Stereogum's 10 Best Hardcore Albums of 2023

From a certain perspective, the hardcore band of 2023 was one that hasn’t released any music since 2017. Baltimore bruiser brigade Trapped Under Ice have long loomed enormous over the underground landscape. Turnstile, now the most popular hardcore band that has ever existed, essentially started off as a TUI side project. TUI’s blend of elements — knucklehead swagger, metallic crunch, irrepressible singalong parts, hidden vulnerability — remain hugely influential; their style is all over present-day heavyweights like Pain Of Truth, Speed, and Never Ending Game. When TUI returned at the beginning of 2023, it was an event.

Published: December 11, 2023 16:03 Source

# 1
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore
# 2
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 New York Hardcore Beatdown Hardcore Metalcore
# 3
Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Post-Hardcore Emo
# 4
Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Metalcore Powerviolence
# 5
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Melodic Hardcore Emocore
# 6
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Hardcore Punk
# 7
Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Hardcore Punk
# 8
Album • May 05 / 2023 Crossover Thrash Metalcore
# 9
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Hardcore Punk
# 10
Album • May 26 / 2023 New York Hardcore Metalcore