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BAYWAY posing with crossed baseball bats (CREDIT: Photography By Sean P @photosbyseanp) New Jersey is known for a lot of things—The Shore, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Pesci, and whatever Taylor Ham is—and has been home to Hardcore infused with Rap for quite sometime. Taking influence from predecessors, like E.Town Concrete & Fury of Five, BAYWAY bring their gritty and aggressive sound to the genre on their upcoming EP, The Newport Sessions, set for release April 20, 2023 on DAZE & RTF Records. BAYWAY's current line-up consists of vocalist Jay Way, guitarist Chris, bassist Dan, and drummer Dave. BAYWAY (oftentimes, known as BAYWAY NJ) burst onto the Jersey Hardcore scene in 2022 with their impactful five-track World of Bayway EP released on limited edition gold foil cassette tape and digitally on Ride The Fury/RTF Records. The Newport Sessions by Bayway Completely produced, mixed, and mastered by the band in Jay Way's studio, the EP features a classic skit-style intro...

Knelt Before L-R: Donald "Don" Rossington, Shannon Eoff, Mark Johnston & Derek Woodard (SOURCE: Mark Johnston) Knelt Before is a Hardcore/Pop-punk crew hailing from Oregon consisting of moms and dads making music their kids can enjoy. Knelt Before's Instagram page ( @kneltbefore ) fittingly proclaims, in the words of E. Town Concrete , "Curse words are the worst words." Featuring former members of LoveHateHero, Second Coming, What Lies Within, Divide The Day, Breakaway, Tall Dark Whimsy, and A Prize Worth Killing, Knelt Before's music is recommended for fans of IGNITE, Dag Nasty, FACT (Japan,) and Revelation Records' catalog. Just this past weekend, Knelt Before quietly released their first single, "Make Your Own," from their upcoming self-titled debut. Mark Johnston, singer and contributor, remarks: "this track showcases a good mix of who we are, musically, as well as what we're about." Make Your Own by Knelt Before Wh...