Cold Inside's debut LP "The Things I Failed To Tell You" is out now on Harm's Way Records. The band. The record is available on 12" LP with download ticket included. Get your copy from the Harm's Way Records webstore. If you order before March 4th you'll get a yellow colorway of the vinyl, strictly limited to 50 pieces. This version is only available straight from the label.
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We Live After The Fight
Name: We Live After The Fight. Or as we're known on Lewis Vs. Clark's myspace, We Live After The Football Game.Location: Trinity/Archdale/Thomasville/Bumfuck NC.
Active since: Somehwere around November 27th 2007.
Special Move: Fast, slow, heavy, in your face, positive, and melodic. We try to incorporate as many different genres as we can in our music.
What did you record so far?Well, we recorded one EP with our original members, and we just finished recording our full length.
Track List:
Intro
Hold Your Own
Inconceivable
Set Sail
The Price You Pay
Loose Lips Sink Ships
Undisputable
Untitled
True Family
How did you guys meet together and what was the reason to start a band?
Well, it all started with me and my friend Jason Davis, who is our orignal drummer. I was sitting at home and he called me and was like "Hey man, me and Alex met this guy up at the skate park, you wanna come play some music with us, try and do some vocals?" At first I felt kind of weird about it because I had been a guitarist up until then. I told them yes and went over to his house and did some vocals, and we all agreed that we would take the band seriously and start playing shows. We didn't really have much of a reason to start it besides just wanting to play some music. After about half a year, there was some personality conflicts and Jason and Alex decided to quit the band. We then picked up Trey and Stephen. I knew Trey from jazz band, and knew that he was an amazing drummer, and Stephen had recently played in a pop punk band called Big Willie and The Slammers, and I knew that he was really good as well. After that we were all set, and hopefully this will remain our permanent line up!
We Live After The Fight is a very interesting name. How did you acquire this and what’s the meaning behind it?
Haha, this is actually kind of funny. We Live After The Fight was actually an old crew that me and a friend started a few years ago. After a while it just kind of fell apart when we were thinking about a band name and I suggested it. We didn't want to use it for the longest time, but we eventually decided that it kind of fit. As far as a meaning, there wasn't one at the time, but if you think about it, there can be a few different meanings. For example, it could say that no matter what, my friends, my family, will always stick together through thick and thin. Or something along those lines, haha.
What’s the biggest inspiration for the band?
The love of music and playing for people. We love going out to shows and seeing people getting nasty with shit. It's just great seeing people dancing and enjoying music that you write. It's also great meeting people and making friends with people. Without fans none of this shit would ever be possible.
Do you feel the bands from the big cities get the most of the attention? So how does it feel to run a hardcore band in a place like Archdale?
It all just depends on how much work you do as a band really. We may be from a small town but if you push your band hard enough and try to get your name out there, it really isn't any different from being a band from a larger city. It definitely can be a bummer when it comes to gas though.
How supportive is the North Caroline scene to up-n-coming hardcore bands like yourself?
Like I said in my previous question, it just depends on how hard you push your band. North Carolina has definitely been very supportive for us though, particularly Greensboro. Fayetteville was also very good to us. We'd love to play there again sometime. But like any other scene, there are bands that get big just because of who they are, or what they look like. I don't care so much about being the next big thing or anything like that. It would be nice to be signed and shit because it would make it easier for us to tour, but at the same time, I would much rather work for everything my band gets than have it handed to us. But yea, the real kids have definitely supported us, and it's so nice to know that there are people who listen to us and enjoy our music.
When you hear the phrase "positive hardcore" what does that mean to you?
To me, it can mean a variety of things. There are a lot of bands that have pissed off lyrics, which is perfectly fine. I listen to a lot of bands like First Blood, Ceremony, The Carrier, Nasty, and Grave Maker. But the emotion that's in positive hardcore, or positive music in general, just gets me so much more pumped than anything else. But yea, when it comes down to it, I just feel that the message in positive hardcore can be just as strong as negative lyrics if you use it right. It can be just as in your face and can get you pumped up in a different way. I love both negative and positive music, but positive music is just so much more meaningful to me.
