Rise of the Northstar come from the Parisian suburbs with a mix they’ve been hammering out for over a decade—metal, hardcore, rap, manga—four words they’ve been using to sum up their whole
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Our dear friends from JAGUERO are back with “Lit,” a new single that quietly but decisively sets the direction for
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MIRROR HANDS emerged in Hämeenlinna, Finland’s oldest inland city, as a two-piece shaped by place, weather, and a deliberate shift
By the time “Question Your Privileges” comes out on October 4, 2025, Prison Of Hope are already past the moment
As the year winds down and everyone starts tallying highlights, London alt emo punks Achers show up with something less
“Die Verge” opens “Mental Gymkhana” by throwing you straight into a noisy, splintered zone somewhere between punk rock, post-hardcore and
“Faces” is the first public release from Bodega Dog, a solo indie/emo-leaning project from Hudson Valley, New York, led by
“It’s complicated” is the second full-length album by Twins, released on November 21 through a loose coalition of DIY labels
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Carrion Sky formed in Warsaw in late 2022 as a three-piece, without a fixed concept or long-term plan. The band
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The quickest way into Krein’s Low-Budget Death Extravaganza is through the accident that started it: a joke name tossed around by Filip Krein and Piggy Op long before the pandemic, which somehow
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The new single “Breaking Waves” lands today as Chalk Hands’ opening gesture toward their upcoming record “The Line That Shapes the Coast of Us”, out March 27th next year through Dog Knights Productions. It’s the first song they’ve chosen to let out into the
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The first thing Spiritual Decay offer is a moment that feels lived-in
The new split 7” arriving December 5 via Sweet Cheetah Records and
The split EP “When emo meant friendship on Myspace era” arrives today
Five bands from five different countries—Malaysia, Peru, USA, Germany, and Mexico—are releasing
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When NUR first landed on IDIOTEQ, they were already carrying the kind of weight that comes from years spent shaping a sound in the shadows. Their previous work marked an aggressive shift—“blackened post-hardcore soul,” as we wrote back then—and it revealed a band ready
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Private Hell don’t ease into anything here. The Richmond band frame their
Before Mt. Dagger had a name, it was just two people in
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“Flattened” landed on December 8, 2025, as MPB’s third album and their
