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Группа из города Ричмонда, штат Верджиния, США. Играют классный "треши" хардкор в духе Cruel Hand, Bracewar и ко. Образовались в 2005 году, годом позже выпустили демку. В 2008м ипишку, а год спустя полноценный альбом на 6131 Records.
Based out of Richmond, VA, Swamp Thing is a young group of individuals playing a breed of crushing, angst-ridden hardcore. They employ the snotty antics of bands like Outbreak and Bracewar, the chugging riffs of Iron Age, and package it nicely with a youthful sense of urgency and vigor. With their previous release, The Youth Is Sick, Swamp Thing has been relatively seen and not heard by many (myself included). However, In Shame is sure to change things, and put the band ahead of the pack for 2009.
Leading in with the aptly titled Crush, Swamp Thing demonstrates immediate aggression, backed up with no-frills, fist pounding hardcore. Clocking in at just under 20 minutes, In Shame is a collection of unrelenting, pissed off songs seamlessly flowing from one to another. Tracks like I Hate This, Enjoy It, and Regretting & Forgetting have all the right hooks to leave your stomach on floor, and the energy to have you destroying everything in the room. This band just doesn't pull any punches, and offers up 13 songs of scathing attitude with a backbone of crunchy riffing, thick bass tone, and solid drum work.
In Shame is a strong release for Swamp Thing and 6131 Records to start the new year. For playing a style of music that tends to get a little dull, Swamp Thing have produced something that just feels fresh and well rounded. Even after repeated listens, I still find myself identifying with new lines and getting caught up in how absolutely intense this record is. Between bands like Swamp Thing, Pressure, Alpha & Omega, Rotting Out, and Bad Seed, 2009 is shaping up to be a good year for hardcore and 6131 Records.
Leading in with the aptly titled Crush, Swamp Thing demonstrates immediate aggression, backed up with no-frills, fist pounding hardcore. Clocking in at just under 20 minutes, In Shame is a collection of unrelenting, pissed off songs seamlessly flowing from one to another. Tracks like I Hate This, Enjoy It, and Regretting & Forgetting have all the right hooks to leave your stomach on floor, and the energy to have you destroying everything in the room. This band just doesn't pull any punches, and offers up 13 songs of scathing attitude with a backbone of crunchy riffing, thick bass tone, and solid drum work.
In Shame is a strong release for Swamp Thing and 6131 Records to start the new year. For playing a style of music that tends to get a little dull, Swamp Thing have produced something that just feels fresh and well rounded. Even after repeated listens, I still find myself identifying with new lines and getting caught up in how absolutely intense this record is. Between bands like Swamp Thing, Pressure, Alpha & Omega, Rotting Out, and Bad Seed, 2009 is shaping up to be a good year for hardcore and 6131 Records.
Состав:
BOB, RUMBLE, GRIFF, DAN, PJ
THE YOUTH IS SICK
1) Intro/My Attack
This is my attack on your world.
Your ego has shown me the door.
Sold our friendship for a ladder to climb.
Never had you as a friend, that’s fine.
Going whichever way the wind blows,
Trying so hard to be cool and it shows.
Fuck you man, you took us for a ride.
You can’t hide from the fact you have no pride.
2) Square One
Climbing your way through my friends
How can they not see your foolish ends?
I'm running out of room to breathe
And you’re spreading out like a fucking disease.
No one will catch you when you fucking fall
Talk shit on all your friends, makes you feel ten feet tall.
Running out of ladder to climb,
You'll fucking fall soon.
Everyone will see you’re a fake
And I'm left laughing in your face.
Back to square one, how does it taste?
Back to square one
Back to square one
Back to square one
Never come around
Back to square one
How does it feel?
Back to square one
You’re fucking done
Back to square one
3) Liar's Tongue
Because I never meant to be this way.
I went wrong and fell behind.
But one thing’s locked in the back of my mind.
I fell asleep pretending I would change,
Left alone I can’t stop thinking,
“Who the fuck is that left staring?”
And we both know I've nowhere to go.
Inner demons born from a liars tongue.
