Boston, Massachusetts, and hardcore music. It’s the world’s loudest and most aggressive version of chocolate and peanut butter, and I need more of it.

Rounding up new releases from Gruesome, Katatonia, Volbeat, Kaonashi, Turnstile, For Your Health, The Dear Hunter, wthAura, Bear Mace, Austere, Bludgeoned By Deformity, A-Z, Gösta Berlings Saga, Orthodox, Marina, Pulp and more.

"Before, it was me just trying to beg the world: 'Please listen to me. Please look in my direction, I make music and I promise it's good enough for you listen to,' and now we truly have an audience."

Crystal Lake and Kaonashi are set to join Both alt-metal expressionist Kim Dracula and Harajuku-core eclectics HANABIE. are coming off a particularly strong and impressive 2024, but things are looking to get even more epic since the two camps have announced they’re teaming up for a co-headline tour in 2025. The upcoming North American trip was announced today (December 17th), and confirms that Kim Dracula and HANABIE. will be starting the tour March 5th at Montreal, Quebec’s  MTELUS. The trip will head to Toronto, Ontario before dipping down to the U.S., and will cap just over a month later with an April 12th tour-closer at Sacramento, California’s Ace of Spades.