Rise And Fall

Rise And Fall were a four-piece hardcore band from Ghent, Belgium that began in 2002 and have been inactive since 2012. They put out four full-lengths in their time, three of which were through Deathwish Inc. Additionally, they put out a split (below as bonus tracks on Hellmouth), an EP and a live album (which was from their 2012 record release show). They also put out a demo which I unfortunately do not have. Sonically, they took influence from metallic hardcore and crust punk, and would appeal to fans of bands such as Trap Them, Tragedy, Integrity, and Converge. With their four flawless albums, they are one of most consistent and essential hardcore acts to come out in the past 20 years or so, and I cannot recommend them enough. Enjoy.

Hellmouth (2004)

1. When They Come Down

2. Bottom Feeder

3. Hellmouth

4. As The City Burns

5. Where Ghosts Roam

6. Collapse

7. Tongue Tied

8. Turn And Run

9. Give And Take

10. Running Out Of Time

11. Kingdom of Heaven

Into Oblivion (2005)

1. Forked Tongue

2. Failure Is As Failure Does

3. The Noose

4. Live In Sin

5. The Void

6. Into Oblivion

7. Stakes is High

8. To Hell And Back

9. Lost Among The Lost

10. Ruins

Clawing (2007)

1. Clawing

2. Bottom Feeder

3. Them Bones (Alice In Chains cover)

Our Circle Is Vicious (2009)

1. Soul Slayer

2. Built On Graves

3. Harm's Way

4. It's A Long Way Down

5. To The Bottom

6. In Circles

7. Het Oof Van De Storm

8. Stillborn

9. Present Tense

10. Knowing

Deceiver b/w Sinking in Sin (2011)

1. Deceiver

2. Sinking in Sin

Faith (2012)

1. A Hammer And Nails

2. Deceiver

3. The Gallows Await

4. Burning At Both Ends

5. Things Are Different Now

6. Breathe

7. Hidden Hands

8. Escapism

9. Dead Weight

10. Faith / Fate

Alive In Sin (2019)

1. Dead Weight

2. Bottom Feeder

3. Into Oblivion

4. Failure Is As Failure Does

5. Breathe

6. It's A Long Way Down

7. Hidden Hands

8. The Noose

9. The Gallows Await

10. Deceiver

11. Forked Tongues

12. In Circles

13. Faith / Fate

Bandcamp

Deathwish

Song of Zarathustra

Song of Zarathustra were a screamo/hardcore band from Sioux City, Iowa that began in 1997 and broke up in early 2003. They also took a brief hiatus beginning in 1998 and ending in 2000. They were a fairly prolific band, with a discography spanning numerous releases, and still stand as a unique band in their hardcore/screamo hybrid sound. They brought the traits of the genre, including intensive vocals, mesh of dissonant and octave chords, dark bass lines and rolling, heavy drums to the table, but with an energy that's distinctly their own. Having said that, fans of bands such as Antioch Arrow and Swing Kids will probably hear some of Song of Zarathustra's influences seep through. The band also utilized an organ in some songs (moreso in their later releases, when they really came into their own sound), which brings a whole new element to the table not commonly heard in songs like these. On a side note, Tad Kubler was their guitarist for a while, who went on to play in The Hold Steady post-Song of Zarathustra. Enjoy.

Song Of Zarathustra (1997)

1. One Strike At Romance

2. Murder In La-Jolla

3. Save Our Ship

4. Science, Science

5. Ramirez-Lira

Song Of Zarathustra/Johnny Angel (1998)

1. Song Of Zarathustra - Recommend For Digestion

2. Song Of Zarathustra - Black And Blue Award

3. Johnny Angel - Mercks

4. Johnny Angel - Yearbook

Song Of Zarathustra Vs. Spread The Disease (1998)

1. Spread The Disease - Cyst Of The Unborn

2. Spread The Disease - Black Eyed

3. Song Of Zarathustra - Theme For Bastard Children

The Birth Of Tragedy (2000)

1. Intro

2. Mess Of Zero

3. With Hands That Bleed

4. The Great Longing

5. The Evening Beat

6. Deep Yellow And The Burning Red

7. The Birth Of Tragedy

8. Science, Science

9. Cry Of Distress

10. The Stillest Hour

11. Machinist Union

12. Outro

Bote des Zorns (2001)

