Kris Pugh, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

Curses: Strength In Brotherhood

There are few areas in the world that are home to a 21st century cultural shift quite like West Virginia.

DEVILDRIVER‘s 2016 effort Trust No One was such a return to form, that you almost questioned where they could go next.

For all intents and purposes, it’s surprising that COREY TAYLOR has taken 20 years to release a solo record. That’s not just

Such is the variety and depth to hardcore in 2020, that you can start asking the question: is this the

MAKE THEM SUFFER have always been something of a musical island. Sure, at their core they’re a structured attack of

As the stylistic throes of thrash continue to remain the same, it’s now less about who can reinvent the genre,

Even though they spend a lot of debut record Paradise berating it, you can’t picture anywhere better for COLD YEARS to emerge

A change of philosophy for Aussie hardcore crew DIAMOND CONSTRUCT might sound unnecessary on the surface. With last year’s admirable self-titled

Life really does seem to have been on the up and up for Connecticut’s CURRENTS for half a decade now.

As hardcore punk continues to be synonymous with the idea of musical rebellion, it becomes increasingly important that its ideologies