News
7 August 2026 – Initiate Balance Extremes on With Love // With Rage
By Editorial Team - August 7, 2026
Summary
Southern California hardcore band Initiate release their five-track EP 'With Love // With Rage' on Blue Grape Music.
Key Facts
- Initiate releases 5-track EP 'With Love // With Rage' on Blue Grape Music.
- Southern California group blends heavy breakdowns with atmospheric keys.
- Follows acclaimed 2023 release Cerebral Circus.
- Entities: Initiate, With Love // With Rage, Blue Grape Music, Cerebral Circus
- Tags: initiate, with-love-with-rage, blue-grape-music, hardcore, california-hardcore
Southern California hardcore band Initiate release the five-track With Love // With Rage EP through Blue Grape Music.
As its title suggests, the project is built around emotional opposites: affection and anger, confidence and uncertainty, comfort and confrontation.
Serrated hardcore riffs and breakdowns coexist with atmospheric keys, alternative-rock textures and melodic passages, building on 2023's Cerebral Circus.