Crown of Thornz have premiered a new track over at InEffectHardcore. "The Kiss of Death" comes from their upcoming 7", Nothing But Tragedy, which is now available for pre-order at B9Store.com with a new shirt design. The Nothing But Tragedy 7"/DL will be out August 14.
Crown of Thornz were an NYHC mainstay during the mid-1990s alongside acts like Madball, H2O, and Vision of Disorder. Street-wise and charismatic graffiti artist Lord Ezec spearheaded the band in 1994 with high school friend (and future Shelter member) Franklin Rhi, recruiting future Breakdown member Mike Dijan. They would quickly become a live favorite on the scene with energetic and tight performances that ignited crowds with their musically and emotionally heavy style that drew inspiration from Cro-Mags and crossover-era Agnostic Front while ruminating about love and hate dichotomies, senseless violence, and contemplative introspection. Their recorded output was limited: There was only 1995's Train Yard Blues EP on then-hardcore pillar Equal Vision Records, and 1996's Mentally Vexedfull-length on local cornerstone Another Planet. But both releases found attention worldwide, and the band would tour all over on them until their demise in 1998.
Now, we are excited to present Crown of Thornz's first recorded output since a 1998 split single with Aggressive Dogs. Nothing But Tragedy features two new tracks: "The Kiss of Death", a somewhat more straightforward representation of the CoT sound that nonetheless moves their thudding, mid-tempo hardcore style forward. The B-side is "No Reason Why" (not to be confused with the Gorilla Biscuits classic), an epic, darkly affecting rock song, the likes of which CoT have never quite approached, with a booming, heady chorus to boot.
Modern Pain announce 'Peace Delusions' LP, out September 4
"...Modern Pain take more references from hardcore of yesteryear, soaking in everything from SSD to Infest to Warzone and beyond to create their vitriolic punk rock anthems." - Noisey
Modern Pain's forthcoming full-length can be described as "if In Utero was a hardcore punk record," but even that might be underselling the Dallas, Texas band's first full-length. Titled Peace Delusions, this new album resembles a golden artifact unearthed from the '80s American hardcore underground, harnessing the unbridled aggression of groundbreaking acts like SSD, Poison Idea and Infest and filtering it through the caustic, ashy atmospheres and unfettered noise rock of Texan predecessors Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard, as well as Moss Icon's murky, wordy pathos. This unpredictable, nerve-damaging, half-hour-long debut full-length remains at its core a spacey, noisy punk record and will be available on all formats September 4th from Bridge Nine. Also unveiled today was the album's cover art (above) by ZZ Ramirez of the Ukiah Drag, along with the album track listing which can be found below. Song premieres, pre-orders, and more for Peace Delusions will surface soon.
This past Spring, Modern Pain released a two-song teaser seven-inch, "Peace Delusions" b/w "Kill Your Idols" (which premiered on Noisey), and toured the U.S. in support of it throughout the majority of the month of June. Stay tuned for more news coming soon from Modern Pain and Bridge Nine and check out Modern Pain music and merch in the B9Store.
Peace Delusions track listing:
1. Vivisepulture pt. 1
2. Ego Death
3. Holy Foundations Crumble
4. When the Hymn Fades
5. My Reality Is Slipping Away
6. World Inverted
7. 4202
8. Peace Delusions
9. Leave Me Here
10. Vivisepulture pt. 2
Defeater announce new album, 'Abandoned', premiere new single/video
Defeater have announced their new album, Abandoned, coming out on Epitaph on August 28. That's the artwork above, and track listing below. They've also premiered a new song, "Spared in Hell", via a music video. Check that out below. Pre-orders from the label are available here, with an iTunes pre-order for the deluxe version containing two bonus tracks and a digital booklet here.
The band recorded it earlier this year with guitarist and longtime in-house producer Jay Maas. The label says that "Abandoned is the most relentlessly raw and uncompromising chapter so far, powered by a renewed sense of artistic ambition and a plot twist no one expected.
