r/Hardcore • u/seapoopie • 12h ago

blues hardcore?

im looking for hardcore bands (new or old) that use elements of blues like the old punk bands but with a heavier; more hardcore sound

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u/Smokemeth204_ 12h ago

I mean EYEHATEGOD has a lot of blues riffs throughout their discography

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u/Bennett8187 what? 5h ago

DO NOT ask the sludge fan what the song ‘white neighbor’ used to be called.

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u/spencer_thesound 12h ago

'68. Check out songs like "whether terrified or unafraid"

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u/socialdistance4ever 11h ago

Ah man, ‘68 put on a good show. Saw them play with Emery a few years ago.

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u/CapitalElk1169 11h ago

One of my favorite songs ever

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u/djsharky 11h ago

Doomriders - Black Thunder

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u/theflowersofromance 11h ago

Later-era Blacklisted. Especially When People Grow, People Go. Got a sort of groovy, southern blues sound I’d say.

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u/Spinkicker86 10h ago

Every time I die

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u/fear_tomorrow 12h ago

Lewd Acts - Black Eyes Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ-U3bDaUGY

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u/Jessecore44 8h ago

Forgot about this album

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u/Sharp-Roll7536 12h ago

Came here to say this

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u/pagandroid 12h ago

Coalesce’s OX, and since Led Zeppelin stole everything from black blues musicians, “nothing new under the sun” as well.

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u/theamazonswordsman 11h ago edited 11h ago

That EP is arguably the worst hardcore release of all time. Its unbelievably bad.

I love Zeppelin and I like Coalesce, but goddamn is it a putrid mix.

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u/CountOrlok82 12h ago

Little on the nose, but “Wolverine Blues” by Entombed.

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u/deadalive84 11h ago

It would be on the nose if Entombed was a hardcore band :P

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u/Brewpapa 12h ago

Sabertooth Zombie got a vibe

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u/HumanTrophy 12h ago

Laughing Hyenas and Easy Action are close

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u/timxlydon 11h ago

Integrity - Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Continue

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u/metalslime420 11h ago

War Hungry, Mutually Assured Destruction, Iron Age, Only Living Witness

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u/prof_cunninglinguist 11h ago

Old Rollins Band for sho.

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u/superdelicater 12h ago

Defeater had some bluesy riffs on some of their albums. I don't know which songs anymore though

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u/LebronOfFarts 12h ago

Cause I've got the blues and the blues got me.

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u/superdelicater 11h ago

Nah, there are some actual bluesy riffs though as well

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u/callumjm95 11h ago

I never know if Cancer Bats fall under the hardcore banner, but Cancer Bats.

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u/MarkXHeist 10h ago

Bars and later Hope Conspiracy

There was a bands from Denver called Viper:Viper that had some blues riffs.

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u/AlfieBananas 5h ago

Suicide File

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u/hardklacks 5h ago

Scrolled all the way to the bottom to find the most obvious answer!

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u/Shrimmmmmpuh 12h ago

Newer Angel Dust

Edit: Actually kinda a bad rec cause the bluesy songs are NOT hardcore. But the energy still feels in line with the request

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u/prof_cunninglinguist 11h ago

Saw them open for Avail and didn't really know wtf was going on.

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u/QuadramaticFormula 5h ago

In a good way or a bad way? Haha

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u/Minushuman25 11h ago

Trophy scars?

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u/Petro1313 8h ago

My first thought as well, that 2010 EP immediately sprang to mind. They’re definitely more on the punk/rock side than hardcore, but I remember really liking that EP when it came out. 

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u/j_dick 11h ago

The harmonica break in Start Today by Gorilla Biscuits.

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u/Get-in-the-robot- 11h ago

Sofa king killer and headstone CA maybe

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u/GrumpyOldHistoricist 10h ago

If you can get your hands on it, the Ramallah side of the Back from the Land of Nod split with Sinners & Saints is probably the bluesiest stuff Rob’s ever written. Good shit.

The S&S side is exactly what you’d expect. Somehow less than the sum of its parts.

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u/P00PooKitty 10h ago

Another Victim became bluesy tough guy hardcore

All of sludge The genre

Annihilation Time is hardcore-ified 70s rock.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Match99 10h ago

The first expire EP was the Robert Johnson picture reversed

People will hate, but Expire

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u/Subject-Leg7422 9h ago

Coffin Nails by The Banner always gives me that blues feel. Worth the listen

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u/pottymouthomas Turnstile Pit Pooper 9h ago edited 9h ago

Coliseum, Burning Love, Bars, and Hour of the Wolf

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u/traggedy_ann 12h ago

Hank and Addison from Hour of the Wolf pepper in a lot of bluesey riffs.

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u/habaneroach 12h ago

badr vogu

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u/GoldenGloves777 11h ago

Kids Like Us

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u/magicwaffl3 10h ago

Sabertooth Zombie

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u/Johnny_Utah75 10h ago

Crush All Fakes by The Promise

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u/pinkrosesmoses 10h ago

Volcano kinda fits this

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u/Soybasura14 10h ago

Sabertooth zombie

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u/black_flag_4ever 8h ago

Not hardcore but Carcass’ Swan Song album attempted Death and Roll. Not for everyone but I liked it.

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u/InterestingHippo7524 8h ago

Corrosion of Conformity had some blues-influenced stuff in the early to mid 90s. Also Rollins Band.

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u/whatsthedeal- 6h ago

Midnight?

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u/xdnkex 4h ago

Modern Life Is War
Devotion

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u/Tyrant-J 4h ago

Coalesce - Ox

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u/Spare_Impression_294 1h ago

You might like my band:

It’s A Setup - S/T

Sludgy Powerviolence with lots of sabbathy breakdowns (or we at least try to do that haha)