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Jon Barbas explores the hardcore punk scene in Alabama and discusses deathcore and metalcore.

In episode 261 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas discovers the hardcore punk scene in Alabama. Where is it? Who plays there? Is it happening? Wielded Steel tells us all, plus we discuss the true meaning of deathcore and metalcore. Let me know what you think! Wielded Steel Links: https://wieldedsteel.bandcamp.com/album/sins-of-your-domain https://www.instagram.com/wieldedsteel Get 10% of Hear's Earplugs here: https://www.hears.com/HEAVYMETALPHILOSOPHY Get Heavy Metal Philosophy Merch! https://jonbarbas-shop.fourthwall.com/ Heavy Metal Philosophy Contact; https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@heavymetalphilosophy https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy JonBarbas@heavymetalphilosophy.com https://mobile.twitter.com/heaviestdoyen https://www.facebook.com/HeaviestDoyen https://www.instagram.com/heavy_metal_philosophy/ https://www.threads.net/@heavy_metal_philosophy https://bsky.app/profile/jonbarbas.bsky.social Substack Articles https://substack.com/@jonbarbas #deathcore #hardcore #alabama #hxc

People in this episode

Host: Jon Barbas

Topics covered

• hardcore punk
• Alabama music scene
• deathcore
• metalcore
• Wielded Steel

Keywords

• hardcore
• punk
• Alabama
• deathcore
• metalcore
• Wielded Steel

Sponsors

Hear's Earplugs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wielded Steel

Places: Alabama

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