Tracklist: 1) Walker Told Me I Have AIDS 2) Mary Had A Little Bree 3) Piss In The Dark (A Love Story) 4) Douche Chill 5) Duck Duck Bree (ft. Scott Stapp) 6) Sodomized By A Pig 7) I, Stephen Hawking, Stole The Mic 8) Nazgul's Dinner 9) James Blunt Ain't Got Shit On Me 10) Colon Gaylen (For the Love of Whalen)
A musical masterpiece. Your favorite band's favorite band. A computer microphone, a guitar with no amp, Audacity, and two friends came together to create this beast of a full-length.
Tracklist: 1) Concubine 2) Fault and Fracture 3) Distance and Meaning 4) Hell To Pay 5) Homewrecker 6) The Broken Vow 7) Bitter and Then Some 8) Heaven in Her Arms 9) Phoenix in Flight 10) Phoenix in Flames 11) Thaw 12) Jane Doe
If you're on this blog and you don't know about this album you're a damned fool. This is Converge's landmark album slowed down, and man it's heavy. Listen to this and tell me you can't help but headbang.
Vegan straight edge at its finest. This EP came out on Bloodlink Records soon after the Prison of Hope LP and about a year before the Content With Dying LP surfaced (fuck, such good records). Hard, heavy songs fueled by discontent towards politics, religion, and homophobia.
"The American dream is for everyone except the true people of this land."
1) Blind Injustice 2) Evolve 3) Zero Hour 4) Price Of Innocence 5) Shattered Mirror Image 6) Human Evil 7) Nonexistent Future
Mid-90's metalcore from Massachusetts. This EP was released on East Coast Empire Records, which put out releases from bands like Reach The Sky and Integrity. Definitely a metal-influenced sound. Heavy aka good.
Rather than trying to make a humorous post about a video like I've done in the past, I'm going to merely showcase this video for what it is: Shelter playing one of my favorites from them live. The video's poster provided a lot of awesome information about this show. Buffalo, New York - June 22, 1992. At that time, I was about to turn 3 years old. Shit. The video's poster also said that after this show, Shelter was attacked by thugs, which inspired the lyrics to "Song Of Brahma" from Shelter's "When 20 Summers Pass" record.
Pure energy is all I see. Everyone is into it. Cappo, a little bit more stoked than others, decided to pay homage to the Jackie Chan-type dudes and execute an intense ninja kick right into Porcell's back. Check it at 1:05. I dare you to tell me that you didn't laugh.
Sidenote: Someone commented the video with some info that I got stoked on. At 3:35, check out Scott Vogel screaming along. I would have never thought that Vogel would be into Shelter. Awesome. Also, the poster decided to put the ninja kick in slow-motion at the very end. Thanks for that. Hilarious.
Tracklist: 1) Kersed 2) It's Going To Be A Cold Winter 3) A Perfect World 4) You're All The Same 5) Living Hell 6) Throwing Bricks
Ceremony was one of the biggest bands in hardcore for a while, maybe they still are I don't really know, and this is from before they blew up. All but one of these songs got rerecorded. While this sounds good I don't think it has the edge to it that Ruined and their later releases have.
Tracklist: 1) I Hate Almost Every Person I Come In Contact With 2) Damn Girl, That Shit Is Deep Like the Ocean 3) China Part Breakdown 4) -..-... .-..-. ..- -.-. -.- .. -. --. - .. -- . -- .- -.-. .... .. -. . 5) Utah - The Whoopie Cushion of America 6) I Don't Give A Shit If I'm In Outer Darkness, I'll Make Friends
This is the first part of the Curl Up and Die EP I posted earlier. To me it's not as good as the other one but it is sill definitely a solid release, plus more morse code, sweet huh?
Tracklist: 1) This Time 2) Underground 3) Monday 4) River Runs Red 5) Through And Through 6) Words And Music 7) Thursday 8) Bad Seed 9) My Eyes 10) Respect 11) Method Of Groove 12) The Stain Remains 13) Friday
I'll be honest, I wasn't too fond of the band when I first heard them. "Love To Let You Down" off of the Broken Valley LP was the first song I ever heard...needless to say I wasn't into them. I thought that song sucked. Many friends have told me about the infamous River Runs Red record and I finally decided to check it out not too long ago.
I can't count the number of times that I have listened to this record in the last week. Fuck, I was wrong about this band (for the most part). Such an awesome record. Different, as I'll get out, but still good nonetheless. I always find myself turning it on and choosing it over most other things now. I even find myself liking 'Ugly', the record that came out after this one, despite the hate that I seem to hear about it.