1. Inaccurate Accuracy

2. Half Mass

3. Quantity At Hand

4. Messenger Of Heat

2 Song EP (2001)

1. A Poisonous Movement

2. Lude Boy

A View From High Tides (2002)

1. We Scholars

2. Shakes In Pain

3. Find A Grave

4. Pill Catcher

5. Half Mass

6. A Poisonous Movement

7. Inaccurate Accuracy

8. The Messenger Of Heat

9. Tame

10. Time Passing

Near And Far Vol. 2 (2003)

1. Racebannon - Waltz Of El Diablo, Part I

2. Racebannon - Satan's Kickin' Yr Dick In, Part IV

3. Racebannon - Waltz Of El Diablo, Part II

4. Racebannon - Satan's Kickin' Yr Dick In, Part V

5. Song Of Zarathustra - Establishing An Introduction, Part I

6. Song Of Zarathustra - All Cries Of Accidents, Part II

7. Song Of Zarathustra - A Plan To End All Plans, Part III

Reversal Of Man

Reversal Of Man were a screamo/hardcore band from Tampa, Florida that began in 1995 and disbanded in 2000. It is my absolute delight to realize one of the most quintessential "screamo" bands have not been posted on here yet, and I can share their discography before this decade ends. It's another reminder that there is truly an endless amount of material to be posted, even if its this late in the life of this blog. Reversal Of Man are an incredibly influential act, who blended the developing sounds of hardcore, powerviolence, grindcore, emo, post-hardcore and screamo into their own niche blend. This developed in a non-existent Florida scene, or at least one that allowed for the progressive and forward-thinking political statements RoM set out to make (especially in regards to the emerging neo-Nazism perceived in the punk scene).

To this day, they stand as one of the most talented, prolific, and influential bands of their genre, and are undoubtedly vital in developing the sound we've all come to know and love. They had a lengthy discography spanning multiple splits and various releases, but the majority is readily available below. Most notably it includes an EP and an LP (Revolution Summer and This Is Medicine respectively), in addition to a semi-full compilation aptly titled Discography which includes all tracks released in their tenure, aside from the aforementioned releases. They also released a posthumous split with fellow Florida natives Combatwoundedveteran, in which both sides are worth your time to listen to. Like I said, I can't believe I have yet to post a band I consider "essential" to the genre, and I thoroughly hope you enjoy. There's also a great (albeit brief) retrospective here, which includes some breakdowns of their most well-known tracks.

Revolution Summer (1998)

1. The Set Up

2. Quantis

3. P3-1

4. Wives Tale

5. Hollowbody

6. Get The Kid With The Sideburns

7. Look Back And Laugh

This Is Medicine (1999)

1. January Twenty Second

2. Enoch Ardon

3. Fashion Cowboys

4. The Houngen

5. Butterflies

6. Mittens And Muzzles

7. Bless The Printing Press

8. The Lottery

9. Dying On Cue

10. Conjecture

11. Hills Have Eyes

12. Transfer Zounds

13. Hand Me Complaints Please

14. Rubberneck Telepathy

15. Idle Adolescents

16. Twenty Second Example Of Repetitive Nature

Discography (2001)

1.  These Hills Have Eyes

2. I'm A New York Detective...

3. Pilot Gumby

4. Theory Of Lamastra

5. Slingshot

6. Plaster Of Paris

7. No Longer

8. Roswell

9. B.A. Baracas

10. Silver Pieces Of Eight

11. Patty's Lucky Number 7

12. Spectactle

13. A Child's Dream

14. 11B

15. Aura

16. Chupacabra (Goatsucker)

17. 1 Of 3

18. Song 7

19. Roswell

20. Independence Day

21. Scenery

22. Eagle And Arrow

23. Assembly

24. No Longet

25. Control

26. Obsession

27. Mercy

Electric Youth Crew (2002)

