Evolution of Beatdown Hardcore (1989-2023) 

ima start removing comments asking where's this or that band. don't care, cry about it lol

Where's this or that band?

Rick ta life taught me that I shouldnt worry about sounding bad on vocals cause literally anyone can do it

Thanks for featuring my band One Second Thought. It's awesome how much love the band gets now.

0:00 Outburst - no choice 0:26 Die Hard - ab sent 0:50 without a cause - born loser 01:15 Neglect - horror struck 01:40 Bulldoze - nothing but a beatdown 02:05 25 ta life - can't belive 02:30 Cold as life - all alone 02:55 knuckledust - stung 03:20 Billy club sandwitch - learn 03:46 Mushmouth - fearless 04:10 One second thought - bring it on 04:36 No retreat - facewerck 05:00 Irate - gone 05:26 Swear to god - acceptance or denial 05:50 Six ft ditch - aftershock 06:16 Repercussion - wishing for yesterday 06:40 Death before dishonor - never again 07:05 On a warpath - Lying face down 07:30 Embraced by hatred - down to the concrete 07:55 Recon - viper city 08:21 Cold hard truth - 36/0 08:45 Vow of hatred - deception 09:11 .45 stainless - endless 09:35 Nemesis - 187 10:00 No good deed - two faced 10:26 .38snub - waring shot 10:50 Laid 2 rest - 4 tha tribe 11:15 Before i had wings - rage 11:40 True temper - hell 2 pay 12:06 In clover - queen 12:30 foghorn - fogged in 12:55 Pain of truth - the test 13:20 Outta pocket - purest pain 13:45 Volcano - fool 2 the game 14:10 Reality denied - 10 minutes

Crazy that the guitarist for Volcano is the drummer for Sanguisugabogg.

For me one of the best parts of beatdown was how it was a great soundtrack to actually beating down nazi skinheads that would show up at shows I was at. I live in the Pacific Northwest where there are a lot of militia/nazi/white power wackos that would come out of the woodwork to attend shows. The more urban ones would have the signature red suspenders, bomber jackets and the tallest doc marten boots with bright white laces. They would bring brass knuckles to shows…their excuse for this was they were always outnumbered but we all knew it was because they were pussies with daddy issues. If they were butthurt about being outnumbered then why even attend the show! Anyways that early era of beatdown was amazing and we’d even travel across the border to Vancouver to join forces with SHARPS(slinheads against racial prejudice). Canadians get maligned by some as being soft but I dare you tell that to a SHARP crew member to their face. They battled fearlessly against those fascist goofs and I was honestly shocked at times at how much damage they inflicted. They told many a tale of how they’d never see a nazi kook again at a show after administering various horrendous joint lock maneuvers and just generally knotting up dudes faces in ways I didn’t know was possible. I’m an old timer now and I can’t speak on how shows are now but I do hope that nazis don’t show up anymore. Peace!

btw, the rapper ghostmane was in the band nemesis

Yo thanks for giving my old band BIHW a shout-out! Cool to see we made some kind of impact within the genre.

Seeing Reality Denied on this list absolutely made my day. I saw those guys perform in a living room last Summer

Volcano goes crazy

The Fog horn plug makes this valid

Seeing 25 Ta Life got me wanting to wear a bulletproof vest backwards

Holy Shit! On A Warpath!? I watched these guys come up in the Bay Area. RIP Carlos.

Cheers for including Six Ft Ditch.

Absolutely love videos like this man. It's a great way to expose yourself to subgenres and styles you don't normally listen to. I probably won't be going out of my way to listen to much Beatdown in the future, but I enjoyed this video anyways. Please continue making these

This is a dope list. Beatdown is such a sick genre to lift to. Demsfightingwords is a sick beatdown band that I’ve been digging a lot lately. Give em a shot if you haven’t yet!

thanks for this!!

Neglect is so underrated. Way ahead of their time

SHOUTOUT TO REALITY DENIED

Great list. Will have to check out some of these.

dude you got a part two. this is fn incredible!!!

great list bro, no retreat and vow of hatred are my favourite💥

I love in the mid 90s it goes from decent recording quality to black metal haha.

Hardcore/beatdown my favourite genre!

True Temper on this list holy shit. love those dudes. miss that time!

Very good music for brutal death metal and breakdown fans. Take a look at the legendary Suffocation slam from Liege of Inveracity. I feel crazy saying some of these songs like Neglect - Horror Struck and early 90s death metal sound the same. Hardcore has been pivotal to the NYDM scene (Suffocation and Internal Bleeding). Edit: Also Absent by Die Hard sounds like near end-ish part of Pyosisified(Rotten To The Gore) by Carcass which also had punk origins and Die Hard would be one of the first to do metalcore as Integrity.

Cool thanks for this all great bands

"Beatdown hardcore" is practically just East Coast (particularly NYC) Hardcore tbh. I'd almost argue it started before 89 with bands like Agnostic Front, Sick of it All, Murphys Law, or Cro Mags.

Irate still the best

Great List !

Ayo where's that or this band though?

Thanks for including 38 SNUB!

