The other day a friend of mine asked if there was anyway to listen to the Excessive Force - In Your Blood CD online without having to download it. I looked on Youtube, but could only find one or two songs; So I decided to upload it! Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Saturday, June 27, 2015
In Your Blood: Animal Liberation Compilation
In Your Blood Fanzine is proud to announce the release of our new animal liberation compilation. This compilation is available as a digital download for FREE and for a every download In Your Blood will donate money towards ALF connected prisoner Walter Bond.
Tracklist:
Abnegation - Sown Into The Remains
Birthright - Ascencion
Chokehold - Burning Bridges
Contempt - Burn
Culture - Memento Mori
Earth Crisis - New Ethic
Green Rage - Declaration
Statement - Traces Of Blood
Torn Apart - Defenseless
Torn Apart - Just Sit Back
To download this compilation: Click Here
Monday, June 22, 2015
In Your Blood #1 Available now!
In Your Blood #1 is officially for sale now!
To purchase: Click Here
Featuring Interviews with:
Stretch Arm Strong
Dan Gump of Life Sentence Records/Excessive Force
and "Maybe I Don't Wanna Change" a series of interviews with the band Torn Apart
Saturday, June 20, 2015
In Your Blood #1 Coming Very Soon...
Hot off the press, In Your Blood #1: Summer 2015!
These bad boys will be for sale on the In Your Blood Web store (Click Here) on Monday June 22nd, 2015!
Featuring Interviews with:
Stretch Arm Strong
Dan Gump of Life Sentence Records/Excessive Force
and "Maybe I Don't Wanna Change" a series of interviews with the band Torn Apart
It also includes a Judge, Living Eyes and Pure show review as well as a bunch of record reviews!
This issue will also be for sale at the King Of The Monsters festival and Resurrect Cali festival.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Jeremy D Smith Interview (Plagued With Rage, Halfmast, Modern Problems)
Here is an interview I conducted with Jeremy D Smith, guitar player from Plagued With Rage/Halfmast and singer of Modern Problems. I would like to thank Jeremy not only for participating in this interview, but also for bringing such awesome music to the straight edge hardcore scene for over 20 years.
Where are you from?
I was born and raised in North Tonawanda, NY, which is a city of about 30k people roughly 14 miles north of Buffalo. It’s the southernmost city in Niagara county (Buffalo is in Erie county) so technically it’s a suburb of Niagara Falls. After living in the city of Buffalo of and on for years; these days I live in a more rural Village with my family called east Aurora, Which is about 20 miles from Buffalo.
How did you get into hardcore music?
My first love was heavy metal, with smatterings of The Ramones, Sex Pistols and Devo from my uncles who used to babysit me in the early 80’s. By 1989 I was full into and going to thrash metal shows. I started checking out crossover bands like DRI and COC, then in 1990 a kid named Blake who lived in my neighborhood played me the “Where the Wild Things Are” NYHC comp and that was that, I was hooked.
How did you find Straight Edge?
In 1991 I was starting to distance myself from the metal dudes I knew, or rather, the kids who weren’t “evolving” in any way, shape or form. I wasn’t into smoking or drinking, the idea of lying to your parents, going into the woods and getting fucked up every weekend didn’t interest me. Music was a great escape of the banality of suburban life. That’s what I needed, more and more music. There was a scene of people my age making exciting energetic music that I related to once the lyrics of heavy metal seemed a little trite. I was talking about it in 11th grade with a friend of mine, Bob. He got pumped (he’s an excitable, intense kind of guy) and started saying “DUDE! You’re straight edge!” After that, I had a label for what I already was doing anyway. It was pretty cool.
What were some of your favorite straight edge bands in the 90s?
I loved Mouthpiece, Unbroken, the first Chokehold LP, the Earth Crisis 93 demo…The early Strife stuff. It was tough because politically I really didn’t “fit” with a lot of the stuff in the 90’s. No matter what band I liked, I always still felt like an outsider. I wasn't as intense as Chokehold was, well, about like EVERYTHING and I wasn't pro-life or "hyper vegan" like EC was… I wasn't as physically fit or cool as the Mouthpiece guys and I wasn't as good looking as the guys from Unbroken. But I found my niche, also a lot of those dudes on a personal level were very cool to me and never alienated me, but that didn't mean I didn't still feel like I was on the outside looking in at times.
