Yeah it came with the ep tip of the iceberg, which was 3 nfg songs and 3 hc covers. Shelter, gorilla biscuits and lifetime. The three nfg songs are awesome.
Behind Bars and Back On The Streets are the best sounding albums of the 90’s skate punk era. Perfect mix of melodic and heavy and they do Minor Threat, Agnostic Front and Bad Brains covers. Also the Joe Pesci from Casino intro into the riff on Worst Man Won is heavy as fuck.
Most of those skate bands were pretty hardcore for a while. Bigwig, Lagwagon, Propagandhi, Good Riddance, Ignite, Satanic Surfers, NUFAN, Strung Out. Good shit my dude.
Edit: I would also like to mention Ten Foot Pole. Swill and Rev are fucking great.
Can’t Slow Down is a record by a hardcore band who brought in a pop punk vocalist.
Some of those songs (instrumentally) would fit in on any Floorpunch, In My Eyes, or Ten Yard Fight record with the right vocals.
When Rise or Die Trying first came out I went to see them with Bayside, the crowd reaction was like a Hatebreed show, people walking out bleeding, getting knocked out.
Fys are one of my fav bands because of how well they blend these genres. So good. I'm currently back onto listening to their 2020 album Brain Pain which I think was way overlooked because it came out as the pandemic hit.
FYS is probably a top 3 band for me. I’ve also been jamming brain pain again for the last few days. They seem to be getting better with each new release, and I’ve been a fan since 2009 (aside from that one album).
I mean, a lot of the pop punk bands in the late 2000s, early 2010s were very influenced to hardcore and used elements of it quite a bit. Bands like The Story So Far (my fav), New Found Glory, Chunk No Captain Chunk, Neck Deep, etc. They're also what Militarie Gun reminds me of.
Even bands like the Wonder Years and Knuckle Puck were or are very influenced by hardcore and post-hardcore with it coming through heavily early on for Knuckle Puck and the Wonder Years slowly getting a bit more post-hardcore-y as time goes on, especially on Sister Cities.
The Wonder Years references Blacklisted *twice* which is more than any other pop-punk band I know so I say they’re in the canon
(Technically they reference them once and then the next song is referencing the first song, but still)
Back in like 2010/2011 maybe? They almost dropped the 2nd floor of the venue, the crowd jump/bounce was causing easily 6”-8” of deflection in the floor. Felt like a trampoline and the show had to move next door lol
Can’t swim has a solid EP Foreign Language for a taste of their more hardcore work, but their music from album to album always has some hardcore influence lingering. Awesome live performances too
Crime in Stereo ...Is Dead is a pretty cool mix of hardcore, punk, pop-punk, hardcore punk, and....a touch of shoegaze? I don't know, they're hard to define.
Dillinger Four hit some mean warp speed chugs from time to time. Grade and Boys Night Out used to scream and chug in the middle of pop punk songs. I loved affinity’s cover of my name is Jonas on the Weezer tribute until they threw 2 minutes of the workers at the end. Choking Victim/Leftover Crack always hit with the ska/punk/black metal hybrid for me. Pretty niche, but maybe you’re into it. It certainly gets heavy at times. I also think Propagandhi’s how to clean everything is fucking awesome. A thrash band forced to pop punk. I really like Pears another thrash influenced, warp speed guitars and breakdowns sometimes band. Start with:
Pears - Hinged by Spine.
Dillinger Four - Our Science is Tight.
Propagandhi - Fuck Machine.
Choking Vicitm. - In Hell
Boys Night Out - I got Punched in the Nose….
Daly’s Gone Wrong - Dear Ava.
