r/Hardcore

I genuinely think a lot of people in modern hardcore have completely lost touch with where this music and scene came from.
Hardcore did not emerge from conservative ideology. It didn’t come from nationalism, authoritarianism, blind patriotism, billionaire worship, or “law and order” politics. Hardcore came directly out of punk and punk, historically, has always been rooted in anti-authoritarianism, anti-fascism, anti-racism, skepticism of capitalism, and resistance against systems of power that crush marginalized people.
That doesn’t mean every punk or hardcore kid throughout history has personally lived up to those ideals. Obviously there have always been people more interested in aggression, image, or scene politics than the actual message. But the actual ideological roots of the culture are not hard to trace.
Bands were writing songs about police brutality, war, Reagan-era conservatism, racism, greed, consumerism, homophobia, and fascist violence decades ago. DIY culture itself was built as a rejection of corporate control and mainstream power structures. The scene was supposed to challenge authority — not worship it.
So yeah, it’s genuinely bizarre watching people try to force pro-Trump, right-wing authoritarian politics into hardcore while acting like everyone else is “making it political.” The culture was already political. It always has been.
And before somebody jumps in with “so you can’t be conservative and like hardcore?” Obviously nobody can stop you from listening to the music. But if your worldview revolves around hierarchy, nationalism, hostility toward minorities, worship of wealth and power, or defending authoritarian politicians, then you are fundamentally at odds with the core values that shaped punk and hardcore culture in the first place.
Also, rejecting fascist ideology is not the same thing as being intolerant. The whole “you’re no better than Nazis if you hate Nazis” argument completely ignores the fact that fascism itself is built around domination, exclusion, and stripping rights from other people. Refusing to tolerate that is not hypocrisy.
Hardcore was never supposed to be safe, comfortable, or politically neutral. It was supposed to confront oppressive bullshit directly.

What's your favourite label or which label has the most bands you like?

I'm personally such a huge fan of a lot of Bridge Nine bands

Hello, im looking for band recommendations!!!!!!
I listen to minor threat, judge, floorpunch, youth of today, gorilla biscuits, war hungry and bad seed, shattered realm, sherane, taste the steel and disengage..

Can u recommend me something similar to these bands?? Thank ygs

(I posted the same thing on r/punk and they gave me ass reccomendations i almost died)

In a weird place.

Looking for songs about just doing you and not giving a fuck whether people like you or not, being antisocial, keeping to yourself and looking out for you and not trying to impress others

Also bands that don’t give a fuck what others think about them, some “this is who we are, don’t like our music? Tough shit” type stuff

Since the start of 2026, the music world has changed
AI Music has now made up at least 28% up to 40% of daily uploads onto these platforms, and a decent chunk belongs to people pushing out AI music solely for profit over any form of creativity
 
With the addition of Spotify "carefully" labeling real musicians who do not use AI Generation, their requirements have left many musicians who don’t use any AI Generation and just below this requirement in the dust.

 
I feel that two additions to both of these platforms will let users / listeners who use these music platforms daily be able to fully understand in a complete transparent way on WHO they are listening to and WHAT they are listening to.
 
If there is enough evidence to show that the artist on this platform is AI Generated and not a real-life musician, it should have an "May Contain AI Generation" label on the artist profile itself, similar to how Spotify now has "Verified By Spotify" so the listener understands that the person behind the songs they are listening to with full transparency.
If there is enough evidence to show that the song on this platform is AI Generated, it should be listed next to the artist name on these platforms with "May Contain AI Generation", so if a listener finds the song on a "Mix" or a "Radio" they are listening to, they are able to view that the song could have AI Generation involved with it.
Considering that both of these platforms have allowed AI Generated Music to be put on the platform and have started to implement a crude method to verify musicians who don’t use AI at all, we need to at least have full transparency that the track was either made by a real human or made by an AI or an Hybrid AI/Human track

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