Bringing the Hammer Down

We return to the microphone to catch up on some recent gigs we've seen and then pick our favorite hc releases of 2025 thus far. Combust, Grand Scheme, Bulls Shitt, Age of Apocalypse, and much more.  Buy our zine: https://violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/product/violent-treatment-fanzine-2 Intro song: Combust - "Belly of the Beast" (Live) Outro song: Told Not to Worry - "Tonight, We Die in Battle"

Vlad of Delayed Gratification Records joins us to talk about his label's past, present, and future. Then, we argue for which Mental release is better: 'Get An Oxygen Tank' or 'Planet Mental.'  Buy vol. 2 of the Violent Treatment zine: https://violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/product/violent-treatment-fanzine-2 https://delayedgratificationrecords.bandcamp.com/ Intro song: Innervision- "Ties" Outro song: Mental - "Hate Me Now" 

Writer and Endless Scroll co-host Miranda Reinert joins us to look back on "the wave" of post-hardcore from the early 2010s: Touché Amoré, La Dispute, Defeater, etc. and how all of those groups helped filter our generation into hardcore.  Buy Miranda's magazine: https://www.twoflatpress.com/shop/p/portable-model-issue-2?ref=aplan.fyi Subscribe to Miranda's newsletter: https://www.aplan.fyi/ Intro song: La Dispute - "Damaged Goods" Outro song: Drug Church - "Slide 2 Me"

It's just the two of us this week as we tackle a few new releases: Jivebomb's 'Ethereal,' Ingrown's 'Idaho,' and the D-Bloc/Bad Beat split. Then, we dig into the archives and review the 1989 Dischord Records comp, 'State of the Union' -- feat. Fugazi, Shudder to Think, Scream, and many other D.C.-area groups.  Intro song: Ingrown - "Bullet" Outro song: Shudder to Think - "Let It Ring" 

Michael of new Pittsburgh hardcore band Madman joins us to talk about some late-career albums by classic hardcore bands: Black Flag, Bad Brains, Warzone, Integrity, and Sick of It All. Intro song: Bad Brains - "Long Time" Outro song: Warzone - "Countdown" 

It's just the two of us this week as we spend the majority of the episode reviewing new music by Identity Shock, Combust, Final Resting Place, The Massacred, and Disguised. Then, we dig into some of Converge's early material by assessing the 'Caring and Killing' comp.  Intro song: Identity Shock - "Traces of Life" Outro song: Converge - "Fact Leaves Its Ghost"  

With United Blood returning later this spring and hardcore from the early 2010s coming back into favor, we had Jack Cooper (What It Takes blog, Collective Action band) and Vince Guglielmi (Daily Snob writer, Violent Treatment producer) join us to draft bands from the UB 2010 lineup. That year of the fest is a really great timestamp of where capital-h was at heading into the new decade, and we each assemble five-band teams composed of bands on the bill.  Vote for which team you think won on the Violent Treatment Instagram or Twitter.  Violent Treatment on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/violenttreatment/ Violent Treatment on Twitter: https://x.com/violentreatment United Blood 2010 lineup: https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/ar0/01ba244574b3772bbd1c37bc5472c44a Check out What It Takes: https://www.instagram.com/what.it.takes.blog/ Check out Collective Action: https://collectiveactionhc.bandcamp.com/ Check out The Daily Snob: https://thedailysnob.substack.com/?utm_source=homepage_recommendations&utm_campaign=1771694 Intro song: Bracewar - "In a Rut" Outro song: Collective Action - "Collective Action" 

Scott from the Mundane Moshers fanzine joins us to discuss the state of zines in hardcore, and then fire off some hot-ish takes about where things are at in the genre.  Buy the Violent Treatment zine: https://violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/product/violent-treatment-fanzine-1 Peep the Mundane Moshers bigcartel: https://mundanemoshers.bigcartel.com/ Follow Mundane Moshers on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mundane_moshers_fanzine/  

We're back in the new year discussing our time at FYA 2025, speculating on hardcore's near future, and reviewing some fresh releases from Godskin Peeler, Crush Your Soul, Demonstrate, and Coreuption Records.  Order Issue No. 1 of our 24-page zine, feat. interviews with G.O.O.N., Splitknuckle, and Instill, as well as scene reports and other hardcore shit: https://violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/product/violent-treatment-fanzine-1 Intro song: Killing Frost - "Frozen Dawn" Outro song: Fury - "The Feeling"

It's the end of the year, so we made lists. We're joined by Brooklyn Vegan editor Andrew Sacher to count down our respective hardcore top 10s of 2024.  Pick up Violent Treatment's first-ever label release, tapes for Chicago hardcore upstarts Majesty: https://violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/ Keep up with Andrew on Twitter: https://x.com/llllbfgllll Intro song: Invertebrates - "No More" Outro song: Speed - "First Test"