The long reads. Genre histories told chapter by chapter, band biographies, the essential albums, the label stories and the portraits, written by the KaosMetal editors.
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Declan Rourke · Oct 16, 2025
For four years punks and metalheads fought each other outside the same venues, and then stopped, because they were queueing for the same records and using the same photocopier. This is the chapter where hardcore lent thrash its rhythm and its brevity, and where the line between the two styles finally gets drawn.
By Declan Rourke · latest chapter Nov 16, 2025
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