France

I live in the french south west coast, and there is no real hardcore scene in the place where I live (near Biarritz) but I go to the shows in Bordeaux city or Toulouse city. These are the most important cities in the south west for hardcore.

Toulouse has a creative hardcore scene and a lot of bands:

Alea jacta est

8control

Through My Eyes

A Bridge To Many

Fire at Will

UpxRights

In Bordeaux DIY organizations have appeared in the last 2 years like Enjoy the Show which have a lot of shows with foreign bands.

In the rest of France, Nantes has an interesting hardcore scene with:

Golden District

Lasting Values

Tromatized Youth

It has a lot of old school bands.

Paris has an interresting hardcore scene too with:

Kickback

xProvidencex

Fierce

Rise of the Northstar

Danforth

Onesta

Some more of my favorite french hardcore bands:

Back to Square One (Rouen)

Black Page (Nantes)

Hell Burns Away (Caen)


The scene in the south west is really cool and the audience is a mix of straight edge people, vegan people, vegan sxe people, or just hardcore kids. Everybody respects others and their way of life. A fun spirit is apparent with for example, a lot of jokes and parody of hardcore dancing during the shows. The kids like to dance in south west!