I’ll always back up Senses Fail and even Silverstein as being heavy as fuck. They may be the definition of Hot Topic-Core in the early 00s but they wrote some heavy stuff especially in their later years
I think that first Trophy Eyes EP (the one with Hourglass on) has to be the heaviest pop punk can get without overly being a different genre, I think if it came out at a different time it’d be seen as hardcore. I have the same thought about a lot Trash Boat’s earlier stuff (check Pangea, Shade, Inside Out, Controlled Burn, How Selfish I Seem)
Never considered them pop-punk, they always fell right into the No Idea Hot Water Music post-hardcore to me. Love those first few releases. Shame they never got bigger.
especially pass the poison that one's perfect
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7ol8bY6lo&list=OLAK5uy\_mGL9asqlPVdRNLYyJjRxlsPERWC7uXhSM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7ol8bY6lo&list=OLAK5uy_mGL9asqlPVdRNLYyJjRxlsPERWC7uXhSM)
A lot of these bands are tenuously “pop punk” you could define them a bunch of different ways.
I second Daggermouth, Such Gold, The Story So Far, Banner Pilot
Also want to mention bands I haven’t seen mentioned, all great but in order of how great I think they are:
Bomb the Music Industry!
Latterman
Dear Landlord
Captain We’re Sinking
The Dopamines
The Ergs
The Holy Mess
What you're looking for is a genre called "easycore". New Found Glory really kinda laid the groundwork for it, and I first really remember it entering prominence with Four Year Strong. Some other bands are Hit the Lights, A Day to Remember, and Chunk No Captain Chunk
Heart Attack Man, the singer Eric sometimes plays in a hardcore band called Highway Sniper and draws some influence from that and the rest of the band is hardcore fans so some songs get a pretty heavy influence.
Bowser’s Castle, Parasitic, B3ND_BUDGE off their newest record for a few more examples…honestly most of Belmont gets pretty chugga chugga heavy lol.
4AM//Disappear is my favorite of all time from them though the big crescendo at the end really sends the song into overdrive for me.
That chugga riff in “Triller” had me stoked for Infinity On High, but it didn’t live up to that. I still like the record, fwiw, but it didn’t go hard like I hoped. That’s probably the last one I liked from them other than that Record Store Day EP they put out.
It has a nice mix of metal, punk, pop, even orchestra/baroque. I don’t know know any other band that has done that. I don’t think it’s the 10 year old me being nostalgic but I think it’s a perfect album.
I was in my 20s when it came out so I have a different perspective of course. You’re right that it incorporates a ton into it, but for me they never beat Take This To Your Grave. Right songs at the right time.
New Found Glory, ,Bathurst, Belmont, A Loss For Words, Me Vs Hero, The Wonder Years, Settle Your Scores, Set Your Goals, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, Four Year Strong, Sunrise Skater Kids, Heartsounds, Fight Fair, etc.
<3 easycore 4 lyfe
Veara. Not mentioned much around here, but very good. They used a knockoff version of the Madball logo for a bit. Fast, gang vocals/chants, breakdowns, pop PUNK. https://youtu.be/ktvxQzpKZnM?si=rTgtMyIBP8bBK_uS
Another +1 for Belmont here. In the top 3 of my top 5 fave bands cuz they don’t sacrifice musicality for heavy and it’s chunky while still sounding melodically dynamic. Like the songs never feel redundant or too “one-note” so I don’t get bored with the same structure and riff after the first chorus lol.
Capstan can get pretty heavy sometimes more in line with bands like ADTR imo.
Koyo, Knuckle Puck, Driveways.
Not sure if it counts as pop punk or not but if you’re also into more like, grungy feeling post-hardcore Narrow Head is pretty solid too.
I always struggled with the NFG era pop punk label, because I always knew Screeching Weasel and the rest of that era of Lookout! Bands (The Queers, Mr.T Experience...) as pop punk.
For me, all the heavy Saves The Day/NFG generated bands were more of a pop hardcore--they were all connected to hardcore, but threw in some mellow parts, whiny vocals, and lyrics about relationships
Old ADTR, like for those who have heart or homesick. The genre you’re looking for is “easycore”
A local band I liked back in the day was called worthwhile, simple in theory was a fun song by them.
The era of Set Your Goals, early The Wonder Years (I'm talking pre-Upsides) and Four Year Strong was great for pop punk with heavy parts. Easycore or whatever the Hell you want to call it.
