Though hardcore has always had an aggressive edge akin to its cousin heavy metal, the crossover between genres hasn’t always existed. The classic 1998 movie SLC Punk illustrated the classic rivalry between subcultures, with metalheads and punks fighting relentlessly with each other. This used to be the case until and early 2000s, where we started to see the rise of bands that truly crossed genres, bringing punks and metalheads together (peacefully) into one show. One band that can be seen as a front-runner to this cross-pollination is Connecticut’s