{"id":2275161,"date":"2026-02-10T02:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2275161"},"modified":"2026-02-10T02:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:02:18","slug":"baltimore-hardcore-band-on-its-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/baltimore-hardcore-band-on-its-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Hardcore Band on Its New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t<\/span>verything about Justice Tripp is authentic \u2014 aside from his golden front teeth. Still, he came by those honestly. \u201cI\u2019ve had my nose broken seven times and my front teeth both knocked out seven times,\u201d says the Baltimore musician, who has been slowly fixing his body after a lifetime of moshing (and a stint of powerlifting). \u201cI would say so much of my musical identity is in spite of fakeness [or] phoning it in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAngel Du$t<\/a>, the hardcore<\/a> band that he fronts, are dropping their sixth studio album, Cold 2 the Touch<\/em>, on Feb. 13 \u2014 a tight, loud, rampage of a record that harks back to the band\u2019s harder days without abandoning any of the eccentricities that make Angel Du$t sound distinctly them<\/em>. \u201cThe epitome of art is authenticity,\u201d Tripp says. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the goal for this record: not adhere to expectations. It wasn\u2019t intentional to make it sound like all these eras of our life, but that\u2019s what you get.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAngel Du$t was born out of the same primordial stew as their Grammy-winning friends Turnstile<\/a>. Tripp was the singer in another hardcore band, Trapped Under Ice, where Turnstile<\/a> singer Brandon Yates played drums; he formed his current project in 2013, initially with Turnstile drummer Daniel Fang. Since then, Tripp has been the only constant in the lineup, which now features guitarists Steve Marino and Jim Caroll, bassist Zechariah Ghostribe, and drummer Nick Lewis. Since jump, though, Tripp hasn\u2019t been afraid to push the boundaries of what hardcore could sound like.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAngel Du$t in 2026: Justice Tripp, Nick Lewis, Zechariah Ghosttribe, Steve Marino, Jim Carroll (from left)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cAngel Du$t, to me, is the first modern band that truly implemented melody into hardcore, and it was at a moment where it was definitely not in vogue to do so,\u201d says Ian Shelton of Militarie Gun<\/a>, another friend and frequent collaborator. \u201cThey\u2019re the band that is actually taking the criticism to push the genre of punk<\/a> music, of hardcore, whatever you want to call it, into different, scarier places creatively \u2014 because it\u2019s from a place of authenticity, of experimentation, of exploring what seems interesting to Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhat\u2019s interesting to Justice this time around, then, is rock & roll, or at least the energy that it represents. \u201cThe current state of rock & roll music is hardcore,\u201d he says. \u201cYou go to the hardcore show and you\u2019re getting the most stripped-down, raw, organic version of rock & roll music. And for me, I\u2019d like to keep that as pure as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s immediately apparent in album opener \u201cPain Is a Must,\u201d a teeth-kicker featuring vocals by Terror\u2019s Scott Vogel. \u201cIt\u2019s about suffering for what you love to do. That\u2019s what my life has been,\u201d says Tripp, who gave up a steady job doing HVAC and plumbing because <\/strong>he\u2019d be miserable <\/strong>if faced with a life of fixing leaks at 4 a.m. \u201cI\u2019ve given myself to music, and it ended up working out, and I\u2019m very grateful. But there was never an expectation of it working out. The only expectation was, \u2018I\u2019m going to give myself entirely this; I\u2019m going to suffer.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album, produced by fellow musician Brian McTernan, features a suite of guest stars in addition to Vogel: Wes Eisold of American Nightmare and Cold Cave, Restraining Order\u2019s Patrick Cozens, recent Sex Pistols vocalist Frank Carter<\/a>, and Taylor Young of Twitching Tongues and Deadbody.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJustice Tripp in New York in January 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGriffin Lotz for Rolling Stone<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t\u201cMusic\u2019s at this really cool point where collaboration is such a thing,\u201d says Tripp. \u201cEverybody on the record is someone I hugely admire. There\u2019s no, \u2018We\u2019re gonna get this person because they have the most followers on the internet.\u2019 I\u2019ve seen that angle working in music. But the value is exclusively great artists who have already given this band so much. So it makes sense to have them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tTripp is allergic to that mindset \u2014 inorganically integrating artists or sounds into his world for the clicks. \u201cI have been involved with records where people say, \u2018Hey, look, this is what we\u2019re doing. We\u2019re imitating this thing.\u2019 But I guess I\u2019m way past the point of my life of wanting to rehash or relive something that somebody else did,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve had bands come to me and say, \u2018Hey, we really like Angel Du$t and that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018Don\u2019t do that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSure, Tripp has his own influences, but he\u2019s less about aping than inspiration. \u201cPrince is probably the most influential thing on everything I do musically,\u201d he says. \u201cNobody\u2019s ever gonna listen to what I do and say, \u2018Oh, man, this guy loves Prince.\u2019 I don\u2019t want to imitate Prince. I want to take something from his energy and make it my own thing.\u201d It makes sense, then, that he was voted \u201cMost Likely to Trip Across Stage\u201d in high school. Much like the Purple One, it could be argued, Tripp is all about \u201cbeing performative in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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