Gasket

"Gasket are opening the door for the next generation of kids looking to take metal and hardcore to new places." - Dave Rath (Blue Grape Music)

"When Private Hell formed back in 2021, the band's mission was to create metal-punk-influenced music in the vein of the Burning Spirits wave of Japan. While they mined inspiration from groups like Bastard and Death Side early on, the Richmond, Virginia-based band began melding in everything from thrash metal to '90s Clevo to sludge into their songwriting style." - Carlos Ramirez (No Echo)

Survival Tactics - "The chaotic hardcore four-piece from Raleigh, North Carolina, Survival Tactics, brings an assortment of heavy yet noisy guitar riffs, fast but groovy drums, and wildly passionate vocal performances. The intensity doesn’t stop there because the lyrics of each song matches the ferocity of each instrumental, with hooks such as “Salvation Lies (in the death of our oppressor)” and “Dead Men Can’t Cat Call” they embody nothing if not Black Queer Rage."

Circle Five - "919 Hardcore Punk.  Surviving Isn't Fun Anymore.  Circle Five is Andrew Greene, Ken Smith, Graham Mitchell, and Kevin Sellers."