Young And In The Way

Do you ever listen to a band and physically feel the music being played? If having your body feel thrashed about is your thing, Young And In The Way are the band to check out. Whether it's a slow, grinding, teeth-clenching pace, or dark, abrasive, gut-punching assaults, these guys know how to knock you the fuck out with a dead, cold blow.  Young And In The Way are a four-piece band heralding from Charlotte, North Carolina, though they sound like they were raised in a freezing, lifeless Scandinavian forest. They are often described as mixing crust punk and black metal, both of which are very evident, though can ultimately be called a hardcore band. They have been active since 2009, and have put out a slew of releases since then. They've worked with A839 among others, and are releasing their second full-length on Deathwish this year. Also, I'm missing their split with Moral Void, so if anyone has that, please send it to me.These guys are a great young band who have a lot going for them, so definitely get into this. Enjoy.

Newborn (2009)

1. Still Not Flush

2. Life Has No Buttons

3. Spare The Albatross

4. Vincent Van Gone

5. Newborn

6. Hearts Dried In The Sand

Amen (2010)

1. Hell Is Other People

2. Dark Seed

3. Earth

4. Worrier

5. Eye Of Providence

6. White Light

7. The Becoming

Cloven Hoof (2010)

1. Eyes Shut

2. Devils Deeds

3. Rotten Soil

4. Bothernation

5. Ignite

6. Heavens Drought

I Am Not What I Am (2011)

1. That is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie

2. And We Have Killed Him

3. Leaving Nothing but the Absence of Everything

4. If Only That so Many Dead Lie Round

5. Death is Eager to Hold You

6. They Should Greet Me with Howls of Execration

7. With Strange Aeons Even Death May Die

8. I Am Not What I Am

9. Love and Terror Laid the Stone

10. The Chaotic and Bloody World Around Us

11. Ascending the White Mountain

Torch Runner/Young And In The Way (2011)

1. Torch Runner - No Friend Of Mine

2. Torch Runner - Pulpit Plague

3. Young And In The Way - Rehash, Provenance, Death

V. Eternal Depression (2011)

1. Descending The White Mountain

2. Times Are Cold

3. The Great Blue Norther

4. Oceans of Eternal Depression

5. The Gathering

Young And In The Way/Withdrawal (2013)

1. Young And In The Way - Psychopathy

2. Young And In The Way - Vaticide

3. Withdrawal - Of Soul And Sacrifice

4. Withdrawal - Guardian Angel

5. Withdrawal - Human Garbage Existence Disease

When Life Comes To Death (2014)

1. Betrayed By Light

2. Fuck This Life

3. Be My Blood

4. Self Inflicted

5. Loved And Unwanted

6. We Are Nothing

7. Final Dose

8. Weep In My Dust

9. Take My Hand

10. Shadow Of Murder

11. Embrace Extinction

Gatecreeper/Young And In The Way (2016)

1. Gatecreeper - All Your Sins

2. Young And In The Way - Solitude

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Anomie

Anomie were a four-piece screamo/post-hardcore from France that existed from 1994-1997. They formed from a previous band called Escape. Anomie were noted for their female/male vocal dynamics, as well as their drummer being 13 at the time he joined. They pioneered the sound that French screamo bands would later hone in the 2000's, such as Amanda Woodward, Sed Non Satiata, Daïtro, Mihai Edrisch, etc. After the dissolution of Anomie, members formed numerous other bands including Anna O, whose unreleased demo I also included, since it sounds strikingly similar to Anomie's work. Check out the video below, it's some incredibly powerful stuff, and is what first got me into them. Enjoy.

Demo (1994)

1. Disarmonie

2. Comment peut-on parler de liberté?

3. Pieds et mains percés

4. Enchaînées

5. Affrontement

6. Illusion

Peace Of Mind/Anomie (1995)

1. Peace Of Mind - Part

2. Peace Of Mind - Education

3. Peace Of Mind - Communication Is Strength

4. Peace Of Mind - We're Not Gonna Take It

5. Peace Of Mind - Anarchy

6. Peace Of Mind - Repression

7. Peace Of Mind - Rotten

8. Anomie & Peace Of Mind - I Want My Life (And I'll Get It!)

9. Anomie - Chercher des solutions

10. Anomie - Les liens

11. Anomie - Rôle

12. Anomie - Le paraître

13. Anomie - Acoustica

14. Anomie & Peace Of Mind - Afraid

Friendly Split Corporation (1995)

1. Anomie - Soumission

2. Anomie - Seul avec mes pensées

3. Peu Être - L'étau de la dette

4. Peu Être - Introduction à la mémoire

Anomie (1997)

