SECOND STRIKE -

is a beatdown band that hits the mark when it comes to hard riffs and aggressive breakdowns. Their music is like a second kick in the teeth after the first one, when you haven’t had time to recover. Explosive energy, heaviness, and fury are what Second Strike brings to every stage. The band is known for their merciless performances and lyrics that will not leave anyone indifferent who is ready for real hardcore. Get ready for an unforgettable fight club under the stage! 

Beatdown hardcore (also known as heavy hardcore, brutal hardcore, toughguy, moshcore, or simply beatdown) is a subgenre of hardcore punk with prominent elements of heavy metal. Beatdown hardcore features aggressive vocals, gang vocals, heavy guitar riffs and breakdowns and lyrics discussing unity, brotherhood, volatile interpersonal relationships and machismo. The genre has its origins in late 1980s New York hardcore bands such as Breakdown, Killing Time and Madball, and was pioneered in the mid-1990s by bands like Bulldoze, Terror Zone and Neglect. The definition of the genre has expanded over time to incorporate artists increasingly indebted to metal, notably Xibalba, Sunami and Knocked Loose.