Hey folks, just wanted to leave this little lump of coal in your stocking
Hope everyone has a good holiday, or whatever the hell you celebrate
New Band To Me: EARLY GRAVES
Somehow, someway, Early Graves has stayed off of my radar until very recently. This has happened to me a lot recently, so this whole "New Band To Me" thing will pop up here from time to time. But this band scratches an itch in my brain that not many other bands manage to do. On one hand I feel like a fool for not knowing about them before now, but on the other hand, I am very grateful that their catalog is completely new to me. Now, pardon me while I do some Wikipedia copy & pasting about Early Graves.
Early Graves formed in 2007, members had previously been in Apiary. They toured the U.S. extensively with The Handshake Murders, Gaza, The Funeral Pyre and Unearth, amongst many others. Their debut album We: The Guillotine was released worldwide August 19, 2008, on Ironclad/Metal Blade Records. On June 22, 2010, they released a second album, Goner. Unfortunately, early on Monday, August 2, 2010, vocalist Makh Daniels was killed in a van accident while traveling from Oregon to Reno, Nevada. However, somehow, despite it all, the band pushed on, releasing 2012's Red Horse with their close friend John Strachan, of the Funeral Pyre, taking over on vocals. In 2016, a split 7" with Ringworm was released, featuring one new original and one cover from each band, Early Graves cover Celtic Frost’s “Into the Crypts of Rays”. The band disbanded following a final performance at the Decibel Metal & Beer Festival on December 10, 2021.
In an interview before their final show, their guitar player was asked about future projects, and he stated: "A couple of us are starting a not-quite-titled project that was most of our focus for 2019, and then 2020 put a pause on that, but now going back at it. It’s really aggressive music, kind of similar to Early Graves". If anyone know what fucking band he is talking about, or can point me in the direction of other bands like Early Graves, please let me know!
Kids Drown In Silence - Demo
FROM: Kraków, PolandGENRE: Ambient Black Metal, Chaotic HardcoreRELEASED: December 13, 2024
Coup D'état - What Happens After the Epilogue…?
FROM: Victoria, British ColumbiaGENRE: Emoviolence, Post HardcoreRELEASED: December 13, 2024
Marasm - Keine Erde
FROM: Karlsruhe, GermanyGENRE: Neocrust, Emo HardcoreRELEASED: December 13, 2024
Misguided - This Is Not Funny
FROM: Torun, PolandGENRE: Crossover, PowerviolenceRELEASED: December 13, 2024
Return of Synth Sunday
I fully realize that this synthwave content is most likely for me, and me alone, but I am still going to post it, and I guess you are just going to have to deal with it lol. I work Monday thru Friday and Sunday is by far the most depressing day of the week for me, so I guess this is just my way of coping.
Higher Walls - Tear Them Down
FROM: London, UKGENRE: Hardcore, Mathcore, Punk, MetalRELEASED: December 6, 2024
VICIOUS TRUTH - Self Titled
FROM: Winston Salem, North Carolina GENRE: Crust Punk, D-Beat, Hardcore RELEASED: December 7, 2024
HORORNIS DIPHONE VALLEY - Noah’s Ark EP
FROM: Japan?GENRE: Experimental, Grindcore, PowerviolenceRELEASED: December 6, 2024
Depredation - Demo 2024
FROM: Los Angeles, CaliforniaGENRE: Crust, Powerviolence, Hardcore PunkRELEASED: November 27, 2024
Uurod - Scourge of Nocturnal Winds
FROM: CanadaGENRE: Old School Black Metal, Blackened CrustRELEASED: December 1, 2024
Oskal - Embrace Mayhem
FROM: Stockholm, SwedenGENRE: Blackened Punk, Experimental, NoiseRELEASED: November 22, 2024
Youlogy - Calling Hours
FROM: Del Rio, TexasGENRE: Grunge, Heavy Shoegaze, RockRELEASED: November 17, 2023
Leavs - Natura Universal
FROM: CT, SpainGENRE: Grungegaze, Dreampop, AlternativeRELEASED: September 6, 2024
Bored Nation - Blue
FROM: Ingolstadt, GermanyGENRE: Alternative, Grunge, Post-RockRELEASED: November 25, 2024
Crawl - Altar of Disgust
FROM: SwedenGENRE: Old School Death Metal, Crust, Grind, HardcoreRELEASED: May 3, 2024DOWNLOAD: Name Your Price at Bandcamp [below]FFO: E N T O M B E D
Hoari - Self Titled
FROM: Saint Petersburg, RussiaGENRE: Blackened Metal, Chaotic HardcoreRELEASED: October 10, 2024DOWNLOAD: Name Your Price at Bandcamp [below]
Portal Tomb - Last Frost (Demo)
FROM: Montreal, QuébecGENRE: Crust, Hardcore Punk, Metal, StenchcoreRELEASED: September 28, 2024DOWNLOAD: Name Your Price at Bandcamp [below]
A.V.L - Demo
FROM: Edinburgh, UK
GENRE: Crust Punk, Hardcore Punk, Sludge
RELEASED: January 21, 2024
DOWNLOAD: Name Your Price at Bandcamp [below]
DISHUMANITAR - Self Titled
FROM: Karlstad, SwedenGENRE: Crust Punk, Hardcore, D-Beat, MetalRELEASED: November 21, 2024DOWNLOAD: Name Your Price at Bandcamp [below]FFO: Alpinist & The Secret. Enough said.
