Elk- Demo (2005)

This is the first entry on here featuring music that was never officially released in any physical form. Elk was an incredibly short lived project featuring Kyle and Kevin from WSWS, and a handsome fella named Sean Cruise. These four nameless songs are the only proof that this project existed, and fans of the Hydra Head records catalog will recognize the influences.
(note: there is nearly a solid minute of silence before the first track starts)

Related: What Seas What Shores, Yellow Wood, Orphan Choir, the Birds, etc.

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Full White Drag- Ambassador (2000)

I have to admit, I was always very aware of them (especially after Matt and Ryan joined), but in the year 2000 I was fully immersed into much different music. Here we are a decade later, and I wish I had been paying closer attention after digging ‘ambassador’ out this week. Somewhere between indie and post hardcore, and often compared to ‘Girls Against Boys’, FWD worked hard and achieved things most Windsor bands (should) still strive for to this day.

Related: Missiles, Yellow Wood, Bloemfontein, Bangkok Palace, Basslaser, Searchingforchin, etc.

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Disco Assault- Demo (2006)

So I guess the point of this thing is to delve into the past a bit and make older music available to a new generation. Well, I like this demo and the band is breaking up soon, so you’re getting a recent release instead. Disco Assault play fast 80’s style hardcore/punk, whose sound/ content/ authenticity hasn’t been seen around these parts in some time. Listen, learn, and when you’re done, check out their ‘Saturday Night Bleeder’ seven inch.

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Dave Dubois- Polaroids & Other Little Visions (2004)

Dark, haunting roots music intertwined with spoken word/poetry pieces on this remarkably realized concept album of sorts from current Locusts Have No King front man. Dave has released solo material since, but this is a great snapshot of a younger man fleshing out rough sketches of some eventual LHNK tracks. Imagine Morrison reading ‘An American Prayer’ between Black Heart Procession records. Top notch view of what was to come.

Related: the Locusts Have No King, Theory of Everything.

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Kill Everyone- XXX (2004)

Windsor’s first and only straight edge band? It’s midnight and my memory is shit, but I really can’t think of any other straight edge band in our city’s history. Face Down vocalist Ozzy and guitarist Lear switched duties, recruited two Americans, and Kill Everyone was born. The FD breakdowns are still present, but the metal riffs have been toned down a bit and mixed with fast, pissed, late 90’s hardcore not unlike Path of Resistance.

Related: Face Down, Evolution of the Kill, Apathemy, Dumpster Drunx, Counterfeit, xTyrantx, etc.

Original recording that appeared on the CD release:
Download 1.

Redux version with (better quality) music re-recorded by Chris (Lodown) and Lear:
Download 2.

Closed Casket Funeral- A Special Thanks To The Man Who Invented The Wheel (2005)

CCF took what was going on in the Windsor metalcore scene at the time and elevated the level of technical proficiency... considerably. This three song ep was recorded in the band’s infancy when the Dillinger Escape Plan, and Between the Buried and Me were obvious influences. A few split releases followed, but the real lost gem is an entire LP worth of new material (recorded by Antoine of Ion Dissonance, at the top of the band’s game) that remains unreleased to this day.

Related: Monolith, Cleansed by Fire, Woods of Ypres, the Burial Surface, Corprophemia, etc.

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Clusterfuxx- Peace E.P. (2001)

Usually seen out front with a mic in hand, this was a brief project that saw Posers front man Rayny Forster behind the drum kit instead. I could be mistaken, but I believe this ep (with clever double entendre title) was their complete recorded output. For a basement recording circa 2001, the production is solid, and packaging is great diy work. Fast paced songs about Jason Voorhees, anti-racism, war, & the religious right; your usual punk rock meat and potatoes.

Related: Repetitions, the Posers, the Paranoid, Hulluus, Deadite, etc.

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