Demo's are the life's blood of punk. This is a fact. Punk, and the relationship it shares with the internet is one that can breathe new life into both the obscure and the current. No scene epitomizes this statement more than NYHC. Countless demo's from bands like Altercation, Dynamo, and Fit of Anger are now considered essential listening when talking about the genre, and it wasn't always this way. Many of these bands, and bands of today, would have remained shrouded in obscurity until someone stumbled upon them wondering what took them so long to hear it in the first place, had it not been for the internet. Some more initiated types might scoff at this and say it was better that way...maybe there's some truth to that, but one undeniable truth is that whether you're scouring distro's and record stores, or simply visiting a message board - demo's are giving this subculture new life every day.
2015 was an incredible year for debuting bands demo's the world over. A list normally reserved for 2 or 3 exclusively was extended to 12 (and could arguably be longer). There is a line that I read recently that said "It's not enough to be different, different is the new normal. You have to be better". I believe these bands encompass this statement.
