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real post-hardcore

Last updated: Mon Nov 03 2025 05:40:50 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Real post-hardcore strips away melodic accessibility in favor of angular guitars, dissonant rhythms, and deliberately confrontational song structures that challenge punk's conventional templates. Emerging from underground scenes in the 1990s, it prioritized artistic experimentation and raw intensity over commercial appeal, creating abrasive yet intellectually engaged music. The sound emphasizes jagged dynamics, unconventional time signatures, and a visceral energy that feels deliberately unpolished and authentically DIY.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
60		1983	Big Black	Bulldozer	noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore
21		1989	Steel Pole Bath Tub	Butterfly Love	noise noise rock real post-hardcore sludge
7		1990	Steel Pole Bath Tub	Lurch	noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore sludge
10		1990	Helmet	Strap It On	post-hardcore
78		1990	Rain	La Vache Qui Rit	emocore melodic hardcore post-hardcore real post-hardcore
2		1990-01	Fugazi	Repeater + 3 Songs	post-hardcore
73		1992	Slug	Swingers	noise rock real post-hardcore sludge
98		1992-07-09	Polvo	Cor-Crane Secret	math rock noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore	noise rock # 5
8		1993	Iceburn	Hephaestus	jazz
15		1993	Don Caballero	And And And And And And And And And And	post-hardcore real post-hardcore
68		1993	Unwound	Fake Train	post-hardcore
3		1993-06-30	Fugazi	In On the Kill Taker	post-hardcore
94		1993-10-10	Shellac	Uranus	real post-hardcore
11		1994	Sparkmarker	Products And Accessories	real post-hardcore
30		1994	Godheadsilo	The Scientific Supercake LP	noise noise rock real post-hardcore sludge
35		1994	Slug	The Out Sound	noise rock real post-hardcore
49		1994	Far	Quick	alternative rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore
79		1994-01-18	Unsane	Total Destruction	hardcore noise noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore
64		1994-03-21	Unwound	New Plastic Ideas	post-hardcore
4		1994-04-26	Drive Like Jehu	Yank Crime	post-hardcore math rock	math rock # 73
99		1994-05-26	Polvo	Celebrate the New Dark Age	math rock noise pop noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore	math rock # 42 noise rock # 44 noise pop # 47
24		1994-08-29	The Jesus Lizard	Down	noise noise rock	noise # 44
93		1994-09-20	Heatmiser	Cop and Speeder	alternative rock emo post-hardcore real post-hardcore
6		1995	Iceburn	Poetry of Fire	jazz post-hardcore
41		1995	Kittens	Tiger Comet	noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore
56		1995	Shiner	Splay	real post-hardcore
81		1995	Polvo	This Eclipse	noise rock real post-hardcore
12		1995-02-28	Quicksand	Manic Compression	post-hardcore
48		1995-02-28	Orange 9mm	Driver Not Included	hardcore
84		1995-04-20	Fuel	Monuments to Excess	post-hardcore post-punk punk rock real post-hardcore
32		1995-04	Unwound	The Future of What	post-hardcore
83		1995-10-13	Karp	Suplex	noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore sludge metal
34		1995-10-17	Chavez	Pentagram Ring	real post-hardcore
62		1996	Rye Coalition	Hee Saw Dhuh Kaet	real post-hardcore
5		1996-04-23	Slug	The 3 Man Themes	noise rock real post-hardcore
52		1996-04	Unwound	Repetition	post-hardcore	noise rock # 2
13		1996-05-07	Lowercase	All Destructive Urges... Seem So Perfect	slowcore
86		1996-05-07	The Van Pelt	Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves	real post-hardcore
58		1996-06-03	Bluetip	Dischord No. 101	real post-hardcore
33		1996-07-02	Jawbox	Jawbox	post-hardcore
25		1997	Kittens	Bazooka And The Hustler	noise real post-hardcore
28		1997	Craw	Map, Monitor, Surge
74		1997-01-24	Handsome	Handsome
31		1997-04-22	Poster Children	RTFM	real post-hardcore
65		1997-04-28	Breach	It's Me God	post-hardcore
95		1997-07-01	Les Savy Fav	3/5	post-hardcore post-punk real post-hardcore
50		1997-07	Kerosene 454	Race	real post-hardcore
18		1998	Frodus	Conglomerate International	post-hardcore
80		1998-01-13	Unwound	Challenge for a Civilized Society	post-hardcore
