Sài Gòn beatdown hardcore crew District 105 return with “Dear Mama,” a song about the family loyalty Vietnamese women are taught never to question. Written for vocalist Huỳnh Huy’s mother, it features Veron of Tokyo’s Indication.
After months of cutting their teeth on stage, Vietnamese deathcore five piece Encased In Flesh release their debut single “GLASS TEETH,” mixing modern and revival deathcore with metalcore, slam, and hardcore. It’s the first look at an EP planned for early 2027.
Hà Nội alternative rock band Mèow Lạc end two years of silence with “Lý Do Ở Lại,” the lead single from their third album “Industry Freak.” Born as a shelved 2022 demo, it’s a song about choosing to stay: in a relationship, in a city, and in music.
Đường và Ớt, or sugar and spice, delivered exactly what its name promised. Jaigon Orchestra and 18.18 brought the sweet, lovesick pop-punk, while Taipei’s The Broken Flowers added a dose of old-school Taiwanese punk. Yee Water shifted things towards atmospheric modern metalcore, before Kinh closed the night with death metal and the biggest pits of the evening.
Ban nhạc metalcore Hanging Judy vừa phát hành đĩa đơn chính thức đầu tiên, đau Vấn Vương. Được xây dựng trên nền nhạc synth du dương, tiếng trống mạnh mẽ, tiếng guitar sắc nét và những đoạn điệp khúc trong trẻo kết hợp với những tiếng hét đầy nội lực, đây là một bài hát về sự hối tiếc và nỗi đau tan vỡ khó phai mờ.
Saigon emo outfit Now or Later move between melody and noise on their new EP, folding pop punk, emo rock, and hardcore into five songs about buried pasts, wounding words, and alienation in crowded rooms. It’s a record that lets its wounds speak without pretending they’ve healed.