Awesome to include my dudes Recon. Also didn’t realize other bands were doing dog bark breakdowns kinda corny 😂 good stuff man. Would love a deep dive on the subject keep it goin

Beatdown, next to Nü-Metal is probably my favorite form of guitar dominant music. I love how raw and groovy it can be, while also still leaving some room for some metal riff age here or there to help add to the groove. Great compilation of bands here! You gave me some great one’s to check out, fuck the haters.

This was sick. I got into it around 2008-ish. So cool to see all the examples. To people just randomly hearing it, it prob all sounds the same but there's cool nuances and some differences in the scenes in different eras. My favorite tend to have some deathcore/slam elements and just goofy like No Face No Case. My lame ass has a fictional virtual beatdown hardcore band, 1st Assault

A great comp of amazing bands

Man I'm glad someone made this video. This my favorite genre of music and isn't a lot of stuff online about the beginning like these bands. Wonder who started calling it beatdown? Billy club sandwich maybe?

So stoked that neglect made it on the list

This is sick , i understand the frustration about people telling you about bands or this one should be there this or that lol..they just supporting .....just make part 2 then 3 ... if you were to add everything you listen to this would be a day long lol.....Awsome comp . Cool to see the years ... honestly cant believe some are so old like facewreck FUUUUUCK been forever..makes me feel old haha 🔥🔥 fire bro

this evolution seems to be stagnant since 2006 :D

4:21 cool Hatebreed tribute

old school beatdown never dies, and new school beatdown never dies and lives in my heart

Outta Pocket has been killin it as of late 🔥

I like this genre when it's tuned to Drop C or D!!!

Hell yeah

Swear to God! I love it, beatdown is a fun genre

This is my formal education on beat down / hardcore

I remember a time when beatdown was a derogatory term for unskilled heavy hardcore bands. More recently I understand why bands set out to play ‘beatdown’ hardcore and identify with it but it’s still funny.

Legends

45 stainless Finland represent 💥 nice one

Guys will hear this and just say hell yeah

On a warpath was the shit back in the day

i call it "tough guy". beatdown hardcore makes sense.

This is dope

Pain of truth sets always hard af lmao gatta keep your eyes up tho

Started with Biohazard, 1990!

Didn't expect my homies In Clover from back then, good choice, Belgium represent We also have xVicousx, Surge of Fury, STAB, Clench Your Fist,.....

Gracias al Beatdown Hardcore por mantenerme con vida, motivado y enfocado en un país de mierda como Guatemala , dónde prácticamente no hay escena y tampoco gente con estos gustos musicales. Pero agradezco a todas las bandas por dejar plasmada su fuerza y actitud en su música, cuando voy al trabajo o al gimnasio son mi total inspiración para no rendirme. Gracias y saludos a todos AMIGOS 🙌🏾😎

Most of the beatdown hardcore songs are tuned in Drop C

REPERCUSSION !!!

Having been in a band (Outbreak, NEPA, '99-'01), that was part of this scene at one point - this sound/genre will always have a place in my heart, and I'll always dig a few bands (old "tough guy" to new "beatdown", and "whatever" comes next), but the continued and purposeful propagation of shitty violence, always just ruins it for me. All that talk and lyrics about unity, family, brotherhood, ect., and yet there's a GUARANTEED fight or two, at EVERY single show I've ever been to? And now, not only is that type of bullshit violence completely accepted - bands actually encourage it, and I personally know some fans that have even literally judged how "good" a show was, based on whether or not how many people got hurt, and having nothing to do with how dope the bands were.......how the fuck did we get here, in hardcore? And for those who "crowdkill" and think it's sooo cool - using violence and fear as an ego-boost, is the mentality of monsters and dictators alike, so congratulations, Adoof Pitler.

Old shit was beast but the new stuff imo could be bands that are more evolved style beatdown like detain no victory type shi

KEV1. Peace out sun.

Zulu? all about that End It, Baltimore.. some list ya got there!

who’s got the spotify playlist for this? lol

Great Playlist, my opinion beat down started with bulldozed ,Just my opinion, keep it up , love it ⚒️☠️..SFxHC

The evolution of homeboy. 😎

Bro! Shattered realm also!!!

bro added Ghostemane’s band

That where's or band this?

do noise rock next

0:34 Integrity cover or did Dwid lift this?

Beatdown/downtempo

Used to listen to recon and death before dishonor a lot, amongst others but cant say anything or some get their panties in a bunch

Targeted 631 son

REALITY DENIED FOREVER

Hey bro Wheres this or that band?

Te quedo genial, saludos.

I wanna see video evolution of grindcore

It hasn't really evolve. It sounds the same but I do love different types of hardcore.

Now I know where Facewreck got their name.

Charlie Brown with a Christmas tree lol 😆

You gotta be from Ontario, is Reality Denied that known?? That’s fuckin awesome if they are

I remember these guys Still extra scary 😂😂

REALITY DENIED IS SO GOOD!!!

Hey what about that one band??

need demsfightinwords as last.

The second song sounds suspiciously like Integrity...

idk about recon

Cold Hard Truth missing

Ok but where's this or that band FROM?

Reality Denied is currently the best band out of Ontario

Duuuuuuude where’s HATEBREED THEYRE like soooooooo underground like one of my fave beat down HxCx bands eva

Cam you make a Spotify

Where’s Slipknot ?

where's this or that band?

2012, 2013 интересные.

where's this or that band? waaahhhh

where the fuck is The Acacia Strain dude?