22		1998-04-14	Fugazi	End Hits	post-hardcore
39		1998-09-08	The Most Secret Method	Get Lovely	real post-hardcore
1		1998-11-03	Bluetip	Join Us	rock alternative post-punk
72		1998-11-03	Jawbox	My Scrapbook Of Fatal Accidents	post-hardcore real post-hardcore
9		1999	The Trans Megetti	Fading Left To Completely On	real post-hardcore
82		1999-01-12	Don Caballero	Singles Breaking Up	post-hardcore real post-hardcore
19		1999-01-12	Don Caballero	Singles Breaking Up, Volume 1
63		1999-09-14	Unwound	A Single History 1991-1997	real post-hardcore
29		2000	Les Savy Fav	Rome (Written Upside Down) [EP]	real post-hardcore
77		2000-06-19	Cursive	Domestica	indie rock
70		2000-09-26	Bluetip	Polymer	real post-hardcore
40		2000-10-03	Shotmaker	The Complete Discography 1993-1996	noise rock real post-hardcore real screamo	real screamo # 37
85		2000-10-10	Shiner	Starless	real post-hardcore
27		2001	Haymarket Riot	Bloodshot Eyes	real post-hardcore
51		2001	Bear vs. Shark	1653	real post-hardcore
75		2001	Kolya	Kolya	real post-hardcore
45		2001-04-17	Unwound	Leaves Turn Inside You	post-hardcore indie rock post-rock
92		2001-10-23	Shiner	The Egg	math rock post-rock real post-hardcore shoegaze space rock	space rock # 20
38		2001-11-13	Bluetip	Post Mortem Anthem	real post-hardcore
14		2002	Tequilajazzz	Абориген (макси-сингл)	post-hardcore real post-hardcore
16		2002	The Most Secret Method	Our Success	real post-hardcore
37		2002	Steel Pole Bath Tub	Unlistenable	noise rock real post-hardcore sludge
76		2002-02-25	mclusky	mclusky Do Dallas	noise rock post-hardcore	noise rock # 65
61		2002-07-09	Orchid	Gatefold	screamo real screamo	real screamo # 79
59		2002-09-16	Maximillian Colby	Discography	emocore hardcore math rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 46 real screamo # 58
96		2003-05-15	Black Eyes	Black Eyes	noise rock sasscore	noise # 31 noise rock # 54 sasscore # 88
71		2003-08-12	These Arms Are Snakes	This Is Meant To Hurt You	post-hardcore math rock
44		2003-09-26	Double Dagger	Double Dagger	noise rock real post-hardcore
54		2004-03-30	Kid Kilowatt	Guitar Method	indie rock real post-hardcore
89		2005	Antioch Arrow	Gems of Masochism	art punk dark cabaret post-punk real post-hardcore real screamo sasscore screamo	art punk # 28 sasscore # 48 dark cabaret # 64 real screamo # 87
53		2005	Hoover	Lurid Traversal of Route 7	real post-hardcore
100		2005-06-14	Bear vs. Shark	Terrorhawk	post-hardcore real post-hardcore	indie emo # 47
90		2005-07-26	The Jonbenét	The Plot Thickens	noise rock real post-hardcore real screamo sasscore	sasscore # 49 real screamo # 88
47		2006	Indian Summer	Hidden Arithmetic	real post-hardcore real screamo	real screamo # 51
55		2006	Haram	Haram	real post-hardcore
46		2006-08-08	The Jonbenét	Ugly/Heartless	noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore real screamo	real screamo # 49
67		2007-05-26	Double Dagger	Ragged Rubble	noise rock post-punk real post-hardcore
88		2009-05-05	Double Dagger	More	noise rock real post-hardcore
66		2010-03-23	Double Dagger	Masks	noise rock real post-hardcore
17		2011	Broadcast sea	Lost Generation	real post-hardcore
42		2011-01-15	White Suns	Waking In The Reservoir	noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore
91		2011-04-12	Young Widows	In and Out of Youth and Lightness	noise rock real post-hardcore
69		2011-05-09	Dope Body	Nupping	noise rock real post-hardcore
43		2011-07-06	Ladder Devils	Forget English	noise rock real post-hardcore
20		2011-11-01	Justin Bieber	Under the Mistletoe	pop	extreme metal # 12
26		2012-04-26	Ladder Devils	Nowhere Plans	noise rock real post-hardcore
87		2012-05-22	Dope Body	Natural History	noise rock real post-hardcore
57		2013-04-20	Double Dagger	333	noise rock real post-hardcore
23		2014	Don Caballero	Lookit Them Elly May Wrists Go: Live Early Caballero	post-hardcore real post-hardcore
36		2014	Don Caballero	Five Pairs of Crazy Pants. Wear 'em: Early Caballero	post-hardcore real post-hardcore
97		2016-09-09	Bear vs. Shark	Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands

Related genres

• post-hardcore
• noise rock
• real screamo
• sludge
• math rock
• post-punk
• noise
• hardcore
• alternative rock
• screamo