RYM's top Hardcore Punk releases
There are a lot of albums on here that have a whiff of Hardcore Punk but I personally wouldn't put a lot of them in that list. I understand that it is cumulative list but even so
Powerviolence was a aggressive form of HP that appeared from the mid 80's and probably the best example of this is the mighty Infest:
There were many U.K bands in the early 80's with the obvious candidates:
who later splintered into Broken Bones:
You also had the offshoot of
Anarcho - Punk which (at least in the U.K) took a lot of influence from bands like Crass. The band Conflict are probably the best example:
The
New York Hardcore Scene and
Crossover scenes are also well known not just for their intensity and reverence to the spirit of HCP but also by combining elements of other genres whilst still retaining the ethos in the mis to late 80's
Although Agnostic Front were straight up HCP:
Bands such as Ludichrist and Crumbsuckers were stretching the genre further:
Some of the most recent bands of the last ten years have been:
I have albums by all these artists if u need linkies.
Big shout outs to
G.B.H
Void
Amebix
Poison Idea