Album Reviews

I've been a bit behind on some album reviews lately, but here's a nice chunk of what has come our way in recent times. Natural Order - s/t (Purgatory Records) Unfortunately, this Natural Order 7" came to me cracked in half in the mail, so I've still only heard the two songs on Sound Cloud, but I love what I've been able to hear.  This has a heavy vibe reminiscent of late 90s bands like Turmoil, Bloodlet and Damnation AD.  There's a discordant...

Blood Runs Black - Demo 1994

Blood Runs Black were from Syracuse, NY, and played a pretty chunky hybrid of metal and hardcore.  They released a couple demos, a handful of comp tracks and one EP on Harvest Records before a couple members morphed into Godbelow.  Although there isn't any pertinent date related recording info in the liner notes, I believe this is their second demo from 1994, as it features Kris Wiechmann (Earth Crisis) on guitar. Blood Runs...

Earth Crisis signs to Candlelight Records

  Right on the heels of news that Terror has signed with Victory Records, another group of hardcore stalwarts has left Century Media in the form of Earth Crisis signing to Candlelight Records.   Here's the press release: Candlelight Records proudly announces the worldwide signing of EARTH CRISIS. The Syracuse-based band, featuring vocalist Karl Buechner, guitarists Scott Crouse and Erick Edwards, bassist Ian Edwards, and drummer...

Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond The Sun [pre-order]

Over at the Metal Blade webstore, pre-orders are now available for Shai Hulud's new album, "Reach Beyond The Sun".  If you're itching to hear a track from it, we did a post a few weeks ago - http://xstuckinthepastx.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-shai-hulud-track.html. Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond The Sun [pre-orde...

Mediafire Account Shut Down

Well it looks like my Mediafire account was suspended...I've received messages from people asking me to re-up files but it looks like I can't. I apologize but I'm not sure what else to do. If anyone else has any suggestions, my ears op...

x206x Zine #2

Here's the second (and I believe final) issue of x206x, which was done by Chris Jacobson (Wait In Vain) and Big Jake.  This came out sometime in late 1998, and has interviews with Trial, Indecision, Left With Nothing and Skarhead.  It's a fun zine, even though they completely butchered my last name in the Top 10 lists. x206x Zine #2 http://www.mediafire.com/view/?vi2iwmv02r4ck...