'If you don't walk with me, I'll walllkkkk allloooooooonnnnnnneeeeeeee, yeah'
Tracklist: 1) Grain Of Salt (What's The Use Of Having A Heart?) 2) Lost In Silence 3) Torn 4) Obstacle 5) Material Christ 6) A Wish For Wings That Work (Live) (Appeared on 2002's re-issue) 7) Artist's Rendering Of Me (Live) (Appeared on 2002' re-issue)
Easily my favorite material by Poison The Well (although they had some great LP's up until Versions came out, in my opinion). The original EP came out in 1998 on Good Life Recordings and features two vocalists, both of which are not in the band right now. Very metallic and emotional.
Sidenote: The original artwork looks SO MUCH BETTER than the re-issue. Just sayin'.
Demo Tracklist: 1) To Stray A Hundred Strands 2) Bleeding Structure
Split with Polyglot (only FFG side) Tracklist: 1) Harvest Of Purity 2) This Day I Suffer
Fall From Grace was a metallic hardcore band from Massachusetts(?) that was around in the 1990's. They released a demo and a split 7", both of which are included in the download. After these records came out, they changed their name to August Grows Cold (oof), and I'm not sure what was released under that name. Good lord, the end of 'Bleeding Structure' is so heavy.
*These releases were originally uploaded and posted on the One Path blog, so be sure to check that out. Some great stuff on there.
Tracklist: 1) Stoneface 2) Day Of Atonement 3) Follow The Leader 4) Intro/All Deceived
"Maximum output! Activate the pit!" - Scott Vogel
I'm posting this demo due to the fact that it is Veteran's Day, and Scott Vogel is a veteran of the core. Despair was one of Vogel's older bands, and they rule. This demo is awesome.
Tracklist: 1) Where Are You? 2) Short Of Living 3) Lesser Being 4) Open For Suggestion
The original Culture demo tape, when the band was a three piece (before Damien joined). For those who would like to know, apparently 'Open For Suggestion' later turned into 'Still Crossed' and 'Short of Living' turned into 'Not As Mine', which both appeared on the Born Of You LP. This is a great demo, without a doubt.
This is the first release from the German metalcore band, Acme, and it was released around 1993 - 94. Acme became one of the most influential bands of the 1990's, and this EP laid the foundation for the band. Intense, dark, and loud. Hard to deny and even harder to turn down.
AFI, also known as A Fire Inside, Anthems For Insubordinates, Asking For It...whatever, you get the picture. I'm posting this video due to the fact that I'm seeing them on Monday and I'm stoked on it. Sure, their set list will consist of shit such as 'Miss Murder' and the like, but I can still remember the 'wonder years,' so to speak; the time when AFI played hardcore punk and still sounded fast and pissed off. Now, well, they don't sound like that. Anyways, on to the review.
- 0:03: The video starts off with a close-up shot of Davey Havok. Is he the person that laughs last? No one knows. - 0:07: Alright, all of the 'hardness' that this video could have had has been shot down already, and the song hasn't even started. Yes, that's a lollipop. No, that is not punk. It's all good, the lip piercing negates the fact that Havok is sucking on a lollipop. - 0:13: "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a hardcore band." There is still hope for this video. It could turn out well and I could be circle-pitting soon enough. - 0:16: A man is shown closing the trunk of a car. Is he putting away his grandma's groceries? Maybe putting away a spare tire, perhaps? Again, no one knows. The suspense is killing me. - 0:25: "NO TRUST", the song kicks in and I'm STOKED. If I wasn't sitting down at home, I'd be tempted to mosh into oncoming traffic. I don't care, I'm just an AFI fan, no big deal. - 0:35: Alright, so these dudes aren't bringing groceries home. No way. There's a shovel in the back seat. Gardening? Doubtful, especially when Davey Havok is crying in the trunk. - 0:39: I'm slowly putting the pieces together. Davey is tied up and bloody in the trunk of a car and his bandmates intend to kill him because of the future music that AFI will write. Foreshadowing, maybe? - 0:46: "I'veeee gotttt a probbbllemmm!" Yes, you do. Being tied up in a car isn't safe. - 0:57: Time to unload the groceries...I think. - 1:18 - 1:34: Random, but much appreciated, live clip of the band. Fuck, look at that intensity. I'm moshing and I'm not even there, ugh. - 1:39: Okay, serious business. It's really time to get those damn groceries out of the car. The milk is getting warm and the ice cream is melting. Don't fuck around. - 1:41 - 1:49: FUCK! Those don't look like Kroger bags to me. No big deal, it's just Havok chilling out, bleeding and shit. Next, homeboy pulls out a knife and starts shanking like crazy! Definitely wasn't expecting that. Davey, sorry man. You shouldn't have written 'Miss Murder.' - 1:52: As if the stabbing wasn't enough, homeboy #2 takes out a gun and fucking owns the already (most likely) dead body. Rough. - 1:55 - End: The video closes with another awesome live clip and the bandmates closing the car's trunk. You know, no big deal. My mind is blown.
