Admiral - Discography (1990-1991)

    Admiral was a hardcore band from Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania. Continuing the trend of "A" bands on the blog this month, Admiral was an early example of the developing Ebullition "emocore" sound featuring Sean Linwood, the future vocalist of Navio Forge and Joseph McRedmond of Hoover. Admiral's sound is an important stepping stone / missing link between the late 80s Washington scene and the mid 90s California scene; somewhere between the stylings of classic bands like Embrace and new school bands like Downcast and Still Life.

    The Admiral Revolving and Loading 7" was one of the first "emocore" 7"s I picked up way back when and the song Fit is still a total favourite of mine from the early 90s Ebullition scene. Despite only having 2 7"s to document this bands existence, every song present in Admiral's short discography is catchy, powerful and thoughtful.

    As a side note I have officially (and proudly) finished my environmental science degree today! I have many distinct memories of listening to Admiral riding the bus to school in my first year, it's only fitting that I listen to them a bit today and make this post! 

Discography (Official + CW Rips)

ST 7" 1990 (Soul Force)

Revolving and Loading 7" 1991 (Ebullition)

Akephal - Discography (1995-1997)

    Akephal was a metalcore band from Husum, Germany. Despite not hailing from Bremen, Akephal is for all intents and purposes, a key Bremencore band and an important influence on bands that came after. Mainly known for their sole full-length album, the band harnessed a crushingly dark and heavy sound comparable to bands like One Eyed God Prophecy, Uranus, and ACME. A second full-length album was recorded but unfortunately, the master tape was lost or destroyed during a night of partying. I believe the band went back into the studio in the early aughts and re-recorded five of these songs to include on the discography CD, which is conveniently missing the Koplflos 7" as the band hates those songs. Anyway, the s/t 12-inch is an absolute staple of the northcore/Bremencore/emocrust (or whatever you want to call it) sound, and I highly recommend checking them out if you are a fan of the genre.

Discography

ST LP 1997 (Lund Castle Core)

Kopflos 7" 1995 (Lund Castle Core)

Discography CD 2008 (Narshardaa)

Allure - Discography (1994)

    Allure was an emo/hardcore band from San Jose, California. For what seemed like the longest time, this band was an emo one hit-wonder, with their song "Little Engine" being a highlight of the legendary Eucalyptus 2x7" comp, punching above their weight with split mates Current, Julia, Indian Summer, Shroomunion etc... In true emo fashion, Allure came and went like a shooting star, being active for less than a year and only recording 4 songs "professionally" with Gravity's Matt Anderson. Unfortunately, in 90s D.I.Y punk style, the band destroyed the master tape from this session and the only surviving copy was a dubbed cassette that found by Numero Group's founder Ken Shipley. The mystery of this band has yet to be truly unraveled as they seem to have at least 2 other demo recordings floating around online. Thankfully Ken Shipley seems to have taken up the role as Allures official archivist and maybe we will see these recordings re-released in an official capacity at some point. 

    Despite their short stint and what seemed like a strong self-depreciation for their own music, Allure's sound encapsulated everything that made the early 90s emo-hardcore scene so special; feeling and atmosphere over technique, with every song bursting with energy, originality and raw sincerity. Allure is now back together and playing the Your Renaissance festival in California, perhaps now they will go back and re-record some of their material, to reach the promised heights the band never got to reach all those years back. Time will tell.

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Demos

Demo 1994

Eucalyptus 2x7" Comp 1994 (Tree)