I fell to my knees and then wished it gone.
I'm sorry I'm still threatening leaving,
But this life means no more feeling.
I think I'm folding, I'm done, point me home.
Point me home.
City can stay our flea-ridden dog,
Scratching for relief and killing us all.
I think I'm leaving now and fuck saying “Goodbye.”
We never had respect or saw eye to eye.
Inner demons born from a liars tongue.
I fell to my knees and then wished it gone.
4) This Month
The street shines like a mirror,
Reflecting every fault in my eyes.
Who can smile in April?
If I ever stop trying, I'll be deaf.
Whenever I stop trying, oh God I'm fucking deaf.
If I close my eyes am I still breathing?
My lungs are burning.
I'm not expecting too much more.
My lungs are burning.
Who can live in April?
5) Damn You
Word for word we can tear into ourselves.
Scared to speak.
All my words fall short like a brick to your chest.
Lost again.
Mind can't stop turning.
I'm too scared to react.
Thought this was the last time.
Why am I still lying in all these traps?
How do I still know where my heart is at?
Why am I still lost and given up?
Why can’t I curl up and die?
6) Matt
Tomorrow is just another day.
19 nights of terrors and the sun hasn't risen.
I find myself choking on hope.
I'm left to find the noose that I tied with my own rope.
Just another day.
I can't find my way out.
I can't blame anyone else.
Progression skip me over.
Progression skip me.
I dug my own grave.
Progression skip me.
7) Silver Linings
If there’s ever been a doubt
I've been singled out and desperate for words to say.
We've kicked, we've screamed, we've bitched, we've fought, and went our separate ways,
Finding our friends from our deepest mistakes.
The silver linings cut us to shreds.
My Heart has gone World Trade.
Ran out of gas miles ago
And I'm running on shallow hope.
Oh God, where to next?
Oh God, what happens next?
I'll show the world who’s better off dead.
I'll show the world I'm better off dead.
My heads left to hang.
8) The Easy Way
I don't think you're close
To understanding this.
But your size and age
Really don't mean shit.
Nothing you can do
Will start to bring us down.
Nothing you can say
Will ever hit our ears.
Even though it's young,
We're proud of what we're doing.
Even though it's young,
We're proud of what we built.
And we're not trying
To catch a break.
And we're not trying
To take the easy way.
The youth is sick and no one cares
So we're just gonna find the cure ourselves.
We are the pack of wolves you see
I'll fight for them and they'll fight for me.
We're just starting, we're not gonna stop.
Oh so young and bound for the stop.
The war is starting and...
It's going worldwide.
IN SHAME
1) crush
don’t stare so blank when i say i’m done
never been better living numb
murder
murderer
i could walk all day with your blood on my hands
and live with it
no way not me
you made me do this
you made me see this is the only way
for me to be free
try and crush me again
2) i hate this
today never thought i would miss you
while i conquered the world
take the heads of those that i hate
you'll wait here quietly
"just remember to breathe," she said
"just take your time..."
"don’t let your fire go out"
but i ran in the wind today
she said, "you’re a forest burning"
but i’m running, lost inside
the smoke never gives me a chance
i hate this place
"you’re a forest burning," she said
and i hope it’s a slow burn
i don’t want it to hurt again
i can’t afford to feel a thing
3) it’s our fault
polaroids of a city that's grown sick of itself
pictures of a time that make it hurt to breathe
caught playing like we know who we are, and what we believe in
lost in the hurt that i'll never be that golden boy for your dreams
does of a new man carry scars thick with guilt?
