Incision - East Coast Hardcore demo

As has been mentioned on this blog several times before, Alain RPP's distro used to be one of the best places to pick up great demo's. I also picked up this demo by Incision from Massachussetts from his distro at a random show in the late 90's. Incision played excellent heavy and tough hardcore like so many Mass hardcore bands from that time. I've already blogged about several such bands like With One Intent and Punch The Klown, so why stop? This 'East Coast Hardcore' demo was recorded and released in 1997 and I think it might be their only demo/release? Some of the lyrics of the songs on this demo were written by Dennis Lydon, I'm thinking this might be Dennis from Brawl Park, another mid 90's Mass hardcore band, does anybody know? Maybe he was Incision's singer before Bryan Harris became their singer? Also, if the name Bryan Harris sounds familiar in regards to Mass hardcore, you're not mistaken. After Incision quit, Bryan Harris and Incision's drummer Dan Loftus started a new band called Death Before Dishonor, you might have heard of them... Anyways, this demo is awesome enough as-is, so give it a chance. Enjoy!

Incision - East Coast Hardcore demo

Instant Justice - s/t 7"

A while ago I posted the Brickhouse 7", which was the 2nd release on NJ's Street Level Records, a label which would eventually become Watermark Records. This is the 1st release on Street Level Records, the Instant Justice 7", which was recorded in 1989 but released in 1990. Instant Justice was a band from PA and this 7" is the only thing I'm aware of that they released apart from demo's. It's a weird mix between almost youth crew like hardcore, mid-tempo heavy and metallic hardcore and some straight-up (bad) metal solo's. It reminds me of Edgewise's 'Silent Rage' record overall, tho this is not nearly as good as that. Definitely not the best 7" I've ever posted on OnexPath, but hey, they can't all be classics. This is a piece of PAHC history anyways and I can enjoy it for what it is. Singer Jesse also did a zine called Homeslice (which I've never seen, but I've also never been a zine-geek), no idea what the members did music-wise before or after Instant Justice.

Instant Justice - s/t 7"

Failsafe - The Pros & Cons Of Breathing... 7"

Failsafe was a hardcore band from Indiana in the late 90s. This 7" was recorded in late '97 and released in '98 on Diffusion Records. Pretty decent screamo-esque metallic hardcore, with a bit of an 'evil' sound cuz of the singer (altho some of the lyrics are way emo). I don't know too much about the band really. The main thing about this band is that it is basically The Suicide Note before they were called The Suicide Note, with a different singer. Apart from this 7" they also appeared on a compilation 7" called 'What April Showers Bring', no idea what else they did. I'm also not sure if my cover for the 7" is the regular cover as it is hand-numbered, it has a written message on the inside and it alsoincludes a date on the front. As mentioned above, apart from the singer, the members of this band moved on to The Suicide Note. Other bands that the members were in include Extinction, Stabbed By Words, Old Devil Moon & Sweet Cobra.

Failsafe - The Pros & Cons Of Breathing... 7"