Though there were a number of heavy hitters, Seattle suffered a bit of a lull in terms of cranking out punk bands over the last decade or so. Luckily, that day came to an end a few years ago when booking group Persons Unkown began hosting shows at The Highline,

If you’re an avid reader of CvltNation, you might have been following LA’s The Wraith for a few years now. 2017 saw the release of their first EP Shadow Flag and since then, vocalist Davey Bales has released a few chap books of poetry. After grinding away at songwriting, finding

There’s never enough knuckle-dragging crush riffs to line your eardrums with and Holland’s OUST are just the sonic ambush you need this winter as you contemplate the futile nature of mere survival. Their particular brand has a little of everything from the hardcore spectrum – at times shrill and piercing

California has never failed to deliver all the post-punk we need and San Diego assemblage The Passengers is no exception. Started as a basement project by Adam Bixel in 2017, they’ve now grown to indignant quartet plaguing the desert lands with a markedly bleak air. Killing it on endless single-note

Putting the politics back into hardcore front and center, Portland’s Fatal State have been making tough-as-shit, fast hardcore for several years now all while supporting their scene sending solidarity to the wider network of punks and activists kicking into gear to put their foot down against all the aggravating bullshit

Keeping it true to the influence of their other projects Catholic Spit and Maask, Ventura has cranked out yet another great outfit from the doldrums of beach town boredom – Detoxi. Debuting at an astonishing ten tracks for their first release, the tape runs the gamut between fierce classic death