Bridge Nine Records sign post-hardcore band HEAVYHEX

Continuing to build an exciting roster, today legendary hardcore label Bridge Nine Records announces the signing of Long Island band HEAVYHEX. Since forming in 2021, the band quickly gained a reputation for their ability to translate raw emotion into their music, blending melodic and post-hardcore. Drawing inspiration from influential bands like Mindset, Have Heart, and Title Fight, HEAVYHEX has crafted a distinctive sound that combines aggressive yet melodic guitars with impactful lyrics. The band has been building a following in New York and beyond since the self-release of their debut EP, Stare, in April 2022. The band’s captivating, sing-a-long ready live show has allowed them to share the stage with acts like Silent Majority, Militarie Gun, Soul Glo, and I Am The Avalanche.

HEAVYHEX just wrapped up recording their debut album, True To You, in the studio with Jay Maas (Defeater), with a release date to be announced. The album will dive deep into personal struggles, societal issues, and the demand for equality. Collaborating with Maas, the band channeled their collective energy and creativity to shape guitar tones that strike a balance of aggression, clarity, and emotion, accompanied by fast and hard-hitting percussion.

On signing HEAVYHEX, Bridge Nine owner Chris Wrenn states:

“The entire Bridge Nine team is thrilled to be working with HEAVYHEX. Listening to their EP, I got the same feeling I did when I first heard Have Heart and Defeater, and knew they were meant to join the Bridge Nine family. I can’t wait to release their new album and see everyone at their upcoming shows singing along to their compelling songs.”

With a powerful new album on the way, HEAVYHEX are primed to be the next band to watch in hardcore. As we head toward the release of new music, you can keep up with the band on Instagram and they have several shows coming up in Amityville, NY. Dates below.

HEAVYHEX is Daniel Lukach (Guitar & Vocals), David Gastiaburo (Vocals), Kevin Finamore (Bass & Vocals), Jeremy Gardiner (Guitar), and Michael DiLello (Drums).

Upcoming Shows:

8/27 w/ Survivors Guilt & American Slobs @ Amityville Music Hall - Amityville, NY

9/22 w/ The Backup Plan & Private Mind @ Amityville Music Hall - Amityville, NY

Follow HEAVYHEX:

Instagram

Bandcamp

Press Inquiries: Alexa Gallo - alexa@wordlesspr.com

Check out the band’s EPs on Bandcamp:

Bridge Nine Records sign New York hardcore band Incendiary Device - New album coming this fall

Since 1995, Bridge Nine Records has been a home for genre-defining records. Today, the Boston label welcomes New York’s Incendiary Device to its growing roster. Founded by NYHC journeyman, documentarian, and filmmaker Drew Stone (vocals), and Tristan D’Graves (bass), Incendiary Device’s music is steeped in early hardcore and classic punk while inescapably maintaining the edge and grit of their New York roots. Heavily influenced by Minor Threat, Negative Approach, SSD and early Black Flag, Stone and D’Graves share a rich musical history having played and toured together for over a decade in several New York-based bands (Antidote, The High & The Mighty, Drew Stone Hit Squad). Rounding out the 4-piece are Shaun Brennan (guitar), a veteran of the D.C. music scene, and Mike Flaherty (drums) who cut his teeth playing many a hardcore punk matinee (Car Bomb Parade, United Blood). Having formed in 2022, Incendiary Device will release their first full length album on Bridge Nine this fall.

On joining the label’s roster, D’Graves states:

“We’re thrilled to be working with Bridge Nine for our debut album. Their reputation as a label that supports and nurtures the hardcore scene is unmatched, and we’re honored to be part of their roster.”

And chiming in on what fans an expect from the record, Stone expands:

“We are excited about this album. It echos all our hopes and dreams looking towards the future. It harkens back to a time that was a big influence on all of us : Classic old school, American hardcore. We look forward to heading out on the road playing it for all our friends around the world. Thank you for the support!”

Bridge Nine label owner Chris Wrenn exclaims on signing the band:

"Working with Drew Stone and his new band, Incendiary Device, was an easy decision to make. Drew's long, rich history in both the New York City and Boston hardcore scenes, as well as his unwavering commitment to using his platform to promote up-and-coming bands represents the dedication and spirit that I look for when signing artists to Bridge Nine. I'm excited to be part of what he's up to next as he unleashes the new Incendiary Device album upon the world!”

Incendiary Device’s self-titled release features 12 tracks penned by D’Graves, Stone and Brennan that capture the energy and rage of NYHC with hook-laden songwriting sensibility, separating them from their peers. Incendiary Device has toured nationally and shared the stage with bands including Biohazard, Madball, Sheer Terror, and Gogol Bordello, and have a couple of shows on the horizon with more to be announced. Stay tuned for more details regarding the upcoming record.

