Archive - Altopsy

INTERVIEW - XWeaponX on their Outbreak fest triumph, flying the straight edge flag, and why the LP is never happening

XWeaponX set Outbreak's second stage ablaze when they opened early to their straight edge legions, and the recipe for carnage lies with vocalist Dave…

Jun 25 •

February 2025

INTERVIEW: Inside the genius of Sorcerer, and their medieval masterpiece Devotion

Sorcerer's latest album is a sword-swinging, doom-laden magnum opus of Metallic Hardcore, and guitarist Guillaume Scaillet takes Altopsy inside its cold…

Feb 21 •

INTERVIEW: TesseracT’s Daniel Tompkins takes us into the world of War of Being

Tech Metal pioneers TesseracT have built a UE5 VR experience like no other, and lead singer Daniel Tompkins opens the gates to the War of Being in this…

Feb 14 •

INTERVIEW: Shooting Daggers are bringing Queer kids to the front with swagger and sincerity

With the fury of a hurricane, Skate Punks Shooting Daggers are using their blistering, breakneck Hardcore to remind you that "Queercore isn't a genre…

Feb 7 •

INTERVIEW: Static Dress & Alex Constante on their Game Boy game, and closing the book on Rouge Carpet Disaster

In this interview from the archives, I speak to Static Dress frontman Olli Appleyard and Homebrew developer extraordinaire Alex Constante about creating…

Feb 1 •

January 2025

6 bands you need to see at Reality Unfolds Festival 2025

The London Hardcore bonanza is back once again for a weekend of violence in the Big Smoke. Here's everyone you need to pull up for

Jan 14 •

From Zero, and back, and back again - how Linkin Park’s 2025 will shape their future

The dust has settled on Linkin Park's blistering return with new frontwoman Emily Armstrong, but more time is needed to see if the future of the band is…

Jan 13 •

December 2024

Altopsy Radio | Vol. 1

Paid subscribers, rally up - your first Altopsy playlist is here, featuring big noise from Demonstration of Power, No Cure and Bayway.

Dec 31, 2024 •

Altopsy Dissected 2024 - The best of Hardcore and Alternative in its biggest year yet

In 2024, Hardcore reached bold and brave new heights, and delivered some unbelievable releases along the way from Mindz Eye, Drug Church, Shooting…

Dec 27, 2024 •

INTERVIEW: Rozemary are more than you think they are

Piercing a layer of hyper-ironic shitposts reveals Wirral-based Metalcore troupe Rozemary to be an endearing project born of sincerity and youthful…

Dec 13, 2024 •

How Speed became Hardcore's global ambassadors

They might not have asked for the title, but in representing the scene they love so much on the world stage, a gang called Speed became the jewel in…

Dec 6, 2024 •

November 2024

"Kill me where I stand / before you tolerate me"

Resistance and Hardcore are symbiotic - and it's bands like Ikhras that are carrying the flag that needs to be carried

Nov 29, 2024 •

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