It’s been a wild few days—hardcore’s swinging hard, punk’s getting weird again, and a whole lot of screamo has suddenly decided to reappear (not that we’re complaining).
Whether it’s END IT leveling up in pixelated rage, FALSE GODS dragging grief through sludge, or NUVOLASCURA and SHIZUNE cracking hearts open from opposite corners of the scene, there’s no shortage of raw energy. Add a wave of melodic punk heat from DIE JOB, TUCANA, and NOGATO, and yeah—this week’s been loud in all the right ways.
Hardcore (Punk)
Baltimore hardcore force END IT just dropped “Life Sublime”, the second taste of their upcoming debut full-length Wrong Side of Heaven, out August 29, 2025 via Flatspot Records.
The video for the song find the members of End It transformed into video game characters, racking up point by slaying monsters with guitar shredding and causing general havoc throughout the virtual city.
This follows up June’s “Pale Horse”, a youth crew-flavored burner that introduced the record with a high-energy video directed by Noah Haycock.
Wrong Side of Heaven was recorded at Salad Days Studio with Brian McTernan, and promises a full-on statement about integrity, growth, and resistance in the face of a decaying system.
Midwest Straight Edge gets a fresh injection of fury with “Bottom Feeder,” the debut single from xNULLIFYx—now part of the ever-consistent New Morality Zine roster.
Coming out of Peoria and Kankakee, the band channels a metallic hardcore sound in the vein of DISCOURSE, BLISTERED, and FOUNDATION, built on years of local scene sweat and no prior releases—just pure, punishing live energy. The track was recorded by members Chris Bayless and Rob Fowler, and sharpened to a blade’s edge by Colin St. Mary at 19 Stars Studio.
It’s a brutal first statement from a band that doesn’t care to play nice. The full self-titled EP drops later this summer. For now, stream “Bottom Feeder” on Bandcamp and catch that first hit of venom.
Hardcore punk outfit RESTRAINING ORDER just announced their new album Future Fortune, set to drop on September 12, 2025 via Blue Grape Music — their first release on the new label and follow-up to 2023’s Locked In Time.
Alongside the announcement, they’ve released the first single “Know Not”, a sharp 1:58 burst of driving riffs and straight-up urgency. According to frontman Pat Cozens, the track digs into the inner push to keep going even when life makes zero sense — “we have to stay one step ahead of it, even when it’s trying to leave us behind.”
The full record will feature 13 tracks, including titles like “Shame Game,” “Used Love,” and “Time To Go.” First taste is up now on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms.
“‘Know Not‘ takes on the simple yet hard to grasp mission in life,” states vocalist Pat Cozens. “That we must keep moving forward. Life will always be confusing but we all know deep down what we have to do to be our best. It’s never easy, never will be, so we’ve all got to hold ourselves accountable to get to where we want to be. It also continues a constant theme of this band and in my lyrics. We must keep striving to get ahead of life, especially in a world that’s always multiple steps ahead of you.”
CLOBBER deliver a two-minute jolt of punk urgency in their new single “Be Someone,” the first preview of their upcoming EP God Loves, Man Kills, out August 1 via Venn Records.
Described as a defiant anthem about finding the courage to live despite setbacks, the track channels the London band’s storm-sized energy, first felt during their debut chaos-invoking barbershop show.
Chicago’s punk warriors LOST LEGION have teamed up with Waterford, Ireland’s SYMPOS for a raw and rowdy 7″ split, released via Mr Face Records and Tough Ain’t Enough.
Featuring two tracks from each band, the split embraces duality—one side deadly serious, the other tongue-in-cheek chaos. LOST LEGION’s contributions, “No Wind Resistance” and “Stuck in One Place,” punch with gritty hardcore punk energy, while the artwork by Nicky Rat seals the deal on this 400-copy-only release. Official drop hits July 11.
Melbourne’s bloody and vicious TERMINAL SLEEP just dropped a new single “They Circle Below” on July 9, right in the thick of their 2025 EU/UK tour.
The run has them tearing through Germany, Slovenia, the UK, and beyond, with stops at Return to Strength, Ieper Fest, 2000 Trees, and more.
The track arrives as a standalone rager mid-tour, backed by sets with Signs of the Swarm and co-headlines with Spaced.
Long Island’s genre-warping force FALSE GODS have dropped “Enemy That Never Was,” the first crushing single from their upcoming full-length Lost in Darkness and Distance, due out July 25th via Bandcamp and physical CD.
The emotionally devastating track tackles unresolved grief over the death of a close family member, framed in the band’s signature mix of post-metal atmosphere, sludge brutality, and industrial dread. “It’s the worst fucking thing that has happened to me… for now,” says vocalist Mike Stack, laying bare the personal weight behind the release.