secrets prying at his teeth or locked burning in his chest
left with empty words and icy stares
oh just fucking forget it, there’s no way for me to win
you were wrong when you called me spineless
i’ve got enough guts to cover this floor
some people choose just to give up
while all the others are forced to let go
nightmares continue, and i’m taking steps that always slip
i can’t find my way out, or the ground
that can hold the weight
of my problems, of my faults, of all things i could have fought
maybe if i had grown some thicker skin
i could have been warm on all of those nights
i could have shut out the devils that haunt me
and helped me ruin your life
i knew me once
4) in shame
i couldn't bury you deep enough
to keep you out of my head
this will always haunt me
i use to think i’d be the change i’d wanted to see
but i fall through the cracks, death of mediocrity
cut all the flesh you need, whatever will get me out
less oil more grit invisible and silent
about a broken boy, a hymn of heart
is a cry for help, just get me out
i can hear you scream, but my feet won’t leave the floor
i’m just a slave chained to what i’ve done
i’ll stay awake to think
of a new start and polished heart
these scars won’t mean much
dying to be a stranger
lost at home
no gavels swinging for my face
no need to turn and run
get me out of this place
running away
there’s holes in my hands
that say i can’t hold a flame
i would run if i could stand
but i’ll just hang my head in shame
in shame
5) lock the door
close my eyes and lean back
just fall into the gray
a coward's escape, but i can’t fight today
i'll let the white noise win
and pretend to die
it will all be done some day
fade to numb
to remain silent and sick again
6) stepping stones
optimists are liars
bored with dreams of gold
millions are lost in the sale of soul
who needs feeling when you’ve got it all?
who have you sacrificed?
keep smiling and they'll never know
"everyone has their price"
pick the pockets of the ones you love
we all carry knives to cut out throats
live in the shadows and have a plan to kill them all
what have you had to do
to sit on your throne of shit?
7) enjoy it
i hope you drown in the spirits that broke you
and get stabbed in the back you’ve turned
i’m not here for you anymore
you’ve turned to nothing
you must think you’re growing up
and life is hard
bottom line is that you’re weak
you need a crutch
you stood for nothing
you couldn’t stand at all
my fight is stronger
and now yours is gone
8) regretting and forgetting
last night i sank down
to the lowest i've been
in seven whole months
but now i pay for sin
the seems are splitting
and i can’t do this anymore
i’m done convincing me
that i deserve more
when i don’t
believe it myself
when i can’t
convince myself
when i don't
believe in myself
when i don't
trust a word
i won’t change
i know
i won’t change
even if it means the death of me
i know
i don't need you
i don't need anyone
all of this is dead weight
and all of this weighs a ton
before i hit the floor this time
there's a little more you should know
before i hit the floor this time
you don’t know how hard i tried
9) your faces
feed us (liar)
a new lie (fake)
it keeps us alive
we'll always
blindly accept
a new tale of a boy died fighting
never knew i was a gullible fuck
lost in translation i'm forever stuck
the grapevine will strangle and swallow us whole
the good and honest can die in the cold
tell me one thing, turn away
a new story born, you’re a different man
show me how you live, show me your face
i never thought i could be
more hurt, more crushed, more letdown
and give me a reason
that i should ever fall to my knees
and without fail the hypocrites will hang high
with their feet kicking our faces
and we weren't born to lose
just to be lost
just to be
there's no way we will find our way
this place is hell
but i swear i'm home
this place is hell but i'm home
but i'm home
i'm home
10) what did we do?
the sleep we fell into could have killed us
everyone catches every word
why didn’t we try?
reality sneaks in
as we fight back the shadows
the bones in the closet collect
these secrets we swallow
choke back the panic
try not to make a scene
i clench my teeth and try to leave
get me out of here
i put paradise in ruins
and you don’t even ask why
i’ve got my own problems
you never think of me
11) leeches
shove your name in people’s mouths
make sure that they are watching
claw your way into my life
but know i’ll never trust you
try to keep you at arms length
greasy fuck just passing through
i know your fucking game
and i want none of it
your name is sour
you've killed below for the better seat
the limelight’s on, and you’re a moth
addicted to the warmth
in the quiet you can hear all the muffled screams
did you think i’d sit back
and let you infest our lives?
cold blooded, black hearted, leeching mother fucker
what are you digging for?
did you think we'd follow blind?
