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
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Life Under The Gun | Militarie Gun | Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #2 | Not Through Blood | Pain of Truth | Sep-08-2023, New York Hardcore |
| #3 | Death is Nothing to Us | Fiddlehead | Aug-18-2023, Post-Hardcore |
| #4 | A New Tomorrow | Zulu | Mar-03-2023, Metalcore |
| #5 | Marathon | Mil-Spec | Oct-06-2023, Melodic Hardcore |
| #6 | Only Constant | GEL | Mar-31-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #7 | Locked In Time | Restraining Order | Jul-21-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #8 | Living Proof | DRAIN | May-05-2023, Crossover Thrash |
| #9 | Cerebral Circus | Initiate | Apr-14-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #10 | Change the Way You Think About Pain | Incendiary | May-26-2023, New York Hardcore |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Life Under The Gun | Militarie Gun | Album, Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #2 | Not Through Blood | Pain of Truth | Album, Sep-08-2023, New York Hardcore |
| #3 | Death is Nothing to Us | Fiddlehead | Album, Aug-18-2023, Post-Hardcore |
| #4 | A New Tomorrow | Zulu | Album, Mar-03-2023, Metalcore |
| #5 | Marathon | Mil-Spec | Album, Oct-06-2023, Melodic Hardcore |
| #6 | Only Constant | GEL | Album, Mar-31-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #7 | Locked In Time | Restraining Order | Album, Jul-21-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #8 | Living Proof | DRAIN | Album, May-05-2023, Crossover Thrash |
| #9 | Cerebral Circus | Initiate | Album, Apr-14-2023, Hardcore Punk |
| #10 | Change the Way You Think About Pain | Incendiary | Album, May-26-2023, New York Hardcore |