What was your first band? Was xPWRx before Halfmast?
My first band that played shows was called Childish Intent. We were like a crossover band, I guess. We had a lot of metal and punk elements but playing hardcore; mostly we were dorks. We played with Endpoint and Slugfest and stuff. Plagued with Rage and Halfmast were going on simultaneously. Plagued with rage were originally called “Fuck Shit UP” but changed their name after finding out about the Boston Based crew FSU in 94. I had told Jay about the name “Plagued with Rage” that I came up with on the way home from a DropDead basement show we went to in the summer of 1993 (we walked 15 miles home) he remembered it, said he liked it and asked to use the name. That was before I was in PWR.
Childish Intent band photo, cassette and show flier.
How did you join Halfmast? how about xPWRx?
I joined Halfmast in the late summer on 1993 as Childish Intent was breaking up. I had heard that they were looking for a new guitar player and I gave them a call. At that point I was writing faster hardcore songs and wanted to do that style. They were much, much heavier before I joined. My little brother and Jay, who was also in PWR joined up shortly after. Plagued With Rage, well, Jay and my brother, used to REALLY jump around many times (on Jay’s part) far too much to hold the song together. They asked Nick, the singer of Halfmast to play guitar, but he could barely play, so they asked me, as I knew them all9 and were related to two of them!) and that was that. I quit that band all the time though, mostly out of stubbornness.
What bands did you play shows with in your time with Halfmast and xPWRx?
Ohh geez umm… Chokehold, Burst of Silence, Slugfest, Against All Hope, Snapcase, Envy (the good one from buffalo), Redline, Fadeaway, Slowpoke, Turning Point (reunion), Endpoint, Ignite, Earth Crisis, Despair, Cleanser, Glassjaw, Silent Majority, 108, Strife, A Chorus of Disapproval, Mouthpiece, Conerstone, Unbroken, Undertow, Ricochet, XeverlastX, Harvest, Brother’s Keeper, Hatebreed, 25 ta Life, Abnegation, Chisel, Birthright, Spawn, Moment of Truth… Race Traitor, to name more than a few!
Many people have only bad things to say about the xPWRx 7” (illogical to me, as its one of my favorite records), why do you think this is?
Because we were kids and the recording is pretty bad? I dunno, we were from a time very few bands were trying to play traditional style SxE hardcore so we were really trying to “figure it out.” Also, we weren’t like, cool, AT ALL.
Why did Halfmast last longer than xPWRx?
Jay moved to Chicago and was the main force behind PWR but only played drums in halfmast, so Halfmast got a new drummer and PWR broke up.
What is your favorite release from either band?
For Halfmast it’s the “Status” cassette for plagued with rage it’s the “I won’t Forget” demo.
How did xPWRx end? How about halfmast?
PWR ended when Jay moved. Halfmast ended when Nick and I got into a fight during our last tour. He jumped through a screen door trying to get to me, it was impressive. We’re friends now again, but it was weird for a few years.
What was the straight edge scene like in buffalo during the era?
A lot of kids, though not necessarily into what we were doing at the time. The vegan mosh thing was at its peak so it was a hard fought battle for us to gain traction. Envy were probably the best SxE band at the time. They had some great shows.
Upstate NY has always been a breeding ground for great straight edge hardcore, do you think that there is any particular reasoning?
The old rev bands used to make Buffalo a constant weekend and tour stop, so I think that just etched itself here. There wasn’t a first wave of Straight Edge in Buffalo.
After Halfmast and xPWRx, what bands were you in?
No Reason with my brother, who sang for PWR, The Control, Dead Hearts, Reason, Old Ghosts and now Modern Problems.
Talk a bit about your new band Modern Problems?
Modern Problems is a more traditional straight edge hardcore punk band I sing in. We’re rooted in a little more melodic OC/ DC style. We have a couple of tape EPs and a 7” out and an LP called “Foolish Times” which has all of our recordings (the demo 7”, Foolish Times EP and Identity EP) coming out on Not Like You Fanzine’s label this year, We will have copies at the King of the Monsters fest we’re playing with Los Crudos and Infest and at our Fuller, CA show in August.
Are you still straight edge?
Of course, it’s a commitment for life, nothing less.
What are you up to these days? family, career etc.
