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.

Polyglot - Industrial Strength Child Killer MCD

I wrote about Polyglot from Maine very briefly in my post on Fall From Grace, cuz they did a split 7" with them. I was more into the FFG side of the split, so didn't really keep up with Polyglot. That doesn't mean that the split 7" was all they did. Here's a 4-song MCD they did on Bull Moose Music, which was the label of a Portland, ME record store of the same name that Polyglot's singer worked at. This MCD is actually pretty decent, and I prefer it over their side of the FFG split 7". Pretty hard & rough hardcore, similar to bands such as Hatebreed, Holdstrong and such. They were quite big in their homestate of Maine but I guess they didn't tour/play much outside of the Northeast, they didn't seem to get much attention elsewhere. I don't even know what else they did besides that split 7" and this MCD... At least one member of Polyglot would eventually do some time in Blood For Blood. Also, after the last song there's some silence and then there's a cover of The Cars' 'Just What I Needed'. Enjoy!

Polyglot - Industrial Strength Child Killer MCD

Morality Crisis

Morality Crisis from Minnesota/Wisconsin was a band I had never heard of till recently. One of its members, Christ, contacted me about his band, and label Minnesconsin Records (Minnesota, Wisconsin, get it?). Morality Crisis just released a new 4-song EP called 'North'. And it is pretty damn good! Morality Crisis mixes various styles into a great blend, ranging from post-rock to sludge to metal to hardcore. Good stuff, great riffs, with a heavy & full sound all around. And the vocals are awesome as well, nice range in styles, without sounding forced at any point. As I said, I had never heard of this band before, but they've been around since 2003, released an EP in 2005, broke up in 2006, and are now back together. Their new EP is streaming at their bandcamp, where it can also be bought as a digital download. Their old EP can be downloaded for free from there as well, it is also quite good. Physical copies of the new EP should be available sometime soon as well. Definitely give this band a listen.