BIOGRAPHY
In 2014, DC's Red Death came out of the gate and obliterated everyone with one of the best hardcore demos of the year. Their first recorded output channeled the sheer brutality and precision of crossover classics like Animosity and Cause for Alarm, without straying too far from the rawness and reckless abandon of hardcore punk.
On their new LP, Permanent Exile, Red Death delivers exactly as we hope a band with a strong outset should - with an even more powerful and focused follow up release. While influences on Permanent Exile range from Negative Approach to The Accused to Anti-Cimex, one thing is made clearly evidently: Red Death are first and foremost a hardcore band. As hardcore and punk get more fractionalized each year, they are band that puts emphasis and importance on the music they are creating, rather than what scene they fit in or what uniform they are wearing. Permanent Exile is the record for those of us who appreciate every facet of hardcore, punk, metal, and all genres in between - and that says a lot in 2015.
Red Death, one of the bands featured on The Red Line Comp, step up, demanding their place in this stellar still-forming legacy with Permanent Exile, their first full-length. Members who contributed to this album play in more traditional hardcore bands like Sectarian Violence, but Permanent Exile is a full-on crossover thrash record, less in the speedier L.A. tradition (think Cryptic Slaughter) than in the heavier New York tradition (think D.R.I.). The band roars, gnashes, howls, and divebombs its way through 16 minutes and 47 seconds, and when it’s over, the listener is left with the kind of bone-tired exhilaration that follows the best hardcore shows—if you’ve ever sat on the stoop with your friends after an incredible set, soaked in sweat with glowing cheeks, too tired to speak much but with new determination to start a band of your own, you know the feeling.
Formed in: N/A
Status: Active
Years active: N/A
LINE UP
Nicktape - Bass
Ace - Guitar
Connor - Drums
DHD - Vocals
Location: Washington, D.C.
Genre: Thrash Metal, Crossover
Current label: Grave Mistake Records
Booking/Press Contact: REDDEATHDC@GMAIL.COM
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/REDDEATHDC
Merch: http://reddeath.bigcartel.com
Merch: http://reddeath.storenvy.com
DISCOGRAPHY
Permanent Exile (Full-Length Album - 2015)
DEMO 2014
