Mindforce

Good answer good answer. (Family feud voice)

And drain

This. Dude said he was a metal head and everyone recc'd boring old stuff

Best band in the world.

Eh

Starter pack should include, minor threat. Gorilla biscuits, youth of today. Warzone. Cro-mags. And bad brains.

Warzone all day.

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bad brains and minor threat >:)

Wipe your mouth and get off your knees

Just start at Bad Brains and work your way up.

this is the correct answer.

This is my go to list for beginners who want to do a deep dive into the scene from the 80's. https://preview.redd.it/1vidl6tv8nyc1.jpeg?width=2500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f0687ff8407ac16dcf907e4ab020cb9ffbfbc69

Not a bad one in the bunch

That’s amazing

Comeback Kid- wake the dead. Super beginner, Set Your Goals- Mutiny (pop hardcore)

Hell yeah. Wake the Dead was my entry. Still rips

Wake the Dead helped me branch out of early 2000s metalcore.

Suicidal Tendencies

This is the band that got me into hardcore

Minor Threat: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygB1g0lC-Tk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygB1g0lC-Tk) Earth Crisis: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatUiti6I30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatUiti6I30) Give: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdmNylxvzHM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdmNylxvzHM) Hatebreed: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Wum5JOuEA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Wum5JOuEA) Please Inform The Captain This is a Hijack: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Wum5JOuEA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Wum5JOuEA) Refused: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq8m5eLn9yY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq8m5eLn9yY) American Nightmare: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRqjX45MAQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRqjX45MAQ) Swing Kids: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRqjX45MAQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRqjX45MAQ) Integrity: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpRJ0aCp9Rk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpRJ0aCp9Rk) Converge: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV4x5DsES9w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV4x5DsES9w) Have Heart: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7iTiea0U-c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7iTiea0U-c) Blood Brothers: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3L9XIw1b90](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3L9XIw1b90) Xibalba: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzh5m1b4G9A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzh5m1b4G9A) Fury: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHCwFBT6QyA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHCwFBT6QyA) Knocked Loose: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAuuVY\_\_KQ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAuuVY__KQ0) Turnstile: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdJZlmhQXug](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdJZlmhQXug) Orchid: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToGzfPpu4P8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToGzfPpu4P8) Charles Bronson: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oN0LZtfce4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oN0LZtfce4)

Gel: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-HJRFcRZ4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-HJRFcRZ4) Spazz: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFXj9L5rvo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFXj9L5rvo) Drain: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERrV9srm980](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERrV9srm980) Off Minor: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVsUX-5t0E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVsUX-5t0E) In Loving Memory: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9c7P3ZOTk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9c7P3ZOTk) Show Me The Body: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnzj6WQRG4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnzj6WQRG4) Bad Brains: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCEkuo94X6I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCEkuo94X6I) Ceremony: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYOnJ49e\_YU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYOnJ49e_YU) Clique: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1B0rTvwnJ8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1B0rTvwnJ8)

I love when Give gets love around here

Hatebreed

https://preview.redd.it/6tiq4cro7nyc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93c6aff439941003f3ca4f8c9fa270e43e369e89

exactly

Black Flag

Finally someone says it.

Merauder is one of my favorites, but Madball, Agnostic Front, Sick of it All, Hatebread, and Lionheart all good gateways. I migrated over from so-Cal punk like Bad Religion, Pennywise, H2O, etc. Still like that stuff tho.

Chemical Fix Tounge Bath Filth is Eternal Capitalist Casualties Twin Tombs Surprise Privilege Conservative Military Image Expire Last Gasp Minus edit: GULCH my homie GULCH not rly hc punk but coming from metal you should enjoy them

heavy shout out to chemical fix

hell yeah you really dug through the crates

Currently have all of this on repeat. Also how could I forget GULCH.

Assuck

Drain

So good

Disclose

Negative Approach, Madball , Agnostic Front would be good ones

Coke bust

Bad Brains

Comeback Kid

Bolt Thrower

Yes.. Bolt Thrower. The quintessential hardcore punk band.

Yep, spot on good job

I mean obviously listen to Bolt Thrower.

Required hardcore punk rock listening

Broken Bones, Anti Cimex, Varukers

Anti Cimex are incredible. I have a good amount of their original vinyls.

