A not to short time ago the raw city Cleveland, Ohio ruled the realm of hard hitting hardcore for quite a number of years in the 90's. When anyone things of Cleveland majority of people think Integrity and Ringworm. There have not been many bands to come out of Cleveland for awhile but one of my favorite bands fr0m the past was In Cold Blood They where formed in the mid 90's after the classic Integrity line up decided to separate from Dwid, god only knows how many stories are around that incident. The Melnick brothers left Integrity to team up with Blaze from Integrity and the controversial One life crew, Blaze also went on to write the last Integrity record that was released by Deathwish Inc. a few years back.
In Cold Blood never did a lot of touring from what I remember but their 1 album and mix of demos where overlooked by the tradition and popularity of Integrity. In Cold Blood comes close to Integrity as far as a band goes for me, only low point in this is Integrity put out a lot more albums. In Cold Blood is comprised of many ex-Integrity members so obviously with some of the best early writers in Integrity you going to have quality dark clevo hardcore with the tradition of short fast metallic songs at it's finest. Heavy, slow, monster riffs and blazing solos combined with some of the most pissed off and gut wrenching vocals I've ever heard. Hell Blaze has wrote some of the best riffs in hardcore, you can hear is killer dive bombs through out their full length. They mixed a perfect combination of raw hardcore from bands like Discharge, Skeptic Death, Agnostic Front with a metallic edge which of course brings to mind a little drop of slayer but a lot more angrier.It got me hooked on this band when I picked up their only Victory Release - Hell on Earth in 1999.
Below I have both of their only official recordings up for download. The first record Hell on Earth has a different singer then majority of their demo stuff. Jason Bourbon was the first singer I believe, though rumor has it that Frank 3-gun of Integrity/Ringworm/Terror/Hatebreed fame was supposed to handle the duties but who knows where those came from.. hell it's Clevo. Jason only did a European tour and appeared on the fist s/t 7". On the Hell on Earth recording Jason Popson who went on to be in Mushroomhead. They released the Suicide King demo who their original singer Bourbon, I think and after that they finally called it a day.
Here are both official recordings:
I.
In Cold Blood: "Hell on Earth"
(Victory Records, 1998)
Tracklist
1. Support
2. Bear No Shame
3. Blood On Our Hands
4. Scars Of Life
5. Bleak Existence/Dead To This World
6. Time To Die
7. Lost In Doubt
8. In Time We Strike
9. Pain
10. Attrition
11. Retaliate
12. War Is Waged
13. Stand Your Ground
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II.
In Cold Blood: "Suicide King Demo"
(Self-released, 1999)
Tracklist
1. Suicide King
2. Straight Flush
3. Fuck Your Opinion
4. Dogma
5. Polluted Fuse
6. Ease The Pain
7. Empty
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3 comments:
Great band and both releases are really good stuff. Haven't been able to find Hell On Earth on vinyl thought.
I know Victory is releasing a few old hardcore vinyl releases soon but I have a feeling In Cold Blood won't be one of them. I know Earth Crisis is one.. that's all I can think about at the moment.
I remember these guys. The one song on the Victory Style had an blazing solo for the first 20 seconds of the song.
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