A Few Links Fixed and News

Hey guys,

Sorry for my lack of input lately but up until recently I had been working 3 jobs so my time was limited for anything. But I did go and see that a few of you had requested to have a few links fixed. I did get to some of them and they have been updated. See below:

Despair - As We Bleed

Inside - 2010 Demo

Wrench - Both Records

Voice Of The Voiceless compilation

Click any of the links to be taken directly to the post. If you guys have anymore requests for links that are down, shoot me an email at xchipxsem@gmail.com and I'll get them fixed. I'm also going to try and get more of the layouts scanned with the post.

More exciting news for us, we'd like to welcome to our friends Shawna to the group. She'll be helping us out as a regular contributor and we're happy to have her on board.

Lastly, keep those requests coming. If we don't have it, we'll do our best to try and track it down. Thanks for sticking with us for all these years.

-Chip and the rest of the SITP gang

Extinction - "What You Have Created..." 7" Layout and Download

Extinction was a straight edge band from Chicago, active in the mid-to-late 90s. The band had two releases, one being this four song EP and the other being Hypocrisy Breeds Traitors. Both were released on Catalyst Records and are long out of print. I wanted to share the layout of What You Have Created (otherwise known as the Enemy of the People 7"), particularly due to the meaning behind each song that was included in the insert.

"What You Have Created..." (1997)

Track List:

1) Ignominy

2) Replica

3) 220

4) Enemy of the People

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Review: Rumpshaker #6

With the upswing in an easy ability to create and maintain websites in the mid 2000s, print zines saw a very sharp decline around the same time.  Although there were at least three horrible zines for every great one out there, the internet created a wasteland of over-exerted opinions in the form of livejournal, blogger (yes, I know) and wordpress.  Rumpshaker ended its run in 1999 prior to this changing of the guard, and it was always a shining example of what a great zine should be.

Fast forward 13 years, and Rumpshaker has come back with issue number six, and Eric doesn't seem to have missed a beat at all.  At 144 pages, it's a lot to take in, but just like the days of yore, he has packed it with great content.

Interviews with Mike Judge, Limp Wrist and Sick Of It All are the standouts for me, simply due to my affection for the subjects at hand.  Even with the bands I have little to no interest in, Eric has continued to hold my interest by asking questions that aren't run of the mill and found in every single other interview out there.  However, that's nothing new for Rumpshaker, and is one of the qualities that always set it above and beyond most other zines in my eyes.

In one of the most intriguing ongoing segments in memory, Eric once again interviewed three musicians (Walter Schreifels, Dan Yemin and Chuck D) and their mothers.  Getting an inside look into how a mother views their child getting into and progressing with underground culture is heavily interesting, and always made me look forward to the next issue of Rumpshaker, of which hopefully there will be another.

The bottom line here is that Rumpshaker came out of the box 13 years later with a top notch zine.  Pick it up!

Rumpshaker

order here

Handsome - s/t to be released on vinyl.

After many years of speculation and rumors, the self titled Handsome record will finally be released on vinyl by 6131 Records.  They currently have a shirt up for pre-order, and the record will surely follow suit shortly.  Let's all keep our fingers crossed that the two tracks from the European bonus CD will be included as well.

The Dead Unknown - Posthumous recording

In preparation for the upcoming The Dead Unknown reunion show, we went into the studio late last month and recorded the last two tracks that we were playing live prior to breaking up in 2006.

You can check them out here:

or here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ey5ph0ayhxio749/The_Dead_Unknown_-_Posthumous_%5B2013%5D.zip  

 

New Blood: Renounced (UK)

There's been a ton of great new bands coming out of the UK the past few years. Ark Of The Covenant, xRepentancex, Abolition, xSaboteurx, Broken Teeth, Natural Order, the list goes on and on. You can now add Renounced to that list. They just released their first EP, Conditioned From Birth, which will be available in physical formats soon, and it's awesome.



