Genre20 Artists

Hardcore

The best hardcore artists featured on Release Wave

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Comeback Kid

Winnipeg's Comeback Kid have been playing fast, melodic hardcore with big gang-vocal choruses since 2001. Their eighth album, Chosen Hell , produced by Will Putney, is ou...

Hardcore

Incendiary

Long Island's Incendiary have been making metallic, groove-heavy hardcore since 2007, fronted by Brendan Garrone's half-shouted, half-rapped delivery. Their latest LP is...

Hardcore

Soul Glo

Philadelphia hardcore band Soul Glo fuse punk, screamo, noise and hip-hop around Pierce Jordan’s rapid-fire, deeply personal writing. Their 14-track album NA I’M GON GRAB...

Hardcore

Feldspar

Feldspar are a Rome-based band caught between scenes and continents, pairing the urgency of hardcore with the melodic pull of power-pop, modern punk, and ’90s alternative...

Hardcore

Recollection

Recollection began as a collaboration between vocalist Josh Hynes of Rude Awakening and Hammer Bros and guitarist Joshua Long, whose credits include Skinhead, Criminal In...

Hardcore

Initiate

Initiate are a Southern California hardcore band fronted by vocalist Crystal Pak, welding down-the-middle hardcore aggression to soaring melodies and post-hardcore textur...

Hardcore

Wounded Touch

Michigan metalcore reviving the 2000s boom — Norma Jean / Poison the Well / Skycamefalling lineage. LPs AMERICANXIETY (2023) and A Vivid Depiction of Collapse (2025); one...

Hardcore

The Barbarians of California

The Barbarians of California are a Los Angeles hardcore/alternative metal band featuring Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION and Eric Stenman of Tinfed, joined by Zach Irons, David...

Hardcore

Stab

New England melodic hardcore band Stab channel the weight, grit, and nostalgia of their regional hardcore scene into punchy, emotionally direct songs. Their debut full-le...

Hardcore

Fly Over States

Fly Over States are a post-hardcore/screamo band based in Minneapolis, MN. Originally from Billings, Montana, they debuted in 2023 with the Anti-Aircraft EP before signin...

Hardcore

Boundaries

Boundaries formed in Hartford, Connecticut in 2013 and spent their early years in the deathcore and downtempo underground before sharpening into one of modern metalcore's...

Hardcore

Saosin

Saosin is an American rock band originally formed in 2003 in California, known for their debut EP "Translating the Name" and self-titled debut album in 2006. The band's s...

Hardcore

Dead Tired

Dead Tired is a five-piece Canadian hardcore punk band formed in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2014. Fronted by George Pettit, the lead vocalist of post-hardcore band Alexisonfir...

Hardcore

Show Me The Body

Show Me the Body (SMTB) is a New York City post-hardcore band formed in 2009. The trio consists of Julian Cashwan Pratt (vocals/banjo), Harlan Steed (bass), and Nijol Ben...

Hardcore

Loathe

Liverpool alternative metal band blending metalcore, shoegaze, and progressive experimentation.

Hardcore

Ceremony

Ceremony is an influential American punk rock band formed in 2005 in Rohnert Park, California. Celebrated for their fierce refusal to stay in one sonic lane, the band has...

Hardcore

Chico

Chico is a Southern California guitar fueled alt-rock band with melodic hardcore energy currently signed to New Morality Zine. Self titled debut LP coming this summer. RI...

Hardcore

Koyo

Koyo is a punk rock/melodic hardcore band from Stony Brook, New York, formed in 2020. Drawing influences from bands like Taking Back Sunday and Brand New, they released t...

Hardcore

Angel Du$t

Angel Du$t is a Baltimore-based rock/punk band, led by Justice Tripp (from Trapped Under Ice), known for blending hardcore roots with melodic, hook-driven punk, pop, and...

Hardcore

Varials

Hailing from Philadelphia, Varials is a powerhouse in the metal scene, known for their hardcore ferocity and nu-metal groove. Consisting of Skyler Conder (vocals), Shane...