HXC HISTORY PART 2: When the Heroes Went Metal!
It happened – dear god it really happened… early HXC bands, at some point in the mid-’80s, decided to go metal. SSD & DYS (something in Boston water?) were real offenders, but something was def....
View ArticleHXC History Part 4: Mosh for Krishna!
Krishnacore… oh man where do I start? The beginning I guess – the most any HXC kid knew about Hare Krishnas in the late ’80s is that they hung around airports and tried to sell you books. Then in ’89...
View ArticleJoey Sturgis Apreesh
Motherfucker invented crabbing too? Shiiit Get the fuck in here! Joey Sturgis is one of the sickest producers of all time. I used to be a detractor and rip on him for using POD Farm/triggers/vocal...
View ArticleDespised Icon 2.0?
Alex Erian, former vocalist of Despised Icon, has a new band now. It’s called, “Obey the Brave”. As we all know, Despised Icon was one of the greatest deathcore bands in existence(let’s not dispute...
View ArticleNEW XIBALBA TRACK, OPEN THIS FUCKING PIT UP YOU FUCKING FAGGOTS
Dan Seagrave artwork on a hardcore album=YOU'RE FUCKING MOSHING XIBALBA HAS A NEW TRACK. IT GOES HARD AS FUCK. LISTEN TO IT, YOU BITCHES, THEN PRESENT YOUR FACE SO I CAN PUNCH IT....
View ArticleA Brief History of Oldfaggotry
Have you ever uttered the phrase “I was born in the wrong decade”? Have you ever criticized a band somebody liked by saying “(band x) is only doing what (band y) was doing twenty years earlier”? Do...
View ArticleNew Endworld album debuts SCUM SLUT 2.0!!
Bros only! Skanks need not apply. Now that the cold, rainy autumn season is settling in, let us reminisce over the past summer. Usain Bolt made history at the London Olympics, The Avengers gave tumblr...
View ArticleBLACK FLAG is reuniting
So, as some of you may know, a few days ago guitarist (and basically heart and soul of the band) Greg Ginn announced that he would be performing as Black Flag with drummer Gregory Moore (who played...
View ArticleWho Is Your Totem Hero?
“…Totemism takes the place of all religious and social institutions. Australian tribes are divided into smaller septs or clans, each taking the name of its totem. Now what is a totem? As a rule it is...
View ArticleRecordcollectorcorecore: An Overview
Yours truly (bottom center) finger-pointing to Negative Approach, along with the local recordcollectorcorecore scene. In b4 ‘DYEL?’ Like the word “punk”, “hardcore” has so many different...
View ArticleRISE OF THE NORTHSTAR prove u can be an hardstyle weaboo
For your information, yes, yes I am mirin’ that exclusive Dr. Gero action figure (complete with original packaging) There is moshcore… and then there is EUROCORE. Most people who like to keep up with...
View ArticleHow To Get Into Real Hardcore™: A Step-By-Step Tutorial
Are you tired of feeling like a pussy because all you listen to is pop punk? Do all of your friends make fun of you because you’re still into risecore? Do you wish you were into music with more...
View ArticleForget Your Roots: Understandably Unheralded Pioneers of Tr00 Pop Punk and...
All too often, history is viewed as a contextual lens for the present. As noted novelist George Santayana has approximately said, “those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it”. The...
View ArticleJarrod Alonge puts Real Hardcore nerds on blast
9/10 hardcore fans will be interrogated at least once in their lifetime by a hardcore nerd. Are you going to be ready when it happens to you? (POSSIBLY) RELATED POSTS:? The evolution of a hardcore...
View ArticleDo you remember OG MOSHCORE?
One thing we all have in common here at SYWH is we are all bonded by the breakdown. Whether it’s deathcore, easycore or old school tumblrcore, we love music that brings the mosh. This has lead me to be...
View ArticleBEARTOOTH poses the question: is HARDCRAB “real music”??
However hard Sarge and uppercut are pushing for the long awaited neon-revival scene, the cold hard facts of the matter is that we are still living in the age of tr00ness. Credibility, earnestness and...
View ArticleABOUT THAT LIFE release debut single “Fake Hardcore Kid”
In a scene full of posers, where even the Real Hardcore bands seem fake, we have decided to take things to the next level and vanguard the new movement of Real Real Hardcore™®. And yeah, I know we have...
View ArticleABOUT THAT LIFE releases new song; calls out Mat Kerekes from Citizen
xATLx is quickly becoming one of the most controversial and talked about bands in hardcore. For this song we have decided to call out Mat Kerekes (or as we call him, “Mat Carkeys”) from Citizen for our...
View Articlethe new CODE ORANGE album is the real deal
Code Orange Kids: another name in a laundry list of bands I originally disregarded that eventually managed to step their game up and blow me away. I wasn’t that into COK (heh) originally because they...
View ArticleScientific Proof That Hardcore Punk Evolved Into Scenecore (record collectors...
Dictionary.com defines evolution as “any process of formation or growth; development”. We see evolution EVERYWHERE. Not just in plants and animals, but in art too. Do you ever think to yourself,...
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