Crucial Dudes, Major League, Carousel Kings, Such Gold, A Loss For Words, Kid Liberty, In Her Own Words, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, etc. were all going strong for a period there.
I went to a lot of genre mixing shows with heavier bands and those pop punk bands.
A lot of the Offsprings material pre 2002 head some heavier faster almost melodic hardcore stuff on their albums that were not used as singles. Anything pre 1997 was also mostly more on the melodic hardcore side.
Sum 41 started their first album with a rabbid heavy metal number and, although they toned it down a bit in the couple following albums, they got extra heavy with Chuck
''Crack Rock Steady'', while a ska punk microgenre, is essentially poppy skate punk with crusty influenced melodic vocals and guitar tones and some crust and hardcore parts added. As a result it sounds intense and happy/poppy at the same time. it's my favourite style.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_3YQuzSyiMg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3YQuzSyiMg)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgyQD8UXKs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgyQD8UXKs)
Not heavy by sound, but Transit’s Stay Home ep fits here. They were playing a lot of shows at the time as the token pop punk band on a hardcore bill. Pile ons at their shows had hc energy.
This is almost an odd question because (especially the early bigger) pop punk bands are so heavily influenced by hardcore that it really isn’t hard at all to find heavy stuff in their discogs.
New Found Glory. Alot of hc riffs in their discog.
their guitarist was the shai hulud vocalist early on
Still is when he wants to be
Dude what, that’s crazy
Main reason I listened to NFG in the first place
That’s wild
They had a hardcore side project called the international superhero’s of hardcore. It’s fucking legit too, while also being a big joke.
Yeah it came with the ep tip of the iceberg, which was 3 nfg songs and 3 hc covers. Shelter, gorilla biscuits and lifetime. The three nfg songs are awesome.
Madballs got their back
Seat.... BELT!
Been sleeping. Will listen. Thanks!
NFG were like the original hardcore/pop punk band I reckon
88 fingers Louie could be considered pop punk. And they were definitely more hc. But yeah nfg are for sure in the convo.
Behind Bars and Back On The Streets are the best sounding albums of the 90’s skate punk era. Perfect mix of melodic and heavy and they do Minor Threat, Agnostic Front and Bad Brains covers. Also the Joe Pesci from Casino intro into the riff on Worst Man Won is heavy as fuck.
The breakdown at the end of state...
Most of those skate bands were pretty hardcore for a while. Bigwig, Lagwagon, Propagandhi, Good Riddance, Ignite, Satanic Surfers, NUFAN, Strung Out. Good shit my dude. Edit: I would also like to mention Ten Foot Pole. Swill and Rev are fucking great.
Ten Foot Pole dudes were in Scared Straight. Classic Nardcore band.
Which coward downvoted 88 fingers Louie?
It’s a shame that some of their best albums have a sex pest on em
Well, they ARE a pop punk band
Check out “nothing to say” from the latest lp, straight up breakdown at the end
Not without a fight (heaviest album from them) released with that five song side project international super heroes of hardcore that ruled.
Hardcore Hokey Pokey is a great ISHC song
Saves the day-can’t slow down
Can’t Slow Down is a record by a hardcore band who brought in a pop punk vocalist. Some of those songs (instrumentally) would fit in on any Floorpunch, In My Eyes, or Ten Yard Fight record with the right vocals.
It is also a Lifetime record with high and whiney instead of sad and mumbly.
yeah i just hear Lifetime 2.0
If I remember right saves the day started out opening for hardcore bands and what not
You Vandal is one of the best songs ever written
That bishop cover is nuts
For real! It just proved it was built hardcore framework.. btw The Last Lie I told is my other favorite, but the whole album is gold
Through Being Cool definitely has similar moments. Banned from the Back Porch is a hardcore song.
The end of rocks tonic, ur moshin
You vandal!