I asked singer Dan for some background information on the band:
Firstly can I just say thank you for your interest in our band, personally I have been a little overwhelmed by the response we have been given thus far from people in the community. Im not too sure where to start with this bio business, but I will try to keep it short and as interesting as possible.  Every member of the band is in they're 20's and like most of people around this age who got into punk or heavy music in general, we where brought up listening to bands such as: Converge, Poison The Well,  Bane, 7A7P, Eighteen Visions, This Day Forward, Norma Jean, and arguably one of the heaviest bands of all time, Martyr AD (members of Disembodied) . I remember when I was 15, a friend of mine brought over the HellFest 2002 VHS and I watched kids run of a stage and mash each other out, to an era of hardcore which in my option was one of the best. Now don't get me wrong, give me some Infest, Insect Warfare  or youth crew punk band any day of the week and I will listen to it just as much. But there is something about a decent discord that just talks to me.  Usually this frantic array of guitar work was then juxtaposed with beautiful piano pieces or melodic slowness which made records of this era a bit more rounded to listen to. In my personal opinion Metalcore died after this era and apart from a few remaining bands, has been lost in the bullshit found day to day in any of the commercially driven magazines that fits that stereotypically boring, deluded, death metal/ new metal/ tattooed/ beatdown bands of today. We are not vegan or an  edge band, although a few members of the band are. I am very lucky to be playing with such talented musicians. Sam Knight used to play in the UK band Abolition as well as many other bands, and our drummer Jack is just ridiculous. I went round his house when we where looking for a drummer and handed him Jhazmyne's Lullaby by 7 Angels 7 plagues and asked if he could play it. About two days later he replied with 'yes'. (If you dont know who Jared Logan is, check out his bands: Compromise, 7a7p and Martyr AD, amazing drummer) Our bass player, Martin and second guitarist, Daniel, churn our ridiculous riffs all day and we all get on really well which is essential.  I feel like i'm waffling and this is all very boring to read and I have written I to many times.  Apologies if this is the case.

We are currently nervously playing a shows here and there around the UK. Shout out to Atonement records, who are putting out some of the hardest stuff at the moment. Our EP CONDITIONED FROM BIRTH is out now for free download from their store. Please come and let some aggression out at one of our shows if you have the chance. We all would be very grateful. Thank you to anyone who has taken the time to read this. 

In short, Renounced is 5 dudes playing early 2000's politically driven emotional metalcore for the damaged spin kicker. Apparently we also have a Facebook page which is much to my disapproval as I feel hardcore/punk and social media should not mix for shit.

Do yourself a favor and check out Renounced!
Bandcamp
Facebook
Atonement Records

Sparkmarker - Bremerton, WA [10/10/92]

Full set of Sparkmarker playing a basement in Bremerton, WA on 10/10/92.

Losing Skin - I: Infinite Death up for pre-order

Losing Skin's I: Infinite Death preorders have now gone live over at the Blasphemour Records webstore, and there are various combinations to choose from.

Deathbed (2010 - 2013) - Discography Download

Deathbed was an Atlanta straight edge band that I sang for. Due to our recent break-up, I decided to upload our records for those who would be interested in downloading them. Hope you enjoy!

"Oppression" Demo (2010)

Track List:

1) Intro/Oppression

2) Open Arms

3) Voiceless

http://www.mediafire.com/download/2trxmukp363j2v9/

"For the Few" EP (Upside Down Records, 2011)

Track List:

1) Cleanse

2) Lost

3) For the Few

http://www.mediafire.com/download/wyycxc98499rm4c/

Split 7" with Douglas (Speedowax Records, 2011)

Track List:

1) Grasp (First Recording)

2) The Final Nail (First Recording)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/mfpek4mipvcapo5/

"Reduced to Nothing" EP (Catalyst Records, 2012)

This record is still available in the Catalyst Records webstore. For that reason, I've only included downloads for three of the songs. If you'd like a physical copy, head over there and pick one up!

Track List:

1) Reduced to Nothing (ft. Kurt of Birthright)

2) Grasp

3) Aversion (ft. Brendan of Incendiary)

4) Note to Self

5) The Final Nail

Losing Skin joins Blasphemour Records

Spokane's own Losing Skin have teamed up with Blasphemour Records to finally give I: Infinite Death a proper release.  Pre-order deatils will be coming shortly.