District 9 was a prominent New York Hardcore (NYHC) band from the Bronx, formed in the 1990s by vocalist Myke “Puerto Rican Myke” Rivera out of the ashes of the band Close Call. Known for releases like Schoolahardknox (1995), they were a staple of the mid-90s scene and featured in the classic N.Y.H.C. documentary. District 9 drew heavy stylistic inspiration from the authentic, organic intersection of 1990s hardcore and East Coast hip-hop culture.
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Top of the World is a contemporary Long Island hardcore (LIHC) band featuring members from other prominent underground acts like Private Mind, High Reach, Last Laugh, Liberate, and Raid. Known for a Queens-style groove hardcore sound.
Crime Square is an underground hardcore punk and beatdown band from the New York and New Jersey area. The group features seasoned veterans from prominent 1990s and 2000s east coast hardcore acts including Bulldoze, Skarhead, Crown of Thornz, and Agents of Man.
Patrick G. Morales (born October 21, 1993), better known by his stage nameWiki, is an American rapper and record producer. He was a member of New York City-based hip-hop group Ratking with rapper-producer Sporting Life and rapper Hak, which disbanded in 2016. Morales was also a member of Secret Circle with rapper Antwon and rapper-producer Lil Ugly Mane until 2018.
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Fools Game is a fast and heavy hardcore punk band from Pennsylvania featuring members connected to groups like Facewreck, Vomit Forth, and Shackled. Formed in 2020, they are known for an energetic East Coast sound inspired by 2000s hardcore.
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Michael Jordan Bonema (born October 13, 1998), known professionally as MIKE (stylized in all caps), is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer based in New York City. Bonema’s atypical upbringing, having experienced life in New Jersey, London, Philadelphia and New York City, has had an audible influence on his diverse and experimental music style.
Envision is a vegan straight-edge metallic hardcore band from Florida. Formed in the late 2010s, they combine 1990s East Coast hardcore style with melodic, heavy guitar work.
God’s Hate are a metallic hardcore band from Van Nuys, California co-founded by drummer/guitarist/composer Colin Young (Twitching Tongues) and vocalist/lyricist/professional wrestler Brody King.
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Corpse Pile is an underground brutal death metal and hardcore band hailing from Houston, Texas. Formed in 2019, the band has quickly built a reputation in the heavy music scene for their aggressive fusion of traditional death metal elements, heavy slam riffs, and visceral hardcore breakdowns.
Sonic Youth was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Sonic Youth emerged from the experimental no wave art and music scene in New York before evolving into a more conventional rock band and becoming a prominent member of the American noise rock scene. Sonic Youth has been praised for having “redefined what rock guitar could do” using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings while preparing guitars with objects like drumsticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments’ timbre. The band was a pivotal influence on the alternative and indie rock movements. Influences vary from Genres like Avant-Garde & No Wave to Prototypical Punk & Garage Rock featuring bands like The Velvet Underground, The Stooges & MC5, New York Dolls & Patti Smith Group to Hardcore Punk & Post-Punk featuring bands like Black Flag, The Fall & Wire to Music Artists/Groups like Madonna, Public Enemy, Neil Young/Crazy Horse, & Joni Mitchell.
Cropsey is a heavy metallic hardcore band proudly representing the Staten Island, New York hardcore (NYHC) scene. Known for their brutal, breakdown-heavy sound influenced by beatdown and thrash, the band takes its name from Staten Island’s infamous real-life boogeyman urban legend. They draw influence from Bands like Sick of It All, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, All Out War, Earth Crisis, This Is Hell & more!
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Of Temperament is a Long Island metallic hardcore and metalcore band that emerged as a prominent force in the local Long Island Hardcore (LIHC) underground scene. The band plays a heavy, driving style of metallic hardcore heavily influenced by classic late-90s and early-2000s metalcore.
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Merauder is an influential Brooklyn-based heavy metallic hardcore band formed in 1990. Widely regarded as the “Godfathers of Metalcore”, they shaped the 90s NYHC scene by fusing hardcore aggression with heavy metal riffing. Fronted by vocalist Jorge Rosado, their gritty, unrelenting sound reflects their New York inner-city roots. Merauder built their sound on a foundation of thrash, early death metal, and the gritty, groove-driven New York Hardcore (NYHC) scene. Key influences on the band’s metal-heavy riffing and dark guitar tones included Slayer, Celtic Frost, and Venom. Acts like the Cro-Mags, Carnivore, and Stigmata shaped the band’s hardcore roots and crossover appeal. And the heavy, stompy, and rhythmic “Brooklyn groove” popularized by local peers like Biohazard and Life of Agony heavily impacted their pacing and mosh breakdowns.
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Life’s End is a hardcore band from Massachusetts known for their intense, aggressive sound. The band features members from several other established hardcore acts, including Hard Target, Wisdom & War, Death Before Dishonor, and False Grip.
Killing Time is a New York hardcore band. From their beginnings in 1988, under the name Raw Deal, they went on to record two full-length albums and several EPs, singles, and compilation tracks. The band went through three hiatuses before formally disbanding in 1998. However, the band re-formed in 2006 and has been touring/playing since. Work on their third full-length album was completed in March 2009.
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Sin Against Sin is a brutal, heavy hardcore/mosh-metal supergroup formed in 2025 by members of bands like Adrienne, Opposition, and others. Known for a, high-energy, “mosh-first” sound reminiscent of All Out War, the group is co-fronted by Ethan Wahlberg and Alfredo Carvalho.
Blow Your Brains Out (BYBO) is a rising hardcore punk band based out of Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan. Formed in the spring of 2019, the group has quickly built a reputation for delivering a heavy, aggressive style heavily influenced by classic New York Hardcore (NYHC).
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