Genre Directory
Hardcore
Browse Dork's album & ep review coverage for Hardcore, plus artists and albums connected to the genre.
Recent Reviews
Never Enough
Turnstile
Nothing short of a masterpiece.
Are We All Angels
Scowl
'Are We All Angels' stands as both a thrilling evolution and a provocative statement.
Spiral in a Straight Line
Touché Amoré
Another step forward in the band’s evolution.
PRUDE
Drug Church
They've found new ways to squeeze the heartfelt out of wildly eyebrow-raising scenarios.
All You Embrace
One Step Closer
Urgent, driven and passionate.
A New Tomorrow
Zulu
Short, sharp, brilliant bursts, punctuated by moments of joyous clarity.
Psychic Jailbreak
Cancer Bats
A sensational album that sounds like a band in mid-metamorphosis.
Hygiene
Drug Church
The sound of a band more engaged than ever before.
The Romance Of Affliction
SeeYouSpaceCowboy
In your face, tense and essential, it’s an album of juxtapositions that makes perfect sense.
Radical
Every Time I Die
One hell of a ride.
This Place You Know
One Step Closer
Everything hardcore should be in 2021.
GLOW ON
Turnstile
Turnstile are making their own rules now. Long may it continue.
Lament
Touché Amoré
'Lament' consequently feels like an assured breakout.
Underneath
Code Orange
Exhilarating doesn't even begin to cover it.
27 Miles Underwater
Higher Power
There are no boundaries for Higher Power.
War Music
Refused
‘War Music’ is forged in the fire of live performance, and it shows.
Soul Structure
Higher Power
★★★★
Clear Shot
TOY
The band's most coherent and confident album to date.
Low Teens
Every Time I Die
Prepare for carnage.
Stage Four
Touché Amoré
They said they wanted to change things and change things they have.
