Undying were from Raleigh, NC, vegan, straight-edge, and played a blend of metal and hardcore. Not like the tough-guy, vegan-moshcore bullshit that was going around at the time (and still is), but rather Undying pulled the best parts of metal (melodic guitar lines) and paired it with some of the most exciting parts of hardcore (political lyrics and some seriously brutal breakdowns). Recently a friend pointed out that not only was their sound a self described mix of Unbroken and My Dying Bride, but so was their name. It took me, what, 8 years to realize that?When Undying played, they were explosive. I always wondered how the guitar players could jump around and play so perfectly at the same time. Undying were also into the writing of Daniel Quinn. So much so that they used shell imagery and put the Ishmael web-site on the original release of this CD. This contributed to what I saw as much needed freshness in the world of hardcore. It wasn’t about being cool, or being preachy. It was about good music, thought-out lyrics, and love of what they were doing.
This Day All Gods Die is their debut release from 1999. It was later re-released in 2001.
- Intro
- This Day All Gods Die
- Lay This Life Down
- Fire of Life
- When the Heavens Shed Tears
- For Liberation
3 comments:
Well said.
Undying were awesome. Found your blog looking for their guitar tab online, which doesn't appear to exist!
Anyhow, just wanna say that they weren't a straight edge band. Some members were edge, but not everyone. But they usually got lumped together as a sXe band.
amazing band. lyrics to the title track are fantastic.
what happened to hardcore? the politics are all gone
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