1. Reversal Of Man - Game of Chess

2. Reversal Of Man - Fire Sermon

3. Reversal Of Man - What The Thunder Said

4. Reversal Of Man - Burial Of The Dead

5. Reversal Of Man - Death By Water

 6. Combatwoundedveteran - Pieces Of Judith

7. Combatwoundedveteran - Plagarezing The Father

8. Combatwoundedveteran - ....And Now That I Am Cornered By Vermin

9. Combatwoundedveteran - F That We're Not Here To Have Fun

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Admiral

Admiral were a four-piece hardcore/emo band from Pennsylvania hat began in 1989 and broke up in 1991. The band took a melodic approach to the fast-paced hardcore punk that was birthed and grew in the decade prior to their existence. There's definite influence from the DC scene, with bands like Embrace and Gray Matter being good comparative points for the desperate vocal deliveries, prominent bass lines, and looser guitar chords, all with a distinctly punk rock foundation as a sociopolitical revolutionary outcry. I'm guessing there's also some Metal Circus-era Hüsker Dü influence in there, particularly with the guitar tones. In addition, Fugazi definitely played a major role in shaping the sound of Admiral (listen to the beginning of "Meter And Rule" where that influence is probably the most blatant). There's also a live bootleg out of an Admiral set from 1991, in which they played with Fugazi (the full set Fugazi set is on YouTube here if you're interested).

This is not to say that Admiral were just a by-product of a ton of other influential bands, but rather to pinpoint them as being one of the seminal turning points in the genre, who bridged the gap from the evolving hardcore of the 80's, and into the burgeoning 90's underground emo/screamo/post-hardcore/whatever scene that was just beginning to form. Many members of Admiral even went on to play in other seminal bands in this scene, including Navio Forge, Hoover, and Burning Airlines. The second (of only two) 7"'s Admiral put out was the second release ever put out by the now-legendary Ebullition Records, who went on to release albums by the likes of Still Life, Moss Icon, Portraits Of Past, Reversal Of Man, Orchid, and so many more. Thus, in only 6 songs between two 7" EPs (as well as two missing compilation tracks), Admiral left a definite mark on the changing sounds of hardcore, and dropped some incredible songs to boot. I did not plan on this post delving into what is most likely a senseless rant, but here we are. Enjoy.

Admiral (1990)

1. Brother Can You Spare A Dime

2. Horns Lay Silent

3. Seasonal

Revolving And Loading (1991)

1. Revolving And Loading

2. Fit

3. Meter and Rule

Live at Sacred Heart Church (1991)

1. Blindfold Eats My Face (Live)

2. Revolving And Loading (Live)

3. Derange, Fabrication, Brother Can You Spare A Dime (Live)

4. Lucy, Seasonal (Live)

5. Meter And Rule (Live)

6. Try To Forget (Live)

7. Comes From Nowhere (Live)

8. Wait (Live)

9. Carnival (Live)

10. Shells On Shelves (Live)

2019 in Review...

Alright, despite this being one of my most inactive years on this blog, I couldn't miss out on our little annual tradition here. Below is a full list of all releases from 2019 that have been posted on this blog (to date). As a result of my lethargic inactivity, I've had to scramble to get all of these uploaded and added to their respective posts (instead of adding them throughout the year as I normally would and should). Thus, I'm sure I've missed a few releases this year from bands on this blog. If you notice any missing, please let me know and I'll try to get them added here. Otherwise, enjoy! And of course, let me know what some of your favourite albums this year has been, and I'll have my "best of" list out sometime this month.

ALBUMS
Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties - Routine Maintenance
Algae Bloom - I am less than I expected to be
American Football - LP3
Amygdala - Our Voices Will Soar Forever
Angel Du$t - Pretty Buff
Antagonize - Slip Death
Apostle - Sufferer
Cave In - Final Transmission
Chon - Chon
Cigarettes After Sex - Cry
Cloud Rat - Pollinator
Counterparts - Nothing Left To Love
Cursive - Get Fixed
Defeater - Defeater
Downhaul - Before You Fall Asleep
Dowsing - Sky Coffin
Elle - ...
Frail Body - A Brief Memoriam
Free Throw - What's Past Is Prologue
Full of Hell - Weeping Choir
Fury - Failed Entertainment
Gatecreeper - Deserted
Ghostlimb - The Only Measure is Labor Done Not Days
Good Sleepy - The Clock Shop
Greet Death - New Hell
Have a Nice Life - Sea of Worry
Have Mercy - The Love Life
Hesitation Wounds - Chicanery
Jeromes Dream - LP
Joliette - Luz Devora
Judiciary - Surface Noise
Knocked Loose - A Different Shade Of Blue
La Dispute - Panaroma
Macseal - Super Enthusiast
Nuvolascura - Nuvolascura
meth. - Mother of Red Light
Microwave - Death is a Warm Blanket
Origami Angel - Somewhere City
Oso Oso - Basking In The Glow
Overo - Overo
Priests - The Seduction of Kansas
Prince Daddy & The Hyena - Cosmic Thrill Seekers
PUP - Morbid Stuff
Refused - War Music
Remo Drive - Natural, Everyday Degradation
ROAM - Smile Wide
(Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar
Say Anything - Oliver Appropriate
Sect - Blood Of The Beasts
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - The Correlation Between Entrance And Exit Wounds
Shin Guard - 2020
Shirokuma - Clothes I Wear For The Space I'm In
Slaughter Beach, Dog - Safe And Also No Fear
Soul Glo - The Nigga In Me Is Me
Spurn - At The Precipice Of Excitation
State Faults - Clairvoyant
The Get Up Kids - Problems
The Menzingers - Hello Exile
Tiny Moving Parts - breathe
Turnover - Altogether
Whirr - Feels Like You
WristMeetRazor - Misery Never Forgets


