If you like heavy hardcore, you likely know Troy-Core by sound, if not by name. This marginal scene in Upstate New York in the 1990s created some of the most unhinged, brutal, and heavy hardcore bands the impacts of which can be felt all the way to the current day – sometimes being referenced pretty directly by acts like Twitching Tongues and God's Hate. Anything this influential is worth exploring a little, especially when it's shrouded in mystery.

We're joined today by former Upstate NY resident and avid Troy-Core enjoyer Eli Enis. Eli is an editor at Revolver Magazine, hosts the Endless Scroll podcast, and has bylines at Rolling Stone, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Vice, MTV News, Stereogum, The Alternative, & more.

As always, we start with current events. Punitive Damage. Candy Apple. Restraining Order and Spaced. Envision. Riot Stares. 185 Miles South. Prize Horse, Taking Meds, and Webbed Wing. Gates To Hell, Snakeout, Sawchuk, and Mutilatred. Citizen, Prince Daddy, and Militarie Gun. Who Decides. Fleshwater.

For more of Eli's lovely voice and opinions, check out Endless Scroll Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/002BZK0oGRZhDfFDjUoqcM?si=3f84f43a509943a6

Troy-Core Essentials playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS6kgPyy16uECM58HZ0npfWABbZBhQsWT