Top 50 Hardcore Bands of All-Time

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Screen shot 2011 03 13 at 3.10.35 PM Top 50 Hardcore Bands of All Time

Yes, we may be an “indie” website, but our roots were founded in years of head banging madness. We visited many tough guy websites to check out what bands they were fronting, and sorry pissed off dudes, but most of your lists are weak. Our list isn’t straight up hardcore, as many bands back in the day were way ahead of their time with the sound of metalcore, so we included some of them as well.

We have rated our Top 50 All-Time favorite hardcore bands below. After that it got too tough to number them. The list includes all the best hardcore from the past 20-30 years. Sorry butt rockers, no Pantera. If you know of any bands that we should know about please leave a comment.

1. Abhinanda
2. Refused
3. Cave In
4. Purusam
5. Gorilla Biscuits
6. Minor Threat
7. Disembodied
8. Zao
9. 108
10. Between the Buried and Me
11. Outspoken
12. Guilt
13. Overcome
14. Earth Crisis
15. Bad Brains
16. Shield
17. Boy Sets Fire
18. Mean Season
19. Narcissus
20. Focused
21. Youth Of Today
22. Fugazi
23. Strife
24. Snapcase
25. Hopesfall
26. Buried Alive
27. Shai Hulud
28. Black Flag
29. Chain of Strength
30. Darkesthour
31. Planes Mistaken For Stars
32. Undying
33. By The Grace Of God
34. Morning Again
35. Inside Out
36. Twelve Tribes
37. Negate
38. Judge
39. Harvest
40. Veil
41. Strongarm
42. Caliban
43. Endpoint
44. Himsa
45. Mouthpiece
46. Ignite
47. Nora
48. Unearth
49. Poison The Well
50. Breather Resist
Underoath
Stretch Armstrong
Brothers Keeper
Turmoil
Madball
Path Of Resistance
As Friends Rust
One King Down
Chalkline
Silence The Foe
Overthrow
Integrity
Uniform Choice
Sick Of It All
Threadbare
Focal Point
A Chorus of Disapproval
Doughnuts
Lifetime
Shockwave
Redeem
Battery
Heaven Shall Burn
Endeavor
Sleeping by the Riverside
Chalice
Bold
Set Apart
Separation
Innermeans
Shutdown
The Suppression Swing
Final Exit
Despair
Saidiwas
Prayer for Cleansing
Undertow
Trial
Throwdown
xDiscipleX AD
Beneath Reach
Spirit of Youth
Driven
Lash Out
Martyr AD
Arkangel
Ceasefire
Congress
Liar
Sektor
Where fear and Weapons Meet
Culture
No innocent victim
Figure Four
Facedown(Belgium)
Evergreen Terrace
Adamantium
Countervail
Unbroken
Damnation AD
Turning Point
This Day Forward
From Here On
Few Left Standing
Mindrage
Aftershock
Anah Aevia
Reprisal
Broken
Holdstrong
Cause For Alarm
Training for Utopia
sky came Falling
Six Feet Deep
Point of Recognition
Overcast
Outcry
Crivits
Arson
All out war
All That Remains
Dawn of Orion
Dodgin Bullets
Cast in Stone
Acme
Clouded
Side by Side
No for an Answer
Floor Punch
Blindside
Bloodshed
Through and Through
Anguish Unsaid
Clear

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10 Comments

  • Josh
    04/26/2011
    3:32 AM

    What about No Trend?

  • Russ Cogdell
    04/27/2011
    3:39 PM

    I have to say that I was probably influenced musically growing up with at least half of the bands on this list. To the writer, thank you. I am humbled.

  • Nick
    04/28/2011
    8:07 PM

    innermeans… so good. great list. weird that BANE isn’t on there?!

  • Troy
    05/15/2011
    2:04 PM

    Dillinger Escape Plan? Botch? glassJAw? They should all be top 10 at the very least…

  • Tyler Hamric
    05/30/2011
    2:59 PM

    this list of “hardcore” has to be the worst iv ever seen. the best band on the list had to be Underoath and they wernt even ranked

  • Alan
    06/14/2011
    9:22 PM

    “Sorry butt rockers, no Pantera” That statement of course…is referring to the pre-Cowboys From Hell days. Anyone that would call Pantera, Cowboys From Hell onwards, a butt-rock band, is obviously a complete idiot who does not need to listen to music anymore or at the very least, put out reviews or lists.

  • xbgdx
    12/14/2011
    2:47 PM

    Integrity, Lifetime,Unbroken etc. are the bands that you missed out ’cause Planes mistaken for stars,Morning again, Twelve tribes? Ok it’s your list, but what happened to Unity where is half of Ignite and half of universe ahead of them and Dag Nasty, Big Boys, Cro Mags, Iconoclast(Ebullition rec), C.O.C., His Hero is Gone, Quicksand, Acussed etc.

    uh so much different would be in my =)

  • Rezon
    03/04/2012
    6:16 AM

    hmmm…. Why dont you add ”A Day To Remember”??? They are a pretty good band…

  • Aaron
    04/28/2012
    8:31 PM

    How is Underminded not on here!?!?!?!

  • Ryan
    05/11/2012
    6:32 PM

    Every Time I Die and Norma Jean no where to be seen. Thats sad.

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