Embrace Execution - Last Chance For You
FROM: Belfast, UKGENRE: D-Beat, Powerviolence, Hardcore, BeatdownRELEASED: September 20, 2024DOWNLOAD: Name Your Price at Bandcamp [below]
Manipulator - Dragging Matter
From: New York / SeattleGenre: Deathgrind, Grindcore, HardcoreReleased: September 6, 2024Download: Name Your Price at Bandcamp (below)
HARD CANDY HEARTS
dammit my computer is so old. takes forever to post. anyway. if glenn danzig fronted the black keys it would probably sound something like this
WESTON SUPER MAIM
not even really sure how to describe this but i should probably hate it. i don't. in fact it's fanfuckingtastic.
they use meshuggah and car bomb as tags and that's probably accurate but it's more than that. so fucking heavy. so fucking good.
NEW HARROWED EP
june 28th was a holy day round these parts. harrowed dropped a new ep. goddammit i love this band
SERPENTHEIR
been a minute. i'm drunk and bored so here's some blackened death metal from poland. if behemoth made circus music it might sound something like this.
UNWELL // 𝗉̶𝗅̶𝗎̶𝗌̶ ̶𝖡̶𝖴̶𝖱̶𝖭̶𝖨̶𝖭̶𝖦̶ ̶𝖫̶𝖮̶𝖵̶𝖤̶ ̶𝗋̶𝖾̶𝗎̶𝗇̶𝗂̶𝗈̶𝗇̶/̶𝖿̶𝗂̶𝗇̶𝖺̶𝗅̶ ̶𝗌̶𝗁̶𝗈̶𝗐̶
In what will most likely be the final (or near final) post here (no real reason, it just seems like we are all super burned out, I know I am. Thanks go to the chat for keeping this site on life support), I am coming full circle here (my first post was a Cursed post) and am bringing you UNWELL, a (still ongoing) pandemic project from Chris Colohan. In his own words,
"I started making solo music just over the pandemic, & it was right as things were returning to fake normal that it really got rolling. Learning to play and record simultaneously with the total lack of moderation skills compounded by mad ADHD left me with over 100 songs spinning all at once, all of them 90% done. They comprise four full LPs of different genres (& one double one, possibly). I’m going to start posting a song from each so I have to finish what I started"
As stated above, a song from each is available on Bandcamp. They range from creepy spoken word, to moody acoustic to atmospheric doom & psych. In addition to more or less having his total musical output be the inspiration for this blog, I don't think there is anyone in the scene who doesn't owe something to him in some way or another, whether it be the reason for starting your own band or just benefitting from his natural kindness and him just being an all around good dude. Hopefully this is just the beginning of more Chris Colohan as we know it.
And for a bonus, UNWELL will be playing live for the first time at the 2024 Prepare The Ground music festival in Toronto. This festival is happening May 31-June 2 across 5 venues, and it looks like Unwell will be playing on Sunday June 2nd.
But wait, there's more. BURNING LOVE (both lineups) will also be reuniting to play their final show on Sunday June 2nd at Prepare The Ground as well. This is fucking crazy news and as long as I can get my passport straightened out in time, I will definitely be attending. Just kidding, Pat, Burning Love's guitarist, just recently broke his wrist, so unfortunately they will not be playing Prepare The Ground. Look for something from them in 2025, if the universe doesn't ruin that too. I got a passport and tickets for Sunday so I'm still going. I'll be mad, but I'm still going.
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