EP'S/DEMOS/SPLITS/SINGLES/COMPILATIONS/ETC.
Armor - Demo
Armor - Some Kind Of War
Candy - Super-Stare
Caracara - Better
CityCop - Nesh
closure./Good Sleepy/Knope - A Doggone Split
Commander Salamander - Off The Goop
Dogleg - Fox
Eyelet - The Howling In The Hall
Fiddlehead - Get My Mind Right
For Your Health - Nosebleeds
For Your Health/Shin Guard - Death of Spring
Frail Body/Infant Island/Massa Nera/Dianacrawls
Good Sleepy - Okay With The Way It Is, As Is
Jazzbrunch - ST
Knocked Loose - Mistakes Like Fractures
Long Distance Runner - No Escape
Lord Snow - Shadowmarks
Mortality Rate - You Were The Gasoline
Nails - I Don't Want To Know You
New Found Glory - From The Screen To Your Stereo Part 3
No Right - Senescence
Origami Angel/Commander Salamander - Holy Split
Origami Angel - Gen 3
Overo - Cold Concrete/Shattered
Portrayal of Guilt - Suffering is a Gift
Portrayal of Guilt/Soft Kill
Regional Justice Center - Institution
Remo Drive - Natural, Everyday Extended Play
Reveries/Chalk Hands/Okänt
Rise And Fall - Alive In Sin
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Songs For The Firing Squad
Self Defense Family - Performative Guilt
Shizune/Lytic
Slow Mass - Music For Ears Vol 1
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Live Infinity
The Menzingers - No Penance b/w Cemetery's Garden
The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Assorted Works
Tigers Jaw - Eyes Shut
Touché Amoré - Dead Horse X
Wound Man/Regional Justice Center

Four Hundred Years

Four Hundred Years were a four-piece hardcore/screamo band originally from Tucson, Arizona (and later moved to screamo capital Richmond, Virginia) that were around from 1996 to 2000. They proved to be incredibly influential, with a solid amount of output in a small amount of years (something fairly unique for a band in this genre). They took the off-kilter and spastic rhythms of post-hardcore acts such as Fugazi and Drive Like Jehu, and blended it with the impassioned aggression of the burgeoning underground hardcore/screamo scene (with definite signs of influence from bands like Portraits of Past and Indian Summer). This aligned 400 Years with other bands of the time including Twelve Hour Turn, Maxmillian Colby, and Sleepytime Trio. They put out three incredible full-lengths (the first probably being my favourite), but had a full discography of solid, essential material. Enjoy.

Four Hundred Years/Sleepytime Trio (1996)

1. Four Hundred Years - Radio Silence

2. Sleepytime Trio - Lancing Organic

Four Hundred Years (1997)

1. Signal

2. Red Tape

3. Lock Up

4. Hoodwinked

The 51 Comp (1997)

7. Six Minutes

Note: Four Hundred Years track only

Suture (1997)

1. Intro

2. Lifesupport

3. Suture

4. Steve'song

5. Level Playing Field

6. Nickel And Dime

7. Thicker Than Water

8. Architect

9. Love Letter To The CIA

Transmit Failure (1998)

1. Power of Speech

2. Penny For Your Thoughts

3. Radio Silence

2. Transmit Failure

5. An Hour Too Late

6. Motion Sickness

7. Throw Spark

8. Sequence

9. Give Us This Day

10. Line Breaker

11. Untitled

The New Imperialism (2000)

1. If You're A Joke I Don't Get It

2. The New Imperialism

3. How About We Both Stop Lying To Each Other

4. They Weren't Hiding It At All

5. Don't Let The Door Hit You On Your Way

6. Philadelphia

7. Who's Driving This Thing Anyway?

8. Sleepwalker

Four Hundred Years/Seein' Red (2001)

