{"id":2266362,"date":"2026-02-04T14:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2266362"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:03:54","slug":"scary-hours-new-jersey-hardcore-unit-fights-the-power-on-cowardice-music-video-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/scary-hours-new-jersey-hardcore-unit-fights-the-power-on-cowardice-music-video-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Scary Hours: New Jersey Hardcore Unit Fights the Power on \u201cCowardICE\u201d Music Video | Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"post-info\">\n<p class=\"author\">\n\t\t<small><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tBy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noecho.net\/authors\/carlos-ramirez\">Carlos Ramirez<\/a> |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noechonet\" class=\"twitter\">@noechonet<\/a> |<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2026-02-04\">2.4.2026<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t<\/small>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/.sharing -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/.post-info --><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-image\"><figcaption>Photo: Christina Fiorino<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today, No Echo premieres the new music video for \u201cCowardICE,\u201d the latest single from North Jersey hardcore collective Scary Hours. The song hit streaming platforms on January 28, and the accompanying video offers an unfiltered visual counterpart to the band\u2019s\u00a0confrontational track.<\/p>\n<p>Scary Hours began as a solo project from vocalist and primary songwriter Ryan Struck, who started writing and recording in his basement during the pandemic to cope with factory work, sobriety, and the escalating political chaos of the time. What started as an outlet quickly grew into a full collective of longtime friends and well-known figures from the North Jersey scene. After releasing two records and several singles, the band made their live debut in early 2024 and followed with the <em>Can\u2019t Contend<\/em> EP in January 2025, earning praise for its sharp political focus and undeniable intensity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCowardICE\u201d pushes that mission further. The song directly confronts state violence, authoritarian power, and the normalization of terror against marginalized communities. Check out the\u00a0by Daily Grime Media-directed clip below:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scary Hours - CowardICE (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZ6rT1kdgCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p>\n<p>Struck shared the following statement with No Echo about the song\u2019s origins and intent:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started working the tune out in October when I could see things were ramping up. Clearly, sending the Guard to major cities to beat the shit out of protesters and brown people wasn&#8217;t enough, so the regime has hired a private premier assortment of the dumbest, morally bankrupt, cowardly motherfuckers from your graduating class to terrorize and disappear marginalized folks and collect blood from any kind of conscientious objector who may stand in the way. What&#8217;s happening in Minneapolis now is the next logical step from what we saw in Chicago with these idiots killing Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez and commandeering a helicopter to raid a tenement of working poor immigrants in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know I&#8217;m screaming into the echo chamber, our takes aren\u2019t far off from what most people left of Reagan are saying. I also know that if raw footage can&#8217;t change your mind, neither can I, and I&#8217;m not interested in trying. However, it&#8217;s important for me to make this protest art for a few reasons. It&#8217;s how I learned about perspectives that weren&#8217;t being taught in classrooms when I was a kid, through the words of The Clash, Rage Against the Machine, and Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also, I know there&#8217;s always talk in the comments section, usually from some MySpace-era edgelord hangover, about bands like us fighting invisible scene-Nazis, but truly, there are MAGA and ICE sympathizers in the scene. I don&#8217;t know or care if we&#8217;re important or not, but I like that there are a couple of gays and commies out here making noise to pester the old heads in the red hats (you\u2019ll die off soon enough). We\u2019re trying to keep kids feeling safe and trying to do right by the community. We raised $2,000 for the NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice last year and have been part of several benefits for Cosecha and SafesceneNJ, a harm reduction organization with whom we have developed a very close relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noecho.net\/uploads\/wysiwyg\/CowardICE_%28artwork_by_Krime%29.jpg\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 450px;\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scary Hours will debut \u201cCowardICE\u201d live on February 6 at a benefit for SafesceneNJ at The Meatlocker, followed by additional Northeast dates in February and April. As always, the band\u2019s focus remains rooted in community, accountability, and using hardcore as a tool for protest rather than posturing.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;CowardICE&#8221; is available now via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scaryhours.bandcamp.com\/track\/cowardice\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scary Hours on social media: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scaryhoursnj\">Facebook<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/scaryhoursnj\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tagged:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noecho.net\/tags\/scary+hours\">scary hours<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"bio cleared\">\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noecho.net\/images\/avatars\/avatar_2_4.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h3>Carlos Ramirez<\/h3>\n<p>Owner of No Echo, Carlos Ramirez has played in the bands <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Army_Jacket\"> Black Army Jacket<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Hope_Collapse\/3540364444\"> Hope Collapse<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tankcrimes.bandcamp.com\/album\/alpha-ghoul\"> Deny the Cross<\/a>. Born and raised in Queens, NY, Carlos resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two kids.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- \/.bio --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.noecho.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Carlos Ramirez | @noechonet | 2.4.2026 Photo: Christina Fiorino Today, No Echo premieres the new music video for \u201cCowardICE,\u201d the latest single from North Jersey hardcore collective Scary Hours. The song hit streaming platforms on January 28, and the accompanying video offers an unfiltered visual counterpart to the band\u2019s\u00a0confrontational track. 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