I work as the security director of a private college (been here 6 ½ years) I got into security management when I was the director of security at a food corporation’s world headquarters, but campus security is MUCH more my style. I live in the suburbs with my wife and three children andt’s pretty chill.
Any last comments?
Sure, there’s some cool stuff going on if buffalo right now: Malfunction, New Vision, Black X, Pissing Match… Even Rhinoceros is back. There are new bands like Burn Book and Reverie and even more new bands starting everyday it seems. It’s a great time to be involved and to get involved.
To download the Plagued With Rage Discography: Click Here
Monday, June 15, 2015
Abnegation Discography
Well the site hit 2000 views today (big woop, I know) so I thought I would do a post on one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. Abnegation was formed in 1992 in Erie, PA. They were an early adopter of the metal influenced hardcore sound that was ever so prevalent in the 90s. Abnegation were known not only known for their hard sound, but also their hard and strong beliefs, on subjects such as Abortion and Veganism. Take of example the lyrics to their song Birthright:
"You've taken for granted the gift of life. You have abused the miracle of birth as the child is sucked from inside. Conception, the beginning of life. Your reasoning is irrelevant to the situation. Your choice ends when life begins. Their cries will not go unheard. The fetus is a life..."
Wether you agree with their ethics and morals or not, they were one hell of a band musically. So today id like to offer you a download of Abnegation's discography along with some very rare original show photos.
The photos above were taken by Greg Straight Edge on October 22nd, 1995 in Rochester, NY.
To download Abnegations full discography: Click Here
Big thanks to Path To Misery for the download link.
To look for original copies of their vinyl: Click here
I have two really awesome announcements regarding Abnegation coming up soon, so look out for those...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Sevin S/T 7"
SEVIN stands for "Straight Edge Vegan Information Network". That should already give you an idea of what this band was all about. Vegan sXe lyrics, Chugging riffs, and stollen religious cover art; Yep, thats the shit that I like in a hardcore record. Although I really enjoy Sevins's music, the thing that pisses me off is that there is NO info about them online, other than one blog post and a bunch of people saying that they were from New Jersey, which they were not! Anyways, if you have live photos or general information on this band, email me at inyourbloodzine@gmail.com
It is not a very cheap 7", but if you want to buy a physical copy, Click here.
It is not a very cheap 7", but if you want to buy a physical copy, Click here.
Here is a download link to their 7" on militant records from 1995.
To download this 7": Click Here
Till next time,
In Your Blood Fanzine
Sunday, June 7, 2015
X Plagued With Rage X Discography
X Plagued With Rage X was a straight edge hardcore band from Buffalo, NY circa the mid 90s. There is almost no information about this band online and all of my attempts to contact the members have failed sadly. To me, xPWRx is a band that embodies the change from youth crew sXe hardcore to 90s vegan metalcore influence hardcore. Both of their official releases are pretty rough around the edges, but are none the less absolutely amazing. This dowload has both of those releases plus many more of their songs. Thanks to xSITPx for the heads up on this discography!
"Its more than words, its deep inside of me, its more than words, its the way I choose to be"
To Download Plagued With Rage's Discography:
Here are some super rare photos of X Plagued With Rage X for your viewing pleasure!
Until next time,
In Your Blood Fanzine
Friday, June 5, 2015
Green Rage At The Firestorm Release Show
"When Green Rage came on they blew my mind. You see Justin didn’t seem quite right. The dude just had a crazy look in his eyes. They started the feedback, the drums started pounding that declaration beat. Justin leaned into the crowd and started screaming in his high pitched crazy ass banshee voice. He was threatening the crowd calling them out, telling them to get active. For a moment I thought he was going to kick my ass because I didn’t shoot a vivisector on my way to the show. I think it is that insanity in the vocals that still keeps the 4 songs that band did classic. That is most of what they played. They played a horrid half cover of Nomad off the recently released Sepultura record (which I first heard the night before) and ended with a cover. 'The fucking piece of shit who wrote this song may not still believe in it, but we do,' and the band closed with the best version of Integrity’s “Live It Down” I’ll ever hear."
If you want to read a Dave's full review of this infamous night, Click Here.
Here are the photos:
(Click on photos to see larger)
To download the Green Rage 7": Click Here
Until next time,
In Your Blood Fanzine
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