Bulldoze is an American hardcore band formed in Irvington, New Jersey in 1993. Bulldoze’s slow paced, heavy metal-inspired take on hardcore punk developed and created the beatdown hardcore genre.
Bulldoze’s take on hardcore is slow and influenced by heavy metal and hip hop. They make frequent use of breakdowns, and heavy grooves. They have cited influences including Metallica, Judge, Black Sabbath, Carnivore, Youth of Today, Anthrax, Gorilla Biscuits and Van Halen.
Bulldoze pioneered the beatdown hardcore genre, with their 1996 album The Final Beatdown giving the genre its name. NoEcho writer Carlos Ramirez called them “perhaps the biggest influence on the breakdown-heavy hardcore bands that came after them in the mid-’90s and beyond”. They have also been cited as an influence by Trapped Under Ice and most recently Knocked Loose to name a few.