The new album promises a deeper descent into human fragility and existential anguish, blending NYHC intensity with moments of psychedelic haze and punishing noise.
Produced during a period of addiction, death, and personal collapse within the band, Lost in Darkness and Distance is their most dynamic and emotionally exposed record to date. With shows alongside EYEHATEGOD and past sets with CROWBAR, CONAN, and FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES, FALSE GODS are not here for comfort — they’re here for confrontation.
California’s purveyors of “West Coast Death Violence” SCALP return with “EGODEATH,” a savage second single from their upcoming LP Not Worthy of Human Compassion, out July 25th via Closed Casket Activities.
Clocking in at thirteen tracks under twenty minutes, the album is pure blood-boiling pressure—vein-popping grind, HM-2 crust, and feral powerviolence rendered with surgical focus. Inspired in part by The Lucifer Effect, this one’s as much a psychological dissection as it is a sonic decapitation.
“EGODEATH” spirals into total lunacy, all twitchy transitions and terminal momentum. The band calls it “a total loss of control… with an ending that teases relief.” Fans of NAILS, THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE, and DEAD IN THE DIRT—this is your next reckoning.
SCALP hit the road this August across California, including sets at Hold It Down Fest and 924 Gilman.
Australian metalcore force JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED return with Clawing Wounds, a crushing new single featuring LEFT TO SUFFER’s Taylor Barber.
Clocking in at just under two and a half minutes, the track seethes with fury and precision, offering a brutal preview of their upcoming album Stay Relentless, out August 15 via Greyscale Records.
STEAKSAUCE MUSTACHE unleash a chaotic blast of “party-core” on Negative… But Fancy, a two-track digital single out now via Silent Pendulum Records.
Unhinged, wild, and completely unbothered, the Oregon band channel their mathcore mayhem into pure absurdist fun.
Screamo & Post Hardcore
SHIZUNE return with Breviario d’oblio, their first new release in over five years — a raw, emotionally charged 5-track EP that explores love, its weaponization against women, and the vital need for support and healing.
Entirely self-produced and recorded in Italy with longtime collaborators, the record burns with intent, from the tense buildup of “Introduzione alla complessità dell’essere” to the bitter closure of “Breviario d’addio.”
Los Angeles experimental black metal outfit AGRICULTURE have unveiled “Bodhidharma,” the first track from their upcoming album The Spiritual Sound, due out October 3.
Known for fusing screamo, ambient noise, and ecstatic black metal, the band return with a nine-track full-length shaped by the dual songwriting of Dan Meyer and Leah Levinson, exploring themes of grief, queer survival, Zen practice, and communal intensity.
The album features guest vocals from Emma Ruth Rundle and is now up for preorder in multiple physical formats via Bandcamp.
Los Angeles screamo band NUVOLASCURA have returned with their long-awaited full-length How This All Ends, released July 8.
It’s their first album since 2020’s As We Suffer From Memory And Imagination, and follows their 2023 appearance on the Balladeers, Redefined compilation.
The new record brings a mix of chaos and control, with abrupt shifts in tempo, dissonant textures, and a six-minute closer titled “polar destinies” that stretches into new emotional territory.
Las Vegas screamo unit FEBUARY returns with Run Like a Girl, a short, emotionally scorching follow-up to their acclaimed 2023 debut.
Mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley (DEAFHEAVEN, JOYCE MANOR, GOUGE AWAY), the EP channels urgency, pain, and resilience into every second — a raw portrait of defiance and identity in a scene still crawling out of its boy-club past.
“This one’s for anyone who’s ever felt unheard or underestimated,” the band wrote.
Finnish screamo outfit CLAIRE VOYANCÉ teams up with the ever-prolific LETTERBOMBS for a limited tour split released via Suspected Of Arson Records.
While LETTERBOMBS offer three stripped, razor-sharp tracks packed with urgency and rawness (“Marianne,” “Leonard,” and “Little Axel”), CLAIRE VOYANCÉ closes the release with the crushingly poetic “An Apparition Scales The Corner” — a slow-burning, heart-wrenching piece that feels both ghostlike and immediate.
With just 50 cassettes available and a short Italian run alongside CHEVALIER, CAMELIA, and more, this split may be brief, but it hits with the emotional weight of something far greater.
LA DISPUTE have unveiled Act Three of their new album No One Was Driving The Car, delivering five new tracks that dig even deeper into memory, dissociation, and fractured family history.
