The Counterforce

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The goal of The Counterforce is to strengthen and grow the hardcore punk underground that still exists outside of this corporate capture. Rather than funnel punk into profit-driven walled gardens, we want to foment and encourage a culture that is autonomous and independent. This is not just a nostalgic, backward-facing project – we want to explore new alternatives for spreading hardcore punk online and offline.
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The Counterforce3h ago
K-Town Hardcore Fest5h ago
Time for another round of band announcements for K-Town Hardcore Fest 2026! Hope you lot are as hyped as we are 🔥

INNUENDO (Milwaukee/Indiana)
https://unlawfulassembly.bandcamp.com/album/innuendo-peace-love
Midwest hardcore punk for the creepy crawlers - midtempo, sick and twisted.

تقريبًا TA2REEBAN (Beirut)
https://ta2reeban.bandcamp.com
Blistering bursts of old school hardcore fury straight from Dajjeh. Fuck the imperalist war machine!

SÖT (Catalunya)
https://sotpunk.bandcamp.com
A crisp and cold melancholic take on the Barcelona lineage of melodic punk.

AMERETAT (London)
https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-31
Dirty and angry crust/anarcho punk from the Iranian diaspora.

THE BERSERK (Philadelphia)
https://theberserk.bandcamp.com/
Fast, frantic and furious classic USHC for the pit.

AYUCABA (Barcelona)
https://educacioncinica.bandcamp.com/album/operaci-n-masacre
Barcelona punx mixing UK and Japanese styles – bone-breaking and eerie.
The Counterforce2d ago

A couple of new reviews posted:

https://the-counterforce.org/gul-demo/
https://the-counterforce.org/the-smarthearts-not-forgotten/
https://the-counterforce.org/stresssysteem-de-vorige-oorlog/
https://the-counterforce.org/the-dissidents-d-o-v-e-a-better-world-split/
https://the-counterforce.org/red-wine-glue-vol-2-comp/
https://the-counterforce.org/komatiite-famine-pact-ep-demo/
https://the-counterforce.org/vending-machine-live-at-abc/

Reminder there are also RSS feeds for everything on the site! There's an RSS feed for reviews only, if that's all you care about: https://the-counterforce.org/tag/reviews/feed.xml

GUL - Demo –

The Counterforce5d ago
DIY Conspiracy5d ago

In 2025, @The_Counterforce received over 70 demos for the second edition of DEMO FEST. A fundraiser for Solidarity Across Borders, a Montreal-based migrant justice network.

A way to encourage punks to finish new recordings in the fall, giving all of us the gift of fresh noise as we enter the darkest and coldest months of winter.

We listened to every demo and made our picks. We picked the earworms, mind-smashers, and gut-driven anthems.

Link: https://diyconspiracy.net/demo-fest-2025-picks/

The CounterforceMar 9
DIY ConspiracyMar 9

“Antipode” Vol. II: Open Call for Contributions

“Antipode” is an ongoing zinebook series documenting punk, hardcore, and DIY culture through the voices of the people who build these scenes.

Vol. II continues the focus on SWANA while expanding toward South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a release planned for Oct 1, 2026 alongside a compilation and launch shows.

Bands, zines, collectives, labels, DIY spaces, and individuals are invited to contribute texts, interviews, archives, visuals, or scene reports.

Contact:
[email protected]

Deadline: April 20, 2026

the open call is also published on our website with more information.

https://diyconspiracy.net/antipode-open-call-vol-2/

The CounterforceMar 6

Added the newest MRR Reviews Digest zine (from February):

https://the-counterforce.org/zines/MRR/

Zines - MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL Digests –

The CounterforceMar 6
buttercupMar 6
updated the human form website once a day in february and melody told me yesterday that it is good
https://ih8humanform.neocities.org
human form barbecue sauce corporation offical website - "anti-hardcore diymaxxing" and barbecue sauce depot

The CounterforceMar 6
DIY ConspiracyMar 6

It's another Bandcamp Friday, so why not another rundown of records from the ever-growing listening pile?

https://diyconspiracy.net/one-paragraph-reviews-vol-2/

The CounterforceMar 6
el Sombr@Mar 6
https://10charruas10crestas.blogspot.com/ Greetings to whoever happens to be reading this post. I'd like to introduce myself; I'm known as 'El Sombra' (The Shadow) and I'm the editor of the blog '10 Charruas 10 Crestas' and the podcast 'Agente Provokador' (Agent Provoker), both projects where I put DIY Punk into practice. I'm sharing a direct link so you can check out the interviews I do with illustrators, the albums I review, and the podcasts we produce with several people from different parts of the world.
The CounterforceMar 4
Another SubcultureMar 4
Newsletter for the newsletter. March's London punk listings OUT NOW. Spring is here, get to the gig, sunflower is this month's Every Riso Colour choice: https://buttondown.com/anothersubculture/archive/the-london-punk-newsletter-march-2026-issue-out/
The London punk newsletter – March 2026 issue out now

New paper, new stockists, spring is here, go outside.

Another Subculture
The CounterforceMar 3
no more strolls for empressesMar 3

Who wants to share (a) decent zine(s) on putting on a music show for one's first time?
Bonus if it has details on fundraiser shows and touches on potential hostile venues/door-attendees.

(@'ing is welcome)

🙏