H2O's forthcoming album and first in eight years, Use Your Voice, is now available for pre-order on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats with special package deals and a new shirt at B9Store.com. The second song from the record is now online as well--stream the title track over at Noisey. Digital folks can also pre-order Use Your Voice at iTunes and the B9 Bandcamp and get an IG of the previously released "Skate!". Both of these songs also make up the Skate! EP, out on 7" and digital formats September 11 and still available for pre-order while supplies last at B9Store.com. Use Your Voice will be in stores October 9.
In addition, the band have announced a series of Use Your Voice album release shows for November and December. The November dates take place in the Midwest and northeast and will feature Angel Du$t and GIVE on all shows, while December's run involves a short trek through Florida with Boys No Good and the Attack. Check out details above and below.
H2O Use Your Voice album release shows
November support: Angel Du$t, GIVE
December support: Boys No Good, The Attack
11/12 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
11/13 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe
11/14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
11/15 Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room
11/17 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
11/18 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
11/19 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East upstairs
11/20 Howell, NJ @ GameChangerWorld
11/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage Lounge
12/03 Jacksonville, FL @ 1904
12/04 Ybor City, FL @ Crowbar
12/05 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
12/06 Margate, FL @ O'Malley's
BoySetsFire announce self-titled album, premiere first single, launch pre-orders
BoySetsFire have announced details on their forthcoming new album, and premiered the first single.
Check out "Cutting Room Floor" on BSF fan Marcel Gimmin's Facebook. The self-titled effort BoySetsFirewill be available directly from Bridge Nine and digitally on September 25, with a wide release in NA retail stores due November 20. North Americans can pre-order it now at B9Store.com. End Hits Recordswill be handling the release for the rest of the world on September 25, and have a wide variety of pre-orders for customers in their regions available here.
There is a good reason why BoySetsFire's new album is self-titled. It is the final result of a fight for freedom that lasted years and a reawakening of all the strengths within the band, combined with the power of the close bonds between its members. The focus is on their own abilities, something that was not always easy for frontman Nathan Gray, nor the rest of the band, which includes Chad Istvan, Joshua Latshaw, Chris Rakus and Robert Ehrenbrand. The captivating euphoria that has been building around the band for years has been channeled into thirteen songs that contrast with the rage of the previous album, with rousing optimism seeping from every pore. You could say that the eponymous album is the light-hearted sister of the brooding While A Nation Sleeps... (2013, Bridge Nine).
While he was in the studio, Nathan Gray was delirious with joy and sounded more enthusiastic than in any previous interview:"This album has quickly become one of my favorites we've ever done, and I am dying to get it out there. In albums past, we've talked a lot about all the terrible things going on in this world, and this time, we've focused a lot on sort of overcoming all of that. It's a much more positive vibe. Musically, there are some incredible, huge sounds on this album. It's very much us."
The first track on BoySetsFire, "Savage Blood" opens the album with an unbelievable energy that breaks down barriers. It features the crushing sound the world has come to expect from BoySetsFire, but with a level of intensity the band has rarely achieved before. The anger that has defined many of the post-hardcore veterans' albums is combined with catchy hooks.
"One Match", the first single from the album and perhaps the most unforgettable tune since the band's smash hit "Rookie", makes it clear that it is a blazing torch that will light a thousand others in dark times. Despite the track's accessibility, its lovingly crafted details show that the band has the talent to take a huge step forward in terms of songwriting on their sixth album.
"Torches to Paradise", which is an explosive force in a philosophical band like BoySetsFire, whose members have very different beliefs, has a very special meaning for bassist Robert Ehrenbrand in particular: "To me it is about freeing myself from the burden of dogma and the imposed slavery of illusions brought upon us by society, religion and mind control...setting fire to 'paradise' (aka the illusion) we free ourselves and become what we truly can be, a self-empowered and free thinking, loving entity."
This self-produced and released album deserves even more respect when you consider the band's turbulent past: Originally formed in 1994, BoySetsFire was as good as dead about five years ago, when its members put the shards of an almost failed career back together, risking a reunion. The post-hardcore pioneers, who helped shape the genre with their albums After the Eulogy and Tomorrow Come Today, both released around the millennium, were victims of the music industry's demise and the failed attempt to work with a major label affiliated record company.
