Video: 6 year old responds to Juliet's hardcore song

Kids these days.

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Video: 8 year old does hardcore

Lets open up this pit.

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Interview: Suburban Scum

When we last spoke to Suburban Scum, they just released their Internal War E.P and were playing shows all over the Northeast. Now the band is set to release their Hanging By

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Dying Fetus, The Doomsday Prophecy, Waking The Cadaver, The Forest Gump Mile High Marathon, NJ Dots and more @ Dingbatz 4.17.11

New Jersey and New York death metal fans gathered in masses when hearing that one of the most influential death metal bands, Dying Fetus, was going to be playing at local Clifton

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Interview: Departures

Departures is a a four piece punk-rock outfit hailing from Bayonne, New Jersey. The band formed in January 2009 out of the necessity to make honest music in a scene so badly watered

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Suburban Scum sign with 6131 Records

NJ hardcore band Suburban Scum have signed to California-based 6131 Records. The group will head to the studio in June to record their debut 7-inch for the label entitled Hanging B

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East Coast Tsunami Fest lineup announced

The lineup for this year's East Coast Tsunami Fest has

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The Body, Batillus, Hull, Tiger Flowers & Bomb The Music Industry all playing shows in New Jersey in March

High Gravity Entertainment is one of the hardest working local concert promotion companies in New Jersey. The next week and a half is filled with earsplitting shows and incredible lineups. All shows are $5 (with the exception being the BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY show on March 29th, which is a whopping $8).

On Friday, March 25th, BATILLUS (Brooklyn Doom Metal) will be headlining a latenight gig at The Meatlocker with HULL, CALTROP, CHAMBERS, PHAROAH, and DUTCHGUTS.

An evening later, Saturday, March 26th will be a night to remember with TIGER FLOWERS (NY City/State Shock Rockers, a "Must See") headlining and THE SQUID, LIONEL PRYPR, and THE BRIAR PATCH providing the backline.

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Terror announce tour dates with Stick To Your Guns and Trapped Under Ice. Playing Dingbatz.

Terror have announced tour dates for their upcoming 'Stick Tight 2011' tour with Stick To Your Guns, Trapped Under Ice, Close Your Eyes and Your Demise.

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Motorhead, Clutch, Valient Thorr @ Starland Ballroom 3.3.11 (photos, review and setlist)

This past Thursday, March 3rd, Motörhead visited the Starland Ballroom as part of their 'The World is Yours' tour. The sold out show had fans wrapped around the side of the venue...

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Black N Blue Bowl lineup announced. Gorilla Biscuits,Terror and Agnostic Front set to perform.

Black N Blue Productions have announced the lineup for this year's Black N Blue Bowl. The lineup includes Gorilla Biscuits, Agnostic Front, Terror, Antidote, Absolution, Backtrack, Take Offense, Bottom Out, Down To Nothing, Maximum Penalty

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Ensign to play Punk Vs. Fibrosis benefit show this weekend in New York State with Palehorse (B9), Tiger Flowers and more.

Saturday, February 26th: Ensign, Palehorse, Tiger Flowers, Dead Channels, Living Laser, and Thunderlord will be playing the Punk Vs. Fibrosis benefit show in Chester, New York. The show will be held at Colonial Lanes

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Beneath The Remains: Volume 1

By Stephen Piersanti

When I was asked to write a column about for the NJ Underground I was more than just surprised, I was ecstatic because I was writing not only about music, but the music I love, all things brutal. 

My love for metal and hardcore started like many adolescents in their teenage years where I started to listen to bands like Sepultura, Cro-Mags, Pantera, and yes various nu-metal bands (I doubt there wasn’t one KoRn, Limp Bizkit, or Slipknot song we had hummed at one point). But as I grew older I began to discover music that was stylistically very different that the norm, i.e. everything out on the radio or playing on MTV.

It was because of these bands I started a band and my discovery of other heavy underground music that caught my ear and have only left me with poor hearing and many bumps and bruises from the many mosh pit excursions I’ve gone on.

I hope to expose a lot of different metal and hardcore music that you’ve might not have given a chance to listen to, or seen. I’ll also plan on talking about those few of us, who indulge in collecting vinyl and cd’s, and the best places to find such music (let this be your hitch hiker’s guide to new/used record stores).