Upcoming Shows:

9/30 - Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz w/ Spoiler NYC

Follow the Band on Instagram here!

Press Inquiries:

Alexa Gallo - alexa@wordlesspr.com

Bridge Nine Records NOW OPEN In Beverly, Massachusetts

Bridge Nine is proud to announce that we have opened our new flagship retail store at 282 Rantoul Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. Just 35 minutes north of Boston, this former 1930s-era car dealership-turned-glass-company has been painstakingly renovated over the past 18 months to turn an old drab showroom into a beautiful modern boutique to showcase our label and the music that we love. In addition to Bridge Nine, we are sharing this space with Sully’s Brand, the Boston-centric apparel brand founded in 2000 by B9 founder Chris Wrenn. To raise the money needed to push his bands, Chris ventured to the Fenway neighborhood with his roommates and members of the bands that he was promoting to sell the stickers and t-shirts that helped fuel the biggest rivalry in baseball between Boston and New York. Every dollar earned was invested in recording new albums, pressing vinyl records, buying plane tickets and vans for bands to tour the world in, helping put the Boston music scene and the Bridge Nine label on the map. Their effort was so successful that it became a second business, and Sully's was born.

Come visit both brands and say hello!

 

Our hours:

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday 11am-5pm
Thursday 11am-6pm
Friday 11am-6pm
Saturday 11am-6pm
Sunday 11am-5pm

Chris Wrenn outside of the new Bridge Nine & Sully’s Brand storefront.

Bridge Nine welcome Beach Rats (Members of Minor Threat, Lifetime, Bouncing Souls)

Bridge Nine is excited to welcome a new edition to its roster: New Jersey's Beach Rats. Beach Rats are a brand new band featuring an all-star cast of scene veterans including Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion), Ari Katz (Lifetime), plus members from The Bouncing Souls and more. Beach Rats play a brand of hardcore/punk that stays true to their members' roots while creating something completely fresh and urgent. Their debut EP 'Wasted Time' features 5 songs of fast, melodic hardcore punk that will leave the listener begging for more. 'Wasted Time' officially hits stores via Bridge Nine Records on July 27th. Sign up for pre-order notifications HERE.

Track-listing:
1. Lonely For The Night

2. Stay All Night

3. Sports Stink

4. Skins, Brains, and Dubs

5. Wasted Time.

American War Machine Join B9; New Song + Pre-Order

A project over five years in the making, we're very excited to bring you the debut of hardcore powerhouse, American War Machine. Comprised of members of Slapshot, Agnostic Front, Blood For Blood, and Intent To Injure, American War Machine brings you three unrelenting tracks of pure, no-frills hardcore punk on their upcoming EP 'Prey Drive', due out October 20th. 

Pre-order vinyl and merch here.
You can listen to the song "Becoming Death" here.

XXX Fanzine 1983-1988 Hardcore & Punk In The Eighties Book Up For Pre-Order Now

We have launched pre-orders for the xXx Fanzine: 1983-1988 Hardcore & Punk In The Eighties book! It's available as a stand alone book or as a deluxe package deal. For more details on the book and package, see below. Pre-order now! 

xXx Fanzine (1983-1988) Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties isn’t a mere collection of articles, reviews and photographs from one of Hardcore America’s best-known fanzines - it’s a chronicle of punk’s evolution in the 80’s; a story of music and ideologies in motion. xXX’s story picks up while the first wave of hardcore was in full swing. Major players including Minor Threat had already released landmark records and bands were loading up station wagons to play now infamous venues like The Channel, A7 or D.C. Space.

While based in Boston, xXx’s main writer and editor, Mike Gitter, not only concentrated on his own city’s burgeoning scene, spear-headed by bands like SS Decontrol and D.Y.S., but looked to other states and countries for xXx’s reportage. This hardcover, 11"x11", 288-page book documents a time when hardcore and punk were not mutually exclusive and bands and cities had a chance to develop their own diverse and strident sounds.

This creative ethos and aural zeitgeist is literally spelt out on the 19-song compilation that’s included with xXx Fanzine, with either download card or limited edition 12inch; a wide variety of current hardcore, punk and hard music luminaries including Strife, letlive., Fu Manchu and The Riverboat Gamblers contributed their interpretations to some of the most influential songs to come from xXx’s original era.

