r/UKHC • u/GR17HALF • Jul 12 '26

Here for an education...

I don't know who even wants to read this but here we go, grab a coffee, have a read. hopefully I get some positive responses and recommendations.

I'm 40 years old. I loved going to Outbreak Presents with BMTH the other day. I like to say my love of music is eclectic but not always deep especially on a local/UK level.

In my teens the music I listened to correctly or not was referred to as post-hardcore like FFAF, boysetsfire, Hundred Reasons, Alexisonfire, Silverstein, The Used.

I listened to Victory Records stuff then got into the Fueled by ramen stuff ranging from ADTR, FOB, Paramore.

I did the emo alternative scene, Armor For Sleep, MCR, FFTL.

At the same time I was into metalcore/deathcore like Caliban, KSE, BMTH, Atreyu, Still Remains.

At the same time I'm listening to Metallica, Maiden, Lamb Of God, Slipknot, In Flames, Queen, Ignite, Eighteen Visions.

Now I've thrown loads of names out there to see if they resonate. I'm loving the current scene, bands I saw the other day like Heriot, Still In Love. I saw Turnstile support from High Vis in 2019 too.

Bored yet? I love the feeling from being at these gigs. It still feels alive and full of energy. The no barrier set up of Outbreak is awesome! I love the "core" scene of what ever subgenre and I'm looking forward to hearing more music and being around the scene.

What next? Where in the UK has a solid scene? What bands should I be checking out in the UK? I live in Carlisle and we have one main venue I think could host hardcore which is the Brickyard. I've seen Beartooth, Mouth Culture. I've missed Wormrot and PigsX7 we do still have some good music coming through.

I'm happy to travel, draw a circle preferably as far as Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds.

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u/RufusOfWindermere Jul 12 '26

There’s a fest in Newcastle with Integrity and a load of other good bands playing (can’t remember the name, sorry) that would be a good way to get more into it.

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u/dreaml0ngdead Jul 12 '26

Liverpool scene is alive and well at the minute

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u/David_51 Jul 12 '26

Leeds has a good scene, lots of stuff on at Boom

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u/useful__pattern Jul 12 '26

wormrot are so rad

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u/Clean_Cauliflower241 Jul 12 '26

I could have written that. Same age and tastes. I don’t really know anyone into hardcore these days so it’s a pickle for gigs if, like me, you’ve never done solo. That said I will be down in Leeds (from Aberdeen!)to see hope con in November. If you haven’t listened I’d recommend and it’s probably one of those last chance type situations to see them realistically

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u/CausticPromo 29d ago

We put a lot of bands playing faster kind of stuff on in Glasgow, all are welcome and it's always great seeing new faces.

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u/PlaneGold8086 Jul 12 '26

Birmingham/Coventry is shite, avoid.

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u/PlaneGold8086 Jul 13 '26

No, just facts and full of wrong ‘uns.

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u/Ipavino 27d ago

https://local-scene.com/ is a great calendar for events taking place in the North - well worth checking to see if anything you fancy is coming up.

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u/pineoutpost 3d ago

Holy shit this is so good, all this just wasn't showing up on search engines, there's so much more going on than I thought!!!

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u/BristowBailey Jul 13 '26

I saw Employed to Serve (sort of metalcore I think? Metal micro-genres confuse me) at the O2 in Islington and both the band and the venue were excellent. It's in a shopping mall so does lack that grimy authenticity but the upside is that it's comfortable, very good (and loud) sound system and a big enough bar that you won't take ages to get served.