• Best of 2020
  • Monthly Missive
  • Columns
    • A Gift to Artwork
    • Cool People Column
    • Death’s Door
    • Doomsday
    • Editors’ Picks
    • Genre Genesis
    • Grind My Gears
    • Into the Pit
    • Kvlt Kolvmn
    • Post Rock Post
    • Rotten to the Core
    • Unmetal Monthly
  • Genres
    • Metal
      • Black Metal
      • Death Metal
      • Doom Metal
      • Grindcore
      • Metalcore
      • Post-Metal
      • Progressive Metal
      • Stoner Metal
      • Sludge Metal
      • Thrash Metal
      • Trad Metal
    • Rock
      • Art Rock
      • Hardcore
      • Indie Rock
      • Math Rock
      • Post-Rock
      • Progressive Rock
      • Psych Rock
      • Punk
      • Shoegaze
      • Stoner Rock
      • Synthwave
    • Classical
    • Electronic
    • Folk
    • Hip-Hop
    • Jazz
    • Pop
    • R&B
  • Reviews
  • Listen To This!
  • Podcast
  • Store
  • Contact
Search
Heavy Blog Is Heavy logo
  • Best of 2020
    Random

    • Rotten to the Core // 2020 In Review

      Calder Dougherty
      January 25, 2021
      Best of 2020, Rotten to the Core
    Recent

    • Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums of 2020

      Nick Cusworth
      February 9, 2021

    • Yearly Missive // 2020

      Eden Kupermintz
      January 25, 2021

    • Heavy Blog’s Favorite Albums of 2020

      Heavy Blog
      January 25, 2021

    • Unmetal Monthly // 2020 In Review

      Jonathan Adams
      January 25, 2021

    • Heavy Blog Staff’s Top 25 Albums of 2020

      Heavy Blog
      January 25, 2021

    • Doomsday – 2020 In Review

      Pete Williams
      January 25, 2021
  • Monthly Missive
    Random

    • Monthly Missive // October 2021

      Heavy Blog
      October 5, 2021
      Monthly Missive
    Recent

    • Monthly Missive // September 2021

      Heavy Blog
      September 8, 2021

    • Monthly Missive // August 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      August 4, 2021

    • Monthly Missive // July 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      July 12, 2021

    • Monthly Missive // June 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      June 14, 2021

    • Monthly Missive // May 2021

      Heavy Blog
      May 10, 2021

    • Monthly Missive // April 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      April 5, 2021
  • Columns

    Recent

    • Editors’ Picks // October 2021

      Heavy Blog
      October 5, 2021
      Editors' Picks

    • Into the Pit: Q3 2021

      Joshua Bulleid
      October 5, 2021
      Into the Pit

    • The Prog-nosis // October 2021

      Joe Astill
      October 5, 2021
      The Prog-nosis

    • Rotten to the Core // October 2021

      Calder Dougherty
      October 5, 2021
      Rotten to the Core

    • Wave // Breaker - October 2021

      Eden Kupermintz
      October 5, 2021
      Columns, Wave // Breaker

    • Unmetal Monthly // October 2021

      Calder Dougherty
      October 5, 2021
      Unmetal Monthly
    • A Gift to Artwork
    • Cool People Column
    • Death’s Door
    • Doomsday
    • Editors’ Picks
    • Genre Genesis
    • Grind My Gears
    • Into the Pit
    • Kvlt Kolvmn
    • Post Rock Post
    • Rotten to the Core
    • Unmetal Monthly
  • Genres
    • Metal
      • Black Metal
      • Death Metal
      • Doom Metal
      • Grindcore
      • Metalcore
      • Post-Metal
      • Progressive Metal
      • Stoner Metal
      • Sludge Metal
      • Thrash Metal
      • Trad Metal
    • Rock
      • Art Rock
      • Hardcore
      • Indie Rock
      • Math Rock
      • Post-Rock
      • Progressive Rock
      • Psych Rock
      • Punk
      • Shoegaze
      • Stoner Rock
      • Synthwave
    • Classical
    • Electronic
    • Folk
    • Hip-Hop
    • Jazz
    • Pop
    • R&B
  • Reviews
    Featured

