Whether you love them or hate them, there is no denying that Eighteen Visions made some awesome Metalcore music in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Before their first release, Lifeless, came out on Life Sentence Records in 1997, They recorded a demo tape under the name "Macabre". Macabre was founded in October 1995 by James Hart, Dave Peters, Billy Sisler, and Kenneth Floyd. The band wrote a bit of material and started to play shows, beginning at the "Koo's Cafe", in their local area. Soon after a second guitarist, Jeff Boullt (from Excessive Force), was added to the mix, and in March, Billy left the group and was replaced by Richie Taylor. Richie only lasted a short while, and Javier Van Huss soon took over the bass duties. Later in the year, Jeff also left the band, and Brandan Schieppati was added to complete a first stable line-up. This demo is definitely rough, there is no getting around it, but the more I listen to it, the more I enjoy it. To me it sounds very Excessive Force inspired, featuring tons of awesome mid 90s chugging riffs.
"Before he was into pleather pants and eyeliner, 18 Visions singer Jame Shart (far left) wore JNCOs and Excessive Force shirts just like the rest of us."
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