The Red Scare

The Red Scare were a four-piece post-hardcore/screamo band from Knoxville, Tennessee that formed in 1997 and broke up in 2001. They released two albums and a handful of splits, including one with Orchid. They played a chaotic yet technical blend of screamo/emo/hardcore, inspired by bands such as Portraits Of Past, Shotmaker, and Heroin. They incorporated these duelling guitars, driving bass riffs, and frenzied rhythms with some fantastic drumming, all the while the vocals are screaming to the brink of collapse. Capillary Lockdown is probably my favourite from them, and encapsulates the aforementioned sound. Their swan song, Strangers Die Everyday is a noticeably more experimental effort, with a wider array of dynamics and a metallic sheen to the instrumentals and production. It's still definitely worth a listen for the sake of uniqueness and intrigue, and really leaves you wondering where this band have gone had this not been in it. Highly recommended, enjoy.

Jet Set / Epiphany #2 (1998)

1. Jet Set

2. Epiphany #2

Hail Mary/The Red Scare (1999)

1. Hail Mary - Crcuifixate

2. The Red Scare - Earache

Pankration/The Red Scare (1999)

1. Pankration - Your Ugliness Becomes You

2. The Red Scare - Full Steam Ahead

Capillary Lockdown (1999)

1. Automate Insection

2. Device For Annihilation

3. Jetset

4. 12 Years Past

5. Post Meridian

6. Crushing Blows

7. Inertia/Distance To Empty

The Red Scare/Orchid (2000)

1. Orchid - Lucky 13

2. Orchid - Intelligable Audio

3. Orchid - She Has A Cold, Cold Heart

4. The Red Scare - Sequenced For Explosion

The Red Scare/True North (2001)

1. The Red Scare - Send Me An Angel

2. True North - It's 3 A.M., Do You Know Where The Ballot Box Is?

3. True North - Single Fin Mentality

Strangers Die Everyday (2001)

1. Risking Your Life With A Capital R

2. Smoky Mountain High

3. Strangers Die Everyday

4. Cranial Masses

5. Kodaliths

6. Asphyxial Eclipse

7. Iron Curtain

8. Five Months In Poland

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