1. Avorter n'est pas tuer

2. Liens II

3. Acceptation

4. Manipulation

5. Propriété d'une norme

6. Indifférence = mort

7. Deny Tradition

8. Ulrike Meinhoff

Anna O Unreleased (1997)

1. Untitled

2. Untitled

3. Untitled

4. Untitled

Discography (1994-1997) (2001)

1. Avorter n'est pas tuer

2. Liens II

3. Acceptation

4. Manipulation

5. Propriété d'une norme

6. Indifférence = mort

7. Deny Tradition

8. Ulrike Meinhoff

9. Remise en Cause Révolution Dilemme

10. Alienation

11. Un Pas Dehors

12. Chercher Des Solutions

13. Les Liens

14. Role

15. Le Paraitre

16. Choix

17. Disharmonie

18. Comment Peut-on Parler de Libre

19. Enchainees

20. Pieds et Mains Perces

21. Affrontemont

22. Untitled

Oathbreaker

Oathbreaker are a hardcore/black metal band from Ghent, Belgium that formed in 2008. Since then, they've released two full-lengths and an EP of epic, intense, and dynamic music of vigorously aggressive soundscapes. Pounding drums and blast beats, assaultive guitar riffs and tremolo picks, crushing, distorted bass, uncontrollably possessed vocals? Indeed. This band is an essential for anyone into modern hardcore, especially the darker, more metallic stuff. They put out a split with Amenra which I can't find, but the song that appears on it, "Agartha", is also on Eros|Anteros. Oathbreaker are definitely a band to check out, their stuff is super heavy but technically proficient and consistently fresh with different ideas. They are definitely one of the best bands currently on Deathwish. Enjoy.

Oathbreaker (2008)

1. Mindless

2. Shelter

3. Ashes

4. Downfall

5. Mirror

Mælstrøm (2011)

1. Origin

2. Hierophant

3. Fate Is Night

4. Sink Into Skin - I

5. Sink Into Skin - II

6. Thoth

7. Black Sun

8. Glimpse Of The Sun

9. Mælstrøm

Eros|Anteros (2013)

1. (Beeltenis)

2. No Rest For The Weary

3. Upheaval

4. As I Look Into The Abyss

5. The Abyss Looks Into Me

6. Condor Tongue

7. Offer Aan De Leegte

8. Agartha

9. Nomads

10. Clair Obscur

Rheia (2016)

1. 10:56

2. Second Son Of R.

3. Being Able To Feel Nothing

4. Stay Here / Accroche-Moi

5. Needles In Your Skin

6. Immortals

7. I'm Sorry, This Is

8. Where I Live

9. Where I Leave

10. Begeerte

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Oneforall

Oneforall is a pop punk/indie trio from Winnsboro, SC, formed in 2012 by Martin Hacker-Mullen. After multiple lineup changes, Hacker-Mullen is now joined by bassist Keagan McChesney and drummer Marcus Wickham. Like most pop punk, Oneforall's lyrical content consists of dealing with heartbreak, family, friends, and the general ups and downs of life. Taking musical influence from bands including blink-182, Title Fight, Modern Baseball, and Tiny Moving Parts, Oneforall has developed a unique sound that fits in with more genres than it's core two, making them an interesting outfit in the alternative music scene.

NOTE: 2013-2014 were all bedroom demos, 2015 is where the quality and songwriting really picks up.

FFO: Modern Baseball, Dowsing, Free Throw, blink-182, The Wonder Years, etc

PPL (2013)

1. Intro

2. Brave As A Noun/The Survival Song (Andrew Jackson Jihad cover)

3. Reno

4. I'll Be Your Romeo If You'll Be My Juliet

5. DIY Orgasms (Johnny Hobo And The Freight Trains cover)

6. My Girl

7. Out Of Sight

8. Liar, Liar

9. I Hate You

10. I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab For Cutie cover)

OFAxCHM (2013)

1. Charlotte Hacker-Mullen - Nothing, Nowhere

2. Oneforall - Easy Way Out

3. Charlotte Hacker-Mullen - Joel's Song

4. Oneforall - GTFO

(un)originals (2014)
1. Clairvoyant (The Story So Far cover)
2. Honest Sleep (Touche Amore cover)
3. Fightboat (TWIABP cover)
4. NJ Legion Iced Tea (A Day To Remember cover)
5. Twin Size Mattress (The Front Bottoms cover)