That brave comeback in early 2013 was based completely on the principle of self-determination and culminated in the release of one of their most successful albums to date, While a Nation Sleeps.... The album was hailed as "one of their most cohesive melodic hardcore albums, right up in line with 2000'sAfter the Eulogy, which many consider to be their best album" (Alternative Press) and "Comeback albums are often greeted with lofty, unrealistic expectations, but it is safe to say that BoySetsFire have surpassed even the wildest of these expectations with While A Nation Sleeps..." (Sputnik Music).
BOYSETSFIRE
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Release: September 25, 2015
01. Savage Blood
02. Cutting Room Floor
03. Don't Panic
04. Ordinary Lives
05. One Match
06. The Filth Is Rising
07. Torches To Paradise
08. Coward
09. Heaven Knows
10. Fall From Grace
11. Dig Your Grave
12. Breathe In, Bleed Out
13. Bled Dry
H2O announce 'Use Your Voice', reveal "Skate!" video and 7" pre-order
It's been seven years since the release of a proper full-length album from H2O (2008's critically acclaimed Nothing to Prove). The band's immensely anticipated new album, Use Your Voice, will finally see the light of day on October 9th, 2015. Bassist Adam Blake commented, "Nothing to Prove was the record we really found our niche, where we were really like, 'This is H2O. This is what H2O should be...this is the spirt of the thing.' We felt like a brand new band. We felt excited." He continued, "It's nice, seven years after Nothing to Prove, that we can capture those feelings again with this new record."
H2O, which also includes members Toby Morse, Todd Friend, and Rusty Pistachio, have spent the last seven years constantly on tour and playing live, hitting almost every nook and cranny on Planet Earth. In 2011, they released a covers album, Don't Forget Your Roots, which featured takes on songs by some of their favorite acts like 7 Seconds, Dag Nasty, and Gorilla Biscuits. With a rigorous tour schedule, as well as at-home obligations, H2O finally started demoing songs out two years later in 2013, while on tour with Terror. Suddenly, the foundation was laid for Use Your Voice.
Recorded once again by a dream team of Chad Gilbert (Producer, Nashville [who recorded vocals]) and Paul Miner (Engineer, Orange County, CA [who recorded music]), Use Your Voice is 11 songs of high-energy, high-octane melodic hardcore punk that is sure to please any fan of the band's impressive back catalog (which includes their 1996 self-titled debut, 1997's Thicker Than Water [Epitaph], 1999'sF.T.T.W. [Epitaph], 2001's GO [MCA], and landmark 2008 release Nothing to Prove [Bridge Nine]) and modern punk in all shapes and forms. On this new album, frontman and lyricist Toby Morse continues to deliver his direct and personal manifestos, with subjects spanning fatherhood ("Father Figure"), romantic relationships ("True Romance"), music fandom ("Popage"), social media philosophy ("#NotRealLife") and more.
Check out a video for the first song to surface from Use Your Voice, titled "Skate!", now on YouTube. For this video, the band reconnected with longtime friend and director Joseph Pattisall, who also directed their videos for "What Happened?" and "Nothing to Prove" which have over 2 million combined views on YouTube alone. The new video for "Skate!" utilized 30-year-old-footage of Toby skating as a teenager in St. Mary's County Maryland and was put together as a passion project just for fun and to give fans a sample of the new record. "Skate!" was filmed over the course of several days at Hurley HQ, Brooklyn Projects, and Vans Skate Park in Orange, CA, and features professional skateboarding legend Steve Caballero and Rob Mertz as well as cameos from countless other friends and family of H2O. The song appears on Use Your Voice as well as a pre-release 7inch of the same name that is up for pre-order now from B9Store.com/H2O.
More info and an official music video for a new track will come soon in conjunction with the release ofUse Your Voice. Until then, keep up with H2O on Facebook.
Use Your Voice Track Listing:
1. Black Sheep
2. Skate!
3. Thick and Thin
4. Use Your Voice
5. Father Figure
6. From the Heart
7. Popage
8. LYD
9. Still Dreaming
10. #NotRealLife
11. True Romance
Crown of Thornz debut new song at InEffectHardcore.com, pre-orders for 7-inch launched
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)