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This is our weekly roundup of new screamo, skramz, powerviolence and hardcore. It covers July 6 to July 12, 2026, picking up where the last roundup left off. We worked the usual sources for the column: the r/Hardcore weekly thread, r/screamo and r/powerviolence, IDIOTEQ, Good Guys Go Grind, No Echo, Bandcamp Daily and a stack of dated Bandcamp searches. Ten records made the cut, all out this week, every one with an embedded player so you can hear it in full.
- snag's All The Cages Holding Us Will One Day Turn To Dust is our pick of the week: the third LP from the Milwaukee trio, frantic screamo and skramz that never lets up.
- The heavy end went global. Powerviolence from Tucson and Hungary, crust and d-beat from Hanover, hardcore punk from St. Louis, and emoviolence all the way from Adelaide and San Luis Potosi.
- No Time Records had a busy week, dropping two ripping California powerviolence tapes at once from Cave Crawler and Headzo.
1. snag: All The Cages Holding Us Will One Day Turn To Dust
snag are a Milwaukee trio who have been carving out their own corner of the DIY underground since 2016, and All The Cages Holding Us Will One Day Turn To Dust is their third LP, out July 10, 2026. The tags say it plain: emo, emoviolence, screamo, skramz. The single "Unarrest Me" set this one up, and it delivers on the promise.
This is the one to start with. snag pile frantic screamo, heavy emo and skramz pressure into songs that lurch, sprawl and detonate without ever coasting. Six years into their run they sound more focused, not less, and the record earns its unwieldy title with the weight it drags behind every line. Our favorite release of the week.
2. Sex Prisoner: Cautionary Tale
Sex Prisoner are Tucson powerviolence lifers, and Cautionary Tale is sixteen tracks out July 11, 2026 through To Live A Lie Records. The tags run powerviolence, fastcore, grindcore and hardcore punk, and the songs move at exactly the pace that list implies.
This is thick, mean desert powerviolence, all short-fuse tempo shifts and low-tuned bile. Titles like "52 Card Pickup," "Body Broker" and "Build For Speed" flash by in a blur, but the record hits hard enough that sixteen tracks never drag. If you want the heaviest thing on this list, it is a close call between this and Mourir. Grab both.
3. Mourir: Nous, le venin
Mourir are from Toulouse, and Nous, le venin is six tracks out July 10, 2026, tagged black metal but firmly rooted in the blackened screamo the French scene does so well. The song titles read like a breakup with the world: "Ennui Ennemi," "Mon rêve animal," "Je est absent," "Aux inutiles."
This is the record for when screamo alone is not bleak enough. Mourir wrap tremolo-picked black metal cold around a screamo core, and the result is corrosive and grand at the same time. The closing title track is where it all caves in. French-language screamo has a long, proud lineage, and Mourir are a worthy addition to it.
4. With One Exception / Chigaki Death Metro: 10 Songs
This 10 Songs split pairs With One Exception with Chigaki Death Metro, out July 7, 2026 from the Adelaide underground on Kaurna land. The tags cover the whole spread: emo, emoviolence, sasscore, screamo, skramz. Ten songs across two bands, none of them hanging around long.
Australia keeps quietly turning out sharp emoviolence, and this split is more proof. It is spiky, panicked and fast, sasscore snottiness bleeding into full skramz collapse. Splits like this are how you find your next favorite band on the other side of the planet. Two bucks, no reason to skip it.
5. Makruh: Doom Loop
Makruh are a Hanover four-piece, Trecker, Lolo, Seimen and Emmi, and Doom Loop is nine tracks out July 6, 2026, recorded and mixed by Corrupted Hive Recordings last December. Their own note calls it an "album, demo, collection of scraps, call it whatever the fuck you want," which is the correct attitude. Tags: crust, crustpunk, d-beat.
This is dark, driving d-beat crust with two vocalists trading off and no track outstripping three minutes. "Mindwar," "Fatal Failure" and the title track are the fastest and best of it. If you like your crust filthy and unpretentious, filed next to bands on La Vida Es Un Mus, this scratches the itch. Free download.