One For All (2014)
1. Last Six Months
2. I'll Be Your Romeo If You'll Be My Juliet
3. High School Party Girl
4. Easy Way Out
5. Alright
6. Home Away From Home
7. Lazy
8. Liar, Liar
9. I Hate You
10. No Faith In You
11. Reno
12. GTFO

Moving On (2015)
1. Miles Away
2. Alright
3. Child's Play

OFAxJC (2015)
1. Caffeine
2. Emo Knievel
3. Dismantling Summer (The Wonder Years cover)
4. Jonah Canepa - Drowning (freestyle)
5. Jonah Canepa - Flower
6. Jonah Canepa - Iris (Goo Goo Dolls cover)

Thanks For Nothing (2016)
1. Caffeine
2. Something Ventured (Nothing Gained)
3. Old Days
4. Talon Way

oneforall x things not worth fixing (2016)
1. Alive
2. Coffee
3. things not worth fixing - give me back my being as an ocean shirt
4. things not worth fixing - those silent moments at 4am

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The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years are a six-piece pop punk band from Lansdale, PA, formed in 2005. In my opinion, they're the most essential pop punk band from the 2000s. Not only are they catchy and fun as fuck on recordings and in concert, but their lyrics are so personal and powerful that it's tear-jerking on occasion. Even if you don't really care for pop punk, you've got to give these guys a try, they're too good to pass up.

DISCOGRAPHY NOTES:

• I am uploading the remastered version of Get Stoked On It! 
• Rather than uploading the plethora of EPs and splits these guys have done, I'm just going to upload their compilation album Sleeping On Trash, which has all of their recordings from 2005 to 2010 (except for GSOI!)

Get Stoked On It! (2007)

1. Keystone State Dude-Core

2. Bout To Get Fruit Punched, Homie

3. Buzz Aldrin: The Poster Boy For Second Place

4. Let's Moshercise!!!

5. What If We [Swam] Into Nothing

6. Racing Trains

7. Zombies Are The New Black

8. We Were Giants

9. My Geraldine Lies Over The Delaware

10. Dude, What Is A Land Pirate

11. I Fell In Love With A Ninja Master

12. When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong

The Upsides (2010)

1. My Last Semester

2. Logan Circle

3. Everything I Own Fits In This Backpack

4. Dynamite Shovel

5. New Years With Carl Weathers

6. It's Never Sunny In South Philadelphia

7. Hostels & Brothels

8. Melrose Diner

9. This Party Sucks

10. Hey Thanks

11. Washington Square Park

12. All My Friends Are In Bar Bands

Suburbia: I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing (2011)

1. Came Out Swinging

2. Woke Up Older

3. Local Man Ruins Everything

4. Suburbia

5. My Life As A Pigeon

6. Summers In PA

7. I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer

8. Coffee Eyes

9. I've Given You All

10. Don't Let Me Cave In

11. You Made Me Want To Be A Saint
12. Hoodie Weather

13. And Now I'm Nothing

Bonus Tracks (2012)
1. My Life As Rob Gordon
2. Me Vs The Highway
3. Living Room Song
4. Don't Let Me Cave In (Nervous Energies Session)
5. Woke Up Older (Acoustic)
6. Local Man Ruins Everything (Acoustic)
7. Came Out Swinging (Demo)
8. Don't Let Me Cave In (Demo)
9. Coffee Eyes (Live Demo)
10. Woke Up Older (Live Demo)
11. It's Murder-Suicide (Nu-Metal Jam)

Punk Is Dead. Get A Job. (2012)

1. The Wonder Years - Me Vs. The Highway

2. Stay Ahead Of The Weather - No Money, Mo Problems

Glamour Kills Tour Split (2012)

1. The Wonder Years - Anchor

2. Polar Bear Club - Skipping Stone

3. Transit - Resent And Resistance

4. The Story So Far - Wrightsville Beach

5. A Loss For Words - Quicksand

6. Into It. Over It. - Don’t Let Me Cave In

Sleeping On Trash (2013)

1. Mike Kennedy Is A Bad Friend

2. Solo & Chewy: Holdin' It Down

3. Won't Be Pathetic Forever

4. You're Not Salinger. Get Over It.

5. An Elegy For Baby Blue

6. Don't Open The Fridge!

7. Christmas At 22

8. Leavenhouse. 11:30.

9. My Geraldine Lies Over The Delaware

10. I Ain't Saying He A Gold Digga (Sike!)

11. Let's Moshercise!!!

12. Through Two Hearts

13. Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems (Originally By Kid Dynamite)