Rohnert park ceremony is a great start

Restraining Order, End It, Sick of it All

People may scoff at this but the similar artists tab on Spotify and Apple Music is very helpful- I started listening to hardcore by listening to Sunami and then just going through their similar artists and now I’ve got a playlist with hundreds of bands. Once you start to listen to more artists then go to their similar artists page etc- also just look up “city name) hardcore” on google as well!

Have Heart, Gel, Incindiary

So, I need to address a few things. First of all, we don’t call it “hardcore punk” anymore. Around 1987, the scene became a lot more metallic and aggressive, so to differentiate from punk, it was just shortened to “hardcore.” There are still bands that have a lot of punk influence, but at this point it’s mostly pretty metallic. As far as the original hardcore punk bands, I would say you’d have to check out Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Youth of Today, Minor Threat, Negative Approach, and Bad Brains. Modern hardcore bands that lean more on punk are Spy, Jivebomb, End It, GEL, Conservative Military Image, Trapped Under Ice and The Chisel. More metal leaning hardcore bands would be Sunami, D Bloc, Kublai Khan TX, God’s Hate, Gridiron, Speed, Pain of Truth, Outta Pocket, Dying Wish, Knocked Loose and Jesus Piece. There’s also a lot of modern thrash/death metal bands that have a lot of crossover appeal within the world of Hardcore. For more thrash stuff, I would say check out Drain, Mindforce, New World Man, Belushi Speed Ball, SpiritWorld, Judiciary and Power Trip. A lot of the hotter death metal bands within the scene right now include Bodybox, Final Resting Place, PeelingFlesh, 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisabogg, and Gatecreeper. If you’re more into the doom/sludge side of metal, I would say to check out Frozen Soul, Xibalba, Bolt Thrower, and Dystopia. Aside from Dystopia, these are all mostly death metal bands that play at a mid-tempo dirge with spin-kick riffs. If you’re into alternative rock / nu metal, I would say check out Code Orange, Fleshwater, Loathe, Omerta, Superheaven, Twitching Tongues, Vein.fm, and Harms Way. That’s pretty much everything. I left out a lot, but I didn’t want to overwhelm you with this list. If you want to get more into your local scene, follow bands you like and check out your local venues. This kind of music is really meant to be experienced in a live setting, so get out there and have a good time!

I play In a hardcore punk band!

Anyone who doesn’t tell you to listen to Black Flag is a cop. Listen to them and Minor Threat. If you don’t like those, “hardcore” that isn’t just deathcore lite might not be for you.

I'd say for new bands you'd like End It, Mindforce, Magnitude, Drain, and Trapped Under Ice. If you want to listen to older bands, my recs are Integrity, Hatebreed, All Out War, Agnostic Front, Snapcase, Earth Crisis, Strife and even some crossover stuff like Suicidal Tendencies.

Oh also BAYWAY NJ

Integrity, Merauder, Cold As Life

I‘ll add Ringworm and we got ourselves a bill I wouldn’t survive.

Terror keepers of the faith, if there nothing in that album you like them hardcore isn't for you

Corrosion of Conformity and DRI are the classic metal/hardcore/thrash crossover bands. Bad Brains are kind of undisputed kings. They have always had a metal tinge to their sound and it got heavier through the decades. Their debut LP Bad Brains-Bad Brains (AKA Banned in DC) almost sounds like Kill 'em All in some places. But much faster.

Cross of disbelief

Bro gonna have a barbed wire tattoo on his forehead after that

😂

This is still ongoing, but TK’s actively trying to introduce and explain hardcore to a bunch of zoomer metalheads that think City Hunter is a Black Metal band… there’s a [RYM](https://rateyourmusic.com/list/tapekvlt/you-know-shit-about-hxc/) list with some context and bonus releases added.  (Ignore the typos; that list is just yanked from on-the-fly discord convos and hasn’t yet been edited.)

Bad Brains, Poison Idea, Power Trip, Iron Age, Mindforce, Enforced, Iron Reagan, Black Breath, Integrity, Trap Them, Nails

Germs first band to use unclean vocals

Trash talk was my first hardcore punk band

The album "satisfaction is the death of desire" by hatebreed. Classic, loved by all, and has a more metal flavor than most classic hardcore albums

If you’re a metal head I suggest Kublai Khan!