Abandoned was written and recorded in a welcome period of relief in Archambault's life, after he'd finally received a life-changing surgery that repaired severe hip damage he suffered in an injury. Archambault's surgery, he says, allowed him to redouble his connection with his own writing, leaving him clear to truly inhabit what he calls his own Glass family--after the famous J.D. Salinger characters. The new album chronicles the story of a lapsed Catholic priest, whose battles in Europe during the war drag him first toward faith and then his own poisonous faithlessness.
Archambault states:
'One of the threads running through this record is how people sometimes look for the answers to their problems in the darkest places.'"
ABANDONED TRACK LIST:
1. Contrition
2. Unanswered
3. December 1943
4. Spared In Hell
5. Divination
6. Borrowed & Blue
7. Penance
8. Remorse
9. Pillar Of Salt
10. Atonement
11. Vice & Regret
DEFEATER U.S. TOUR DATES w/ Four Year Strong, Expire [9/1-9/23], Superheaven [9/25-10/11], Speak Low If You Speak Love (full band) [9/1-9/12], My Iron Lung [9/14-9/23], Elder Brother (acoustic) [9/25-10/11]
09-01 Grog Shop - Cleveland Heights, OH
09-02 Shelter - Detroit, MI
09-03 The Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL
09-04 Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis, MN
09-05 The Firebird - St. Louis, MO
09-06 The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE
09-08 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO
09-09 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
09-11 The Crocodile - Seattle, WA
09-12 Hawthorne Theater- Portland, OR
09-14 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA
09-15 Epicentre - San Diego, CA
09-16 Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
09-17 Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
09-18 Club Red - Tempe, AZ
09-19 The Works - Albuquerque, NM
09-21 Gas Monkey - Dallas, TX
09-22 Red 7 - Austin, TX
09-23 Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
09-25 The Social - Orlando, FL
09-26 O'Malley's - Margate, FL
09-27 Local 662 - St. Petersburg, FL
09-28 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
09-29 Exit/In - Nashville, TN
09-30 Headliners - Louisville, KY
10-01 The Altar Bar - Pittsburgh, PA
10-02 Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
10-03 Shakas Live - Virginia Beach, VA
10-04 Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
10-06 Gramercy Theater - New York, NY
10-07 The Chance Theatre - Poughkeepsie, NY
10-10 The Waiting Room - Buffalo, NY
10-11 The Middle East - Cambridge, MA
Bent Life's 'Full Skull' and self-titled EPs digitally reissued today
Bent Life's Full Skull and self-titled digital EPs are available once again as of today. Download and/or stream it at the following places, or at the online platform of your choice:
-iTunes
-Amazon MP3
-Spotify
If you prefer vinyl, we still have some of the last copies available of the Full Skull 7" released by 6131 in 2013, and the import Full Skull 12" compilation, which includes the self-titled and an Antidote cover, released by FITA last year in Europe. Grab 'em at B9Store.com.
Be sure to check out Bent Life's latest release as well: their Cheat Death single.
H2O 'Four Song 1995 Demo' tape reissue pre-orders up now
H2O's original four-track 1995 demo cassette was recorded just after Christmas 1994 with legendary engineer and producer Don Fury, who had previously sat at the helm of some of the best NYHC records of all time (Victim in Pain, New York Crew, Start Today, etc. al.). The demo would later be released as a 7" by Eyeball Records in 1996. Nonetheless, this tape started it all, and Bridge Nine is excited to remake it for H2O fans who weren't there to pick it up the first time around. This is a yellow cassette limited to 200 copies and hand-numbered on the J-card by frontman Toby Morse himself, and won't be remade when they're all gone. This also comes with an exclusive t-shirt that is only available in this package and will not be remade. Get yours at www.b9store.com/h2o.
