TrashTalk

California's DNF is a hardcore outfit featuring members of Trash Talk and Touche Amore. Their songs go from grind to sludge in unpredictable turns, mixing the frustrated jams of their own generation with a caustic vibe something like that of early Ringworm...

Relentless, raw, and vicious are all fitting ways of describing Los Angeles foursome OFF!. "When point their finger at us or try to describe us, they don't get very creative. It's always 'punk rock.' Oh boy, that's exciting," frontman Keith Morris recently told Noisecreep...

In terms of hardcore, one of many bands' goals is to get something put out on the Jacob Bannon-founded Deathwish/Malfunction label, but Trash Talk were not wanting to call it home, so they left to build their own label, Trash Talk Collective, in 2007...

"I didn't come to sling salvation/I bring you missiles tonight/Stand by and watch me," Trash Talk singer Lee Spielman screams through the sonic violence of 'Explode,' a track from the band's newest album of frantic hardcore, 'Eyes & Nines, inadvertently capturing the presence of the band and the reckless abandon of their fans. Ha...

Do you think most true metalheads want to visit Sweden at some point? Lately, I've been thinking about taking a trip. But where? Not really jazzed about going to some resort and sitting in the sun all day ... black clothing attracts heat. I'm not so interested in taking too long a plane ride...

It's no surprise that the Vans Warped Tour isn't what it used to be. With bands on the bill that favor synth-heavy dance more appropriate for a rave, there is a severe lacking in the hardcore punk genre. There is, however, hope in the form of UK based quintet Gallows...

Bamboozle Left, held in the sunny, Orange County landscape of Irvine, California, boasted a broad cross-section of attendees: those with tattoos, facial piercings, multi-colored dye jobs culture-clashed with goths, emo punks and plenty of metalheads, all of which traipsed the grounds with polite and respectful curiosity...