Yet another random 90s 7" from my collection that I picked up at some distro table in the 2nd half of the 90s. With a cover like that, how could I not? Anyways, Bloodstone were a shortlived band from the St. Louis, Missouri area. They were formed out of the ashes of early 90s band Tolerance and aside from demo's I am pretty sure this 'Blindless Salvation' 7" was their only proper release. The 7" was recorded in late 1993 and released on Ad.Mis.Sion Records in 1994, which I believe was run by someone in the band. Bloodstone played awesome mid-tempo 90s hardcore with a slightly metallic/chugga
edge, sorta like the (incredibly underrated) Billingsgate LP. Definitely prime OnexPath material! After Bloodstone folded members moved on to Fuse 12.
Some funny things in regards to the 7". The layout was done by Dan Askew of Second Nature fanzine & Sean Ingram (this was before he joined Coalesce). In fact, Sean is listed on the thankslist but also 'Jes and Breach'. Breach was the bandname of Coalesce before Sean joined them (to replace previous singer Jes). Anyways, that's all the random trivia I could dig up. Enjoy!
If anybody has any non-7" Bloodstone recordings, or Tolerance recordings (I know they did at least one demo), please share!
Bloodstone - Blindless Salvation 7"
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I used to sponsor Tolerance/Bloodstone. I owned a skateboard shop at the time and gave the band discounts for free entry to the shows, lol. I'm listed in the thank you's as Rob F. I had to track down and find another copy of this record as my original was stolen. My Tolerance cassette was also stolen and they don't have anything other than personal copies, so if you happen to find anything, please let me know. That search is what led me to your blog.
Rob F.
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