you’re not to be trusted
i’ll trust you in the ground
12) i've let you ruin me
love and hate
what a violent pair
jealous and angry
and the thought that nobody’s here
here for me
when i've tried for you
i traced a heart on your window last night
and sat still to see how deep you'd cut me
sometimes i burn things, our memories
but every step away i take is one closer to you
i have no right to ask for help
but tonight you count the stars alone
the sky is empty and wishing doesn't work
i’m stuck alone again
i’m alone again
i’ve let you ruin me
your name is like swallowing coals
just smile and know you make me choke
it’s all my fault that crippling pain
i dealt the unfair hand
and now all is lost
"good luck with me," they said
maybe you should listen
this cursed light will only burn me
i'll let you ruin me
13) hiding
blistered shut, i’ve spat my prayers
lost in thought but still no reason to care
i wish i could find a fucking escape
if i’m hiding or lost don’t find me
in these dreams all my teeth crumble
i’m fighting back the fear but i’m not worth the struggle
lost all control, a puppet hung in strings
an impossible goal of just barely surviving
so the dust collects, and i lose my chance to speak
today i die with debt, tomorrow’s draped in sheets
scream as loud as you can
beat your head into a wall
try and find a reason
and make sense of it all
i screamed as loud as i can
bashed my head onto a wall
couldn’t find a reason
to make sense of it all
i can’t believe everything will work out fine
to trust in god
that bastard fucking hates me
we're all dead in the end
he’s not looking so fight like hell
we're all dust in the end
1) Intro/My Attack
This is my attack on your world.
Your ego has shown me the door.
Sold our friendship for a ladder to climb.
Never had you as a friend, that’s fine.
Going whichever way the wind blows,
Trying so hard to be cool and it shows.
Fuck you man, you took us for a ride.
You can’t hide from the fact you have no pride.
2) Square One
Climbing your way through my friends
How can they not see your foolish ends?
I'm running out of room to breathe
And you’re spreading out like a fucking disease.
No one will catch you when you fucking fall
Talk shit on all your friends, makes you feel ten feet tall.
Running out of ladder to climb,
You'll fucking fall soon.
Everyone will see you’re a fake
And I'm left laughing in your face.
Back to square one, how does it taste?
Back to square one
Back to square one
Back to square one
Never come around
Back to square one
How does it feel?
Back to square one
You’re fucking done
Back to square one
3) Liar's Tongue
Because I never meant to be this way.
I went wrong and fell behind.
But one thing’s locked in the back of my mind.
I fell asleep pretending I would change,
Left alone I can’t stop thinking,
“Who the fuck is that left staring?”
And we both know I've nowhere to go.
Inner demons born from a liars tongue.
I fell to my knees and then wished it gone.
I'm sorry I'm still threatening leaving,
But this life means no more feeling.
I think I'm folding, I'm done, point me home.
Point me home.
City can stay our flea-ridden dog,
Scratching for relief and killing us all.
I think I'm leaving now and fuck saying “Goodbye.”
We never had respect or saw eye to eye.
Inner demons born from a liars tongue.
I fell to my knees and then wished it gone.
4) This Month
The street shines like a mirror,
Reflecting every fault in my eyes.
Who can smile in April?
If I ever stop trying, I'll be deaf.
Whenever I stop trying, oh God I'm fucking deaf.
If I close my eyes am I still breathing?
My lungs are burning.
I'm not expecting too much more.
My lungs are burning.
Who can live in April?
5) Damn You
Word for word we can tear into ourselves.
Scared to speak.
All my words fall short like a brick to your chest.
Lost again.
Mind can't stop turning.
I'm too scared to react.
Thought this was the last time.
Why am I still lying in all these traps?
How do I still know where my heart is at?
Why am I still lost and given up?
Why can’t I curl up and die?
6) Matt
Tomorrow is just another day.
19 nights of terrors and the sun hasn't risen.
I find myself choking on hope.
I'm left to find the noose that I tied with my own rope.
Just another day.
I can't find my way out.
I can't blame anyone else.
Progression skip me over.
Progression skip me.
I dug my own grave.
Progression skip me.
7) Silver Linings
If there’s ever been a doubt
I've been singled out and desperate for words to say.
