Latest
New Music
News Stories
Exclusive Streams
Interviews
Music Videos
Live Videos
Tours
Festivals
Books & Zines
Movies
Offtopic

IDIOTEQ.com

Latest
New Music
Interviews
Premieres
News
Videos
- Music Videos
- Live Videos
Shows
- Tours
- Festivals

Featured
Latest
Popular

New Music

Jacob Bannon (CONVERGE) starts new band UMBRA VITAE, feat. members of THE RED CHORD, JOB FOR A COWBOY and more!

530

Interviews

Coronavirus: Italian artists reveal inside stories and thoughts on the crisis

2.6K

Exclusive Streams

Catalunya emo post hardcore act LLACUNA premiere new compelling LP “Incendis”

636

Exclusive Streams

Deleuzian Chant – RYLOTH unveil cathartic, darkly bracing epic; listen!

959

Latest

182

New Music
ALL PARTIAL: Nick Watmough of PIJN releases new lovely ambient, piano-led album “For”

Pleasant surprises are always welcome, no matter the context. In keeping with this thought Holy Roar are very happy to announce the...
237

Exclusive Streams
“KUMA” – Belgian progressive metal/hardcore unit BEAR premiere new video

Belgian progressive metal/hardcore unit BEAR will release their Propaganda full-length this May via Pelagic Records, and today we’re thrilled to give you...
319

Exclusive Streams
Canadian post punk / post hardcore act AVERSIONS premiere debut EP ‘Base Portrait’

Canadian post punk band AVERSIONS are releasing their debut EP Base Portrait on all streaming platforms today, and we’re thrilled to give...
505

New Music
GOOD RIDDANCE release new songs, donate to help people in need during Coronavirus pandemic

When GOOD RIDDANCE recorded Thoughts and Prayers, four songs didn’t make the album. Instead of sitting on them, the band has decided...
421

New Music
XIBALBA release new track “En La Oscuridad”

Pomona, California’s XIBALBA unload the devastating “En La Oscuridad,” the first single from their anxiously anticipated fourth LP Años En Infierno, due...
403

Music Videos
Blackened sludge crust metallers NIČITEL’ cover Kozmopolitná, 1994 classic from Slovak hardcore band Nonconformist

Slovak crusty post metallers NIČITEL’ are back with with a new video for their interpretation of 1994 track from their national hardcore...
734

Exclusive Streams
BARREN WOMB draw parallels from Refused to Clutch; premiere new single!

BARREN WOMB, fearsome sonic force from Finland and Norway, will launch a boiling fresh onslaught of an album, ‘Lizard Lounge’, on May...
940

Exclusive Streams
Melodic hardcore punks FORGIVE increase in tension to match the narrative of their new single “Smokescreen”

Creating friendship between long time buddies, FORGIVE expresses hardcore at its purest and most melodic. Viscerally rock riffs that are intertwined with...
523

New Music
WAKE unleash extreme metal masterpiece, Devouring Ruin

Calgary extreme metal legion WAKE have unleashed ‘Devouring Ruin’ – the band’s most captivating and ruthless full length to date, today, ahead...
640

Exclusive Streams
Alt punks CEMËNTERI premiere new invigorating track “Kurtinaitis”

One year after our special feature on their EP, Alicante, Spain´s alt punk / post hardcore band CEMËNTERI are releasing their first...
681

Music Videos
Spanish atmospheric post hardcore act TREES WILL TELL premiere new cinematic track & video “About Crosses With No Name”

Catalan alternative post hardcore outfit TREES WILL TELL have premiered their new song and video “About Crosses With No Name”, the first...
529

New Music
“Up from the Muck” – AS FRIENDS RUST premiere first new song in almost 20 years!

A little over a year since we sat down with Damien Moyal (aka Damien Done) to talk about AS FRIENDS RUST reunion,...
433

Music Videos
Melodic power hardcore pack STINKY teasing new album; watch new video for Revival Fire!

French melodic hardcore punk quintet STINKY will release their third full-length album, “Of Lost Things,” on May 15. The group promotes the...
403

New Music
OLD MAN GLOOM release 2 new albums, Seminar VIII and Seminar IX; listen NOW!