6. Cause of Pain: Promo '26
Cause of Pain are from St. Louis, and Promo '26 is a three-track calling card out July 7, 2026, tagged hardcore, hardcore punk and, tellingly, "think i care." It closes with a cover of The Hammer by Think I Care, so the influences are worn on the sleeve.
This is heavy, no-nonsense hardcore built for a pit, all mid-paced stomp and shouted contempt. "WWBTO" and "Humanity" set the tone before the Think I Care cover slams the door. A promo is meant to make you want the full record, and this one does its job in under six minutes. St. Louis hardcore, alive and well.
7. Night Vision / Veto: Split
This split brings together Night Vision and Veto, out July 8, 2026 on Hungary's Drinkin' Beer In Bandana Records. Twelve tracks, six a side, tagged powerviolence, fastcore, thrash and thrashcore. Night Vision open with cuts like "Back To 80's" and "Veto Boys"; Veto answer with "Care," "Poison" and "Declines & Death."
This is lean, fast Hungarian hardcore that never overthinks it, two bands trading blasts of thrashcore and fastcore with the amps in the red. Neither side wastes a second, and the whole thing is over before you have picked a favorite. The kind of scrappy Eastern European split that rewards digging past the usual scenes.
8. NingunaMaquinaSabeCuantoDuele: S/T
NingunaMaquinaSabeCuantoDuele, "no machine knows how much it hurts," are from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and this self-titled release is four tracks out July 10, 2026. The tags are a mouthful too: experimental, emogrind, emoviolence, screamo. Song titles like "Puño de envidia" and "Pantalla rota" keep the anguish in Spanish.
This is emoviolence smeared into grind, harsh and short and a little unhinged, with an experimental streak that keeps it from settling into any one lane. Mexico's screamo underground rarely gets the attention it deserves, and records like this are exactly why it should. Four tracks, in and out, no fat.
9. Cave Crawler: Demo [NTR 504]
Cave Crawler are a California band on No Time Records, and this Demo is three tracks out July 9, 2026, tagged powerviolence, grindcore, hardcore and, oddly, crack rock steady. The song titles, "Bound in Gordian Knots," "Labyrinthian Vault," "Heaven Is Empty," aim higher than the runtime suggests.
Three songs of blown-out powerviolence and grind, gone almost as soon as they start. It is a demo in the truest sense, a band planting a flag and moving fast, and it hits the powerviolence sweet spot where every track feels like it might fall apart. Grab it and keep an eye on where they go next.
10. Headzo: [NTR 503]
Headzo are the other No Time Records drop this week, four tracks out July 10, 2026 on cassette, tagged powerviolence, grindcore and hardcore. "Wombat," "Sad," "Claws" and "Slump" clock in around two minutes each, which is practically epic by the label's standards.
This is scrappy California powerviolence with a grind edge, a hair more room to breathe than the Cave Crawler tape but no less unhinged. Two demos from one label in a single week is the kind of thing that only happens when a scene is genuinely firing. Between this and Cave Crawler, No Time earned their week. Free to stream, cheap on tape.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between screamo and emoviolence?
Screamo grew out of 90s emo and hardcore, built on screamed vocals, dynamic quiet-to-loud swings and raw emotion. Emoviolence pushes that same feeling through the speed and brevity of powerviolence: blast beats, sub-minute songs and total chaos. Bands like snag and NingunaMaquinaSabeCuantoDuele carry both tags this week because the line between them is thin and blurred on purpose.
When did these records come out?
All ten releases came out between July 6 and July 12, 2026. This column only covers records dated inside that single week, so nothing older carries over from the weeks before.
Where can I hear the full releases?
All of it is streaming in full on Bandcamp, and every record above has an embedded player. Buy the ones you like. Bandcamp pays bands far better than the streamers do, and several of these are free or name-your-price.
That is the week: ten releases, from snag's third Milwaukee screamo LP and Sex Prisoner's slab of Tucson powerviolence to blackened French screamo, Hanover crust and a pair of California grind tapes, with Australian and Mexican emoviolence in between. Catch up on the last roundup, or browse the full weekly roundup archive. Back next week.
About Shorter Faster Louder. We cover screamo, skramz, powerviolence and hardcore punk, with a weekly roundup of new releases. Real dates, real genres, no recycled press releases.
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