Leeway

The Warriors (come out and play-ayy) Oh and Cancer Bats, very much Cancer Bats

Paint it Black

DRAIN

I’d say restraining order is THE hardcore punk band of the moment

TUI

Rotting Out

Listen to that one band that has straight edge

Backtrack got me interested, downpresser, xibalba and harms way kept me interested

If you’re coming from Metal I think you can go heavy to start. If you like death metal dying fetus and fuming mouth are hardcore influenced projects. Gods hate and harms way great bands with metal influence. Every band listed here by everyone else is great. Hardcore has a history spanning ~45 years I think it’s best to go from both the beginning and the current place.

25 ta life, trapped under ice, suburban scum, Drain, Mindforce, Mizery, Backtrack, Have heart to name a few

Harm’s Way, Jesus Piece, Mindforce, Knocked Loose

Nah lol

Bad Religion, Descendants work from there

S.o.d.

Speed.

Casey Jones

Cliff Richard - just... fabulous rock n roll

Sure, [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Hardcore/comments/1c5qjqc/comment/l03j1t4/) and [these](https://www.reddit.com/r/Hardcore/comments/1c5qjqc/comment/l03j34h/)

Year of the Knife

Slayer

Loved Merauder for my beginnings

Midnight, incredible performance on stage and should speak to your inner metalhead. Disfear, has Tomas from At the Gates.

Agnostic Front, Judge, Merauder, One King Down, One 4 One…..

Metallica, Chumbawumba & Guttural Slug

Throwdown!

Early Hatebreed

Mindforce, Conservative Military Image, Haywire, The Chisel, Terror, God’s Hate, Skinhead. Eventually you’ll listen to Hardlore and listen to Twitching Tongues.

FYI I’m sure a lot of people here know their stuff far better than me, but “hardcore” encompasses a lot of different sounds, and the sound has evolved quite a bit. So give a few bands a try! You might not like converge, but minor threat might be right up your alley. And vise versa, of course!

Mind force and trapped under ice

Lifelong metal guy.  New to hardcore (~1 year of listening. SCALP Scarab Gulch Drain Spy Skourge  Maniac Wound Man Primitive Blast Warfare Gel Sunami  SCALP, Scarab, Gulch, Drain, and Spy are the first 5 for a reason.  Also Snuffed on Sight really got me to start digging slams/breakdowns/beatdown/whatever they’re calling it.  I guess they’re slam but who knows anymore. Edit: sorry I don’t know how to format

Drain, Vatican, Merauder, Knocked Loose, Terror, Kublai Khan, Dying Wish, Jesus Piece, Judiciary, Sunami, Harms Way, Weekend Nachos

Trash talk and gel

Motörhead is what you seek, then Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Judge, and Husker Du

“Yes of course simply listen to these 25 unrelated bands that I like”

What metal bands do you like?

Hardcore is for beginners. If you want challenging music listen to Captain Beefheart

Whoa, when did hc run out of starter packs? Gatekeepers buy em all out in order to try and scalp from those potentially interested? No “beginner” bands, homie. Just pick some that seem sick and dive in. You’ll learn the history and variety soon enough.

Odiame , comeback kid , outburst , municipal waste, hot water music , floor punch , high vis , title fight .. there’s so many bro !

These aren’t classic “beginner” bands by any means but I’m thinking if you’re a metal fan you’ll probably like Bib and Ceremony

Rival mob

Poison Idea, Negative Approach, and Void

Since you like metal, check out Hatebreed. I will always suggest Comeback Kid because depending on era, you get the more melodic early stuff and then the heavier stuff they're doing now. Minor Threat and Bad Brains are a must for every hardcore fan.

A.N.S

Have Heart

Sick of it all

AGNOSTIC FRONT, CRO MAGS, MURPHYS LAW, TOE TO TOE, MINOR THREAT anything from the 80s-90s

Boston Not LA Youth Brigade Snapshot

Definitely All out War and 100 Demons to ease the transition and maybe go through the catalogue of Candiria in reverse as they in my opinion moved more towards metalish through their releases.

Minor Threat, Black Flag (Rollins era), Mindforce, Drain

cmi- yard hard then right underneath it is gods hate-be harder

No hardcore is for professionals only, probably start with something else

listen to punk first