Considering the wide range of bands you have played with, who did you enjoy the most to share a stage with?Personally, I'd have to say xHONORx is definitely one of the most enjoyable bands to play with. They're all really good guys and fun to hang out with and chill. I love those guys, and I hope that we continue to keep playing with them in the future. As far as bigger bands, it was really fun to play with Sleeping Giant and Carnifex. They're both extremely kind bands and put on great shows.
American football vs. real football?
University of South Carolina football! Grown up going to the games, and it's always been a tradition, so I can't help but love it. As far as the rest of the band I don't think Ben, Trey or Grant really have a preference, but I know that Stephen is definitely a Florida Gators fan.
Anything else you'd like to expound upon?
Yes! Be sure to keep an eye out for new songs which should be up within the month, and we might have some pretty big news coming up soon as well! Also, Check out xHONORx, they're a great band. Thank you so much for taking the time to give us this interview, and hopefully we'll see you on the road sometime!
Pound For Pound - Kill Yourself
Pound For Pound - Kill YourselfFilled With Hate 2008
If I’m not wrong, this is their third full length album and it’s safe to say that Kill Yourself is as intense as any of their past work. I know this type of stuff doesn’t appeal to everybody, but if you’re in the mood for some straightforward shit, you can’t miss on this one.
My first impression was that t his record is heavier then their previous work. You can definitely hear their typical sound that always made me think of bands like Madball, Death Threat or Strength For A Reason, but this time the mosh parts are more often and at times they even sound like 100 Demons or Merauder. But don’t worry, it’s still aggressive and straight in your face as always. The moment you press play on the CD player, you are being thrown into bloody mosh pit and you better prepare for some serious ass kicking! Fuckin’ reckless, man! This is one of the bands that offer something I can relate to. Be it the style of music I love or the lyrics full of real life bullshit, that’s the type of album that makes you think why you love hardcore in first place. In a time when so many bands look at hardcore scene as just a career opportunity, it’s good to see a band that don't have to compromise the integrity of their music and is just doing their thing. This may be not the album that reinvents the wheel but this still a freat record and I will fight everyone who thinks different!
Pound For Pound @myspace
Filled With Hate
Withdrawal
This band brings everything that's evil in hardcore! I know you all like Clevo sound - now try to mix it with some thrash/punk rock influences and you get Withdrawal, negative people playing negative music.
Can you tell us how did Withdrawal get started ?
Adam: We started in March of last year. We'd all known each other from our previous bands, circle of friends and from going to school together way back when. All our bands kind of fell appart at the same time, which allowed Withdrawal to fall into place. We'd all mutually repsected each other musically, so it seemed to make sense. And here we are a year later.
What’s happening with Withdrawal right now? How is the recording process of your debut 7” going?
Joel: We have very busy between balancing jobs, girlfriends AND poker, while writing and trying to squeeze jams in. As far as recording is going, well, you can never know til it's done. I am very happy with what has been done so far in terms of tones and production so hopefully it all comes together nicely in the end.
Adam: Without the addreneline of a live show I can only sing for an hour or two in the studio a day without getting an intense migrane, so that's certainly slowed the recording down a bit.
What should people expect from this stuff?
Joel: I suppose it sounds like a "stock" answer but the fast songs are faster, the heavy parts and heavier and darker parts are hopelessly dark. We put a fair amount of time into these new songs and they do progress forward without leaving behind what people enjoyed off our demo... Evil lyrics that make you think King Diamond is your lord and savior, riffs that make you wanna swerve your truck at 60 clips into the nearest church and burnt out bass riffs that are so wailing you think cliff burton came back from the dead to shred in your head!
Adam: I think it's going to be polarizing towards the listener. If you enjoyed our old songs, you will enjoy the 7", if you enjoy progressive and frightening agressive music then there is something special for you on this record. I would never, ever want to release the demo over and over again. It would be a nightmare, but at the same time we don't want to stray so far from the path that we've already committed to that we are a different sounding band. So we've brought in more influences but without sacrificing anything.
