NEWS and NEW RELEASES!

Hey Everyone, it has been a while.  I had some personal trials I was going through, but the Lord provided and things are back on track.

Some news going on out there.  Looks like The Great Commission, a hardcore outfit out of Redlands/Grand Terrace, California has signed with Strike First Records (yes, you read right, Strike First), which in itself if news too.  The Great Commission had a self released demo they put out that was really good, a bit raw, but hey, it’s hardcore, isn’t that what it is all about?  DIY!  The band is heading into to the studio according to their myspace page, and plans to release a full length album in early 2009.  We wish the band the best and hope that God continues to bless them.

Strike First Records is relaunching as a subsidiary of Facedown Records and has three bands signed to the label, Through Solace, The Great Commission, and Hope for the Dying.  We wish the label the best and have lots of suggestions if they want to hook up with great Christian hardcore bands to sign.

A few releases:

Call to Preserve’s second album has been released on Facedown Records.  The title of the album is “From Isolation.”  We are big fans of Call to Preserve here at HXC Christian, and you can read a full interview with the band that was done a few months ago here .  We have not had the opportunity to pick up the album yet, so I cannot

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October 2nd, 2008 | Josh | Tags: , , , | Category: Music News | Leave a comment

All In Baby!

I had the chance to catch up with All In, an awesome conservative Christian hardcore band out of Alabama. If you love classic style hardcore, then All In will not let you down. These guys really enjoy what they do, and it shows in their music, their attitudes. They don’t take themselves to seriously, you can tell in the interview when they discuss their first album and how they feel about it. Also, you can tell they have a lot of fun with the titles of their songs and their albums (the new album due out September 23rd on Blood & Ink Records is called Team USA, read about it below!).

Band Name: All In
Music Style: Hardcore
Location (Home Base): Clay/Trussville/Pinson, Alabama

Q: How long has All In been playing together, how did you get together?

A: We’ve been a band for just over 3 years now. We have the same old story that every other band has as far as how we got together. We were all in other local bands. We wanted to do something else. We were friends. We had a practice. We played a show. We pretend to be a real band.

Q: Where did the name All In come from?

A: Honestly, we were just sitting around playing poker one night when the idea kind of hit me that All In would be a sweet name for a band. Everybody else really liked it too and

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September 5th, 2008 | Josh | Tags: , , , , | Category: Band Interviews | 2 comments

Bands and News You Need to Know!

I wanted to give eveyone a couple of updates and a couple of intros to some bands you may not know about. The Call to Preserve interview was awesome, and again, I thank Harbor from the band for taking time out of his schedule to answer my questions about the band. If you want to check it out, you can read it HERE. They finished recording their new album “From Isolation.” and it is due out September 30th.

NEWS:

Arizona based Christian hardcore band Braveheart has a 4 song split CD out with Sovereign Strength from California. I am a huge fan of Braveheart. The production value on their material on the split CD is phenomenal. I highly suggest getting in touch with the band through their myspace page and paying them $5 (post paid) for a copy of the CD. Even though it is only 4 songs it is well worth it. Brandon from the band tells me that they are working on getting a full length CD out, no release date as of yet, but when they do, you can be sure I will let everyone know.

Christian hardcore act All In from Alabama is releasing their second full length album on Blood & Ink Records The album is due out September 23rd. The name of the album is “Team USA.” They have one of the new songs “Charles Barkley” up on their myspace page that you

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August 11th, 2008 | Josh | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Music News | 6 comments