Morning Again

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Lettering of the band
General information
Genre (s) Hardcore
founding 1995, 2010
resolution 1999
Founding members
Damien Moyal
John Wylie
guitar
 Mike Wahls
Eric Ervin
Louie Long
Current occupation
singing
 Kevin Ray Byers
guitar
 John Wylie
guitar
 Steve Looker
Electric bass
 Gerardo "Jerry" Villarroel
Drums
 Matthew Thomas
former members
guitar
 Joseph Lee Simmons
Electric bass
 Peter Bartsocas

Morning Again is an American hardcore band from Fort Lauderdale ( Florida ), which was active from 1995 to 1999 and reunited of 2010. As "one of the most innovative, original and at the same time most unknown bands in the hardcore scene", Morning Again is considered to be one of the pioneers of a sub-genre that later became known as " Metalcore " and reached a wider audience.

Band history

The Straight Edge band, founded in December 1995 by John Wylie, took a clear position on political issues, opposed any kind of organized religion and openly conveyed their convictions regarding veganism and anti-militarism in their texts .

Morning Again saw itself as a real live band, which was initially on tour in North America in order to bring their textual content closer to the broadest possible audience. As early as 1997, the band was active in Europe as the opening act for Agnostic Front with their singer Kevin Ray Byers, new since the split EP with Shoulder, after their EP Martyr , which was released via Good Life Recordings . A few months later, Morning Again was headlining again in other European countries due to the positive reactions , the band had sold more than 10,000 albums to date and thus aroused the interest of various larger record companies.

In 1998, As Tradition Dies Slowly, the first album on Revelation Records, was released , which was enthusiastically received by both hardcore and extreme metal fans. At this point only John Wylie was left of the original line-up in 1996, and there were a number of changes in all other positions. On the split single with 25 Ta Life (1998) for the song “Dictation of Beauty” you can hear a certain Joseph Lee Simmons on guitar, but shortly afterwards Steve Looker can be found in this position.

Parallel to the dissolution of the band in 1999 due to internal disputes, the last album was released with the compilation The Fallen ... The Few That Remain , before two years later Eulogy Recordings combined the first two EPs, supplemented them with live recordings and the whole thing as hand of the Martyr republished .

Some members of the band were also active in Culture , others left Morning Again for As Friends Rust and Dead Blue Sky . Damien Moyal, the original Shai Hulud vocalist, was initially part of Morning Again.

On December 11th, 2010 the band played their reunion concert in Miami / Florida.

Musical style

Musically, Morning Again relied less on up-tempo , but more on mid-tempo pieces, with the band , which came from the hardcore scene, processed many metal-heavy riffs . The "visionaries with a penchant for the original" varied greatly within the songs, however, and acoustic guitars that played over and over set a counterpoint to the otherwise more aggressive sound.

The debut Hand of Hope , which still has emocore influences, fluctuates between " groove and frenzy" and is, due to the interspersed clear vocals, an above-average complex work for the hardcore. Later, the band paid even more attention to details in their music and built in small melody lines that can be found next to mosh and blast parts.

Discography

  • The Cleanest War ( EP , Conquer The World Records, 1996)
  • Morning Again (EP, Intention Records, 1996)
  • Hand of Hope (EP, Good Life Recordings, 1996)
  • Split with Shoulder (Moo Cow Records, 1997)
  • My Statement of Life in a Dying World (EP, Immigrant Sun Records, 1997)
  • Martyr (EP, Good Life Recordings, 1997)
  • Split with 25 Ta Life (Good Life Recordings, 1998)
  • As Tradition Dies Slowly (studio album, Revelation Records, 1998)
  • To Die a Bitter Death (EP, Immigrant Sun Records, 1999)
  • The Fallen ... The Few That Remain ( Compilation , Eulogy Recordings, 2000)
  • Hand of the Martyr (Compilation, Eulogy Recordings, 2002)
  • Survival Instinct (EP, Revelation Records, 2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d vampster.com: Morning Again - Hand of the Martyr
  2. ↑ moocowrecords.com: Morning Again ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b metal.de about "Hand Of The Martyr"
  4. ↑ a b allmusic.com on Morning Again
  5. ↑ districtlines.com: The Fallen, The Few That Remain from Morning Again
  6. ↑ a b Revelation Records: Morning Again ( Memento from November 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Eulogy Recordings: Morning Again ( Memento of October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Memento in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ goodliferecordings.com: Morning again - Martyr (LP / CD)
  9. ^ Goodlife Recordings: Morning Again
  10. ↑ INTRO magazine: As Tradition Dies Slowly