We've kicked, we've screamed, we've bitched, we've fought, and went our separate ways,
Finding our friends from our deepest mistakes.
The silver linings cut us to shreds.
My Heart has gone World Trade.
Ran out of gas miles ago
And I'm running on shallow hope.
Oh God, where to next?
Oh God, what happens next?
I'll show the world who’s better off dead.
I'll show the world I'm better off dead.
My heads left to hang.
8) The Easy Way
I don't think you're close
To understanding this.
But your size and age
Really don't mean shit.
Nothing you can do
Will start to bring us down.
Nothing you can say
Will ever hit our ears.
Even though it's young,
We're proud of what we're doing.
Even though it's young,
We're proud of what we built.
And we're not trying
To catch a break.
And we're not trying
To take the easy way.
The youth is sick and no one cares
So we're just gonna find the cure ourselves.
We are the pack of wolves you see
I'll fight for them and they'll fight for me.
We're just starting, we're not gonna stop.
Oh so young and bound for the stop.
The war is starting and...
It's going worldwide.
IN SHAME
1) crush
don’t stare so blank when i say i’m done
never been better living numb
murder
murderer
i could walk all day with your blood on my hands
and live with it
no way not me
you made me do this
you made me see this is the only way
for me to be free
try and crush me again
2) i hate this
today never thought i would miss you
while i conquered the world
take the heads of those that i hate
you'll wait here quietly
"just remember to breathe," she said
"just take your time..."
"don’t let your fire go out"
but i ran in the wind today
she said, "you’re a forest burning"
but i’m running, lost inside
the smoke never gives me a chance
i hate this place
"you’re a forest burning," she said
and i hope it’s a slow burn
i don’t want it to hurt again
i can’t afford to feel a thing
3) it’s our fault
polaroids of a city that's grown sick of itself
pictures of a time that make it hurt to breathe
caught playing like we know who we are, and what we believe in
lost in the hurt that i'll never be that golden boy for your dreams
does of a new man carry scars thick with guilt?
secrets prying at his teeth or locked burning in his chest
left with empty words and icy stares
oh just fucking forget it, there’s no way for me to win
you were wrong when you called me spineless
i’ve got enough guts to cover this floor
some people choose just to give up
while all the others are forced to let go
nightmares continue, and i’m taking steps that always slip
i can’t find my way out, or the ground
that can hold the weight
of my problems, of my faults, of all things i could have fought
maybe if i had grown some thicker skin
i could have been warm on all of those nights
i could have shut out the devils that haunt me
and helped me ruin your life
i knew me once
4) in shame
i couldn't bury you deep enough
to keep you out of my head
this will always haunt me
i use to think i’d be the change i’d wanted to see
but i fall through the cracks, death of mediocrity
cut all the flesh you need, whatever will get me out
less oil more grit invisible and silent
about a broken boy, a hymn of heart
is a cry for help, just get me out
i can hear you scream, but my feet won’t leave the floor
i’m just a slave chained to what i’ve done
i’ll stay awake to think
of a new start and polished heart
these scars won’t mean much
dying to be a stranger
lost at home
no gavels swinging for my face
no need to turn and run
get me out of this place
running away
there’s holes in my hands
that say i can’t hold a flame
i would run if i could stand
but i’ll just hang my head in shame
in shame
5) lock the door
close my eyes and lean back
just fall into the gray
a coward's escape, but i can’t fight today
i'll let the white noise win
and pretend to die
it will all be done some day
fade to numb
to remain silent and sick again
6) stepping stones
optimists are liars
bored with dreams of gold
millions are lost in the sale of soul
who needs feeling when you’ve got it all?
who have you sacrificed?
keep smiling and they'll never know
"everyone has their price"
pick the pockets of the ones you love
we all carry knives to cut out throats
live in the shadows and have a plan to kill them all
what have you had to do
to sit on your throne of shit?
