Party: SLED ISLAND

Party: SLED ISLAND

TURNSTILE

Gathering from historically punk-friendly cities in the North-eastern U.S., Turnstile make hardcore with a dash of classic influences and a heaping helping of something new. While their tunes lean a little more towards groove than pummel, make no mistake: Turnstile are uncompromising, ferocious and filled to the brim with vibrant rawness.

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EXITS

Straying from hardcore norms, but drawing inspiration from the late ‘90s to early ’00 era of the genre, EXITS produce technically sound recordings and intense, sweat-soaked live energy, demonstrating the group’s passion for the sound. Not so chaotic that it’s out of control, they manage to cap-ture the white-knuckled intensity of hardcore punk.

WORMWOOD

Brutal, visceral punk rock with earnest, hollered vocals, there’s immediacy in the music that drives straight through you with pounding drums and dissonant yet urgent guitar work. This band is angst personified—the kind of double-bar-relled hardcore that splits lips and breaks ribs.

SIGIL

Mixing Pig Destroyer's grind-infused take on death metal with the straight-ahead charge of hardcore, Sigil are blowing up the local scene. Since forming in 2009, the four-piece has released an EP and a full-length album with Texas record label Murder/Suicide Incidents. If you've written off ferocious sub-sub-genre amalgamations, prepared to be surprised