Ohio Hardcore

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RIP Prosper :( Really fucking cool metal. They will be missed. They are now giving out their music for free on our bandcamp, go snag it and reminisce.

http://flowerpotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/prosper-ep-2

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On December 19th, the Columbus, Ohio based band The Crimson Armada officially announced that the band was breaking up.

The official post by the band concerning the break-up on band’s facebook is:

”Closure.

A lot of people are wondering what in the world happened to this band. Jordan, TCA’s last drummer wrote a statement but never really consulted our management nor the rest of the band before posting and thus the result was just a bunch of confusion.

I am going to clear things up briefly as possible.

Crimson broke up for a multitude of reasons. The first and primary reason was because of a lack of passion. It is no surprise the difference in sound between our two full lengths , Guardians and Conviction. Guardians was written over several years with the original members kyle, and david and myself(saud). the album reflected what we wanted to play and how i felt about things at the time. over the course of signing to metal blade records and latter years we didnt really receive the push we expected and i ended up going out and selling merch for other bands and finding other things to occupy my time like recording and engineering. over what seemed like an eternity of waiting for things to move forward our musical tastes changed, and most importantly our religious views changed, mine especially. After josh and david decided to leave our band we decided as a band to take a more secular route although i had already written a religious record. we planned on using conviction as a transition record to play music that was more fun to perform. It goes without saying, that the backlash we received was less than amusing however we decided to suck it up and continue on with our new label.

Over the course of the tours that followed it seemed like we had a new lineup every time we hit the road. After a while the band became more of a chore than a job or anything that was fun really. No one warned us for the ridiculous amount of baggage that came with being a full time touring band. Every tour we went on we ran into some kind issue and someone quit and we ran through a new member every few months. Ultimately it just didn’t feel right anymore. We were trying our best to keep things together all the while paying for most of our band expenses out of pocket.

Bottom line the band died long before our last few tours. We were essentially a completely different band under the same name. It was obviously time to move on.

I want to take this time to thank all of our fans for everything you’ve done for us. I can speak for all members that were ever in this band that we had an incredible time performing and travelling the country. I would not trade this experience for any amount of money or fame. I learned so many valuable lessons about being a musician, a professional, and a friend through this band and i owe it all to the fans and bands and bandmates and friends i’ve made over the years. Crimson definitely broke down my ego, forced me to grow up and opened my eyes to the real world. Thank you so much for this experience.

I also owe a huge apology to all the fans who looked up to us for inspiration as a religious band or a christian band. I’ll be real straight with you, there was a time when we took TCA seriously as a ministry. When that time passed we did not immediately announce so in fear of losing our following. Upon finally announcing our secular turn we were met with lots of negativity which put me in a real dark time and I retaliated immaturely and unprofessionally. I don’t expect any sympathy nor am I expecting any. I simply want to apologize to all the fans who were left in the dark. That was not fair to you. I simply wasn’t the same person anymore and couldn’t continue playing music that my heart was not behind. I have grown a lot since then and learned much through this.

If there is one thing that i would like to leave you with is to question everything and keep an open mind. you will miss out on many great opportunities in life and lessons that you can learn simply by assuming that what everyone else tells you is the truth. think for yourself and be conscientious of what you commit yourself to. you can convince yourself that anything is true if you say it enough. the human mind is a powerful thing. use it wisely.

This is the last (real) post that will be made from this page. And I would like to invite you to check out the other bands that once members of this band have moved onto.

David our original drummer now plays drums for For Today

Dan and I are now playing with The Holy Guile

I’ll check back and post other members’ projects as per their requests.

thanks so much from the bottom of my heart for everything. this chapter of my life means so much to me and the rest of the band. we are so thankful that you were a part of it.

thank you for reading and i wish good health and success to everyone in following their hearts. “

It is a sad day seeing any local band break-up, especially one that actually made it. However, out of the ashes of the band arrises new and different music. For Today is already and established metal band, and I wish the best for The Holy Guile as the previous members of The Crimson Armada move on to new things.

Though I usually only feature Ohio metal bands on this blog, the band American Standards recently contacted me to feature them, and after listening to their music, I would more than love to spread the word about this band.

American Standards is a punk/hardcore band based out of Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently signed to We Are Triumphant, which is distributed by Victory Records.

American Standards features Brandon Kellum on vocals, Brennen Westermeyer on guitar, Geof Gittleson on drums, and Corey Skownronski on bass.

Their EP ‘Still Life’ was released June of 2012 and is distributed worldwide in stores and online by Victory Records. ‘Still life’ has been featured in such notable sources such as Absolute Punk and AP. The band has toured the US extensively in 2012 with international dates in 2013. Dates have included large festivals such as Within These Walls and The Punk Rock Picnic (Danzig, Gwar, Total Chaos) as well as direct support for several national acts. They are currently working on their first full length album.

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We Are Triumphant records

Contact:

MotionManagementAZ@GMail.com

I know this isn’t an Ohio band, but today’s death of Mitch Lucker of Suicide Silence effects all of us in the metal community. It is devastating that such an awful thing would happen to a man who has had such a huge effect on music in general.

My thoughts go out to Mitch Lucker’s family, friends, and bandmates.

RIP Mitch Lucker

Before Their Eyes is a post-hardcore that was founded in Findlay, Ohio is 2006 by vocalist Nick Moore. The band began playing extensively around Ohio, and was soon signed to Rise Records out of Portland, Oregon. The band quickly began recording their first album at The Foundation Recording Studio in Connorsville, Indiana with Joey Sturgis as the engineer. The bands first album was released on May 15, 2007 and was a self-titled album. The line-up as of “Before Their Eyes” (album) was Nick Moore as lead vocalist and on keyboards, Brenden Zapp on lead guitar and backing vocals, Cory Ridenour on rhythm guitar, Jarrett Hottman on drums, and Nathan Warren on bass.

