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The Armed

Features

The Armed: “Heavy music is supposed to be about subversion… It's become about finding a niche subgenre, then doing cosplay”

The Armed: “Heavy music is supposed to be about subversion… It's become about finding a niche subgenre, then doing cosplay”

Ad agency alias? Tony Hawk side-project? Hardcore punk illuminati?! They’ve been one of the most fascinating forces in heavy music for over a decade now, but with new album ULTRAPOP, “anonymous” Detroit co-operative The Armed are out to reshape people’s perceptions of extreme music forever…

Reviews

Album review: The Armed – Ultrapop

Album review: The Armed – Ultrapop

Hardcore collective The Armed embrace pop in all its forms for the hyper-intensity and all-out aggro of Ultrapop

News

The Armed announce new album, premiere ALL FUTURES single and live video

The Armed announce new album, premiere ALL FUTURES single and live video

The Armed's upcoming record ULTRAPOP is "a joyous, genderless, post-nihilist, anti-punk, razor-focused take on creating the most intense listener experience possible".

Features

The 50 Best American Hardcore Bands Right Now

The 50 Best American Hardcore Bands Right Now

Here is our definitive ranking of the 50 bands crowdkilling the shit out of American hardcore.

Features

Five incredible bands expanding the definition of hardcore

Five incredible bands expanding the definition of hardcore

Let's keep broadening our hardcore horizons.

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