hardcore
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STONE ISLAND THE CALM AND THE CHAOS
August 5, 2026 | Salad DaysTHE CALM AND THE CHAOS is a new creative project from Stone Island that explores the hardcore and metalcore scenes, some of contemporary culture’s most enduring independent communities.
Rather than documenting a musical genre, the project examines the values of authenticity, commitment and collective identity that have enabled the hardcore scene to remain culturally uncompromised across generations.
In doing so, it reflects the same spirit of continuous evolution and uncompromising integrity that has long defined Stone Island’s own culture of research. The relationship between music, identity and style has always been integral to Stone Island’s cultural universe.
Through THE CALM AND THE CHAOS, the brand continues its exploration of communities whose values resonate with its own philosophy of experimentation, authenticity and continual evolution.
The project traces the enduring dialogue between American and British hardcore scenes through the friendship and creative exchange between Justice Tripp of Trapped Under Ice and Angel Du$t, and Graham Sayle of High Vis, relationships that have shaped successive generations of the movement and continue today through artists including Isaac Hale of Knocked Loose and Austin Sparkman of Haywire 617.
For this project, photographer and director Isaac Lamb spent over six months travelling across Europe and North America immersing himself within the community to document hardcore in its various incarnations with bands including High Vis, Angel Du$t, Knocked Loose and Haywire 617, capturing not only the intensity of live performance but also the quieter moments between tours, rehearsals and everyday life. The resulting body of work explores the duality that gives the project its name: the calm and the chaos.
Rather than styling its subjects, the project reflects the way Stone Island has become part of the lived visual language of this community over decades. The musicians are photographed wearing a mix of current and vintage Stone Island garments selected from their own wardrobes alongside carefully sourced archival pieces, including a 1987 Tela Stella reversible jacket worn by Graham Sayle of High Vis, a 1984 treated denim chore jacket worn by Justice Tripp of Angel Du$t, and a 1991 Ice Camouflage bomber jacket worn by Tommy of Haywire.
These archival garments were provided by noted Stone Island collector Archie Maher. Alongside the studio photography and video campaign, the project culminates in an eponymous tour book, released in September 2027. Shot on 35mm film, its documentary approach captures performers and audiences with equal intimacy, preserving moments of intensity, vulnerability and camaraderie with the same honesty that characterises the music itself. Rather than celebrating performance alone, the publication reveals the human relationships that exist beyond the stage.
The project builds on Stone Island’s previous collaboration with the hardcore community, which featured Isaac Hale, guitarist of Knocked Loose, in the Autumn/Winter ’025–‘026 Community as a Form of Research project wearing Nylon REPS-TC Corrosion Treatment and Ripstop Light HT Nylon. In THE CALM AND THE CHAOS, this dialogue continues through a custom Stone Island vest, reinforcing an ongoing relationship with a community whose independent spirit and enduring authenticity closely reflect the brand’s own values.
Shooting credits: @Stoneisland
Photography + Creative Direction: Isaac Lamb @isaaac.co.uk
Styling: Arco Maher @arco_maher
About Stone Island Sound
Stone Island Sound is the music-focused expression of Stone Island’s culture of research. Built around the philosophy of Sound as a Form of Research, it explores artists, communities and creative movements whose work reflects the brand’s enduring commitment to experimentation, authenticity and continual evolution. Through recordings, live performances, publications and collaborative projects, Stone Island Sound approaches music not simply as performance, but as a means of documenting contemporary culture and the communities that shape it.
Shirime pubblicano il primo EP omonimo
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ALREADY BURIED ‘BAD THINGS HAPPEN AND PEOPLE GET HURT’
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‘Bad Things Happen and People Get Hurt’-EP
(Rebuilding)
7/10
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VOID INTERVIEW
May 7, 2026 | Salad DaysC’è molta Washington D.C. in Salad Days Mag in questi ultimi mesi.
Prima il coinvolgimento nel tour italiano di Jim Saah, con bonus l’onore (per me) di mettere i dischi all’opening della mostra del nostro; trovate tutto qui. Poi l’uscita di ‘Live 1982’, due set dei Void catturati su vinile da Outer Battery Records. Non un live album, ma un vero e proprio documento (con le foto di Jim Saah, guarda caso) dell’esplosione del DC hardcore. La ciliegia sulla torta? Non ci facciamo scappare l’idea di scambiare due parole (ma proprio due) con Chris Stover, il bassista di quel gruppo…
SD: Perché proprio ora? C’è un motivo o un evento particolare che ha dato vita a questo album dal vivo?
