The Best Of The Hard Stuff(Punk and Metal)

Punk rock (or simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record labels.

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music^[3][4] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States.^[5] With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock,^[6] heavy metal bands developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and loudness. The lyrics and performances are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.^[6]

Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk)^[2] is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock^[3] that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s.^[4][5] Drawing on movements such as minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore,^[6] artists indulge in extreme levels of distortion through the use of electric guitars and, less frequently, electronic instrumentation, either to provide percussive sounds or to contribute to the overall arrangement.^[4]

All Them Witches-Nothing As The Ideal(New West)

BAMBARA-Stray(Wharf Cat)

Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin-Stygian Bough Volume 1(Profound Lore)

Black Curse-Endless Wound(Sepulchral Voice)

The Bobby Lees-Skin Suit(Alive)

Boris-No(Fangs Anal Satan)

Botanist-Photosynthesis(Self Released)

Caustic Wound-Death Posture(Profound Lore)

The Chats-High Risk Behaviour(Bargain Bin)

Chill Parents-At The Barricades(Self Released)

Code Orange-Underneath(Roadrunner)

Couch Slut-Take A Chance On Rock N Roll(Gilead Media)

The Dead C-Unknowns(Ba Da Bing!)

Dead End America-Crush The Machine EP(Southern Lord)

Deli Girls-BOSS(Self Released)

Drain-California Cursed(Revelation)

Dream Nails-Self Titled(Alcopop!)

Dune Rats-Hurry Up And Wait(Self Released)

Eye Flys-Tub Of Lard(Thrill Jockey)

Flat Worms-Antarctica(God?)

Fuzz-III(In The Red)

Ganser-Just Look At That Sky(Felte)

The Garden-Kiss My Super Bowl Ring(Epitaph)

Gezan-Klue(13th)

Gulch-Impenetrable Cerebral Forces(Closed Casket Activities)

Hellripper-The Affair Of The Poisons(Peaceville)

HUMANIST-Self Titled(Ignition)

Human Impact-Self Titled(Ipecac)

Idles-Ultra Mono(Partisan)

Illuminati Hotties-Free I.H: This Is Not The One You've Been Waiting For(Self Released)

Infant Island-Beneath(Dog Knights Productions)

Initiate-Lavender(Self Released)

Internal Rot-Grieving Birth(Iron Lung/625 Thrashcore)

Intronaut-Fluid Existential Inversions(Self Released)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard-K.G.(KGLW)

Lithics-Tower Of Age(Trouble In Mind)

Local H-Lifers(AntiFragile)

Magik Markers-2020(Drag City)

Mammock-Itch(Self Released)

Melkbelly-PITH(Wax Nine/Carpark)

Metz-Atlas Vending(Sub Pop)

Mr. Bungle-The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo(Ipecac)

Mrs. Piss-Self Surgery EP(Sargent House)

Naked Roommate-Do The Duvet(Upset! The Rhythm)

Nnamdi-Black Plight EP(Self Released)

Odious Mortem-Synesthesia(Willowtip)

Osees-Protean Threat(Castle Face)

Pallbearer-Forgotten Days(Nuclear Blast)

Personality Cult-New Arrows(Dirtnap)

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs-Viscerals(Rocket)

Pink Siifu-Negro(Self Released)

Poppy-I Disagree(Sumerian)

Pottery-Welcome To Bobby's Motel(Partisan)

Public Practice-Gentle Grip(Wharf Cat)

Quarter Rats-All Parades Must Pass EP(Self Released)

Quarter Rats-The Quarantine Tapes(Self Released)

Jeff Rosenstock-No Shame(Quote Unquote)

Rotting Out-Ronin(Pure Noise)

Sepultura-Quadra(Nuclear Blast)

Sex Swing-Type II(Rocket Recordings)

Sightless Pit-Grave Of A Dog(Thrill Jockey)

Snorlax-II(Brilliant Emperor)

Sorry-925(Domino)

Soul Glo-Songs To Yeet To The Sun(Secret Voice)

Creston Spiers-Brown Dwarf(Wantage USA/We Empty Rooms)

Stabscotch-Twilight Dawn(Mr. Snow)

Suicide Silence-Become The Hunter(Nuclear Blast)

Teenage Halloween-Self Titled(Don Giovanni)

Terminal Nation-Holocene Extinction(20 Buck Spin)

Tough Age-Which Way Am I?(Mint)

Unreal City-Cruelty Of Heaven(Closed Casket Activities)

Uniform-Shame(Sacred Bones)

Viagra Boys-Common Sense EP(Year 0001)

Wasted Shirt-Fungus II(Famous Class)

Year Of The Knife-Internal Incarceration(Pure Noise)