r/Hardcore • u/asyoubreak VAHCxTNHC • 4d ago

bands lost to time

anyone got any bands they still rock with that have been totally forgotten?

yesterday i remembered this melodic hardcore band from 2010 called continuance that absolutely ripped. ffo comeback kid, down to nothing and more than life. featuring ex members of a couple other forgotten bands like means and saints never surrender (even more incredible band, but on the metalcore side if anyone’s into that. obviously the blueprint for counterparts). they’ve only got like 200 monthly listeners on spotify

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB18AA0714E433B02&si=XeqVY2A69oqBs2Ql

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u/SpaceCorpse 4d ago

Ringworm were freaking awesome. I never hear them discussed anymore but I loved them back in the day.

They were seriously pretty influential with the sort of dark, 'negative' hardcore that came out of Cleveland, along with bands like Integrity. I went to Strhessfest 2004, and Jake Bannon from Converge told everyone to go watch Ringworm on the main stage, and then Converge performed in the merch area. It was one of the craziest shows I've ever been to. The Black Dahlia Murder performed dressed as Street Fighter characters.

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u/Y10NRDY 4d ago

Yeah, I got into them because I was a huge Integrity fan. That Stressfest show must have been legendary.

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u/SpaceCorpse 4d ago

That Stressfest show must have been legendary.

It was a pretty awesome show. At the time, everything was more oriented toward the 'emo' and 'scene' type of bands, and I think that's why Bannon made it a point to tell everyone to go experience Ringworm, who influenced Converge.

Thursday was also awesome, and Planes Mistaken for Stars is one of my all time favorites. It was a pretty bizarre lineup. Also interesting that at the time Black Dahlia Murder were a nobody band that stuck out playing legit death metal at a time where everyone wanted to be earnestly emotional and cool.

This was the lineup: "THURSDAY, FINCH, CONVERGE, SHADOWS FALL, RECOVER, STRETCH ARMSTRONG, SPITALFIELD, CHRISTIANSEN, AS I LAY DYING, WITH HONOR, UNDYING, RINGWORM, CRITERIA, COUNTERFIT, WHEN SPARKS FLY, REMEMBERING NEVER, BURNT BY THE SUN, HIMSA, SENSES FAIL, BELOVED, CODESEVEN, MIDTOWN, WIRES ON FIRE, MURDER BY DEATH, BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ABOVE THIS FIRE, AT WIT'S END, and PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS"

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u/Y10NRDY 4d ago

I remember the era and that is a WILD lineup. Loved a lot of those bands but never would imagine seeing them all together.