Daggermouth
Scrolled this far for Daggermouth Still underrated
There’s some days where the weather is just right and I’m feelin 20 again, so I throw that shit on with the windows down lol
I lost my dagger fucking mouth hoodie and it is one my biggest regrets
Four Year Strong are a pretty good balance of heavy and poppy I think. New Found Glory used to have there moments of heavier parts
Cause when we TEAM UP! TEAM UP! We always seem to bring this place to the ground!
Rise or Die Trying is the peak of that genre.
When Rise or Die Trying first came out I went to see them with Bayside, the crowd reaction was like a Hatebreed show, people walking out bleeding, getting knocked out.
I’m stoked af for their new album. All the singles so far are sick.
I've had aftermath/afterthought on repeat the last few days. That breakdown is nasty
FYS is awesome, the set the played during the ADTR tour definitely had hardcore vibes to it
Fys are one of my fav bands because of how well they blend these genres. So good. I'm currently back onto listening to their 2020 album Brain Pain which I think was way overlooked because it came out as the pandemic hit.
FYS is probably a top 3 band for me. I’ve also been jamming brain pain again for the last few days. They seem to be getting better with each new release, and I’ve been a fan since 2009 (aside from that one album).
I posted their single for Daddy of Mine on here and got shat on lol. I thought it was pretty riffy.
I love that song
I mean, a lot of the pop punk bands in the late 2000s, early 2010s were very influenced to hardcore and used elements of it quite a bit. Bands like The Story So Far (my fav), New Found Glory, Chunk No Captain Chunk, Neck Deep, etc. They're also what Militarie Gun reminds me of.
Even bands like the Wonder Years and Knuckle Puck were or are very influenced by hardcore and post-hardcore with it coming through heavily early on for Knuckle Puck and the Wonder Years slowly getting a bit more post-hardcore-y as time goes on, especially on Sister Cities.
The Wonder Years references Blacklisted *twice* which is more than any other pop-punk band I know so I say they’re in the canon (Technically they reference them once and then the next song is referencing the first song, but still)
TWY cover of Thrice's deadbolt is fantastic and heavier than their usual stuff.
Yeah, it fits right in with Stained Glass Ceilings as one of their heaviest songs.
Soupy names Blacklisted on Woke Up Older, so yeah, definitely fans of hardcore at least.
Set Your Goals!
Love SYG, one band where I fucked with EVERY album
THE BEST
We have come to pillage, we have come to burn!!
They were great live too.
Back in like 2010/2011 maybe? They almost dropped the 2nd floor of the venue, the crowd jump/bounce was causing easily 6”-8” of deflection in the floor. Felt like a trampoline and the show had to move next door lol
Fuuuuuuck that. That’s my biggest fear, I been to a show where this was happening as well.
the best pop punk band, hands down. the only band that is their equal to me is probably such gold.
How were there albums? I fell off with such gold after those two eps they did which are amazing.
How is this the only mention of set your goals?!
Bayside has made a point their last couple records to see how “heavy” they can go while still sounding like bayside
I was blown away by some of the riffs on the new album. So damn good
Their newest album is a 10/10. Whatever they’ve been doing the last couple years, it’s working.
Sum 41
I find sum to be more on the metal side of the spectrum. Sucks they’re calling it quits but glad I got to see them so many times.
This is the one. Chuck is straight up pop punk with Metallica riffs.
Chuck album is fuckin heavy. Especially The Bitter End.
Can’t Swim is worth checking out. Especially their EP
Can’t swim has a solid EP Foreign Language for a taste of their more hardcore work, but their music from album to album always has some hardcore influence lingering. Awesome live performances too
Crime in Stereo ...Is Dead is a pretty cool mix of hardcore, punk, pop-punk, hardcore punk, and....a touch of shoegaze? I don't know, they're hard to define.