CS: l’idea è nata da Tom Lyle (n.d.r. vi dice qualcosa il nome “Government Issue”? Tom Lyle quei due concerti li ha registrati). Tom l’ha proposta alla Outer Battery Records, e ovviamente a noi. Di comune accordo abbiamo deciso di realizzarla. Ci è voluto un po’ di tempo per mettere insieme la scaletta dei due lati e la grafica (n.d.r. artwork a cura di Mr. Dischord, Jason Farrell) ma alla fine ce l’abbiamo fatta.
SD: abbiamo avuto l’opportunità di incontrare Jim Saah per la presentazione del suo libro qualche mese fa. Guardando quelle foto (vedi anche la copertina di ‘Live 1982’), cosa ti fanno pensare? È un senso di nostalgia… o più la sensazione di “Sì… anche noi facevamo parte di quel periodo… era il momento giusto e c’erano le persone giuste”?
CS: Direi entrambe le cose. Nostalgia da una parte, ma anche la sensazione di aver fatto qualcosa di speciale. Nostalgia. ovvio, tanti ricordi e tanti amici. L’operazione è dedicata a chi del “gruppo esteso” se ne è andato a miglior vita, e quindi Sean Finnegan (Void), Dave Sweetapple (Outer Battery Records), and Rich Jacobs (Void Zine). Era comunque un periodo speciale perché stavamo facendo qualcosa in cui la maggior parte dei miei coetanei non era coinvolta. Era diverso. Solo anni dopo ci si rende conto della sua portata.
SD: Alla stessa presentazione ho proposto una selezione di vinili legati a “Jim Saah”, quindi prevalentemente D.C. hardcore tipo old school Dischord. Sono dischi con un suono pazzesco. Entusiasti di constatare che lo split Void/Faith ha ancora un forte impatto. In altre parole… UNA BOMBA! Mi chiedevo se all’epoca pensavate al fatto che stavate facendo la “storia”… o magari non la storia ma qualcosa di importante. E, secondo te … era l’urgenza? Era il suono? Cos’era quel qualcosa di speciale che rendeva i Void unici?
CS: Onestamente non pensavamo assolutamente che in quel momento stavamo facendo la storia. Si trattava più che altro di fare musica con gli amici, e di divertirci. Forse era questo, molto semplicemente, il motivo per cui il suono alla fine era un pugno in faccia. Zero filtri. Zero fronzoli. Zero pensieri.
SD: non so come sia la situazione negli Stati Uniti, ma qui in Europa viviamo in tempi ben peggiori rispetto a quando le band punk hardcore parlavano di politica, guerra, ecc. Negli anni’80 avreste mai immaginato un futuro peggiore di questo?
CS: Non avrei mai immaginato che il mondo fosse così, adesso. Purtroppo. (n.d.r. lapidario… ma perfetto).
SD: Ci sono altri progetti legati ai Void? Magari altri concerti, demo inedite o materiale delle prove da pubblicare?
CS: Niente di particolare. Abbiamo appena fatto una sessione di firma/copie a Seattle. C’è stata una buona affluenza. Al momento non abbiamo altri progetti.
(Intervista di fmazza1972)
‘Live 1982′ Tracklisting:
1. Shades Of Grey
2. Ask Them Why
3. Ignorant People
4. Spiral Staircase
5. Who Are You?
6. Think
7. Time To Die
8. Bloodlust
9. Explode
10. Let’s Party
11. My Rules
12. Slow Burn
13. Self Defense
14. Organized Sports
Artist: Void
Release: ‘Live 1982′
Record Label: Outer Battery Records
Formats: Vinyl
Distribution: Redeye
Sharp Tongues new EP streaming now
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TERROR ‘STILL SUFFER’
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‘Still Suffer’-LP
(Flatspot)
8/10
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Maximum Penalty and Flatspot Records announce 1996′s ‘Independent’ released on vinyl for first time
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