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Browse Dork's album & ep review coverage for Hardcore, plus artists and albums connected to the genre.

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Never Enough
Album Review5/5

Never Enough

Turnstile

Nothing short of a masterpiece.

Are We All Angels
Album Review5/5

Are We All Angels

Scowl

'Are We All Angels' stands as both a thrilling evolution and a provocative statement.

Spiral in a Straight Line
Album Review
5/5

Spiral in a Straight Line

Touché Amoré

Another step forward in the band’s evolution.

PRUDE
Album Review4/5

PRUDE

Drug Church

They've found new ways to squeeze the heartfelt out of wildly eyebrow-raising scenarios.

All You Embrace
Album Review4/5

All You Embrace

One Step Closer

Urgent, driven and passionate.

Album Review5/5

A New Tomorrow

Zulu

Short, sharp, brilliant bursts, punctuated by moments of joyous clarity.

Album Review4/5

Euthanasia

Stray From The Path

Sometimes, the only way to go is darker.

Album Review4/5

Spectre

Stick To Your Guns

A wake up call delivered in the most assertive terms possible, Stick To Your Guns are more than living up to their name.

Album Review4/5

Psychic Jailbreak

Cancer Bats

A sensational album that sounds like a band in mid-metamorphosis.

Hygiene
Album Review4/5

Hygiene

Drug Church

The sound of a band more engaged than ever before.

Album Review5/5

The Romance Of Affliction

SeeYouSpaceCowboy

In your face, tense and essential, it’s an album of juxtapositions that makes perfect sense.

Album Review4/5

Radical

Every Time I Die

One hell of a ride.

Album Review4/5

This Place You Know

One Step Closer

Everything hardcore should be in 2021.

Album Review5/5

GLOW ON

Turnstile

Turnstile are making their own rules now. Long may it continue.

Album Review5/5

Lament

Touché Amoré

'Lament' consequently feels like an assured breakout.

Album Review5/5

Underneath

Code Orange

Exhilarating doesn't even begin to cover it.

Album Review4/5

27 Miles Underwater

Higher Power

There are no boundaries for Higher Power.

Album Review3/5

War Music

Refused

‘War Music’ is forged in the fire of live performance, and it shows.

Album Review

Soul Structure

Higher Power

★★★★

Low Teens
Album Review4/5

Low Teens

Every Time I Die

Prepare for carnage.

Artists in Hardcore

Tuns

Tuns

969,214 followers

Turnstile

Turnstile

860,429 followers

Hatebreed

Hatebreed

729,238 followers

Black Flux

Black Flux

728,250 followers

Black Flag

Black Flag

722,901 followers

Knocked Loose

Knocked Loose

642,214 followers

Minor Hit

Minor Hit

461,367 followers

Mino (2 2)

Mino (2 2)

455,843 followers

Minor Threat

Minor Threat

455,843 followers

The Ghost

The Ghost

411,401 followers

Emmure

Emmure

387,506 followers

Dato (3)

Dato (3)

341,594 followers

Paul Elstak

Paul Elstak

310,196 followers

Circle J

Circle J

295,670 followers

Refused

Refused

294,331 followers

Circle Jerks

Circle Jerks

293,820 followers

Jebroer

Jebroer

275,883 followers

D.R.I.

D.R.I.

259,875 followers

Stick To Your Guns

Stick To Your Guns

249,211 followers

Every Time I Die

Every Time I Die

245,902 followers

S.Y.A. Project

S.Y.A. Project

244,052 followers

ZeroHour

ZeroHour

243,862 followers

Converge

Converge

235,485 followers

Bij’ De Vieze Gasten

Bij’ De Vieze Gasten

231,392 followers

Vize

Vize

225,872 followers

The Acacia Strain

The Acacia Strain

223,391 followers

Code Orange

Code Orange

221,134 followers

Agnostiq

Agnostiq

210,608 followers

Dead Fish

Dead Fish

200,318 followers

Madball

Madball

197,288 followers

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Death will follow me

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Other Hells - Single

Other Hells - Single

Ceremony

2026

WHERE THE LIGHT LEAVES

WHERE THE LIGHT LEAVES

Varials

2026

Love Is Not Enough

Love Is Not Enough

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Cold 2 the Touch

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2026

COLD 2 THE TOUCH

COLD 2 THE TOUCH

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...IS YOUR FRIEND

...IS YOUR FRIEND

Drain

2025

You Are Safe From God Here

You Are Safe From God Here

The Acacia Strain

2025

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SCAR

Zulu

2025

There's Love In This World If You Want It

There's Love In This World If You Want It

Higher Power

2025

NEVER ENOUGH

NEVER ENOUGH

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2025

Jinx - Single

Jinx - Single

One Step Closer

2025

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SEEIN’ STARS / BIRDS

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2025

Are We All Angels

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Volume III - Life & Times Revisited

Volume III - Life & Times Revisited

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2025

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The Apollo Programme Was A Hoax

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2024

Spiral In A Straight Line

Spiral In A Straight Line

Touché Amoré

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