3 topics, one theme, Hardcore Punk's connection to heavy metal. First Don examines some of the more metal minded bands of the NYHC scene, then Iain covers the Swedish D-Beat scene through the years, and finally Zach explores some 80's hardcore dudes who decided to abandon the genre they came up in to try their hand at full on metal to mixed results. 

Zach (H/C goes metal)YDI - Black DustWasted Youth - Black DazeDYS - DYSStraw Dogs - We Are Not AmusedOnslaught - Power From HellSacred Denial - Sifting Through Remains

Iain (Swedish D-beat)Disfear - Live the StormSkitsystem - Svarta TankarAnti-Cimex - S/TWolfbrigade - Progression/RegressionGod Mother - VilseleddMartyrdöd - In Extremis

Don (NYHC's Metalcore connection)Vision of disorder - S/TEarth crisis - Destroy the machinesLife of agony - River Runs RedCro-mags - Age Of QuarrelMadball - Set it offSheer Terror - Just can't hate enough