Post metal / sludge / doom supergroup OLD MAN GLOOM have revealed that Seminar VIII: Light of Meaning won’t be their only...
302

Music Videos
HEAVEN SHALL BURN premiere new video for “Übermacht”

HEAVEN SHALL BURN’s new double album, Of Truth And Sacrifice, is finally out via Century Media, and the band recently unveiled yet...
314

New Music
Post punks SOFT KILL release 2 demos “to celebrate never going outside again”

SOFT KILL are back with a new 2-track EP, featuring 2 quality demo tracks “Swept Away” and “The Other Side”, to ease...
266

Music Videos
VIVA BELGRADO release new single & video “Bellavista”!

As announced earlier in March, Spanish post hardcore act VIVA BELGRADO are back with new album, and today the band has shared...
830

New Music
ROTTING OUT release new single “Stones”; new LP next month!

American hardcore punk band, ROTTING OUT, are releasing their new single “Stones” today. The single comes off of the band’s forthcoming full-length...
369

New Music
“The Wheel” – KRALLICE premiere new song, tease new album!

By nailing black metal, progressive and epic death metal, NYC based KRALLICE have probably dug themselves into kind of a niche that...
292

Live Videos
CRO-MAGS share Quarantine Show live set

NYHC pioneers CRO-MAGS have recently canceled their New York’s Webster Hall show with BODY COUNT due to the spread of the coronavirus,...
181

Music Videos
Brisbane’s high-octane melodic hardcore outfit STEPSON share new single

STEPSON, Brisbane’s high-octane punk/hardcore outfit, are today announcing some details surrounding their highly-anticipated debut full-length album! The album, entitled “Help Me Help...
495

Exclusive Streams
Gothic rock trio SWORD COLLECTOR explores their affinity for intimate sounds in warm new single “Drenched In Honey”

After releasing their first single through The Bend Magazine, SWORD COLLECTOR have developed a small but passionate following, quickly running out of...

Page 2 of 1006‹ Previous 123 4 5 6 Next ›Last »

Latest

New Music
AARA: En Ergô Einai – atmospheric black metal duo share captivating new album
Music Videos
156/SILENCE: Pittsburgh metalcore band announce new album; premiere new video!
Music Videos
SPECTRES: Vancouver post-punks premiere “When Possessed Pray” music video
Music Videos
Oregon Hardcore act FOES premiere new video; American Violence EP out soon!
Music Videos
Sydney’s post hardcore act INERTIA share new track & video “Reminisce”, ft. Lizi Blanco
New Music
JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED spark the fire on ‘The House You Built Is Burning’, new LP coming soon!
New Music
WOWS release monumental post-metal masterpiece Ver Sacrum
Exclusive Streams
Toronto emotive punk rockers RAWLS ROYCE share new captivating EP; listen!
Exclusive Streams
COMBOS unveil their own fusion of punk energy, rock and a hip-hop fundament with gret new single “Mad Beef”
Exclusive Streams
PA hardcore act STEEL NATION are back with classy LP on Knives Out Records; premiere new song!

Popular This Month

2.6K

Interviews
Coronavirus: Italian artists reveal inside stories and thoughts on the crisis

With fears of the spread of the coronavirus escalating around the world, most of...
1.2K

Exclusive Streams
PA hardcore act STEEL NATION are back with classy LP on Knives Out Records; premiere new song!

Six years after their latest LP “The Harder They Fall”, Pennsylvania’s STEEL NATION return...
980

New Music
“Nostalgia” – SPECTRES mix old punk ethics with post-punk stylings, comment on new album

Founded in Vancouver in 2005 by vocalist Brian Gustavson, SPECTRES is commonly cited as...
959

Exclusive Streams
Deleuzian Chant – RYLOTH unveil cathartic, darkly bracing epic; listen!

Hamburg, Germany’s RYLOTH offer up their latest slab of atmospheric blend of dark hardcore,...
940

Exclusive Streams
Melodic hardcore punks FORGIVE increase in tension to match the narrative of their new single “Smokescreen”

Creating friendship between long time buddies, FORGIVE expresses hardcore at its purest and most...

Exclusive:

123

Exclusive Streams

Toronto emotive punk rockers RAWLS ROYCE share new captivating EP; listen!

Toronto based punk rockers RAWLS ROYCE are releasing their third EP “Llarold” today, and we’re thrilled to give you the official first...

430

Exclusive Streams

COMBOS unveil their own fusion of punk energy, rock and a hip-hop fundament with gret new single “Mad Beef”

The perfect backdrop for scalding fuckboys and inserting chopsticks to the iris with a spectacular motion. COMBOS are energetic and in-your- face....

