2026
NH Albums of the Summer ’26
Hi folks. In case you didn’t notice, we took June and July off of our usual monthly roundup series. We did review a few things (No Cure, Fuming Mouth, Nothingness) and we’d highly recommend you […]
Hardcore
2026
Album Review: No Cure – “It Is Going to Get Dark” (Metallic Hardcore)
Written by Kep No Cure – It Is Going to Get Dark> Metallic hardcore> Alabama, US> Releasing July 10> SharpTone Records I remember when No Cure entered my sphere of awareness. It was back in 2023 and people started posting […]
2026
Demolicious Derby 2026, Vol. II: Ten Sick Hardcore Demos from April-June
Yo sorry I’m late. Went to Outbreak Fest, twisted an aankle stage diving to Turn of Phrase, cartwheeled on stage for Hatebreed, dropped a round-up of my favourite punk and hardcore releases of the year […]
2026
Halfway to the Grave: Kep’s Favorite Death and Black Metal of 2026 So Far
It’s July! Wild stuff, this year is absolutely flying by. I promise to do more writing in the second half of 2026–work and home lives both have been crazy busy, but I’m gonna make time […]
2026
Subs on Top: Ellis’ Favourite Punk & Hardcore Releases of the Year So Far
“Mid”-year? Not if you’ve been listening to the right stuff it isn’t—or alternatively if you’ve been paying attention to the general state of everything you’ll probably agree that the world is a fair way below […]
2026
April Release Spotlight
Phew, that sure was a month, eh? As usual, we’ve rounded up our favorite releases of the month to spotlight for you here. Ellis also have Terror‘s new record a full review and I (Kep) […]
2026
Album Review: Terror – “Still Suffer” (Hardcore)
Written by Ellis Terror – Still Suffer> Hardcore> California, US> Releasing April 24> Flatspot Records It is not lost on me that I have come out of an unintentionally long review hiatus to talk about […]
2026
Demolicious Derby 2026, Vol. I: Ten of the Best Hardcore Demos of the Year So Far
Written by Ellis Here we go gang. Quarter of the way through 2026 and thus I present the year’s first volume of Demolicious Derby. If you didn’t track with us last year the title of […]
2026
February Release Spotlight
Another month down, another fresh set of horrors, another bunch of killer metal and metal-adjacent albums to help keep us sane. We’ve rounded up the February releases we think are most worthy of the spotlight, […]
2026
January Release Spotlight
Welcome to 2026, friends. The horrors persist, but so do we. So, as it turns out, do metal and hardcore, because the one month under the year’s belt provided us with plenty of damn good […]