America’s largest hardcore pageant would possibly get even larger this yr. Los Angeles’ Sound And Fury, perhaps essentially the most thrilling annual occasion on the hardcore calendar, simply unveiled most of its 2025 lineup. The present is coming to LA’s Exposition Park July 12-13, and it appears to be like prefer it’ll be a blast. Sound And Fury at all times presents its acts alphabetically, not with headliners on the prime, however a few names on its poster soar out instantly. Knocked Free, perhaps the most well-liked younger act on the complete heavy-music panorama, will play Sound And Fury. So will Undertaking Pat, the Memphis underground rap legend who’s lengthy been beloved within the hardcore world. Sound And Fury has beforehand booked hardcore-adjacent rap sorts like Lil Ugly Mane, and Undertaking Pat lately performed a Brooklyn present with Mindforce, however it’s nonetheless loopy to see him on this lineup.
One other large identify on the Sound And Fury lineup is Basement, the mostly-inactive British band who lately blew up on TikTok. Basement lately performed their first US exhibits in 5 years, they usually’re additionally headlining LDB Fest. Primarily based on the poster, Knocked Free and Basement are slated to headline Sound And Fury. Trash Discuss, the California band who don’t play typically anymore however who at all times trigger absolute chaos, are additionally on the invoice. So are the San Fernando Valley crush-kill-destroyers God’s Hate, Sound And Fury regulars who’re already promising that their subsequent chapter will start on the pageant.
Japanese greats Kruelty, who needed to drop out of final yr’s pageant on the final minute, are as soon as once more on the Sound And Fury lineup. As at all times, there’s a heavy worldwide presence on this one; different acts embody Thailand’s Whispers and the UK’s Dynamite. The California band Compelled Order broke up in 2018, however they’re coming again for this one. The invoice additionally options non-hardcore acts from the worlds of shoegaze (Cloakroom, Midrift), steel (Caustic Wound), crust (Lagrimas), and synthpop (Nuovo Testamento).
And naturally, the invoice additionally options most of the American hardcore bands who’re presently making strikes. When you’re into that stuff, it’s an absolute feast. Together with everybody I simply talked about, the lineup consists of Mindforce, Ache Of Reality, Massive Boy, Lacking Hyperlink, XWeaponX, Combust, Rivalry, L.O.T.I.O.N., Snuffed On Sight, Peeling Flesh, Crush Your Soul, Massive Ass Truck, Mongrel, Deadly Realm, and Febuary. You could find all of the related data right here.