1.2K

Exclusive Streams

PA hardcore act STEEL NATION are back with classy LP on Knives Out Records; premiere new song!

Six years after their latest LP “The Harder They Fall”, Pennsylvania’s STEEL NATION return with a quality new single “2 Many Times”,...

755

Exclusive Streams

Hardcore act SEEK NOTHING bids farewell with monstrous, jaw-dropping debut LP

Our longtime friends from Berlin hardcore pack SEEK NOTHING have been active since 2014 and after one demo, 2 EPs and one...

570

Interviews

Melodic hardcore punks CAUSE A RIOT release powerful new single; share thoughts on Finnish hardcore and more!

Järvenpää , Finland based band CAUSE A RIOT have recently dropped a new single & music video for the track “Counting On...

237

Exclusive Streams

“KUMA” – Belgian progressive metal/hardcore unit BEAR premiere new video

Belgian progressive metal/hardcore unit BEAR will release their Propaganda full-length this May via Pelagic Records, and today we’re thrilled to give you...

319

Exclusive Streams

Canadian post punk / post hardcore act AVERSIONS premiere debut EP ‘Base Portrait’

Canadian post punk band AVERSIONS are releasing their debut EP Base Portrait on all streaming platforms today, and we’re thrilled to give...

Ničiteľ - Kozmopolitná (Nonconformist cover)

403

Music Videos

Blackened sludge crust metallers NIČITEL’ cover Kozmopolitná, 1994 classic from Slovak hardcore band Nonconformist

Slovak crusty post metallers NIČITEL’ are back with with a new video for their interpretation of 1994 track from their national hardcore...

734

Exclusive Streams

BARREN WOMB draw parallels from Refused to Clutch; premiere new single!

BARREN WOMB, fearsome sonic force from Finland and Norway, will launch a boiling fresh onslaught of an album, ‘Lizard Lounge’, on May...

940

Exclusive Streams

Melodic hardcore punks FORGIVE increase in tension to match the narrative of their new single “Smokescreen”

Creating friendship between long time buddies, FORGIVE expresses hardcore at its purest and most melodic. Viscerally rock riffs that are intertwined with...

640

Exclusive Streams

Alt punks CEMËNTERI premiere new invigorating track “Kurtinaitis”

One year after our special feature on their EP, Alicante, Spain´s alt punk / post hardcore band CEMËNTERI are releasing their first...

2.6K

Interviews

Coronavirus: Italian artists reveal inside stories and thoughts on the crisis

With fears of the spread of the coronavirus escalating around the world, most of the artists, labels, promotions and bands have halted...

★ IDIOTEQ is a DIY online magazine covering some of the hardcore punk and rock music scene, and supporting DIY ethics and local bands

★ IDIOTEQ (pronounce “idiotec”) is a phonetic transcription of the word Idioteque – the act of suddenly going into a crazy, seizure like state. A vision of a society, where people are increasingly more obsessed with pointless technology, selfishness and mindless entertainment than life itself.

LATEST

91

New Music
AARA: En Ergô Einai – atmospheric black metal duo share captivating new album

En Ergô Einai, the gripping new full-length from Swiss atmospheric black metal duo AARA,...
85

Music Videos
156/SILENCE: Pittsburgh metalcore band announce new album; premiere new video!

Pittsburgh metal/hardcore punishers 156/SILENCE are proud to announce the release of their impending sophomore...
87

Music Videos
SPECTRES: Vancouver post-punks premiere “When Possessed Pray” music video

With SPECTRES‘ new album Nostalgia released in March on Artoffact Records, the Vancouver post-punks...
81

Music Videos
Oregon Hardcore act FOES premiere new video; American Violence EP out soon!

Oregon-based metallic hardcore outfit FOES will release their latest material in the form of...
78

Music Videos
Sydney’s post hardcore act INERTIA share new track & video “Reminisce”, ft. Lizi Blanco

Australian post hardcore / melodic metalcore act INERTIA are stepping it up yet again...
69

New Music
JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED spark the fire on ‘The House You Built Is Burning’, new LP coming soon!

“There will always come a time in our lives, that we must walk away...

New Music
Exclusive
Videos
Tour Dates
News Stories

IDIOTEQ.com

Jacob Bannon (CONVERGE) starts new band UMBRA VITAE, feat. members of THE RED CHORD, JOB FOR A COWBOY and more!