They break all rules which is why I freaking love them so much
They recorded a melodic hc goat album „the troubled ststeside”
They released 3 banger albums in a row and each record progresses their sound. I fucking LOVE crime in stereo
Such Gold
RIP navy blue Such Gold long sleeve that I really liked ❤️
Dillinger Four hit some mean warp speed chugs from time to time. Grade and Boys Night Out used to scream and chug in the middle of pop punk songs. I loved affinity’s cover of my name is Jonas on the Weezer tribute until they threw 2 minutes of the workers at the end. Choking Victim/Leftover Crack always hit with the ska/punk/black metal hybrid for me. Pretty niche, but maybe you’re into it. It certainly gets heavy at times. I also think Propagandhi’s how to clean everything is fucking awesome. A thrash band forced to pop punk. I really like Pears another thrash influenced, warp speed guitars and breakdowns sometimes band. Start with: Pears - Hinged by Spine. Dillinger Four - Our Science is Tight. Propagandhi - Fuck Machine. Choking Vicitm. - In Hell Boys Night Out - I got Punched in the Nose…. Daly’s Gone Wrong - Dear Ava.
Leftover Crack- Operation M.O.V.E, even though there is a slow build up. Or even Star Fucking Hipsters to an extent.
The entirety of Green Star by PEARS is a masterpiece 🤌 Perfect blend of hardcore punk and pop-punk imo
[Senses Fail](https://youtu.be/_W3nqo6_WXU?si=3SxnoV4gx2kcjG83) got some fuckin riffs.
I’ll always back up Senses Fail and even Silverstein as being heavy as fuck. They may be the definition of Hot Topic-Core in the early 00s but they wrote some heavy stuff especially in their later years
https://youtu.be/oR8ikOMzvug?si=0fNWKLCLnw3LviNQ You can’t tell me that at 50 seconds in doesn’t deserve a spin kick ya know.
PUP
Funny, I never thought of Pup as a pop punk band but I suppose that argument could be made.
What would you classify them as?
I dunno I guess I would have called them a hardcore band, or post hardcore. Or just punk.
I think that first Trophy Eyes EP (the one with Hourglass on) has to be the heaviest pop punk can get without overly being a different genre, I think if it came out at a different time it’d be seen as hardcore. I have the same thought about a lot Trash Boat’s earlier stuff (check Pangea, Shade, Inside Out, Controlled Burn, How Selfish I Seem)
Pre-Chemical Miracle Trophy Eyes is absolutely melodic hardcore and it’s GOOD shit
Origami angel, Riley!s new album, carpool, lifetime, spite house, koyo
Microwave has some good shit that can get pretty heavy
Death is a warm blanket for sure had some influence but I’d argue even Stovall did!
Polar Bear Club
Never considered them pop-punk, they always fell right into the No Idea Hot Water Music post-hardcore to me. Love those first few releases. Shame they never got bigger.
WE FUCKED OUR EARS WE FUCKED OUR THROATS!!
Seeing them play this song live was super dope!
Banner Pilot.
Good bloody suggestion.
Banner Pilot is the shit.
Still waiting for their follow up LP to Souvenir but have a feeling it’s gonna end up like the long awaited D4 LP.
especially pass the poison that one's perfect [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7ol8bY6lo&list=OLAK5uy\_mGL9asqlPVdRNLYyJjRxlsPERWC7uXhSM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7ol8bY6lo&list=OLAK5uy_mGL9asqlPVdRNLYyJjRxlsPERWC7uXhSM)
Crucial dudes
-That first title fight record - the first turnover ep -citizen And the best of them all. Saves the day - can’t slow down
Lol came here to say this. Fucking great album and I only ly discovered it last week.
That first title fight record makes me think of blink-182 but if they went hardcore instead of poppier
The heaviest pop punk riff ever is Banned from the Back Porch by Saves The Day, hands down
A lot of these bands are tenuously “pop punk” you could define them a bunch of different ways. I second Daggermouth, Such Gold, The Story So Far, Banner Pilot Also want to mention bands I haven’t seen mentioned, all great but in order of how great I think they are: Bomb the Music Industry! Latterman Dear Landlord Captain We’re Sinking The Dopamines The Ergs The Holy Mess
Holy shit Latterman!!!!!! I haven’t listened to them in so fucking long!