    • Dvne - Etemen Ænka

      Eden Kupermintz
      April 5, 2021
      Reviews
    Recent

    • Vildhjarta – måsstaden under vatten

      Jimmy Rowe
      October 15, 2021

    • Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon

      Noyan
      October 5, 2021

    • Rivers of Nihil – The Work

      Joshua Bulleid
      October 5, 2021

    • Cradle of Filth – Existence is Futile

      Joshua Bulleid
      October 5, 2021

    • Archspire – Bleed the Future

      Ahmed Hasan
      October 5, 2021

    • Sunless – Ylem

      Ahmed Hasan
      October 5, 2021
  • Listen To This!
    Featured

    • Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

      Joshua Bulleid
      July 28, 2020
      Listen To This!
    Recent

    • What We’re Really Listening To – 10/15/21

      Scott Murphy
      October 15, 2021

    • Release Day Roundup – 10/15/21

      Scott Murphy
      October 15, 2021

    • Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me About Lye By Mistake?

      Scott Murphy
      October 13, 2021

    • Release Day Roundup – 10/8/21

      Scott Murphy
      October 8, 2021

    • What We’re Really Listening To – 10/1/21

      Scott Murphy
      October 1, 2021

    • Release Day Roundup – 10/1/21

      Scott Murphy
      October 1, 2021
  • Podcast
  • Store
  • Contact

Tagged This Is Hardcore

Home
This Is Hardcore

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Stream A New Single From REPS!

Heavy Blog
April 12, 2016
Premieres
While I cannot make it out to This Is Hardcore this year, I would absolutely love to go. Regardless of the "tough guy" persona perpetuated by many in the scene, there's some really killer music out there, both ... Read More...

Crosscheck Drummer Hospitalized After Assault From Hardcore Bands

Jake Tiernan
August 4, 2015
Commentary, News
I am a massive hardcore fan, but somehow this scene never fails to disappoint me, despite the numerous great aspects it has to offer. Recently, during Forced Order's set during the infamous This Is Hardcore fes... Read More...

Harm’s Way Spread All Over America With Summer Tour

Matt MacLennan
June 3, 2015
News
Deathwish hardcore hooligans Harm's Way blew my mind last weekend at Temples Festival. They brought upbeat energy into a main stage that, over the course of the weekend, saw more doom and drone than anything el... Read More...
article placeholder

This Is Hardcore X Lineup Revealed; Confirmed For Brutal

Matt MacLennan
March 31, 2015
News
It's that time again. Philadelphia's This Is Hardcore Festival has announced the full lineup for the tenth year of this esteemed gathering of hardcore, punk and every crossover genre in between the two. It is... Read More...
article placeholder

This Is Hardcore’s Final Lineup Goes Live, Tickets On Sale April 11th

Kyle Gaddo
April 4, 2014
News
Yearly Philadelphia hardcore festival This Is Hardcore has just presented its final lineup for 2014, taking place from July 24th through the 27th. ... Read More...

Patreon

Ko-fi

Podcast

All the Heavy Lifting

Latest Reviews

  • Vildhjarta – måsstaden under vatten

    Jimmy Rowe
    October 15, 2021
    A whole decade ago in 2011, Sweden's Vildhjarta unleased their debut album Måsstaden. At just over 50 minutes, the cree... Read More...

  • Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon

    Noyan
    October 5, 2021
    At this point, Trivium should need no introduction. The band have had a career that has had several highs, from their e... Read More...

  • Rivers of Nihil – The Work

    Joshua Bulleid
    October 5, 2021
    Rivers of Nihil have gone from strength to strength with each of their previous releases, culminating in 2018's runaway ... Read More...

  • Cradle of Filth – Existence is Futile

    Joshua Bulleid
    October 5, 2021
    Even in a discography that doesn't have any real low lights, Cradle of Filth have been something of a hot streak based o... Read More...