stateless society pt 1/2: benchpress - stay hated

benchpress - stay hated 7"

can’t tell you anymore how this connection to stateless society or benchpress came to be in the first place. no memory. erased. i think i stumbled upon the stateless society big cartel by one of these jumping-from-link-to-link searches on the net rather than hearing from benchpress first. but anyway i looked through the shop, spotted this 7” and judging by its cover i thought this could be something i like. what can i say… i was right! my advice: check their bandcampsite and like them.

they already have a full length out but on cd only at the moment. as i downloaded ‘stay hated’ from their bandcamp i sent a message asking if it would get the vinyl treatment too. one of the band members (again i can’t recall who – man i need to get some mind training) told me that it would be released through stateless society as well at some point. can’t wait!

u.s based benchpress play heavy metallic hardcore. the singers voice sounds pretty harsh and therefore matches the overall sound of the music quite well. it did really grow on me. at first i thought it to be just more of the same. and yes, they don’t really add something new to this hatebreed-like sound but man, it’s just damn good executed! strangely the original e.p. had six songs songs and for this european version they dropped one. why that?

the description and the picture at the statelesssociety shop implicated clearly a clear bordeaux red w/ black smoke colour. now what i got is more of a clear red with some marble effect. the first two pictures don’t do it justice but hold up to the light i could make it visible with the cam. looks cool nevertheless! 300 made. stateless society records. 2013.