14. Zip Lock (Originally By Lit)

15. Hey Julie (Originally By Fountains Of Wayne)

16. Buzz Aldrin: The Poster Boy For Second Place

17. Cowboy Killers

18. I Fell In Love With A Ninja Master

Manton Street (2013)

1. I Was Scared And I'm Sorry

2. Dynamite Shovel (Campfire Version)

3. Logan Circle: A New Hope

4. We Won't Bury You

The Greatest Generation (2013)

1. There, There

2. Passing Through A Screen Door

3. We Could Die Like This

4. Dismantling Summer

5. The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves

6. The Devil In My Bloodstream

7. Teenage Parents

8. Chaser

9. An American Religion (FSF)

10. A Raindance In Traffic

11. Madelyn

12. Cul-De-Sac

13. I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral

No Closer To Heaven (2015)
1. Brothers &
2. Cardinals
3. A Song For Patsy Cline
4. I Don't Like Who I Was Then
5. Cigarettes & Saints
6. The Bluest Things On Earth
7. A Song For Ernest Hemingway
8. Thanks for the Ride
9. Stained Glass Ceilings (feat. Jason Aalon Butler)
10. I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave
11. You in January
12. Palm Reader
13. No Closer To Heaven

Burst & Decay (An Acoustic EP) (2017)

1. A Song For Ernest Hemingway

2. There There

3. Coffee Eyes

4. Cardinal

5. Don't Let Me Cave In

6. Dismantling Summer

7. You In January

Sister Cities (2018)

1. Raining In Kyoto

2. Pyramids of Salt

3. It Must Get Lonely

4. Sister Cities

5. Flowers Where Your Face Should Be

6. Heaven's Gate (Sad & Sober)

7. We Look Like Lightning

8. The Ghosts Of Right Now

9. When The Blue Finally Came

10. The Orange Grove

11. The Ocean Grew Hands To Hold Me

12. The Ghosts Of Right Now (Acoustic) [Bonus Track]

Burst & Decay Volume II (2020)

1. Washington Square Park

2. We Look Like Lightning

3. I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave

4. Passing Through A Screen Door

5. It Must Get Lonely

6. Cul-de-sac

7. Hoodie Weather

The Hum Goes On Forever (2022)

1. Doors I Painted Shut

2. Wyatt's Song (Your Name)

3. Oldest Daughter

4. Cardinals II

5. The Paris Of Nowhere

6. Summer Clothes

7. Lost It In The Lights

8. Songs About Death

9. Low Tide

10. Laura & The Beehive

11. Old Friends Like Lost Teeth

12. You're The Reason I Don't Want The World To End

Soul Search

Five-piece NYHC-inspired band from Southern California. Enough said. Enjoy.

Intolerable Weight (2010)

1. Intro

2. Depth

3. Wretch

4. Reasonable Doubts

5. Soul Less

Bury The Blame (2011)

1. Stuck

2. Bury The Blame

3. Me & Mine

4. Nobody's Nothing

The Extermination (2012)

1. Suburban Scum - Beaten From Birth

2. Backtrack - Boiled In My Blood

3. Turnstile - Figure It Out

4. Soul Search - Burning

5. King 9 - No Dreams

America's Hardcore Vol. 2 (2012)

11. In The End

Nothing But A Nightmare (2013)

1. Never See

2. The Scapegoat

3. Slow Burn

4. Nothing But A Nightmare

5. Succumb

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iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook

"Random thoughts for Valentine's Day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap." For Alana, the queen of skramz.

So, it's everyone's favourite day of the year again. Since I did The Saddest Landscape last year, I had to come up with a band even more emotionally heartbroken and melodramatic. The answer: iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, the definition of skramz and sad jams. They were a four-piece band from California. Their members were also involved in Punch, Beau Navire, and ...Who Calls So Loud, which should be an indication of how amazing this band is. They are easily one of the most noteworthy screamo bands of the 2000's, and created some pivotal music in their time. Plus their lyrics are just perfect, especially for people still waiting to meet someone in Montauk.

They put out a discography LP in 2010, with the first 12 tracks taken from their only LP, tracks 13-17 from a demo LP, tracks 18-25 from their first demo, and the 26th track as a bonus one. They never titled their songs, which is why they all have numbers for titles. Enjoy.

Discography (2010)

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5

6. 6

7. 7

8. 8

9. 9

10. 10

11. 11

12. 12

13. 13

14. 14

15. 15

16. 16

17. 17

18. 18

19. 19

20. 20

21. 21

22. 22

23. 23

24. 24

25. 25

26. 26: Chop, Chop, Goodbye