Code Orange

Code Orange Kids (now known as just Code Orange) play a unique brand of sludgy hardcore, though you could use numerous labels to attempt to describe their sound. In terms of band comparisons, maybe Converge, Blacklisted, Cursed, and Punch, or something. Regardless. Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania, these guys have been taking the hardcore scene by storm. They're fresh out of high school, recently signed to Deathwish, and are currently touring with Defeater and Touché Amoré, to put things into perspective. All hype aside, you still have a fucking amazing band, regardless of any of that. They blew me away from the get-go. I saw this video last summer, and have been hooked ever since. They are easily one of the best bands around now (IMO), and easily one of the greatest live bands I've ever seen. Scratch all that other shit out on your bucket list, seeing them is priority. If they're in or around your area, I highly suggest you GO. And you know, buy shit as well. 

Below is their discography to date, from their first demo to their recently released split with another great band called Full of Hell. I think I read somewhere that they have an even earlier demo, but I still haven't been able to track it down, or confirm that it is even in the vein of this sound. Found it, and it's definitely them, just with a heavier punk influence. Apparently they genre-hopped for a while. They'll also be released a full-length later this year. AOTY? Possibly. Yes. Here's their discography as of now:

Tour Demo 2009 (2009)

1. Head High, Skull Thick

2. Starving Sisters

3. Defeated

4. I Am The Law

Demo 2010 (2010)

1. Coasts
2. Thrones
3. Skinless//Boneless
4. Violence
5. Low
6. Roots

Embrace Me//Erase Me CS (2011)

1. I (Foundations Stand Still)

2. II (Embrace Me)

3. III (Erase Me)

CYCLES (2011)

1. CYCLES (The Days Get Longer)

2. Walls (We Lose Each Other)

3. Salvage//Fold

4. Give (The Rats, They Want You)

     5. Take (The Soil Is Calling)

Full Of Hell//Code Orange Kids (2012)

1. Full Of Hell - Fox Womb

2. Full Of Hell - Damp Reeds In A River, Dry

3. IV (My Mind Is A Prison)

4. V (My Body Is A Well)

Covers Vol 2 (2012)

1. Web In Front (Archers Of Loaf cover)

Note: Covers comp put out by Casa de Diversion, remainder of comp can be found here

Love is Love // Return to Dust (2012)

1. Flowermouth (The Leech)

2. Around My Neck // On My Head

3. Sleep (I've Been Slipping)

4. Liars // Trudge

5. Colors (Into Nothing)

6. Nothing (The Rat)

7. Roots Are Certain // Sky Is Empty

8. Choices (Love is Love)

9. Calm //Breathe

10. Bloom (Return to Dust)

Tigers Jaw/The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die/Code Orange Kids/Self Defense Family (2013)

1. Tigers Jaw - Fake Death

2. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Beverly Wyatt

3. Code Orange Kids - VI (Worms Fear God // God Fears Youth)

4. Self Defense Family - Holy  Trend

I Am King (2014)

1. I Am King

2. Slowburn

3. Dreams In Inertia

4. Unclean Spirit

5. Alone in a Room

6. My World

7. Starve

8. Your Body Is Ready...

9. Thinners Of The Herd

10. Bind You

11. Mercy

Forever (2017)

1. Forever

2. Kill The Creator

3. Real

4. Bleeding In The Blur

5. The Mud

6. The New Reality

7. Spy

8. Ugly

9. No One Is Untouchable

10. Hurt Goes On

11. dream2

Only One Way (2018)

1. Only One Way

The Hurt Will Go On (2018)

1. 3 Knives

2. The Hunt (feat. Corey Taylor)

3. The Hurt Will Go On (Shade Remix)

Underneath (2020)

1. (deeperthanbefore)

2. Swallowing The Rabbit Whole

3. In Fear

4. You And You Alone

5. Who I Am

6. Cold.Metal.Place

7. Sulfur Surrounding

8. The Easy Way

9. Erasure Scan

10. Last Ones Left

11. Autumn And Carbine

12. Back Inside The Glass

13. A Sliver

14. Underneath

Under The Skin (2020)

1. bleeding in the blur (live)

2. who i am (live)

3. autumn + carbine (live)

4. (bugs)

5. ugly (live)

6. only one (live)

7. (quarantine)

8. down in a hole (live)

9. (peace)

10. dreams 1 + 2 (live)

11. (dr3am)

12. sulfur surrounding (live)

13. under the skin (live)

14. hurt3 (live)

The Above (2023)

1. Never Far Apart

2. Theatre Of Cruelty

3. Take Shape

4. The Mask of Sanity Slips

5. Mirror

6. A Drone Opting Out Of The Hive

7. I Fly

8. Splinter The Soul

9. The Game

10. Grooming My Replacement

11. Snapshot

12. Circle Through

13. But A Dream...

14. The Above

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