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"

Unavowed - Anathema demo

Here's a demo by Unavowed, a hardcore band from Minneapolis, MN. This demo was released in 1998 and contains 4 songs. Fairly straight-forward east coast hardcore, it reminds me of Toe Tag (Boston, not the one from Florida) in places. Not bad, but nothing exceptional either. The last song is called 'I.T.I.', I can only assume it stands for Intent To Injure, but who knows? Anyways, it's a decent enough demo, so check it out. Information on this band is pretty damn hard to find and the insert that comes with this demo also doesn't help much either unfortunately. So if anybody can give me any more information on this band and/or its members, please leave a comment. Thanxxx!

Unavowed - Anathema demo

Peaceful Non-Existence - Crisis In Democracy 7"

Peaceful Non-Existence was a hardcore band from North Carolina in the first half of the '90s. Their guitarist, Aaron "Hard-Edge" Chrietzberg, would later on play guitar in a more well-known band called The First Step (he also played in Reinforce, Until Today & Triple Threat etc). Peaceful Non-Existence however was not a youth crew inspired hardcore band, they were more on the crunchy metallic hardcore end of the spectrum. Good stuff, nothing outstanding, but a nice listen nonetheless. This 7" was released on Cohesive Force Records in 1994. Besides demo's I'm not sure if the band did anything, or were on any comps, I also don't know what the other members did before/after Peaceful Non-Existence. If you do, please leave a comment.

Peaceful Non-Existence - Crisis In Democracy 7"

Strike 3 - 'Side By Side' demo

Another demo I got from Jim Moo Cow. Strike 3 was a hardcore band from New Hampshire in the mid 90s. Here's their 'Side By Side' demo from 1996. This is seriously heavy mid-tempo hardcore, with deep vocals. While this band is pretty unknown and I don't think they did much in the way of touring or recording, singer Caleb Scofield would eventually move on to play bass in a more well-known band called Cave In. Anyways, Strike 3 sounds nothing like Cave In. But this is a pretty solid demo, esp if you like heavy bands such as Unconquered, so definitely give it a shot. I have no idea if Strike 3 did any other recordings or what the other members did after Strike 3. So if anybody has any additional info, please leave a comment!

Strike 3 - 'Side By Side' demo

Exist - Decrepit Lessons Crossing Imperfections CD

Exist from California was a band I had not heard of until recently when I saw a video for their song 'Wondering' on youtube (see below), and I was instantly hooked. Soon thereafter I got my hands on their 'Decrepit Lessons Crossing Imperfections' CD, which I ripped here. Exist was a Christian metalcore band from California in the late 90s. After a demo called 'Burn', the band's first, and only, full-length album, 'Decrepit Lessons Crossing Imperfections' was released on Cataclysm Records in 1998. The band had an ex-member of Centerpoint on these recordings, but he left the band some time after these recordings I believe. For whatever reason this band seems to have faded into obscurity, I cannot even find a reference to them on the Christian Hardcore Records blog. Which is weird, this CD is damn good, it could have easily been released by Tooth & Nail. Metalcore reminding me of bands ranging from Focal Point to Focused to Coalesce to Prevail, with scathing screams and personal rather than spirit-filled lyrics. Singer Joey Martinez died in 2001, RIP. Members went on to bands such as Redlight Halo, amusicboxserenade and The Warned. Enjoy.

Exist - 'Wondering':


Exist - Decrepit Lessons Crossing Imperfections CD

Mediafire issues

Just a quick post. My mediafire account has been suspended, seemingly because one of the files (the download for Ember's 'One Cell Will Become Two' MCD which I posted on xStuck In The Pastx last year) was considered copyright infringement by a porn company/franchise called Ember Reigns (NSFW). Ofcourse the file contains nothing even remotely related to that site, so hopefully my account will be back up again soon... If not, I'll look into other options. For now however, downloads here (and those in my posts on xSITPx) do not work, I'm sorry.

Update: I'm gonna upload some files again, but not thru my still suspended account... We'll see how that goes for now.