Great band (pre-Decemberunderground), even though Tommy likes that record. Time to go listen to Shut Your Mouth and cry about how AFI will never be the same.
Tracklist: 1) Serial Killer (Vio-Lence) 2) Snowblind (Live) (Black Sabbath) 3) Disintegration (The Cure)
This was a 7" that Converge released for their European tour back in 2000. All of the songs are covers, and the Cure cover on here is one of my favorite of their covers.
Tracklist: 1) Without a Word 2) All In a Year 3) Operative Word 4) Step Ahead 5) Playing the Part 6) Give and Take
Comeback Kid was one of the first real hardcore bands I started to listen to, and I still love them. These are earlier versions of the songs from their first LP Turn It Around.
A couple of months back, I came across a really interesting section of a website called UnityHXC.com that discussed and examined covers of a lot of old records (ranging from mid-late 80's up until the early 00's). It has an extensive list of records and for each one, the original piece of art and its creators are listed next to them, respectively. Some really interesting stuff on here; check it out. It's insane how many bands have used biblical themes and art in the past. Modern-day bands should keep that trend alive.
Self-Titled EP Tracklist: 1) ...Shall Be Judged 2) Godhead 3) Drown 4) Out Of Time
I've been listening to Burn a lot lately, more specifically, this EP. This record was their first release and it came out on Revelation Records in 1990. One of the deepest, most talented bands to come out of the New York Hardcore scene at the time. Man, if only they recorded a full-length. No telling how good it would have been.
Cleanse EP Tracklist: 1) Cleanse 2) Strata 3) Melt-Meta-Growth 4) The Bait 5) Disgraces 6) Decay
The 'Cleanse' EP came out over ten years after the self-titled EP was released. There was an indefinite break-up during the '90s, but the band later came back with members of 108 and Glassjaw and recorded Cleanse.
Last Great Sea EP Tracklist: 1) New Morality 2) Tales Of Shatou 3) Last Great Sea
Last Great Sea marks the final release of this band. It came out in 2002, after Cleanse, but was compromised of unreleased recordings from '92. Great stuff. The breakdown at the end of 'Tales Of Shatou' seriously cannot be touched.
Tracklist: 1) Serpentine 2) Awaiting Your Tears' Worth 3) Pyramid Of The Ants 4) Marrow 5) Reap
I don't know much about this band, other than the fact that this record came out on Good Life and they are from the Netherlands. Loud hardcore in a metal vein; good stuff.
American Nightmare stands as being my favorite band in hardcore, without a doubt. I've listened to 'Background Music' enough to make a sane man crazy. While my love for the band stands strong, I still don't understand how expensive their merch can be.
Don't get me wrong, I love their merch. The shirts that feature Linas Garsys' artwork look awesome (gotta love when a skeleton with an emo haircut holds out his heart for it to be shanked by some knives). It is just the extent of their prices on Ebay that make my jaw drop. In order to have any piece of AN merch, one probably has to sell either their soul or their mom's car in order to afford it (I exaggerate).
All jokes aside, the shirt listed above looks like a better version of a dumb looking skull and cross bones. I'm into it. Wes Eisold is into it. We're all happy. Bid on it, since I won't.
Sidenote: Not cool how the seller is asking $19.50 for shipping. Do you know how many burritos at Taco Bell I could get for that price?
Solid split from two great bands, released in '97, I believe. Earthmover was a heavy hardcore band from Detroit, Michigan, while Facedown* was a Belgian band that played metallic hardcore. Simply put, this record is awesome.
*Facedown is much better than everything involving the record label of the same name.
Tracklist: 1) What's The Point? 2) You Fucked Up 3) To Anyone
Paid in Blood was an Atlanta hardcore band that was a little before my time in the scene. I came across this band through word of mouth and a cover that Foundation did (featured on their split with Meantime) definitely opened my eyes to PIB. Solid demo, I'm glad I finally got my hands on it. Check it out.
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