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09/01/2026

More hardcore like this, please! Congrats on the signing, War Records ✌🏼

We are excited to welcome San Diego’s Life Stained Red to the WAR Records roster. Check out their new 2 song EP, My Will...
08/31/2026

We are excited to welcome San Diego’s Life Stained Red to the WAR Records roster. Check out their new 2 song EP, My Will, now streaming everywhere, and head over to No Echo to read more about the band and their new release. Link in bio.

Out of San Diego’s tight-knit hardcore community comes Life Stained Red, a metallic hardcore band rooted in the aggression, conviction, and riff-driven intensity of the’90s. Drawing from touchstones like Strife, Undertow, Unbroken, Have Heart, Indecision, and Strain, the band taps into a sound that is heavy without losing its sense of purpose.

Life Stained Red features vocalist Chris Havlu (Cold Path, Yield), guitarist Dezmond Chavez (Pollution of Soul), guitarist Dan Porcho (Stateside, Whirlwind, Dare), bassist Kaya Martinez (Yield), and drummer Jon Jon (Cold Path, Yield, Across Life). Their collective history in the San Diego scene gives the band an instinctive chemistry and a live energy that has quickly established them as one of the scene’s promising newer acts.

Their sound also arrives at a moment when a new generation of hardcore bands are looking back to the ’90s with renewed interest. Bands like Magnitude, Contention, and Inclination have helped push 90’s inspired metallic hardcore back into the conversation, drawing from the era without treating it as a costume.

Following the release of their three-song demo in early 2026, Life Stained Red caught the attention of Los Angeles-based WAR Records, who signed the band shortly afterward. Their first release for the label, the two-song promo My Will, is a short and punishing introduction. Built around crushing riffs, driving rhythms, and lyrics grounded in personal struggle and genuine conviction. It’s familiar territory, but Life Stained Red approaches it with enough urgency and authenticity to make the sound feel less like a revival and more like a continuation.

New postcards going out!Check out Risk It’s “Mercy For None”
08/26/2026

New postcards going out!
Check out Risk It’s “Mercy For None”

Hardcore has always been about community and taking care of each other.Today, those words become action.HARDCORE UNITED ...
08/26/2026

Hardcore has always been about community and taking care of each other.
Today, those words become action.
HARDCORE UNITED FOR COLOMBIA was created to support those affected by the earthquake in Colombia.
We brought together some of the biggest names in hardcore - Earth Crisis, Madball, Strife, Judge, Path of Resistance, Snapcase, and Trial, and it is an honor they have joined this cause.
100% of the profits will be donated to World Vision Colombia to support the affected communities.
Preorders available through September 15th

Eyes Of Salt - Collapse of the Infinite Second Press in stock and shipping now. Grab a copy now! “Eyes Of Salt are true ...
07/31/2026

Eyes Of Salt - Collapse of the Infinite
Second Press in stock and shipping now.
Grab a copy now!

“Eyes Of Salt are true students in the hardcore hallways previously tread by bands like Comeback Kid and Incendiary...”
- New Noise Magazine

Eyes Of Salt - Collapse of The Infinite second pressing and test pressings now available for preorder. There’s no shorta...
07/24/2026

Eyes Of Salt - Collapse of The Infinite second pressing and test pressings now available for preorder.

There’s no shortage of hardcore bands willing to make noise. There are far fewer willing to make it mean something.
Denver’s Eyes of Salt fall firmly into the latter camp. Formed in 2021, the quintet has spent the better part of four years quietly building one of the more compelling propositions in contemporary hardcore - a sound that marries melodic tension with metallic riffs, with an urgent message and lyrical substance.
Now signed to Los Angeles imprint WAR
Records, the band is preparing to announce themselves to a wider audience. Their debut full-length, Collapse Of The Infinite, was released April 24th 2026, and if the title sounds like a reckoning, that’s entirely the point.
The record is a politically charged gut-punch that takes aim at class disparity, the fractures of the current social climate, and the often-invisible weight of mental health and personal struggle. Think the righteous conviction of Incendiary, mixed with the anguish of Modern Life Is War, the dark ideological thread running through Hope Conspiracy, and the anthemic drive of Comeback Kid - then filter all of it through four years of watching the world come apart at the seams.

What sets Eyes of Salt apart from the noise is their deliberate resistance to hollow aggression. These aren’t songs built on posture. They’re built on provocation, the kind that lingers, that asks something of the listener rather than simply demanding a reaction.
The album arrives stacked with guest appearances from members of The Warriors, Ruiner, Sinking Ships, Moral Law, Turn Cold, and Dead Hearts - a who’s-who of hardcore’s most thoughtful voices, and a pretty clear signal that the community is paying attention.

Risk It’s “Mercy For None” is out now. 10 songs of straight NYHC-influenced hardcore produced by Nick Jett (Terror) and ...
07/03/2026

Risk It’s “Mercy For None” is out now. 10 songs of straight NYHC-influenced hardcore produced by Nick Jett (Terror) and Rene Natzel (True Blue). These guys are true students of the game and it shows in every second of this record. If you’re into No Warning, Terror, Backtrack, or Bitter End, this one is for you. One of my favorite releases on WAR Records to date. In store and on all streaming platforms now.

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