1. Four Hundred Years - Burning Down The House

2. Seein' Red - Blinded By The Green

3. Seein' Red - Otherwise

4. Seein' Red - Throw It Back

5. Seein' Red - Focus On Europe

Bandcamp

Sleepytime Trio

Sleepytime Trio were a four-piece post-hardcore/screamo band from Harrisonburg, Virginia that began in 1994 and broke up in 1999. They've played reunion shows in 2007 and 2014 since. They were formed by members of Maximillian Colby (another incredible band) at the end of their tenure. As you can imagine, Sleepytime Trio refined the sound their former band began, bringing a mix of the duel-guitar attack of Drive Like Jehu with a chaotic rhythm section and throat-shredding screaming. The band put out one LP, two 7"'s, a split (with Four Hundred Years), and made a few compilation appearances. Their entire output was included on 2002's Memory-Minus, with the addition of some stellar live material. This discography is an absolute must-listen. Enjoy.

Memory-Minus (2002)

1. Butter Scaryflies

2. Jesus Extract

3. Rock Candy

4. Like My Plain

5. Flake City

6. You're Dead; Lava

7. All Ease

8. Lancing Organic

9. I'm Not A Spy

10. Dear Hands,

11. Onomatopoeia

12. Speak Again Twice

13. 30 Equals

14. Not Without My (Swimmies)

15. All Ease (Live-Germany 1997)

16. Jesus Extract (Live-Germany 1997)

17. Lancing Organic (Live-Germany 1997)

18. Like My Plain (Live-Germany 1997)

19. Rock Candy (Live-Germany 1997)

Bandcamp

Youth Brigade

Youth Brigade were a four-piece hardcore punk band from Washington, DC that were briefly around in 1981. They are not to be confused with the LA band of the same name (who also happened to be around at the same time). They were one of the earliest hardcore bands to come out of DC, and part of the Dischord roster. They had members of other DC bands including The Teen Idles and The Untouchables. If you're familiar with this era of hardcore, you've got a good idea of what they sound like. In typical Dischord fashion, they released only one LP and had a few tracks included on the legendary Flex Your Head compilation. Their demo was also officially released a few years back, that had existed as a bootleg for decades. The band played one reunion show in 2012 and 2013 each. Enjoy.

Possible EP (1981)

1. It's About Time We Had A Change

2. Full Speed Ahead

3. Point Of View

4. Barbed Wire

5. Pay No Attention

6. Wrong Decision

7. No Song

8. No Song II

Flex Your Head (1982)

1. Moral Majority

2. Waste Of Time

3. Last Work

Complete First Demo (2015)

1. I Object

2. Full Speed Ahead

3. Last Word

4. Moral Majority

5. Bouncer

6. Waste Of Time

7. Snow Job

8. Youth Brigade

Bandcamp

Dischord

Dogleg

Dogleg are a four-piece punk band from Detroit, Michigan that began in 2015. They play an with a unique blend of sounds that combines the rousing energy of Against Me!, Cloud Nothings, Crash Of Rhinos, and PUP. Complete with jumpy riffs, gang-chorus shouted vocals, a strong use of dynamics, and enough raw energy to power a small country, Dogleg make music that's meant to be moved to. They recently signed to Triple Crown Records and released the single "Fox", which is everything and more I could ask for out of a track like this. They presumably have a full-length coming next year, which is a sure sign that we're starting the next decade off on a high note. Enjoy.

Dogleg (2015)

1. Moonlight

2. Jetpacks

3. Calling Collect

4. Modern Language

5. 11 AM Drunk

6. Spaceman Stu

Remember Alderaan? (2016)

1. Star 67

2. Crimes

3. Prince Is Little

4. Remember Alderaan?

Fox (2019)

1. Fox

Melee (2020)

1. Kawasaki Backflip

2. Bueno

3. Prom Hell

4. Fox

5. Headfirst

6. Hotlines

7. Wartortle

8. Wrist

9. Cannonball

10. Ender

Worst Party Ever/Dogleg (2020)
1. Worst Party Ever - Star 67 (Dogleg cover)

2. Dogleg - Ganon Main (Worst Party Ever cover)

3. Worst Party Ever - Fos (Dogleg cover)

4. Dogleg - Road Trip (Worst Party Ever cover)

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