Bands - Abacus Recordings

Remember the first time you heard a rock band that was so exciting, you just had to share their music with everyone you knew? Whether it was The Ramones or AC/DC or Guns n’ Roses makes no difference, it became your mission to blast those righteous sounds upon unsuspecting ears.

Becoming The Archetype

Abacus Recordings Europe is pleased to announce the release of Atlanta Georgia-based metal band, BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE (in license from Solid State Records). Bringing their relentless‚ no-frills metal to the masses on December 5 th‚ 2005 all over Europe, their debut album, Terminate Damnation, is sure to make even the most calloused listener an instant believer.

Demon Hunter

In art, music, and life, from the most crucial to the most mundane, three truly is a magic number. From the Holy Trinity to the commonly uttered phrase, "the third time is the charm." From "Master Of Puppets" to "Master Of Reality."

Emery

“Emo” has so quickly become the trendy new music catchphrase for the recent influx of rock resurgence that it has nearly lost its entire significance and meaning. So many bands have been quick to claim the title, yet hold it with little or no passion. Enter EMERY.

Haste The Day

Indianapolis quintet HASTE THE DAY, are a band set out to bring something new and exciting to the overly redundant ‘metallic hardcore’ sound so common in the scene these days. Where their contemporaries try and try again but fail, HASTE THE DAY, deliver their craft with confidence and conviction.

Ignite

Formed in suburban Orange County in 1994, IGNITE, whose fan base has largely been developed through near-constant global touring, deliver an intelligent, socially and politically aware, melodic brand of hardcore that has taken them and their message to over 30 countries worldwide.

It Dies Today

Born and bred among the Buffalo, NY hardcore scene IT DIES TODAY formed in August of 2001. The group creates a blend of brutal riffs, punishing breakdowns but coupled with huge anthemic and driving melodic sections as well.

Norma Jean

Atlanta, Georgia based NORMA JEAN are quickly being viewed as THE band who’s perfecting the “metal-core” blueprint. Having spent the last five years on the road, relentlessly playing ballrooms and basements, with their second proper full-length, "O’ God, The Aftermath", this five-piece is bent for world domination.

Project 86

Nine years as a band certainly provides a great amount of notches in the old belt. For PROJECT 86 this has included nearly 300,000 in lifetime sales (in the U.S.), four albums, and fifteen national tours all over the U.S.A. (including overseas stints).

Sick Of It All

As one of the longest standing bands still proudly waving the flag of New York Hardcore, SICK OF IT ALL have made their mark as one of the cornerstones of NYHC, proving that heart, hard work and dedication to hardcore is about more than just the music and an image, it’s a way of life.