Crown of Thornz to release new 7-inch on B9
Crown of Thornz were an NYHC mainstay during the mid-1990s alongside acts like Madball, H2O, and Vision of Disorder. Street-wise and charismatic graffiti artist Lord Ezec spearheaded the band in 1994 with high school friend (and future Shelter member) Franklin Rhi, recruiting future Breakdown member Mike Dijan. They would quickly become a live favorite on the scene with energetic and tight performances that ignited crowds with their musically and emotionally heavy style that drew inspiration from Cro-Mags and crossover-era Agnostic Front while ruminating about love and hate dichotomies, senseless violence, and contemplative introspection. Their recorded output was limited: There was only 1995's Train Yard Blues EP on then-hardcore pillar Equal Vision Records, and 1996's Mentally Vexedfull-length on local cornerstone Another Planet. But both releases found attention worldwide, and the band would tour all over on them until their demise in 1998.
Ezec would remain busy in the intervening years with various hardcore and hip-hop projects, but revived Crown of Thornz for 2009's Black N Blue Bowl and have been occasionally playing out live since.
Now, Bridge Nine is excited to present Crown of Thornz's first recorded output since a 1998 split single with Aggressive Dogs. Nothing But Tragedy features two new tracks: "The Kiss of Death", a somewhat more straightforward representation of the CoT sound that nonetheless moves their thudding, mid-tempo hardcore style forward. The B-side is "No Reason Why" (not to be confused with the Gorilla Biscuits classic), an epic, darkly affecting rock song, the likes of which CoT have never quite approached, with a booming, heady chorus to boot.
More info coming soon. Keep up with Crown of Thornz on Facebook.
Modern Pain's 'Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols' out today
Modern Pain's Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols is officially out today! Pick up the 7" at B9Store.com. Digital Age folks can stream and/or download it at the following places:
Bandcamp
iTunes
Amazon Music
Spotify
This release is a teaser EP for the forthcoming full-length by the Texas powerhouse. "Peace Delusions" (which will appear in re-recorded form on the LP) offers a caustic, noisy preview of what's to come, maintaining a traditionally stomping and aggressive, forward-moving fast beat while conveying an eerie, paranoia-ridden atmosphere. The B-side, a cover of the legendary Sonic Youth's "Kill Yr. Idols", from an early EP of theirs of the same name, acts as a sensible referential point for where the band plan on taking hardcore: into the strange and unconventional.
The band is currently on a U.S. tour, with some dates including Dress Code. Check out the itinerary:
MODERN PAIN tour dates:
5/19 Tarpon Springs, FL @ Neptune's Lounge w/ Axis, Necrid
5/20 Miami, FL @ Churchill's Pub w/ Axis, Suicide Ritual
5/21 Jacksonville, FL @ Rain Dogs w/ Rhythm of Abuse, Unified Right, Society Abuse, Crisis Unit, Sleight of Hand
5/22 Atlanta, GA @ Hill St. House w/ Slugga, Nurse, PDC
5/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Ortlieb's w/ Timebomb, Wet Fetish
5/25 Montclair, NJ @ The Meatlocker w/ The Banner, Outer Heaven
5/26 Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron
5/27 North Haven, CT @ 85F State Street
5/28 Wilkes Barre, PA @ The Lamp Post w/ Haze, Goon, Witness Protection
5/30 Cleveland, OH @ Club Atlantis
5/31 Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary w/ Eyesore
6/01 Indianapolis, IN @ Haunted Spunkers Haus
6/02 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
6/03 Saint Louis, MO @ Fubar w/ Blindside USA, Perfect People, The Warden
6/04 Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom* w/ Dress Code, Free At Last, Traitor K9
6/05 Kansas City, MO @ The Sandbox* w/ Dress Code, Blindside USA, Beta Boys
6/06 Denver, CO* @ Mutiny w/ Dress Code
6/07 Salt Lake City, UT* @ Music Garage w/ Dress Code
6/08 Boise, ID @ Feral House* w/ Dress Code, Lumpy and the Dumpers, Mongoloid
6/09 Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge* w/ Dress Code
6/10 Portland, OR @ Blackwater* w/ Dress Code
6/12 Oakland, CA @ World Rage Center* w/ Dress Code
6/13 Santa Cruz, CA @ 418 Project
6/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Space 42* w/ Dress Code, Hell in the Cell, Haarm, Lost Cause
Stream Modern Pain's 'Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols' single
Modern Pain's Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols is officially out tomorrow, but we're streaming the whole thing a day early. Check that out below and grab the 7" at B9Store.com if you like what you hear.
Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols is a teaser EP for the forthcoming full-length by the Texas powerhouse. The A-side, "Peace Delusions" (which will appear in re-recorded form on the LP) offers a caustic, noisy preview of what's to come, maintaining a traditionally stomping and aggressive, forward-moving fast beat while conveying an eerie, paranoia-ridden atmosphere. The B-side, a cover of the legendary Sonic Youth's "Kill Yr. Idols", from an early EP of theirs of the same name, acts as a sensible referential point for where the band plan on taking hardcore: into the strange and unconventional.
After the Fall's 'Dedication' in stores today
After the Fall's brand new album, Dedication, is in stores today! Check it out at the following places online:
-B9Store.com
-Amazon
-iTunes
-Bandcamp
-Spotify
Or, pick it up in person at your local record store. Here's a partial list of places with the great taste to carry Dedication:
A.K.J. RECORD SALES
AMOEBA (HOLLYWOOD)
APPLAUSE MUSIC
BOO BOO RECORDS
BULL MOOSE MUSIC
C D CITY
DEARBORN MUSIC COMPANY
DESTINY MUSIC
DIMPLE RECORDS
DISC AND DAT
ERIC'S TRIP
FOREVER YOUNG RECORDS
HALF A MAN
HOLT ENTERPRISES
HOMER'S ACQUISITION CORPORATION
INDEPENDENT RECORDS OF COLORADO SPRINGS
J S MUSIC CORPORATION
JACK'S MUSIC SHOP
JOE'S RECORDS
LOST HIGHWAY
LOU'S INC.
LUNA MUSIC
MILLENNIUM ENTERPRISES
MOJO MUSIC MD
PORT OF SOUND RECORD SHOPPE
PRINCETON RECORD EXCHANGE
RASPUTIN RECORDS
ROLLING STONES CORP.
RZK
SALZER'S MERCANTILE
SHAKE IT
SILVER PLATTERS
SIREN TRADING COMPANY
SOUND GARDEN
THE COIRO CORP.
THE ELECTRIC FETUS CO.
THE EXCLUSIVE COMPANY
TRANSCONTINENT RECORD SALES
VINTAGE VINYL RECORDS
WATERLOO RECORDS & VIDEO
WEST CANTERBURY
ZIA ENTERPRISES
The band kick off their tour tonight in Allston, Massachusetts. Here are the details:
May 12 Allston, MA @ O'Briens ^
May 13 Brooklyn, NY @ Acheron %
May 14 Albany, NY @ Low Beat *
May 16 Montreal, QC, Canada @ Pouzza Fest !
Jun 18 Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon+
Jun 19 Providence, RI @ Simons677+
Jun 20 S. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground+
Jun 21 Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall+
Jun 23 Buffalo, NY @ The Waiting Room+
Jun 24 Toledo, OH @ Frankies+
Jun 25 Columbus, OH @ The Basement+
Jun 26 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection+
Jun 27 Erie, PA @ Basement Transmissions+
Oct 31 Gainesville, FL @ FEST
^ (w/ Heartsounds, Great Lakes USA, Tied to a Bear)
% (w/ Heartsounds, Ambitions)
* (w/ Drag the River, Heartsounds)
! (w/ 88 Fingers Louie, The Bruce Lee Band, The Planet Smashers, more)
+ (w/ Anti-Flag, The Homeless Gospel Choir)