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A podcast about hardcore punk. New and old, fast and heavy, good and bad. Hosted by Eli Enis and Hugo Reyes.
Eli Enis hosts Violent Treatment, a music show with 47 episodes published.
We return to the microphone to catch up on some recent gigs we've seen and then pick our favorite hc releases of 2025 thus far. Combust, Grand Scheme, Bulls Shitt, Age of Apocalypse, and much more. Buy our zine: https://
Vlad of Delayed Gratification Records joins us to talk about his label's past, present, and future. Then, we argue for which Mental release is better: 'Get An Oxygen Tank' or 'Planet Mental.' Buy vol. 2 of the Violent Tr
Writer and Endless Scroll co-host Miranda Reinert joins us to look back on "the wave" of post-hardcore from the early 2010s: Touché Amoré, La Dispute, Defeater, etc. and how all of those groups helped filter our generati
It's just the two of us this week as we tackle a few new releases: Jivebomb's 'Ethereal,' Ingrown's 'Idaho,' and the D-Bloc/Bad Beat split. Then, we dig into the archives and review the 1989 Dischord Records comp, 'State
Michael of new Pittsburgh hardcore band Madman joins us to talk about some late-career albums by classic hardcore bands: Black Flag, Bad Brains, Warzone, Integrity, and Sick of It All. Intro song: Bad Brains - "Long Time
It's just the two of us this week as we spend the majority of the episode reviewing new music by Identity Shock, Combust, Final Resting Place, The Massacred, and Disguised. Then, we dig into some of Converge's early mate
With United Blood returning later this spring and hardcore from the early 2010s coming back into favor, we had Jack Cooper (What It Takes blog, Collective Action band) and Vince Guglielmi (Daily Snob writer, Violent Trea
Scott from the Mundane Moshers fanzine joins us to discuss the state of zines in hardcore, and then fire off some hot-ish takes about where things are at in the genre. Buy the Violent Treatment zine: https://violenttreat
We're back in the new year discussing our time at FYA 2025, speculating on hardcore's near future, and reviewing some fresh releases from Godskin Peeler, Crush Your Soul, Demonstrate, and Coreuption Records. Order Issue
It's the end of the year, so we made lists. We're joined by Brooklyn Vegan editor Andrew Sacher to count down our respective hardcore top 10s of 2024. Pick up Violent Treatment's first-ever label release, tapes for Chica
We're 20 years out from 2004 -- a great year in hardcore. To celebrate, we're joined by Nick Birtles (If It Rains, The Next Level, Ultimatum, etc.) and Dan Schultz (Worn, Fatal Wound) for a big 'ole draft. We build teams
In the 2000s, Kids Like Us were torchbearers for Florida hardcore of the Lockin' Out variety, doing splits with Down to Nothing and the Mongoloids, and playing shows all over the U.S. After breaking up in 2012 and playin
Nick Acosta of New Morality Zine joins us to recap some recent shows, chat about his label's eclectic output, discuss shoegaze's association with hardcore, and speculate on hardcore's cooked-ness. Intro song: Si Dios Qui
We're back with a guest, and this time it's Mike Shaw, guitarist of Mindforce, Fatal Realm, New World Man, Sentinel, Collossal, and many other bands. Since Mike has almost never been interviewed about his work, we take s
Just Hugo and Eli this week, as we tear through a mega-episode of different hardcore happenings. First, we recap some recent shows we saw by Jivebomb, Destiny Bond, Cicada, Invertebrates, Public Acid, Speed, Candy and mo
It'd be hard to deny that From Within Records' One Scene Unity compilations are the definitive hardcore comps of the 2020s thus far. The Florida-based DIY label has released four editions of their genre-wide series, and
Michael Thorn of Razorblades and Aspirin joins us for a primer on the history of Richmond, VA hardcore. For a mid-size city of its kind, Richmond has had a thriving scene since the birth of hardcore, and we traced its li
It's time to check in on this thing we love. We're almost halfway through the 2020s, and hardcore is beginning to feel different now than it did at the beginning of the decade. We remark on how the vibes have shifted (fo
Andrew Vacante of Combust, Steamroll, Downfall, and more joins us to talk about NYHC from a modern New Yorker's perspective. We get into how the identity of NYHC has changed over time, the drought of native NYHC bands in
Eye for an Eye drummer Thos Niles joins us to discuss his band's come-up in late Eighties Boston, an odd transitional period for one of the most important scenes in hardcore history. We talk a lot about Eye for an Eye's
Jack Cooper
PhD palaeontologist · What It Takes blog
1 appearance on this show
Scott
father behind the hit movie The Unbreakable Boy · @the_gray_area_
1 appearance on this show
Dan Schultz
Esq.
1 appearance on this show
Mike Shaw
author, speaker, former Olympic level ski coach · This Day Forward
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Vacante
vocals- Combust · Combust
1 appearance on this show
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