To the people who don't know you, how would you describe your style and sound?
Adam: Nightmares, Suicide attempts, occult rituals, misery and violence in audio form. Holy Terrorism. Real hardcore. Handsome gentlemen playing ugly music.
In my opinion, your band can be compared to the Clevo sound and acts like Integrity and Ringworm, but I also hear influences from a wider range of bands. What groups would you say were the most influential when developing your sound?
Joel: Well, we do all love the clevo style... It's some of the best no bullshit stuff around. If you trace me down to my roots as a guitarist I would say it's obvious i'm more D.R.I and slayer influenced than say... Iron Maiden.
Me and Adam are huge old Cave in fans (and the later era..) and really loved the spacey metal they did on the first few releases... I listened to a lot of The Mission's(uk) first album... I love how the guitars surround you on the album so I really was looking to get a "wall of guitars" sound on this new stuff... I guess you could say I was going for a "dark side of the moon" space-y meets black album heavy guitar sound/feel...
Having said that, in a sense I draw inspiration from all the shitty poser bands I see/deal with day in day out as a music lover and designated shredder... Gives me the hatred to fuel my desire to rid the world of such douche baggery.
Adam: I think it's a fair enough comparisson to compare us to Ringworm and Integrity, and while I don't discount their influence, I am glad that you don't just dismiss us a clevo worship band because the Clevo bands we enjoy are indeed just part of an imense amount of influences we have. I can only speak for myself but I can say that my lyrics are mostly influenced by Martin Gore of Depeche Mode, H.P Lovecraft, japanese author Shigesato Itoi, and others. Recently all we've been listening to is Trap Them, Cave In and Watain...
How long were some of the songs in the works? Does it take you long to put a song together?
Joel: Depends. Some songs maybe take weeks while some might just com together in a quick jam or two assuming it goes well and me and jeff don't just sit around like lazy sacks of shit when we get together to write...
Adam: A couple of the songs are from last year and have been played live for quite some time now and the others are brand new. It takes a while to get lyrics out of me, I can't rush my words. But when inspiration strikes I'm pretty good.
Is there a message you are sending through your music?
Adam: Well I don't write about one specific topic so we cover alot of bases. Lyrically, we touch on depression and loneliness alot. The 7" is called Unknown Misery and by that I mean the fact that the future is so uncertain and grim and I think most people can identify with that if they open their eyes a bit. Anti-Christian sentement.But there is also a new song on our 7" about astral project, so we're not afraid of writing about esthetoric things like that.
Joel: I just hope when people hear our stuff they genuinely feel our anger and resentment towards our sick world.
How the non-musical influences had an effect on your sound?
Adam: As a holy terror affiliated band we're lucky enough to be part of a collective of really inspiring artists like Stepehen kasner, Joey Southside, GIVE UP, and others. I just like presentation and I don't believe in half assing anything with our band so it's important that we have a strong visual representation that matches the sound of the music we play. I think the music we play affects us more non-musically than the other way around if that makes any sense at all.
You have been doing a lot shows? How important is it to Withdrawal to have a top notch performance?
Joel: I always try to put on a good show for people that come to see us. The bottom line is they came for a show, not a stand around and deedle practice. Fuck that, give your all when playing live. Having said that, everyone has off nights and SHIT HAPPENS. I don't cry when i fuck up, or my guitar breaks mid song. Deal with it and try and keep going.
Adam: WIthdrawal live is a cathartic and violent experience and there is no way to practice for what happens when we play live. you just kind of let it happen. I personally just black out for the most part and come to after the song or set is done. If that aggression and release is top notch to someone, so be it. We'd do it in front of 200 kids or 2 of them. That's a page from Black Flag's rule book and it's very important in the primadona hardcore world of today.
What's your favorite part of being in a band, writing new music or performing in front of the audience? Why?