After Before Their Eyes’ first album was released, the band went through a couple line-up changes. Cory Ridenour was replaced on rythem guitar by Landon Tewers, who also did some vocals for the band. The bassist Nathen Warren also left the band, and was replaced by Anthony Damschroder.

The band went back to The Foundation Studio with Joey Sturgis in April of 2008 to begin writing their second full length album. The album “The Dawn of My Death” was released on October 28, 2008, once again through Rise Records. “The Dawn of My Death” reached No. 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.

Before Their Eyes continued to grow a large following in the hardcore scene, and soon began working on their third album late in 2009, however lead guitarist Brenden Zapp was replaced by Elliot Gruenberg.  They once again recorded with Joey Sturgis, and released their third album “Untouchable” on March 9, 2010 through Rise Records. The album reached No. 22 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Soon after the album was released, the new rhythm guitarist Landon Tewers quit the band to focus on his band The Plot in You.

Lead vocalist Nick Moore founded InVogoue Records in 2009, which he located in his hometown of Findlay, Ohio. After the bands release of its third album “Untouchable” Before Their Eyes dropped Rise Records and signed onto InVogoue. 

The band went through a couple more lineup changes after the relase of their third album, with Brandon Rosiar replacing Anthony Damschroder, and inn early 2012 drummer Jarret Hottman announced he was leaving the band and was replaced by Zach Baird. Before Their Eyes announced in early March 2012 that Craig Owens, vocalist of D.R.U.G.S. and former vocalist of Chiodos, had taken over as band manager. The band began recording their fourth full-length album, first not on Rise Records, with Nick Ingram as the sound engineer at the Capital House Studio, but with Joey Sturgis as the mastering engineer. The album “Redemption” was released on March 27, 2012 and reached No. 29 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums.

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Jordan DiSorbo Twitter

Brandon Rosiar Twitter

Zach Baird Twitter

Like Moths to Flames is a metalcore band that was formed in Columbus, Ohio and consisted of the former vocalist of Agraceful Chris Roetter, Aaron Douglas on bass, Zach Huston on lead guitar, Aaron Evans on rhythm guitar, and Jordan Matz on drums. The band quickly released their first single, “Dead Routine” on February 7th 2010.

Later that year in October, 2010 it was announced that Like Moths to Flames had signed to Rise Records and began working on their first EP. After the recording of the EP had finished, but before the release, drummer Jordan Matz left the band and was replaced by Lance Greenfield. The five song EP “Sweet Talker” was released on December 14th, 2010 through Rise Records.

After the release of the bands first EP, Like Moths to Flames began to tour extensively through the end of 2010 and alot of 2011. However, as the band was about to enter the studio to begin recording their first full length album, bassist Aaron Douglas announced he was leaving, and the band had rhythm guitar Aaron Evans move to bass and recruited their merch guy Eli Ford to take the Aaron’s place. After all of these lineup changes the band finally began working on their album, recording it at Machine Shop Productions with Will Putney as producer of the album. “When We Don’t Exist” was released on November 8, 2011 through Rise Records, and became Like Moths to Flames first full length album release.

Since the release, further line-up changes have occurred, with drummer Lance Greenfield leaving the band in early 2012, and was temporarily replaced by Kevin Rutherford, who was then replaced by Greg Diamond.

Like Moths to Flames is currently on the Alternative Press Fall 2012 tour with fellow Ohio metalcore act Miss May I headlining.

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Greg Diamond Twitter

The Crimson Armada is a metalcore/deathcore band that was formed in Westerville, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus and also the hometown to fellow Ohio Metal Band Attack Attack!.
The band formed in 2007 and consisted of members Saud Ahmed as vocalist, Brandon McMaster on lead guitar and back-up vocals, Dan Hatfield on rhythm guitar, Kevin Lankford on bass, and Jordan Matz on drums.

The band began performing heavily, even playing with acts such as The Black Dahlia Murder and It Prevails, and released an EP “Behold the Architect.” However, the band soon announced a hiatus in early 2008.

The hiatus did not last long and soon The Crimson Armada was back together, and quickly got signed to Metal Blade Records during the summer of 2008. The band went to the studio to begin recording its first full length album at The Foundation Recording Studio in Connersville, Indiana, with Joey Sturgis producing the album.

“Guardians” was released on July 7th, 2009 and became the bands first full length album. After the release, the band began touring touring heavily to help promote the album.

In January 2011 The Crimson Armada announced that they were signing to Artery Recordings and that they were planning an album to be released under the new label. The band also decided to go with a new producer for their second full-length release, and was recorded at 456 Recording Studio in Nashville with Brian Hood as the producer.

On June 21, 2011 the album “Conviction” was released. It contained two tracks that featured guest vocalists, Andy Adkins of A Plea for Purging was featured on the track “Composed of Stone,” and Levi Benton of fellow Ohio band Miss May I was featured on the track “Napalm.”

In February 2012, lead guitarist and back up vocalist Brandon McMaster announced he was leaving the band and is now the guitarist and vocalist in the band City Lights. Brandon McMaster was replaced by Cye Marshall who is the current lead guitarist.

The band officially announced on December 19th, 2012 that they are breaking up.
The original drummer David now plays drums for For Today

Two of the members are now playing with The Holy Guile

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