“Self-Portrait Backwards,” “The Field,” “Sibling Fistfight At Mom’s Fiftieth / The Un-Sound,” “Landlord Calls The Sheriff In,” and “Steve” extend the narrative arc with haunting imagery and escalating emotional weight.
Among them, “Sibling Fistfight…” gets a self-directed video—one of the band’s most cinematic visual works to date—centering on grief, retrospection, and glimmers of spiritual reckoning.
The whole section plays like a reflective descent into Midwestern memory: snow-covered parking lots, decaying moral structures, and multi-level marketing schemes blur into Calvinist guilt and existential clarity.
EVERYONE DIES IN UTAH return with a brand new EP It’s Not Me, It’s You, released July 9th and packed with four tracks of melodic post-hardcore energy.
Clocking in at just under 14 minutes, the release blends soaring clean vocals with crushing breakdowns, revisiting the band’s roots while pushing their sound forward.
Active since 2008 and hailing from Temple, Texas, the band has shared stages with acts like MEMPHIS MAY FIRE and SUICIDE SILENCE, and their loyal fanbase will find plenty to latch onto here.
Melodic Punk Rock, Emo, Rock
NOFX just dropped a new song called “Barcelona”, released July 9 via Hopeless Records. It looks like this might be part of the long-teased A to Z project — a collection of songs corresponding to each letter of the alphabet. “Barcelona” would be the “B” cut.
No official announcement, but it’s live on Spotify, YouTube (in some regions), and Bandcamp. Fat Mike’s listed as composer and producer, and the release credits still mention Fat Music, LLC — sparking more confusion about who actually owns what now.
Fans seem split. Some say it sounds like a Single Album leftover, others think it hits harder if you’ve followed Mike’s public unraveling lately. Either way, new NOFX is here, and that’s enough to stir things up again.
Madrid’s NOGATO drop their new single “No me digas,” a bittersweet emo-punk anthem soaked in vulnerability and confrontation. With a sound that feels like the anime intro to a Tony Hawk game, the band blends jangly melodies, cathartic lyrics, and a clear love for cats, Asian cinema, and pumpkin croquettes in the park.
The track, released on July 4, was recorded by Pablo Qvilava and Nacho Roca, mixed by Carles Delgado, and mastered by Will Killingsworth.
California punk lifers STRUNG OUT just released a brand new track titled “Glass Houses” via Fat Music — a sharp, melodic rager that landed July 9. After 35 years in the game, they’re still coming in hot.
The single arrives just as the band kicks off a full-on assault through the Midwest and Canada, with U.S. East Coast and South American dates to follow. If you’re anywhere near Chicago, Toronto, NYC, or fucking Montevideo, now’s the time — they’re not slowing down anytime soon.
Tour’s rolling now through July and picks back up in September across Latin America.
West Michigan pop punk band MOTION SICK just dropped their new single “Stand Up Straight” via PNWK Records on July 9 and are now on the road supporting Good Sleepy across the U.S. through late July.
The run includes stops in Philadelphia, D.C., Nashville, Memphis, Austin, Phoenix, and Fullerton, with If Kansas Had Trees, Park National, and Bug Moment joining on various dates.
BAD COP/BAD COP have released a new single titled “All Together Now” on July 9, just days before their long-delayed full-length drops on July 11. The track lands via Fat Music, despite ongoing rumors around Fat Wreck’s transition to Hopeless Records.
This is the latest in a string of singles following Shattered and Safe and Legal, and ties into the band’s upcoming album, their first since 2020’s The Ride. The band previously confirmed in Plasticbomb zine that the new record addresses personal themes like aging and health, and no longer involves Fat Mike in production.
The band’s current lineup includes Stacey Dee, Myra Gallarza, Linh Le, and Alexandra Windsor.
Kalamazoo’s emotive punk rock outfit SATURDAYS AT YOUR PLACE just released a new single titled “waste away” on July 8, offering another glimpse into their upcoming second full-length.
The track follows the band’s trademark heart-on-sleeve approach, blending Midwest ache with crisp songwriting, and arrives as the band continues to build momentum off college tours and their growing national fanbase.
Ottawa’s TUCANA are back with “Yes–Man,” a frenzied standalone single that drags melodic hooks through a minefield of burnout, corporate suffocation, and dead-eyed small talk.
Written under fluorescent lights during a week of existential collapse, the track rides the razor’s edge between total control and complete breakdown — like DOGLEG caught in a meeting that won’t end.
Released independently on July 2, “Yes-Man” is the band’s sharpest cut yet, blending their gritty noise-punk energy with a sense of melodic collapse that never quite resolves. “It’s a claustrophobic spiral of office dread,” they explain, “turning buzzwords and forced smiles into a blistering anthem of disillusionment.”