Now, in addition to reproducing (and restoring) countless interviews and pages from the ‘zine itself, xXx Fanzine re-interviews countless bands and musical prime-movers including Ian MacKaye, Keith Morris and members of Agnostic Front, Bad Brains and Cro-Mags to give the book a rare ‘then and now’ perspective. xXx Fanzine (1983-1988), Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties isn’t merely a look back at hardcore’s salad days, but a unique look at how punk’s music and message shook the mainstream itself.

xXx Fanzine (1983-1988) Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties features: 
Minor Threat, Misfits, Necros, Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Husker Du, Jerry’s Kids, Black Flag, D.O.A., G.B.H, Void, Negative Approach, 7 Seconds, D.Y.S., Scream, Metallica, Corrosion of Conformity, Minutemen, The Exploited, Anthrax, Subhumans, Dead Kennedys, SSD, Henry Rollins, Descendents, Bad Brains, Youth of Today, Motorhead, Dag Nasty, Snapshot, Samhain, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Bad Religion, Fugazi, and more…

PACKAGE DEAL INFORMATION: 
The MASSIVE package deal comes with a copy of the hardcover, 11"x 11", 288 page xXx Fanzine book as well as the following items that are 100% exclusive to the package:

- A 19 song compilation featuring some of today's most relevant band's in hard music covering classic and influential hardcore/punk songs from the xXx Fanzine era. This is pressed on 12" vinyl available on 3 different colors. 150 red/white/black tri-color, 300 half red/half white, and 650 red. Vinyl colors will be given out on a first come first serve basis.

- An additional 64 page book that includes all three issues of Suburban Mucus. Suburban Mucus isn’t merely a companion piece and precursor to the book xXx Fanzine (1983-88) Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties. It’s a three-issue snapshot of the shape of punk to come: turning the dial all the way to the left and discovering a new musical revolution at the dawn of the 1980’s. Co-conceived in 1982 by xXx writer and editor, Mike Gitter, Suburban Mucus was an early vehicle for its high school aged editors to connect with Boston’s burgeoning hardcore sect and stake their claim in the D.I.Y. revolution that forever shifted punk’s paradigm and still echoes loudly today.

- A huge 24"x 36" full color xXx Fanzine poster that features some of the most iconic photographs featured in the book. This includes shots of Minor Threat, SSD, Jerry's Kids, Black Flag, Dag Nasty, and more!

- An additional 12"x18" poster showcasing the art of Brian Walsby.

XXX Fanzine: 1984 Spotify Playlist

We have launched our second playlist in the xXx Fanzine Spotify series. This time, we cover the year 1984 with 19 songs curated by xXx's own Mike Gitter.

Gitter comments "In the year of George Orwell's dystopic classic, 1984, punk and hardcore were forging themselves into something new. The "old guard" had largely called it quits the year before, with the likes of Minor Threat, The Misfits and The Faith packing it in as scenes got bigger and a step removed from their original sense ofDIY inspiration (and desperation). What was coming into focus was a sea-change in the underground as the likes of Black Flag, Die Kreuzen and Corrosion of Conformity began to explore heavier, more intricate sounds as others, including Husker Du and Channel 3, pushed their songwriting beyond sheer speed and brazen slogans. As documented on Maximum Rock N Roll's Welcome To 1984 compilation, the worldwide scene was also changing, growing larger with bands ranging from Finland's Terveet Kadet, all the way to Italy's blistering Raw Power to the roughshod sweetness of Canada's The Nils pushing themselves to the forefront. In was the beginning of something new; the beginning of punk's season of soul searching. "

LISTEN HERE
Hardcore was coming of age.

Pre-orders for The Eulogy 'Last Days' are live!

Pre-orders for The Eulogy 'Last Days' are live! Head over to b9store.com/theeulogy to get limited vinyl. Head to bridge9.bandcamp.com to hear a brand new track 👊

The Eulogy sign to Bridge Nine; Last Days EP Coming Soon

With a virtual all-star team of hardcore lifers, The Eulogy is anxious to follow up on their first release with a new EP called ‘Last Days,' due out on September 22nd from Bridge Nine Records. The 5-song record is an absolute banger, serving up classic hardcore with a modern touch. With Matt Henderson at the helm there is a strong embrace of the classic NYHC sound that he was such a huge part of while playing in Agnostic Front and Madball; “This isn’t some nostalgia trip” said Henderson. “There are other elements to the sound. We are tuned down which gives us a much heavier feel. The band was founded by guys from NY, Boston and New Jersey so of course we bring that to the table, there are also elements of early punk and death metal.”  The Eulogy is a band of 5 guys that are playing for the love of the game. “We play some shows first and sometimes last. We don’t care, we just like playing hardcore” said bass player Kevin Norton

Formed in 2012, The Eulogy a Southern California-based hardcore punk band started by Henderson (Madball, Agnostic Front), Norton (Eye for an Eye, Straight Faced), Doug MacKinnon (Slapshot, Ignite) and Pete Reilly (Mouthpiece).  After auditioning several potential singers, the band ran into old friend Sergio Chavez while watching LA’s Terror play a show in Orange County, and he was a perfect fit and The Eulogy had its first lineup. Doug left and drummer Derek Muraski soon joined to record The Eulogy’s self-titled EP released in 2015 on Flatspot Records. Derek was soon replaced by veteran Marc Jackson (Throwdown, Bleeding Through) who has been an integral part of The Eulogy both as a drummer and helping write the music. Over the last two years, the band has been playing shows all over the West Coast supporting bands like H2O, Madball and the Cro Mags while developing a loyal following of their own. 