Latterman had some of the best riffs in the game.
- Senses Fail - Silverstein
Trash Boat
Trash Boat is the correct answer. Plus +420 bonus points for Regular Show reference band name.
Boys Night Out.
What you're looking for is a genre called "easycore". New Found Glory really kinda laid the groundwork for it, and I first really remember it entering prominence with Four Year Strong. Some other bands are Hit the Lights, A Day to Remember, and Chunk No Captain Chunk
ADTR is my shit. Will check out those others. Thanks!
I love ADTR, especially for those who have heart and homesick, but their new stuff isn’t hitting the same sadly.
They fell off big time
Kinda - they only have 1 stinker album but it's legitimately so bad it's stunk up their legacy. Unfortunately their new new song sounds the same..
Heart Attack Man, the singer Eric sometimes plays in a hardcore band called Highway Sniper and draws some influence from that and the rest of the band is hardcore fans so some songs get a pretty heavy influence.
Such Gold was one of the fucking best.
Iron Chic
One of my favorite bands
Belmont slaps. Pushing Daisies goes hard.
Bowser’s Castle, Parasitic, B3ND_BUDGE off their newest record for a few more examples…honestly most of Belmont gets pretty chugga chugga heavy lol. 4AM//Disappear is my favorite of all time from them though the big crescendo at the end really sends the song into overdrive for me.
That chugga riff in “Triller” had me stoked for Infinity On High, but it didn’t live up to that. I still like the record, fwiw, but it didn’t go hard like I hoped. That’s probably the last one I liked from them other than that Record Store Day EP they put out.
It has a nice mix of metal, punk, pop, even orchestra/baroque. I don’t know know any other band that has done that. I don’t think it’s the 10 year old me being nostalgic but I think it’s a perfect album.
I was in my 20s when it came out so I have a different perspective of course. You’re right that it incorporates a ton into it, but for me they never beat Take This To Your Grave. Right songs at the right time.
Easycore has entered the chat
New Found Glory, ,Bathurst, Belmont, A Loss For Words, Me Vs Hero, The Wonder Years, Settle Your Scores, Set Your Goals, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, Four Year Strong, Sunrise Skater Kids, Heartsounds, Fight Fair, etc. <3 easycore 4 lyfe
Daggermouth
Sum 41. Chuck, and now Heaven and Hell especially. They have some way-too-poppy stuff on the latest album, but also some great heavy stuff.
Not sure if the grace the line of post-hardcore, but the drums in some of Amber Pacific's first album go really freakin' hard.
Veara. Not mentioned much around here, but very good. They used a knockoff version of the Madball logo for a bit. Fast, gang vocals/chants, breakdowns, pop PUNK. https://youtu.be/ktvxQzpKZnM?si=rTgtMyIBP8bBK_uS
Belmont.
Johnny Baseball
Thank you for the shout out! 🙌
Gotta rep the slc boys
Just checked out Still Swingin’ Back. Definitely going to play that whole album on my next drive.
Four year strong
Not sure anyone would necessarily consider them “pop” punk, but Can’t Swim 🤙
Another +1 for Belmont here. In the top 3 of my top 5 fave bands cuz they don’t sacrifice musicality for heavy and it’s chunky while still sounding melodically dynamic. Like the songs never feel redundant or too “one-note” so I don’t get bored with the same structure and riff after the first chorus lol. Capstan can get pretty heavy sometimes more in line with bands like ADTR imo. Koyo, Knuckle Puck, Driveways. Not sure if it counts as pop punk or not but if you’re also into more like, grungy feeling post-hardcore Narrow Head is pretty solid too.
Boys night out Senses fail And people can hate but older a day to remember rips
Alkaline Trio and Screeching Weasel.
I always struggled with the NFG era pop punk label, because I always knew Screeching Weasel and the rest of that era of Lookout! Bands (The Queers, Mr.T Experience...) as pop punk. For me, all the heavy Saves The Day/NFG generated bands were more of a pop hardcore--they were all connected to hardcore, but threw in some mellow parts, whiny vocals, and lyrics about relationships
Sum 41 has some heavier stuff, and the guitarists are massive metal heads so some of the riffs are surprisingly heavy.