This isn’t the start of a new record cycle—TUCANA are keeping it loose for now. “Yes-Man perfectly encapsulates how the band stays melodic while musically always seeming on the verge of collapse,” they note. But a four-song EP is coming later this year, with recording scheduled for October.
TUCANA are deeply embedded in the Ottawa punk community and quick to shout out local favorites: “Look Upon The Heart’s latest EP On A Pale Horse and KINGFISHER’s new full-length are two of our faves.”
Catch them live: Aug 8 – The Kilmat (Wakefield, QC) w/ SWIMMING, Aug 17 – Cornwall Chaos Festival (Cornwall, ON),
Aug 22 – Club Saw (Ottawa, ON) w/ REBELLE.
Vancouver’s DIE JOB are back with two sharply crafted melodic punk cuts—“Thin Blue Whine” and “Creature of Habit”—as they gear up for the August 8 release of Hazards of Occupation via Kinda Cool Records.
“Thin Blue Whine” is a fast-talking, sardonic takedown of cop worship culture, ripping through verses with a Broadway-level flair that somehow never feels performative. It’s theatrical but incisive, managing to be both hook-heavy and politically biting. Meanwhile, “Creature of Habit” takes a different turn—less satirical, more self-critical, built on tight pacing and understated melody. It doesn’t scream for attention, it earns it with every tense pause and lyrical sting.
DIE JOB might dress their songs in bratty charm, but there’s real weight under the surface—burnout, protest, the monotony of modern life.
NIHILISTIC EASYRIDER shares two new tracks — “Weekend Fever” and “Facedown” — ahead of the upcoming LP Deluxe Edition, out July 25 via Run For Cover Records.
Led by NARROW HEAD’s Jacob Duarte, the project balances hazy, full-band emo pop punk nostalgia with stripped-down acoustic grit.
YELLOWCARD have just shared “Take What You Want”, their third single from the upcoming full-length Better Days, out October 10. The track dropped today (July 9) alongside a music video featuring tour footage from Japan, Australia, and Europe.
The song follows “Better Days” and “honestly i”, which together have already hit 4 million streams since May 28. The album is produced and executive produced by Travis Barker, who also plays drums on every track.
YELLOWCARD will be hitting the road in September with A DAY TO REMEMBER on the Maximum Fun Tour, running through November with appearances at both Warped Tour and When We Were Young Festival.
SCARLET STREET return with “Corporate Memphis,” a scorched-earth takedown of the algorithmic music industry, out July 9 via We’re Trying Records.
Blending 3D emotive rock with post-hardcore edge, the track lashes out at fake playlists, scam DMs, and the hollow grind of online clout culture. “This isn’t about chasing a dream,” they wrote. “It’s about watching it rot in real time.”
Denver’s post pop punk mischief-makers RELATE just released a new single titled C.P.P., featuring three emotionally charged tracks: “C.P.P.,” “Apathy,” and “Constant Pressure.”
The band calls it their most important release to date, produced by Jay Maas and mastered by Sir Seth Munson.
With lyrics cutting through internet-age disillusionment and hook-laden urgency, RELATE are back at their loudest and most sincere. They’re currently storming across the U.S. with KEEP FLYING and ALL HYPE, covering coast-to-coast with their CU Mountain and 3D tours through July.
ANGEL DU$T crash into a new era with The Beat, a ripping two-song 7” out now via their new label home, Run For Cover Records. Featuring the swaggering title track with guest vocals from TWITCHING TONGUES’ Taylor Young and the psych-tinged stomper “The Knife,” the release reunites the band with producer Brian McTernan. It’s a raw, unfiltered reminder that ANGEL DU$T still plays by no rules but their own.
The record follows 2023’s Brand New Soul and signals yet another stylistic curveball from Tripp and crew — gritty, catchy, and distinctly rock & roll. The 7” vinyl includes an exclusive cover of BUGG’s “I Don’t Wanna Hear It,” with TERROR’s Scott Vogel on vocals. US and UK tour dates with FLESHWATER, NARROW HEAD, and OVLOV start soon.
Barcelona’s NURAGHE have dropped their new album An Elephant Was Swinging On A Cobweb, blending the breakneck speed of skatepunk with the melodic bite of hardcore. Out now digitally via TOO LOUD RECORDS (CD version via Code7), the release features sharp new tracks like “Older than a Forest” and “Jesus Christ,” produced at Italy’s Titans Lab Studio.
Formed in 2016, NURAGHE delivers fast, melodic punk rock for fans of FRENZAL RHOMB, NOFX, and TEN FOOT POLE, this one hits fast and hard.
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