Melbourne band’s return after two years of refining their sound into five tracks of bouncy hardcore.
First track Fooled Me Once (featuring TIME ENDS) is now streaming, marking the Melbourne band’s return after two years of refining their sound into five tracks of bouncy hardcore.
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
HEAT are back with Act Of Mercy, their new EP due Nov 14 via lifelairregretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/act-of...
First track Fooled Me Once (featuring TIME ENDS) is now streaming, marking the Melbourne band’s return after two years of refining their sound into five tracks of bouncy hardcore.
First track Fooled Me Once (featuring TIME ENDS) is now streaming, marking the Melbourne band’s return after two years of refining their sound into five tracks of bouncy hardcore.
A MOURNING STAR will release their new album Necessity Has Clipped My Wings on October 31 via DAZE. The Vancouver six-piece blends metalcore, melodic death metal, and hardcore, with production handled by Andre Urquidi and mastering by Stuart McKillop. Can't wait!
October 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A MOURNING STAR will release their new album Necessity Has Clipped My Wings on October 31 via DAZE. The Vancouver six-piece blends metalcore, melodic death metal, and hardcore, with production handled by Andre Urquidi and mastering by Stuart McKillop. Can't wait!
TWITCHING TONGUES have released Twitchfits Vol. 3, the newest entry in their Misfits cover series, out now through Closed Casket Activities.
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
TWITCHING TONGUES have released Twitchfits Vol. 3, the newest entry in their Misfits cover series, out now through Closed Casket Activities.
It’s been 31 years since Sick Of It All dropped Scratch the Surface — October 18, 1994. You can still feel the actual humidity of New York basements in those riffs, the way Lou spits lines about authenticity and survival like it’s a code.
#sickofitall #scratchthesurface #nyhc #hardcore
#sickofitall #scratchthesurface #nyhc #hardcore
October 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It’s been 31 years since Sick Of It All dropped Scratch the Surface — October 18, 1994. You can still feel the actual humidity of New York basements in those riffs, the way Lou spits lines about authenticity and survival like it’s a code.
#sickofitall #scratchthesurface #nyhc #hardcore
#sickofitall #scratchthesurface #nyhc #hardcore
Norway’s PROBLEMAN @problemanband are back with “Eg vannæ plantæ sjøl om di e døð” — faster, louder, and heavier in all the right ways. It’s post-emo and pop-punk wrapped in cold northern air, where everyday life meets quiet melancholy, and we're stoked to give you a full premiere now on idioteq.com
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October 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Norway’s PROBLEMAN @problemanband are back with “Eg vannæ plantæ sjøl om di e døð” — faster, louder, and heavier in all the right ways. It’s post-emo and pop-punk wrapped in cold northern air, where everyday life meets quiet melancholy, and we're stoked to give you a full premiere now on idioteq.com
Zegema Beach Records has reissued Disinformation Fix by Lafayette screamo pioneers USURP SYNAPSE.
50 tracks from the band’s early, chaotic years — short, jagged bursts of grind and sass-core energy that shaped a generation of skramz bands.
zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/disinf...
50 tracks from the band’s early, chaotic years — short, jagged bursts of grind and sass-core energy that shaped a generation of skramz bands.
zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/disinf...
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Zegema Beach Records has reissued Disinformation Fix by Lafayette screamo pioneers USURP SYNAPSE.
50 tracks from the band’s early, chaotic years — short, jagged bursts of grind and sass-core energy that shaped a generation of skramz bands.
zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/disinf...
50 tracks from the band’s early, chaotic years — short, jagged bursts of grind and sass-core energy that shaped a generation of skramz bands.
zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/disinf...
WITHDRAWAL just dropped “Desire”, and it’s as bleak as it sounds — a slow, corrosive dirge about broken dreams and forced realities.
The track crawls with THOU-level weight, filtered through the grit of MERAUDER and the despair of ACID BATH.
droppingbombshc.bandcamp.com/track/desire
The track crawls with THOU-level weight, filtered through the grit of MERAUDER and the despair of ACID BATH.
droppingbombshc.bandcamp.com/track/desire
October 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
WITHDRAWAL just dropped “Desire”, and it’s as bleak as it sounds — a slow, corrosive dirge about broken dreams and forced realities.
The track crawls with THOU-level weight, filtered through the grit of MERAUDER and the despair of ACID BATH.
droppingbombshc.bandcamp.com/track/desire
The track crawls with THOU-level weight, filtered through the grit of MERAUDER and the despair of ACID BATH.
droppingbombshc.bandcamp.com/track/desire