Editing Hardcore punk (section)

===2020s===
[[File:Code Orange - 2017155145330 2017-06-04 Rock am Ring - Sven - 5DS R - 0098 - 5DSR0389.jpg|thumb|Code Orange's ''[[Underneath (Code Orange album)|Underneath]]'' (2020) achieved significant chart success and universal critic acclaim.]]
The 2020 [[COVID-19 pandemic]] made the prospect of playing live music difficult.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article244297762.html| title = Music exec warns of no concerts, live music until 2022 {{!}} Miami Herald| website = [[Miami Herald]]}}</ref> This brought about a heavy digital shift in independent music, where many bands began performing livestream shows for fans until physical shows could occur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The creative way musicians can still go on 'tour' during the pandemic |url=https://www.today.com/tmrw/how-livestream-concerts-are-helping-musicians-impacted-covid-19-t201913 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=TODAY.com |date=November 30, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> With [[social distancing]] limiting the availability of physical interactions, the hardcore community relied on social media activity, podcasting, zines, and video content to stay connected virtually.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Redbeard|first=Words by Joshua|date=February 6, 2020|title=Meet Hate5Six, the internet's hardest working hardcore videographer|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/short-fast-loud/hate5six-internet-hardest-working-hardcore-videographer-chat/11937578|access-date=March 24, 2021|website=triple j|language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>Kochhar, Nazuk. "hate5six Is the Internet's Hardcore Goldmine." The FADER, The FADER, September 19, 2018, {{cite web| url = https://www.thefader.com/2018/09/19/hate5six-interview-sunny-singh-hardcore-concert-live-videos| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180920120056/https://www.thefader.com/2018/09/19/hate5six-interview-sunny-singh-hardcore-concert-live-videos| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 20, 2018| title = The FADER}}</ref> During this period, a number of hardcore releases gained attention from the media and online that surpassed the genre's usual scope, namely Code Orange's ''[[Underneath (Code Orange album)|Underneath]]'' (2020), Higher Power's ''[[27 Miles Underwater]]'' (2021) and Turnstile's ''[[Glow On]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite news |last1=McMahon |first1=James |title=Turnstile: can hardcore punk's biggest band conquer the mainstream? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/24/turnstile-glow-on |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=August 24, 2021 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> ''Underneath'' topped the [[UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart|UK Rock & Metal Albums]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Rock & Metal Albums Charton |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20200320/112/ |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> reached number two on the US Top Tastemaker Albums chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Code Orange |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/code-orange/chart-history/tas/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> and received universal critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/underneath/code-orange|title=Reviews for Underneath by Code Orange|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=August 26, 2020}}</ref> Higher Power were hailed by ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' as "the band redefining hardcore for a new generation",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leivers |first1=Dannii |title=Higher Power: meet the band redefining hardcore for a new generation |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/higher-power-meet-the-band-redefining-hardcore-for-a-new-generation |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=24 January 2020 |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> and voted the most likely UK band to break into the mainstream in a ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' fan poll.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAN POLL: 5 BANDS MOST LIKELY TO BREAKOUT IN 2020 |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-5-bands-most-likely-breakout-2020 |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |date=23 January 2020 |accessdate=29 January 2020}}</ref> However, ''Glow On'' triggered an international explosion in popularity of the genre, and allowed for the subsequent success of bands including [[Zulu (band)|Zulu]], [[High Vis]] and [[Speed (Australian band)|Speed]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morton |first1=Luke |title=Code Orange: "Listen to what we do, look at what we do – we don't fit in anywhere" |url=https://www.kerrang.com/code-orange-interview-jami-morgan-what-is-really-underneath-remix-reimagined-album-hardcore-metal-cover-story |website=[[Kerrang!]] |date=February 15, 2023 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> ''Glow On'' also received universal critical acclaim,<ref name="MC">{{Cite web |title=Glow On by Turnstile Reviews and Tracks |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/glow-on/turnstile |access-date=August 27, 2021 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> peaked at number two on the UK Rock & Metal Albums,<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Rock & Metal Albums Charton |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20210903/112/ |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref> and number thirty on the mainline ''Billboard'' 200 chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Billboard 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2021-09-10/ |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref> A podcast published the ''[[New York Times]]'' credited a number of viral videos of live performances by hardcore bands as contributing to the popularity, including [[Sunami (band)|Sunami]]'s live debut in San Jose on October 26, 2019, [[Hate5six]]'s July 03, 2021 video of Mindforce performing at Underground Arts in Philadelphia and Turnstile's performance in Oxnard on August 29, 2021.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Joe Caramanica, Tom Breihan, Chris Ryan |date=August 2022 |title=A Renaissance in American Hardcore Music |type=Podcast |language=English |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/arts/music/popcast-hardcore-punk.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |publisher=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>

The southern [[San Francisco Bay Area]] scene gained particular prevalence in the 2020s, based in [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] and [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]. The first of these bands was [[Gulch (band)|Gulch]], who formed in 2016, and were later followed by [[Scowl (band)|Scowl]], [[Drain (punk band)|Drain]] and Sunami.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richards |first1=Will |title=How California became a hotbed for vital new hardcore bands |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/new-hardcore-bands-california-drain-militarie-gun-zulu-scowl-radar-3423402 |website=[[NME]] |date=April 3, 2023 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref> As lockdowns began to ease, many of the bands in this scene began to put on "guerilla shows", such as one that took place on June 19, 2021, in San Jose featuring Sunami, Gulch, Drain, Scowl, [[Xibalba (band)|Xibalba]] and Maya Over Eyes, which had an attendance of around 2,000.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breiham |first1=Tom |title=Thousands Of People Came To See Gulch & Drain Play A Guerrilla Show This Weekend, And The Footage Is Nuts |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2151782/thousands-of-people-came-to-see-gulch-drain-play-a-guerrilla-show-this-weekend-and-the-footage-is-nuts/news/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2023}}</ref> Gulch performed their final live performance at Sound and Fury Festival on July 31, 2022, at the peak of their popularity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baines |first1=Huw |title=A Celebration Of Endings: The rise and death of Gulch |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-rise-and-death-of-gulch |website=[[Kerrang!]] |date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>

This period also saw a number of groups garner attention while experimenting with hardcore's sound. The ''[[Financial Times]]'' named London's [[Chubby and the Gang]] and Detroit's [[the Armed]] as two of the most commercially successful groups of this wave,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=Hardcore punk — anger management issues |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ae439b60-054b-4ae3-94ad-fbc18a2f1f26 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/ae439b60-054b-4ae3-94ad-fbc18a2f1f26 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |website=[[Financial Times]]|date=May 21, 2021 }}</ref> while ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine cited [[Militarie Gun]], High Vis and Scowl as bands "help[ing] to breathe life back into both" alternative rock and hardcore.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tedder |first1=Michael |title=Welcome To The Militarie Gun Show |url=https://www.spin.com/2023/06/militarie-gun-ian-shelton-interview/ |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=June 22, 2023 |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>