Style and hardcore go hand in hand. As with any music subculture—punk, hiphop, country, etc.—the devotees to the movement have a sort of uniform (even if it has less to do with specific pieces of clothing, and more about the attitude with which they’re worn). And it evolves, informed by legendary influences like Minor Threat and Bad Brains, as well as by new forces that come along with enough power to shake things up a bit, to add some new elements to the mix. Turnstile, the band formed in Baltimore in 2010, is in the midst of such a moment (name another outfit this heavy that’s garnered coverage from both Thrasher and The New Yorker this year).

Frontman Brendan Yates and his bandmates overlap musically and stylistically with hiphop, sure, that’s familiar territory for hardcore bands, but they’re also fearless enough to introduce some new (or at least long forgotten) references from the ’90s and ’00s. On some tracks you’ll catch a whiff of Rage Against the Machine or even 311 (yes, I did say fearless), and on stage you’re likely to see the band wearing Jordans and vintage streetwear—with a Polo Bear towel draped over an amp. But make no mistake, you don’t go to a Turnstile show to see the fashion. You go to see what it’s like when an atomic bomb goes off at an underground club in Brooklyn. “It’s very expressive and also it’s a very high energy environment which is good especially for youth culture,” Yates told Thrasher. So that’s exactly what we did when the band came through for an absolutely bananas show at Sunnyvale last week. Check out the carnage—and style—below.