7) enjoy it
i hope you drown in the spirits that broke you
and get stabbed in the back you’ve turned
i’m not here for you anymore
you’ve turned to nothing
you must think you’re growing up
and life is hard
bottom line is that you’re weak
you need a crutch
you stood for nothing
you couldn’t stand at all
my fight is stronger
and now yours is gone
8) regretting and forgetting
last night i sank down
to the lowest i've been
in seven whole months
but now i pay for sin
the seems are splitting
and i can’t do this anymore
i’m done convincing me
that i deserve more
when i don’t
believe it myself
when i can’t
convince myself
when i don't
believe in myself
when i don't
trust a word
i won’t change
i know
i won’t change
even if it means the death of me
i know
i don't need you
i don't need anyone
all of this is dead weight
and all of this weighs a ton
before i hit the floor this time
there's a little more you should know
before i hit the floor this time
you don’t know how hard i tried
9) your faces
feed us (liar)
a new lie (fake)
it keeps us alive
we'll always
blindly accept
a new tale of a boy died fighting
never knew i was a gullible fuck
lost in translation i'm forever stuck
the grapevine will strangle and swallow us whole
the good and honest can die in the cold
tell me one thing, turn away
a new story born, you’re a different man
show me how you live, show me your face
i never thought i could be
more hurt, more crushed, more letdown
and give me a reason
that i should ever fall to my knees
and without fail the hypocrites will hang high
with their feet kicking our faces
and we weren't born to lose
just to be lost
just to be
there's no way we will find our way
this place is hell
but i swear i'm home
this place is hell but i'm home
but i'm home
i'm home
10) what did we do?
the sleep we fell into could have killed us
everyone catches every word
why didn’t we try?
reality sneaks in
as we fight back the shadows
the bones in the closet collect
these secrets we swallow
choke back the panic
try not to make a scene
i clench my teeth and try to leave
get me out of here
i put paradise in ruins
and you don’t even ask why
i’ve got my own problems
you never think of me
11) leeches
shove your name in people’s mouths
make sure that they are watching
claw your way into my life
but know i’ll never trust you
try to keep you at arms length
greasy fuck just passing through
i know your fucking game
and i want none of it
your name is sour
you've killed below for the better seat
the limelight’s on, and you’re a moth
addicted to the warmth
in the quiet you can hear all the muffled screams
did you think i’d sit back
and let you infest our lives?
cold blooded, black hearted, leeching mother fucker
what are you digging for?
did you think we'd follow blind?
you’re not to be trusted
i’ll trust you in the ground
12) i've let you ruin me
love and hate
what a violent pair
jealous and angry
and the thought that nobody’s here
here for me
when i've tried for you
i traced a heart on your window last night
and sat still to see how deep you'd cut me
sometimes i burn things, our memories
but every step away i take is one closer to you
i have no right to ask for help
but tonight you count the stars alone
the sky is empty and wishing doesn't work
i’m stuck alone again
i’m alone again
i’ve let you ruin me
your name is like swallowing coals
just smile and know you make me choke
it’s all my fault that crippling pain
i dealt the unfair hand
and now all is lost
"good luck with me," they said
maybe you should listen
this cursed light will only burn me
i'll let you ruin me
13) hiding
blistered shut, i’ve spat my prayers
lost in thought but still no reason to care
i wish i could find a fucking escape
if i’m hiding or lost don’t find me
in these dreams all my teeth crumble
i’m fighting back the fear but i’m not worth the struggle
lost all control, a puppet hung in strings
an impossible goal of just barely surviving
so the dust collects, and i lose my chance to speak
today i die with debt, tomorrow’s draped in sheets
scream as loud as you can
beat your head into a wall
try and find a reason
and make sense of it all
i screamed as loud as i can
bashed my head onto a wall
couldn’t find a reason
to make sense of it all
i can’t believe everything will work out fine
to trust in god
that bastard fucking hates me
we're all dead in the end
he’s not looking so fight like hell
we're all dust in the end
Дискография:
2006 - demo
2008 - The Youth Is Sick
2009 - In Shame
Ссылки:
http://www.myspace.com/swampthingrva
- Опис
- hardcore punk/thrash, Virginia, USA
- Країна
- Сполучені Штати Америки
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