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My Hardcore List/recs

My personal favorite Hardcore albums. Looking for stuff similar to this. Particularly more Straight Edge recs.
1Agnostic Front
Victim In Pain


Influential hardcore from the 80's
2 Antidote
Thou Shalt Not Kill


Fast and angry New York hardcore from the 80's
3Bane
Give Blood


Great example of modern hardcore
4Betrayed
Addiction


Straight Edge band formed from the remnants of Champion
5Black Flag
Damaged


An album that needs no introduction
6 Carry On
A Life Less Plagued


Amazing Straight Edge hardcore from California
7Ceremony
Still Nothing Moves You


Fast, angry, obnoxious powerviolence influenced hardcore
8Champion
Promises Kept


One of the best modern Straight Edge albums
9Converge
You Fail Me


I know what you're going to say and the reason I put this one on here instead of "Jane Doe" is because I feel like this album is more hardcore than it is metalcore
10Counterparts
Prophets


Metallic hardcore in the vein of Shai Hulud
11Cursed
II


Canadian metallic hardcore genius
12Dangers
Messy, Isn't It?


Angry, but intelligent grindcore influenced hardcore
13Defeater
Empty Days and Sleepless Nights


Perhaps the album of the year and certainly Defeater's best work to date
14Departures
Escaping Air


Noisy melodic hardcore at its best
15Give Up The Ghost
We're Down Til We're Underground


Experimental and brilliant take on hardcore
16Gorilla Biscuits
Start Today


Straight Edge hardcore at its finest
17Have Heart
The Things We Carry


Phenomenal Straight Edge album that got me to give the genre a chance
18Ignite
Our Darkest Days


A melodic hardcore album with a singer who actually has a good singing voice
19Kid Dynamite
Shorter, Faster, Louder


Catchy melodic hardcore formed by several former members of Lifetime
20Killing The Dream
Lucky Me


I could never get into this band until I heard this album and then it all changed
21Kingdom
The Rage That Guides


Obnoxious Straight Edge from Philadelphia
22Lifetime
Jersey's Best Dancers


Melodic Hardcore at its best and possibly one of the best examples of the genre out there
23Modern Life Is War
Witness


A melodic hardcore album that redefined a genre
24More Than Life
Brave Enough To Fail


A UK melodic hardcore band with some of the best vocals in a hardcore band that I've heard in a long time
25No Trigger
Extinction In Stereo


The first EP from No Trigger complete with shitty recording and angst filled lyrics but overall a more complete album than "Canyoneer" in my opinion
26None More Black
File Under Black


The lead singer from Kid Dynamite's new band and although some may consider this album melodic punk, it still has some hardcore elements
27ON
Double Vision


The lead singer of Champion's new bands first release
28Outbreak
You Make Us Sick


Angry, volatile, pissed off hardcore
29Paint It Black
Paradise


My personal favorite melodic hardcore album
30Product of Waste
You Wont Take Me Alive


Truly obscure hardcore with and almost rap-like vibe to it
31Ruiner
Prepare To Be Let Down


This album is just so catchy that it's hard not to get into
32Shai Hulud
That Within Blood Ill-Tempered


Metallic hardcore with extremely good lyrics and in my opinion the bands best effort to date
33 Shark Attack
Blood In The Water


Fun and angry hardcore
34Sick Of It All
Just Look Around


Amazing metallic hardcore
35Stretch Arm Strong
A Revolution Transmission


A great melodic hardcore album from a band from Pittsburgh
36Strike Anywhere
Change is a sound


The album that got me into hardcore
37Touche Amore
...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse


Catchy as hell hardcore with a ton of chants
38 Touche Amore/La Dispute
Searching for a Pulse/The Worth of the World


An EP that proved that post-hardcore bands could produce hardcore music
39Trash Talk
Walking Disease


Powerviolence influenced hardcore that is very similar to Ceremony
40Triple Threat
Into The Darkness


An awesome Straight Edge album on Bridge 9
41United Nations
United Nations


I'm really not sure what this album is classified as, but I'm going to say it's hardcore for the hell of it
42Youth Of Today
Break Down the Walls


Youth crew at its best and an amazing Straight Edge band through it all
43Zombie Apocalypse
This is a Spark of Life


An album put out by the remnants of Shai Hulud after a hiatus
447 Seconds
The Crew


Posicore anyone?
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