Hardcore punk, or simply 'hardcore', is a subgenre of punk rock that originated primarily in North America and the UK around 1980. Both scenes, though sharing many similarities, evolved in parallel, the latter taking more influence instead from Oi, and speed metal in the vein of Motorhead.
The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock. The songs are usually short, fast, and loud, covering topics such as politics, social issues, personal freedom, violence, alienation, war, straight edge ideals, and the hardcore subculture itself.
Hardcore has spawned several fusion genres and subgenres, some of which have experienced mainstream success (such as thrash metal, melodic hardcore, metalcore, and post-hardcore), while others (such as crust) have acquired an underground (but arguably more devoted) following.
Hardcore bands
Minor Threat
Gorilla Biscuits
Comeback Kid
Have Heart
Counterparts
Disengage
Blacklisted (Metallic)
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Scream
The Exploited
Gallows
Bad Brains
Youth of Today
Suicidal Tendencies (Early)
DRI
NOT hardcore (normally metalcore, groove metal, or thrash metal/crossover)
Throwdown
Desolated
Kublai Khan
Varials
Knocked Loose
Xibalba (death/sludge metal, metalcore)
Hatebreed
Terror
Death Before Dishonor
Earth Crisis
No Zodiac
Lionheart
Hatebreed
Sworn Enemy
Full Blown Chaos
Parkway Drive
A Day to Remember
Punch Your Face
Unit 731
Bury Your Dead
I Am War
Emmure
Texas in July
August Burns Red
The Acacia Strain
While She Sleeps
Vision Of Disorder
Madball (Currently)
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