From wild Black Flag shows in the 80s to Brody King launching himself off the Sound & Fury stage, photographers are pivotal to capturing moments and the energy of what brings Hardcore and punk to life. Those who regularly attend hardcore shows will know part of the excitement is the pure chaos and carnage... Continue Reading →
Sometimes it is some easy to see the world through a negative lens and think that in the hardcore punk community all this angry music is just a reflection of all the pent-up anger of all the shit we as humans have to deal with on a daily basis. This isn’t the case for Bristol-based... Continue Reading →
At the heart of the hardcore punk community that we all love is the music. The lyrics we are drawn to, the riffs that make us move and the passion which shines through. But another huge part of what makes hardcore is the visual elements of it. Whether that is a live show, album artwork... Continue Reading →
We currently live in a society where everything around us seems to be either burning to the ground or people are just having their human rights stripped way for no apparent reason. It is in these trying times that a lot of people turn to the subculture that we love in punk and hardcore for a bit of solidarity and rest bite from the shit which surrounds us. This is exactly what Glasgow’s Test of Patience is hoping to achieve with their music, to use their place in hardcore to get their anger at the world out, but show that there is still fun and enjoyment to have.
When you think of towns in the UK which produce some of the hardest hitting hardcore in the country, you’d automatically go to places like London, Brighton and the East Midlands. So, you could be forgiven for overlooking Ipswich as producing a band who are full of chugging riffs and mosh parts where you know your face at risk of being reshaped. Well let Just An Insight introduce you to Dispute, the double hard bastards from Suffolk who over the last couple of years have been making real in roads in the UK scene.
The lull of trying to kick start your year after the festive season and feeling the winter blues of January can sometimes be a real slog. However, here in the UK we are lucky to have a festival which will ensure the cobwebs are well and truly shaken out. We are of course talking about... Continue Reading →
Hardcore in the UK has always been a place where some of the heaviest bands of the genre have come from and with an abundance of great bands popping up on an almost daily basis it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming to keep tabs on. But every so often you go to a show... Continue Reading →
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