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Tear It Up playing reunion shows @ Europa & The Irish

Former NJ hardcore act, Tear It Up will be reuniting for a weekend of shows. The first will take place Friday, March 25th at Brooklyn's Europa and the second show will be at Kearny's The Irish (formerly known as Kearny Irish American Club) the very next day. Tickets for the Europa date with Last In Line and The Cell Mates can be found here. Tickets for their 3/26 Kearny date, which will include Full Speed Ahead, Night Birds and Loose Ends can be found here. Both shows are all ages and $10. Tickets for the Kearny date have been going fast so I wouldn't sleep on picking some up. A little bit of info on Tear It Up can be found below.

Hardcore punk band from New Jersey, USA. Formed out of the ashes of the band, Dead Nation in 2000. They broke up in 2003 at the peak of their popularity, right before the release of their "Taking You Down With Me' LP.

Watch a full Suburban Scum set

hate5six recently filmed Suburban Scum's set at Philadelphia's First Unitarian Church on December 19th. The NJ hardcore group have been gaining an impressive following over this past year and look to continue that in 2011. The punk outfit have some big shows coming up. One with Title Fight and Cruel Hand at Bergen Point Country Club in West Babylon, NY. Then they'll head up to MA for a one off show at The Chop Shop with GDP. Lastly, Suburban Scum will be back in the area to play NYC's Cake Shop with Most Precious Blood. More info on all of their upcoming dates can be found here. The group also just put out a split with Long Island's Incendiary. Be sure to pick that up here.

Suburban Scum's new split with Incendiary is available for streaming and download

Suburban Scum have posted their split with Long Island hardcore band, Incendiary for streaming on Mayfly Records' Bandcamp. The 4 song split is also available to download via the pay what you want model (starting at $1). The NJ hardcore outfit have a bunch of upcoming shows including one with Title Fight in January. All of their forth coming dates can be found here.

Knuckle Up sign to Mediaskare Records

NJ hardcore band Knuckle Up have announced that they've signed to Mediaskare Records. The band have posted a new song entitled "Attitude Adjustment" on their myspace. Their new album entitled Motivation From Misery comes out next year. Since their inception in 2008,Knuckle Up have been making a name for themselves in the NJ/NY scene opening for acts such as Endwell,A Day To Rememeber and The Mongoloids.

Death Before Dishonor announce tour with The Mongoloids. Playing Hangar 84.

Boston hardcore band Death Before Dishonor have announced a January tour with Casey Jones,Hundredth and Edison's own The Mongoloids. The tour will make its way to Vineland's Hangar 84 on Tuesday January 18th. You can check out the rest of the tour dates here. Death Before Dishonor is currently on tour with Suicidal Tendencies and will be performing at Terminal 5 tommorow. Tickets for that show are still available. The Mongoloids recently released the New Beginnings 7-inch which you can purchase here.

Ensign to perform with original line-up at the Court Tavern

NJ hardcore band Ensign will be performing with their original line-up at the Court Tavern on October 30th. Press release can be seen below.

For the first time in roughly 14 years, the original line-up of New Jersey hardcore band Ensign will be performing together for a special pre-Halloween event on October 30th at the Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ. The line-up consists of vocalist Tim Shaw, original drummer Chris Ross (Nora/Torchbearer), founding guitarist John Fraunberger, and touring bassist Nate Gluck (Strength 691/Vision/Detournement). The band will only be performing material from their first and second 7 inches as well as a few extra treats, most of which have not been performed live since the departure of Ross and Fraunberger in the late-90's.

Also performing will be Frontier(s), the new band from Chris Hidgon (Elliott) and Matt Wieder (Mouthpiece/Automatic), Karma Never Forgives (members from Agents of Man, Bulldoze, For The Love Of, and IDK), and Skull Crusher (Resurrection/Hands Tied). Doors open at 9:00 PM with an $8 entry.

Ensign is currently finishing up their 4th full length Lost Message On A Fading Frequency. No word on a release date.

A Loss For Words and Such Gold announce tour. Playing The Brighton Bar.

A Loss For Words, Such Gold and Lions Lions have announced dates for their winter tour. The tour will make a stop at The Brighton Bar in Long Branch on Sunday December 5th. Purchase tickets for that show here. A Loss For Words is currently on tour with The Ghost Inside and First Blood. That tour hits up Hangar 84 on Friday October 29th. Such Gold will be performing at the No Sleep CMJ Showcase next week. The band is also set to tour with Hit The Lights following the ALFW trek with a stop at School of Rock on Saturday December 18th.