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For the past six summers in Philadelphia, hardcore punk entrepreneur Joe Hardcore has been throwing This is Hardcore, a four day festival bringing the worlds' hardest bands and fans together to dance, dive, have some fun and possibly share a cheese steak or two...

Death Threat have been around forever, and the hardcore band will be reducing venues to wreckages and piles of smoldering ash on their upcoming tour, supporting their seven-inch release, 'Lost at Sea,' on Reaper Records. "We're working on a new set list this week before the tour," vocalist Aaron told Noisecreep, hinting about what fans can expect to hear if they come out to the shows...

Survival. That's what 'Life & Times' -- the latest from New York hardcore heroes Maximum Penalty and the band's first album in seven years -- is all about. Like the album, which dropped Oct. 5, the video for its title track conveys a similar feel. He...

New York hardcore heroes Maximum Penalty are, by guitarist Joe Affe's own admission, "fossils." The band and its punishing hardcore sound harken back to a time before bands wore girl jeans and mascara, before every hardcore kid was rocking Peppermint Patty's hairstyle ...

Hardcore enthusiasts know the name Maximum Penalty, but most don't realize that the New York hardcore legends don't advocate violence, like some hardcore bands tend to do these days and, more often, in the old days. "Coming up in the '90s, when you would hear a name like Maximum Penalty, you would immediately associate the name, especially if it was on a hardcore show flyer ...