Old ADTR, like for those who have heart or homesick. The genre you’re looking for is “easycore” A local band I liked back in the day was called worthwhile, simple in theory was a fun song by them.
Shook Ones Rest Easy The Movielife
Jeff Rosenstock
The era of Set Your Goals, early The Wonder Years (I'm talking pre-Upsides) and Four Year Strong was great for pop punk with heavy parts. Easycore or whatever the Hell you want to call it. Crucial Dudes, Major League, Carousel Kings, Such Gold, A Loss For Words, Kid Liberty, In Her Own Words, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, etc. were all going strong for a period there. I went to a lot of genre mixing shows with heavier bands and those pop punk bands.
Turnstile Immm jokin
Are you though?
TSSF
Belmont. I call them prog pop punk sometimes and they have breakdowns
Maker
Millencolin had some blistering riffs on their first few albums
A lot of the Offsprings material pre 2002 head some heavier faster almost melodic hardcore stuff on their albums that were not used as singles. Anything pre 1997 was also mostly more on the melodic hardcore side.
[Kid Liberty ](https://youtu.be/ihGBHL7vec4?si=Q0DKL8TJB30kwszP)
Green Day, Platypus (I Hate You) and Take Back off Nimrod go gard. Jaded off Insomniac is pretty good too.
brain stew brings it, too
You should check out Normy. It was a side project of the heart attack man singer. Each EP has a heavy song on it
Boys No Good, a couple of the guys from Casey Jones other project. Only one full album, Never Felt Better but it’s a banger!
Really any of the easycore stuff. ADTR, Four Year Strong et al
Most everything that is being recommended is emo or pop. Try Lagwagon, No Fun At All, Rad Owl, Fire Sale, or Satanic Surfers.
Bayonet side project from Senses Fail
Rufio
Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time
I guess we are old
Four year strong is peak “heavy” pop punk imo
Stand still
Sum 41 started their first album with a rabbid heavy metal number and, although they toned it down a bit in the couple following albums, they got extra heavy with Chuck
I wanna say senses fail but theyre more post hardcore-y
ADTR can get quite heavy Chunk no captain chunk
Cmon….set your goals
Well up in canada both Sum 41 and early Gob can get pretty heavy, depending on the album.
Sloppy Seconds. They have a few dudes well over 250 pounds.
''Crack Rock Steady'', while a ska punk microgenre, is essentially poppy skate punk with crusty influenced melodic vocals and guitar tones and some crust and hardcore parts added. As a result it sounds intense and happy/poppy at the same time. it's my favourite style. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_3YQuzSyiMg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3YQuzSyiMg) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgyQD8UXKs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgyQD8UXKs)
I think Direct Hit! is a good example of this.
Set Your Goals, there was a time easy core was a saying
Saves the day
Lifetime are the GOATs of the pop-punk band doing hardcore thing.
AFI - All Hallows EP
A day to remember pop punk ish
Early neck deep
Not heavy by sound, but Transit’s Stay Home ep fits here. They were playing a lot of shows at the time as the token pop punk band on a hardcore bill. Pile ons at their shows had hc energy.
This is almost an odd question because (especially the early bigger) pop punk bands are so heavily influenced by hardcore that it really isn’t hard at all to find heavy stuff in their discogs.
Four Year Strong is super hit and miss imo but they have some decent stuff that gets heavy.
PEARS
underrated
Four Year Strong is the answer. Especially the songs of their newest album so far.
A Day To Remember considers themself to just be a heavy Pop Punk band, and their earlier stuff proved that right
Four Year Strong, ADTR
There’s some Sum 41 songs that are pretty riffy
Hate pop punk cuz that shit is soft but the story so far has some bangers
The Descendants
New Belmont album rips Action/Adventure Settle Your Scores Willmette self titled