Defeater

A Boston-based hardcore band whose musical intensity has been channeled through a series of interconnected thematic releases, Defeater established themselves with releases like 2008's Travels and 2013's Letters Home. Their sound combines melodic hardcore with post-hardcore and emo elements that they further honed as part of the Epitaph roster, as heard on their eponymous 2019 release. Defeater originally formed in 2004, and after several years of lineup changes, eventually landed on vocalist Derek Archambault, guitarists Jay Maas and Jake Woodruff, bassist Mike Poulin, and d...