Spine sign to Bridge Nine

Bridge Nine Records is thrilled to announce that the midwest powerhouse hardcore band SPINE will be releasing new music with the label in the coming year.  Veterans of the scene, SPINE features members of Weekend Nachos, Sorry Excuse, Blindside USA and Keef Mountain, and the band has released several demos and splits on Bad Teeth Recordings.  SPINE has toured across North America and have played seminal hardcore music festivals such as FYA Fest, Damaged City Fest, and Midwest Blood Fest, and putting out a full-length on Bridge Nine seemed like the next logical step for the band.  Drummer John Hoffman commented, "We've previously done a few 7"s, a split, and our 1st album all on my label Bad Teeth Recordings. Bridge Nine will be the first opportunity we've ever had to work with another label. Everyone at B9 seems as excited as we are to release the long-awaited second SPINE album. We're very grateful for the signing."

Hailing from Kansas City, respectively, SPINE play the type of hardcore that’s unforgiving and uncompromising.  The band takes a unique perspective on the genre, fusing late 80’s youth crew inspired punk such as Youth of Today and fuses it with the grit influenced by bands such as Despise You and Think I Care.  Needless to say, SPINE will feel right at home on Bridge Nine.

SPINE will finish writing their sophomore LP this summer and it will be “…a slight departure from our earlier records, but in the best way possible. I've just been listening to a lot of Cro Mags while writing for it, if that matters to anyone,” commented Hoffman.  Following the completion of their LP, SPINE will tour both the east and west coasts around the album release.  Look for more news and information to surface soon.  In the meantime, check out SPINE on Facebook and Bandcamp.

Jesus Piece Stream "Deny Reality" + Pre-Orders for Split with Malice At The Palace Go Live

Pre-orders for the Jesus Piece and Malice At The Palace 'Split' EP are now live on the B9 Store. Jesus Piece kick the split off with 2 brutally heavy and discordant metallic hardcore anthems. Malice At The Palace, fresh off an LP released by Six Feet Under, are back with 2 new songs continuing to perfect the 90's hardcore sound they're known for. Mixed by Taylor Young at The Pit (Twitching Tongues, Nails) and mastered by Audiosiege (Nails, Obituary, Code Orange). There are 3 colors of vinyl available as well as various merchandise for each band. The EP hits stores on May 19th.

Alternative Press are premiering the first song from the EP, "Deny Reality", by Jesus Piece. You can check that out HERE.

Make sure to catch Jesus Piece and Malice At The Palace on tour together starting May 11th.

Jesus Piece / Malice At The Palace 'Split' 7" Out May 19th + U.S Tour

Jesus Piece and Malice At The Palace are teaming up with Bridge Nine to release a new split 7"EP on May 19th. Jesus Piece kick the split off with 2 brutally heavy and discordant metallic hardcore anthems. Malice At The Palace, fresh off an LP released by Six Feet Under, are back with 2 new songs continuing to perfect the 90's hardcore sound they're known for. Mixed by Taylor Young at The Pit (Twitching Tongues, Nails) and mastered by Audiosiege (Nails, Obituary, Code Orange). Both bands will be hitting the road together in support of the release as well. Find info and dates below.

Jesus Piece / Malice At The Palace Split 7" Coming Soon

We are excited to announce that we'll be releasing a split EP for Jesus Piece and Malice At The Palace in the coming months. More details will be announced shortly. 

Check out Jesus Piece HERE and Malice At The Palace HERE.

Advent 'Shadow of Death' song premiere on Lambgoat!

"Fans were a bit surprised when North Carolina hardcore/metal act Advent announced their reformation last March, four years and two albums after disbanding. At the time, vocalist Joe Musten said, "It's a decision we all made together about nine months ago and we are all finally to a point where we are able to move forward." 

Fast forward nearly a year and the quartet is set to release a new EP titled Pain & Suffering through Bridge Nine Records, their first new record in more than seven years. Today we're pleased to exclusively unveil a blistering new track from the outing titled "Shadow of Death." Listen below, and consider pre-ordering the EP."

Click HERE to listen to the exclusive premiere from Lambgoat!

Advent signs to Bridge Nine Records

We are stoked to finally announce that we have signed ADVENT! We'll be releasing the bands new album in Winter 2017. More information on that coming soon!