Coalesce

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Coalesce
General information
origin Kansas City , Missouri , United States
Genre (s) Mathcore , post-hardcore
founding 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005
resolution 1995, 1999, 2002
Website http://www.crashandbang.com/
Current occupation
Sean Ingram
Jes Steineger
Nathan Ellis
Nathan Richardson
former members
Drums
 Jim Redd
Drums
 James Dewees
Electric bass
 Stacy Hilt
Electric guitar
 Cory White

Coalesce is a post-hardcore and mathcore band from Kansas City , Missouri that was formed in 1994.

history

The band was formed in 1994 by guitarist Jes Steineger, bassist Stacy Hilt and drummer Jim Redd. At Easter time of the year, the members met singer Sean Ingram and gave him a demo tape of the songs they had recorded so far. Ingram then joined the band and completed the line-up. Then they developed more songs together. In the following year the members decided to define a name for their project. The members initially wavered between the names Breach and Interstate, but ultimately decided on the name Coalesce, which they found by chance in a dictionary. Then the band began to record together and recorded their first demo in the West End Studios . Shortly after the demo was released, the band recorded a self-titled EP that contained two songs and was released through Chapter Records . The EP was sent to Earache Records , which ultimately allowed the band to sign a deal with this label. The band got in touch with producer Ed Rose , who worked at Black Lodge Studios , so that from then on he was supposed to record all of the band's recordings. This was followed by EP 002 via Earache Records in 1995. The release was followed by the first tour through the USA, with the group appearing as support act for bands like 108 and Bloodlet . Through the tour, the band got the attention of Napalm Death , so they recorded a split release with this band. Due to the stress the band was exposed to on tour, the group broke up in autumn 1995. An important reason for the breakup was that the remaining members had tried to replace singer Ingram with James Dewees without his knowledge. Ingram, however, found this out when he learned that the band was rehearsing without him but with Dewees as a singer.

In the late summer the band got together again, with James Dewees, who was supposed to take over the vocal post as drummer, in the band. After the reunification work began on the album Give them Rope . Performances followed in 1997, with the band being extremely aggressive and destroying their instruments several times at the concerts. After a show in which a woman was injured, Stacy Hill decided to leave the band because he did not approve of the band's new, aggressive demeanor. Bassist Hill was replaced by Nathan Ellis, who was actually a guitarist. While the band waited for the debut album to be released, which was ultimately released in 1998 through Edison Recordings , the band recorded songs for split releases with Converge , Today Is the Day , Boysetsfire and The Get Up Kids . She also worked on her second album Functioning on Impatience . In 1998 the band recorded the EP There Is Nothing New Under the Sun , which only contained cover versions of Led Zeppelin . After the release in 1999, the band reached a contract with Relapse Records . This enabled the band to tour with Nile , Neurosis , Unsane and The Dillinger Escape Plan . The tour had to be canceled because of disputes among the band members. After that, work began on the next album 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening . Steineger wrote most of the album. Dewees, however, was less involved in the album as he also played keyboard on The Get Up Kids. Nathan Ellis, on the other hand, was on tour with The Casket Lottery . Since all members were already busy with other projects, the recordings turned out to be extremely short and careless. Jes Steineger had only heard the singing and only read the lyrics when the first test pressings of the sound carrier had already been made. This led to the breakup of the band in 1999.

Ingram briefly took the lead singer's post on The Dillinger Escape Plan in 2001 when they performed at Krazyfest in Louisville , Kentucky. In 2002 he re-founded Coalesce, with Steineger now being replaced by Cory White. After a national tour, however, the band broke up again.

After a request from the US Hellfest, the band got back together in 2005. After the performance, the release of a DVD No Business in this Business and an EP Salt and Passage were announced. In addition, a short tour should be held in August 2007. The band now consisted of Ingram, Steineger, Ellis and the new guitarist Nathan Richardson.

style

The band plays a complex mix of mathcore and post-hardcore, making them comparable to groups like Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Norma Jean .

Discography

Singles & EPs

  • 1994: Coalesce (EP, Chapter Records )
  • 1995: 002 (EP, Earache Records )
  • 1997: A Safe Place (EP, Edison Records / Second Nature Recordings)
  • 1999: There Is Nothing New Under the Sun (EP, Hydra Head Records)
  • 2007: Salt and Passage (EP, Second Nature Recordings)
  • 2009: OXEP (EP, Relapse Records)

Splits

Albums

  • 1998: Give Them Rope (Album, Edison Records)
  • 1998: Functioning on Impatience (Album, Second Nature Recordings)
  • 1999: 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening (Album, Relapse Records )
  • 2009: Ox (album, Relapse Records)

more publishments

Video albums

  • 2007: No Business in this Business (DVD, Second Nature Recordings)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Garry Sharpe-Young : New Wave of American Heavy Metal . Zonda Books, New Plymouth 2005, ISBN 0-9582684-0-1 , pp. 86/87 .
  2. ^ Coalesce Give Them Rope , accessed January 3, 2013.
  3. ^ History , accessed January 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Coalesce "OX" , accessed January 8, 2013.