Crust punk from Wołów, Poland with dual male/female vocalists.
Only the tracks Nie and Pracuj, Zdychaj include violin
Hardcore/punk with violin and a female vocalist from Slovakia
All tracks include violin
Hardcore/punk with violin and a female vocalist from Slovakia
As far as I can tell, this seems to be 2 demos put together (according to this review, the original 2005 demo only had the first three tracks), but I couldn't find much information about it at all
All tracks include violin
Epic/melodic crust/neocrust from Baltimore, Maryland (ex-Wake Up On Fire)
Both tracks include viola
Thanks to Mike (BlueStarDukun on Youtube) for recommending this 7"
Polish sludge/doom/crust with viola. Members of Antichrist, Silence, Panacea, Let's Kill God, Suffering Mind, The Bold And The Beautiful, Taraban, Hellisheaven
This is some really heavy stuff. According to their Myspace, the band uses a viola. Also, I hope to post their 4-way split LP sometime in the future (update: posted here)
Both tracks include viola.
Segue were a female-fronted crust band from Minneapolis (with ex-Servitude members)
This is definitely one of my favorite discoveries thus far. I can't get enough of the vocals on this. Make sure to give it a listen. Unfortunately, this seems to be Segue's only material that uses cello.
All tracks except "The Children With No Shoes ..." include cello
HUGE thanks to Mike (BlueStarDukun on Youtube) for both recommending this album and ripping it. I probably would have never known about this if it weren't for him. Be sure to check out his crust band Aglio on Myspace and/or Reverb Nation
Saké was a female-fronted crust/hardcore band with violin from Eureka, California
Only the tracks by Saké include violin
Thanks to Batguano for uploading this. Make sure to check out his great blog, Fugitive Equilibrium
Saké was a female-fronted crust/hardcore band with violin from Eureka, California
Both tracks include violin
Thanks to Batguano for uploading this. Make sure to check out his great blog, Fugitive Equilibrium
Saké was a female-fronted crust/hardcore band with violin from Eureka, California
Some tracks include violin
Thanks to Batguano for uploading this. Make sure to check out his great blog, Fugitive Equilibrium
Saké was a female-fronted crust/hardcore band with violin from Eureka, California
Some tracks include violin
Thanks to Batguano for uploading this. Make sure to check out his great blog, Fugitive Equilibrium
I Would Set Myself on Fire for You was an experimental screamo band with viola and a female vocalist from Atlanta, Georgia that started in 2001 and broke up in 2007.
Most/all tracks include viola
I Would Set Myself on Fire for You was an experimental screamo band with viola and a female vocalist from Atlanta, Georgia that started in 2001 and broke up in 2007.
Most/all tracks include viola
состояние птиц (birds state of soul) formed around 2009-2010 in Russian Federation. It’s pretty hard to define this band’s music unequivocally: it’s very dark, atmospheric, and melancholic music with the use of violin.
All tracks include violin
ABC Diabolo were a crust/sludge/hardcore band from Germany
Only the song Grey Devours includes cello. It is from the album Give Rise To Doubts (1995)
Pazahora is a neocrust band from Singapore
Only the track "Death And Ruin" by Pazahora includes violin
Al-Thawra (الثورة in Arabic, meaning The Revolution) is an experimental crust band from Chicago that incorporates many traditional Middle Eastern instruments into their music
Only the track "Miskeen" includes violin for sure, but there are many other interesting Middle Eastern instruments (maybe some of them string instruments?) throughout the album
Translations of the album title found on the cover: من المستفيد من الحرب؟ (Arabic) / ¿quién se beneficia de la guerra? (Spanish)
Requiem was a crust band with a female vocalist; formed by ex-members of Catharsis and Blacken The Skies
Only the tracks "Storm Heaven", "In Darkness", and "Defeat" include violin
So, I figured I should probably introduce myself. My name's Ryan. I live in California and I like crust/punk/hardcore that incorporates bowed string instruments. That seems like enough information.
I started this blog because I thought I had compiled a somewhat definitive list of all bands/albums/songs that fit into the aforementioned category and wanted to share it. My list up to that point contained pretty much all of stuff I have posted so far, but nothing more (special thanks to whoever created this pastebin paste, it helped a lot). I thought that after these initial posts, I'd begin to post sporadically, only on the rare occasion that I happen to come across something that fit the theme. Well, it turns out I was wrong.
In the past few days, I have discovered that my previous list was only the tip of the iceberg. There are more bands/albums/songs that fit the theme of the blog than I could have possibly imagined, but many of them certainly take some digging to find. Because of that, I have added a page to the blog detailing what I plan to post, what I've found, and a few of the ways I look for things. Make sure to check it out here (the link is also in the sidebar on the right):
List of Things To Be Posted or That I've Recently FoundAlso, I don't think I've been very good about promoting this blog. I'll try to do better, but it'd be very helpful if those of you who do like it/know it exists would help spread the word. Plus, feel free to contact me or post comments. I want to thank the few people that have gotten in touch with me so far; they have all been really helpful and nice
P.S. Today I received Al-Thawra's "Who Benefits From War?" CD (which has violin) and the Pazahora / Ghaust split 7" (Pazahora's side has violin), so be on the lookout for those to be posted in the near future.
Sludge/crust/hardcore from Germany with Tom Rusnak (ex-Rorschach)
Only the tracks Violeure and Masterpiece include cello.
Special thanks to blog-reader Eugenio for recommending this album
Crust with violin from Switzerland
Tom - Vocals | Pat - Guitar | Kili - Violin | Harry - Bass | Peter - Drums
This is Cwill's first release. As far as I am aware, Cwill was the the first crust/hardcore band with a permanent violin player in their line-up.
Disdrama is a blackened death crust ("dismetal") band from Poland
Only the tracks "Bezsenność" and "Zniszczone horyzonty" include violin
Sludge/crust with cello from Baltimore, MD. Some members went on to form Nux Vomica
Most tracks include cello
Female-fronted crust band from Poland
Only the tracks "Akt Zgonu Przynosi Ulgę" and "Wyjście" contain violin.
