Coliseum

On a quick note before the post, it has been exactly 9 years today that this blog got started. I will not stop expressing my bewilderment that this thing is still going, and coming up on the 1000 post landmark very soon. As I've said before, I never thought it'd carry on this long, but am glad it has, and wanted to mark this occasion with a band that has been sorely lacking from here for the past 9 years.

Coliseum were a three-piece hardcore band from Louisville, Kentucky that began in 2003 and broke up in 2015. They remained very prolific in that time, with five full-lengths and a slew of other releases. Sonically, they were incredibly progressive and thus hard to pin down. Their origins are rooted in hardcore and punk, delivering heavy riffs and aggressive vocals on early releases like their self-titled debut and the essential EP Goddamage. They carried on with the riff-heavy sound like a hardcore-oriented Torche, while beginning to branch out into more melodic off-shoots of punk. There's a notable post-hardcore sound in their later years, with influence clearly stemming from bands like Jawbox and Quicksand. The vocals became capable of sing-alongs, while the riffs/instrumentals brought in more space and groove. There's a lot to dive into here, but I'd suggest starting with the five studio albums, with Coliseum if you're looking for a slightly more traditional punk take, or Anxiety's Kiss if you're looking a unique, indie hardcore sound. Then just work your way back or forward depending on where you started. Enjoy.

4 Songs (2004)

1. Detached

2. This Mind Locked Inside This Body

3. In Time

4. Pretty Situation

Lords/Coliseum (2004)

1. Lords - Talking Whip

2. Lords - Impeach Pit

3. Lords - The Beautiful People

4. Coliseum - No Salvation

5. Coliseum - Born To Hang

6. Coliseum - I Don't Care About You

Coliseum (2004)

1. Detached

2. Children Of Our Own Creation

3. Hostage Of Privilege

4. Burn Out Bright

5. F.F.P.

6. In Time

7. This Mind Locked Inside This Body

8. Mire

9. Claim Control

10. Give Up And Drive

11. Pretty Situation

12. Simple Answer Is...

Not Of This World (2005)

1. Coliseum - Am I Demon (Danzig cover)

2. Coliseum - American Machine

3. Coliseum - Ride On Death Riders

4. Doomriders - Hell Roaring

5. Doomriders - Possession (Danzig cover)

Goddamage (2005)

1. Year Of The Pig

2. Theme

3. Miracle Cure

4. Dehumanize

5. Turn To Dust

6. Reborn To Hang

7. Head Down & Burn

8. Set It Straight

Coliseum/Young Widows (2006)

1. Coliseum - Skyline Fucker

2. Coliseum - White Religion

3. Young Widows - Future Plans

4. Young Widows - Baritone #3

High On Fire/Coliseum/Baroness (2007)

1. High On Fire - Rumors Of War

2. Coliseum - Fate Of Men

3. Baroness - O'Appalchia

No Salvation (2007)

1. No Benefit

2. Defeater

3. The Fate Of Men

4. Seven Cities

5. Profetas

6. Shake It Off

7. Skyline Fucker

8. Funeral Line

9. White Religion

10. Interceptor

11. Fall Of The Pigs

12. Believer

13. The Burden

True Quiet / Last Wave (2009)

1. True Quiet

2. Last Wave

House With A Curse (2010)

1. Introduction

2. Blind In One Eye

3. Everything To Everyone

4. Crime And The City

5. Cloaked In Red

6. Perimeter Man

7. Skeleton Smile

8. Isela Vega

9. Lost In Groningen

10. Statuary

11. Man Was Never Meant To Fly

12. Punk/Money

Live At The Atlantic: Volume Four (2011)

1. Coliseum - Skeleton Smile

2. Coliseum - Cloaked In Red

3. Coliseum - Perimeter Man

4. Coliseum - Lost In Groningen

5. Coliseum - Punk/Money

6. Coliseum - Year Of The Pig

7. Coliseum - Defeater

8. Burning Love - Momento Mori

9. Burning Love - Gain

10. Burning Love - Curse Breaker

11. Burning Love - Miserable Sound

12. Burning Love - Mess

13. Burning Love - Alien Vs Creditor

14. Burning Love - Money Shots

Superchunk/Coliseum (2011)

1. Superchunk - Horror Business (Misfits cover)

2. Coliseum - Bullet (Misfits cover)

Parasites (2011)

1. One Last Night

2. Waiting (Too Late)

3. The Fiery Eye

4. Ghost Of God

5. The Big Baby

6. Gone With The Pope

7. Blood Of The Beasts

8. Give Up And Drive

Sister Faith (2013)
1. Disappear From Sight

2. Last/Lost

3. Doing Time

4. Love Under Will

5. Under The Blood Moon

6. Used Blood

7. Late Night Trains

8. Everything In Glass

9. Black Magic Punks

10. Save Everything

11. Bad Will

12. Sister Faith

13. Fuzzbang

Sister Chance (2013)

1. They Call Her One Eye

2. Not Listening

3. Final Solution

Faith And Curses: Live (2014)

1. One Last Night

2. Black Magic Punks

3. Lost In Groningen

4. Cloaked In Red

5. Blind In One Eye

6. Love Under Will

7. Late Night Trains

8. Fuzzbang

Black Magic Punks (2014)

1. Black Magic Punks (Album Version)

2. Heavy Magic Punks: Aniki Mix (Atsuo)

3. Black Magic Punks (Cold Cave)

4. Glass I: Everything in Dub (J. Robbins)

5. Blkmgc Punks (Justin Foley)

6. White Magic Punks: Sorcerer Mix (Justin K. Broadrick)

7. Cat Magic Punks: Black Ice Mix (R Pattern)

8. (Above) The Blood Of The Moon: Underneath Mix (R Pattern)

9. Black Magic Hunks (xo Madisyn)

10. Black Magic Punks (Demo)

Anxiety's Kiss (2015)

1. We Are The Water

2. Course Correction

3. Wrong / Goodbye

4. Drums & Amplifiers

5. Dark Light Of Seduction

6. Sharp Fangs, Pale Flesh

7. Comedown

8. Sunlight In A Snowstorm

9. Driver At Dusk

10. Escape Yr Skull

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