Joel: I would say it's both. I love the feeling of having a wild ass new song to bang out live. Just knowing your friends will be tearing up the joint when the "circle pit" part sneaks it's way into a new song. Love writing and playing.
Adam: I just like being in a band in general. If I'm not playing in a band I just feel lazy, after a few months of that I'd probably hang myself out of sheer boredom.
Can you remember what made you want to be a part of hardcore? The song or the whole album and the feeling you had then?
Joel: Sick of it all was the first legit HC band I fell in love with. I was a pretty punk kid in high school. Dead kennedys shirt, ripped army shorts and shit. SNFU live was the show that really got me loving punk/hc.
Adam: I got into SSDecontrol when I was 15, Project X, alot of the early Boston bands like Slapshot and Impact Unit. It just went from there, I always liked metal and I always liked punk so when the two managed to combine. One of the few songs I can remember instantly hitting me hard was SSD - Police Beat. That bassline and Springa's anguished screaming. You immediately get the feeling that it's real, and I would love to get that feeling over and over again, but it's hard to find those kind of bands nowadays.
What do you think of hardcore these days - is there anything you think is missing in the scene?
There needs to be more straightened hair posers at our shows filling my gas tank and providing cushioning for my hard moshing friends. Hardcore, these days, is wishy washy. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE real in your face angry hardcore but I hate the molestation of it the last 10 years. With uninspired "woa, sick bro!" hc bands selling 20, 000 copies of thier new slab of shit cd in it's first week and real heavy bands like Ringworm and Napalm death barely selling 2,000 of thier new cd happening, why wouldn't I be wishy washy on music in general.
So who are you feeling in the hardcore scene at the moment? Is there anyone you ain't feeling?Joel: Me, personally, I love Grave Maker in terms of thier live show and incredible touring ethic. I like Crucified a lot. Trap them are great? hmm, not a whole lot lately that gets me going. Rise and Fall rip. Locally there is First Strike and Born Bad. Two bands that are in "keep it real" mode non-stop. I won't name names but there is a whole slew of shit prairie metal weiner bands in Canada. Wannabe dangerous posers who would go running back to thier lush god fearing homes if they were in our shoes for a tour. I straight up hate poser bands. Always have.
Adam: Crucified, Set Foot, Pulling Teeth, Trapped Under Ice, Invasion, Grave Maker, The Banner, Moutheater, Shoot To Kill...all of these bands are immensely inspiring and I suggest that anyone who is losing faith in hardcore check them out for a renewed sense of hope.
What are your plans and wishes for the near future?
Joel: Load up our stanky van, and get the fuck out of this awful city if only for any period of time. If we don't tour more soon? I'll down a bottle of pills.
Adam: Narrowly avoid suicide attempts. Tour as much as we can, hopefully put out an LP if some sort of record label feels like working as hard as we do. Struggle with misery.
Anything you'd like to say before we close out?
Joel: Thank you to anyone who is into our band. We may be barely approachable pricks but I'd shake your hand if I could. See you in hell!
Adam: Listen to Crucified.
Withdrawal @ Myspace
New Cutdown album coming soon!
Full House records will soon be releasing a new Cutdown "s/t" full length. After three years of playing and writing new songs since the release of the debut full length "Always Intact", the new cd is finally mixed and mastered. In the meanwhile, you can check out two songs (Deadweight & Never Again) from the upcoming cd on Cutdown's myspace. More information regarding the release date will be updated at Cutdown's myspace and/or Full House records website.www.myspace.com/cutdown
www.myspace.com/fullhouserecords
Listen to Unstable Foundation (ex-4 In The Chamber)
4 In The Chamber decided to call it quits after 14 years of struggle. The founding members already started a new band, called Unstable Foundation, which was the name of the first 4ITC mcd from 1997. They're looking for a vocalist now but yu can listen to some tunes here.
"This hell is ours" by L’Esprit du Clan available now
"This hell is ours" by L’Esprit du Clan is available now! Go to their myspace profile and listen to the new songs!