Coronavirus: Italian artists reveal inside stories and thoughts on the crisis

Catalunya emo post hardcore act LLACUNA premiere new compelling LP “Incendis”

Deleuzian Chant – RYLOTH unveil cathartic, darkly bracing epic; listen!

Latest

ALL PARTIAL: Nick Watmough of PIJN releases new lovely ambient, piano-led album “For”

“KUMA” – Belgian progressive metal/hardcore unit BEAR premiere new video

Canadian post punk / post hardcore act AVERSIONS premiere debut EP ‘Base Portrait’

GOOD RIDDANCE release new songs, donate to help people in need during Coronavirus pandemic

XIBALBA release new track “En La Oscuridad”

Blackened sludge crust metallers NIČITEL’ cover Kozmopolitná, 1994 classic from Slovak hardcore band Nonconformist

BARREN WOMB draw parallels from Refused to Clutch; premiere new single!

Melodic hardcore punks FORGIVE increase in tension to match the narrative of their new single “Smokescreen”

WAKE unleash extreme metal masterpiece, Devouring Ruin

Alt punks CEMËNTERI premiere new invigorating track “Kurtinaitis”

Spanish atmospheric post hardcore act TREES WILL TELL premiere new cinematic track & video “About Crosses With No Name”

“Up from the Muck” – AS FRIENDS RUST premiere first new song in almost 20 years!

Melodic power hardcore pack STINKY teasing new album; watch new video for Revival Fire!

OLD MAN GLOOM release 2 new albums, Seminar VIII and Seminar IX; listen NOW!

HEAVEN SHALL BURN premiere new video for “Übermacht”

Post punks SOFT KILL release 2 demos “to celebrate never going outside again”

VIVA BELGRADO release new single & video “Bellavista”!

ROTTING OUT release new single “Stones”; new LP next month!

“The Wheel” – KRALLICE premiere new song, tease new album!

CRO-MAGS share Quarantine Show live set

Brisbane’s high-octane melodic hardcore outfit STEPSON share new single

Gothic rock trio SWORD COLLECTOR explores their affinity for intimate sounds in warm new single “Drenched In Honey”

Latest

Popular This Month

Coronavirus: Italian artists reveal inside stories and thoughts on the crisis

PA hardcore act STEEL NATION are back with classy LP on Knives Out Records; premiere new song!

“Nostalgia” – SPECTRES mix old punk ethics with post-punk stylings, comment on new album

Deleuzian Chant – RYLOTH unveil cathartic, darkly bracing epic; listen!

Melodic hardcore punks FORGIVE increase in tension to match the narrative of their new single “Smokescreen”

Exclusive:

Toronto emotive punk rockers RAWLS ROYCE share new captivating EP; listen!

COMBOS unveil their own fusion of punk energy, rock and a hip-hop fundament with gret new single “Mad Beef”

PA hardcore act STEEL NATION are back with classy LP on Knives Out Records; premiere new song!

Hardcore act SEEK NOTHING bids farewell with monstrous, jaw-dropping debut LP

Melodic hardcore punks CAUSE A RIOT release powerful new single; share thoughts on Finnish hardcore and more!

“KUMA” – Belgian progressive metal/hardcore unit BEAR premiere new video

Canadian post punk / post hardcore act AVERSIONS premiere debut EP ‘Base Portrait’

Blackened sludge crust metallers NIČITEL’ cover Kozmopolitná, 1994 classic from Slovak hardcore band Nonconformist

BARREN WOMB draw parallels from Refused to Clutch; premiere new single!

Melodic hardcore punks FORGIVE increase in tension to match the narrative of their new single “Smokescreen”

Alt punks CEMËNTERI premiere new invigorating track “Kurtinaitis”

Coronavirus: Italian artists reveal inside stories and thoughts on the crisis

AARA: En Ergô Einai – atmospheric black metal duo share captivating new album

156/SILENCE: Pittsburgh metalcore band announce new album; premiere new video!

SPECTRES: Vancouver post-punks premiere “When Possessed Pray” music video

Oregon Hardcore act FOES premiere new video; American Violence EP out soon!

Sydney’s post hardcore act INERTIA share new track & video “Reminisce”, ft. Lizi Blanco

JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED spark the fire on ‘The House You Built Is Burning’, new LP coming soon!