Hardcore Punk
Cosmic Joke
Cosmic Joke is a hardcore punk band from Los Angeles blending skate-punk melody with hardcore urgency. They draw comparisons to Descendents, NOFX, and Kid Dynamite. Their...
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Hardcore Punk
The best hardcore-punk artists featured on Release Wave
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Hardcore
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...
Shoegaze
Empty Nesters
Empty Nesters is the Montreal-based project led by Eric Liao, moving from its lo-fi, shoegaze and indie roots into hardcore and emo leaning post-hardcore. The six-song No...
Punk
Bad Brains
Washington, D.C. hardcore pioneers Bad Brains formed in 1978 and fused blistering punk speed and precision with reggae, funk, metal and soul. The classic lineup of H.R....
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 Punk
Bore
Long Island mathcore — Converge / Every Time I Die / Botch worship with Mr. Bungle whiplash. Debut LP Feral (2025), and one of the first two signings of the relaunched Fe...
Post Punk
Final Gasp
Final Gasp, a Boston band with members from notable hardcore bands, will release their debut LP "Mourning Moon" in September 2023 via Relapse Records. Recorded in Philade...