Within Arms Reach

I'm lacking a bit of information here. They are from Philadelphia, and have members of A Life Once Lost. Active early 00's. They sound almost a bit like Joshua Fit For Battle, and played in that whole scene with a lot of those bands.  Can't even find a relevant picture or anything. They're pretty good though.

Demo

Self Titled 7"

With Arms Still Empty

I'm just going to copy their bio from their now defunct website. They are from Michigan I think? If you want to see their website check here. 

with arms still empty started around november of 98. 3 of us had previously played in another band called the bounty hunters. Originally there were five of us; jeff, greg, yann, jeremy, and aric. We recorded two songs in december of 98 for a comp and a 7'. Later in may of 99' we recorded 6 songs for a CD ep. Around november of 99' we kicked aric, our singer out. Many reasons led up to this desicion, blah blah blah. We went on as a four piece with yann picking up most of aric's vocals, and greg & jeremy filled in the gaps. In Jan of 2000 we recorded 3 songs as a four piece, and 3 more in april, 5 of which ended up on a split cd with milwaukee's Since By Man which was released in june 2000. In August we played a couple shows out east with Blue skies burning, and then headed west for a 10 day tour with John Brown Battery. In January of 2001 greg left with arms, it was on good terms so there's no hard feelings. Kevin Spoelma now plays guitar in with arms. Some local grand rapids kids might recognize him from yesterday's gone and the bounty hunters.

 They seem to have a lot of random songs out there on comps and other things. Here's all I've compiled at least. As for what they sound like, it's a pretty typical sound of the era, pretty decent though. They broke up in 2002. Check it out.

 Watching Friends Fall cd-ep

Since By Man Split (with Since by Man songs... which are awesome)

Summer Demo

A Satellite Crash

I think this band is really only known for their split with Neil Perry, that is all I have at least. They were active 1998-early 00's, and from Binghamton. Their website is still somehow up, and gives a fairly indepth history about them + releases. Check it out here. I'm more making this post to see if anyone out there has more stuff by them. Their website lists them releasing a demo + a split with a band called Faraday's Discovery. I'm curious if those exist in digital format anywhere out there. Anyway, as for sound think emo mixed with a bit of crust. It's kind of unique. I'd recommend a listen.

Split with Neil Perry

Update2 -- Thanks to the commenter below for the Project Mercury demo. Really happy to have this on here.

Project Mercury Demo

Update --- I managed to track down their Farm Sanctuary Benefit Compilation track. I'm just going to post the entire compilation as it seems to be pretty hard to find.

Farm Sanctuary Benefit Compilation

Bands on it:

ANTIPRODUCT
SEVEN DAYS OF SAMSARA
ATOM & HIS PACKAGE
A SMILE FOR WEAKNESS
FERMENTED REPTILE
BLOODPACT
DAVE AWL
A SATELLITE CRASH
COUNTDOWN TO PUTSCH
REMUS & ROMULUS NATION
SUBMISSION HOLD
BUMBLE BEE
BUMBLE BEE
STAIRCASE

Numbers are Neutral

I guess the main claim to fame for this band is being on that awesome summertime comp. This demo of theirs (which contains the comp song) is the only thing they ever released (I think?). Info on them seems to be pretty scarce. They were active late 90's early 00's, and from the East Coast (Philadelphia?). Ex. Eldritch Anisette, and All Else Failed. The demo is fairly high quality, I recommend a listen. Long songs, melodic, violin, slow-parts, pretty angsty...

demo (School Sucks! EP)

Bullyrag (Aka Fucking Thunder)

Late 90's - early 00's band from Arizona. They're pretty good, intense politically driven stuff, there seems to be a few comparisons with Shotmaker to them on the internet. I think this is all their main releases, there could be some compilation tracks out there, not entirely sure. Also, major thanks to a certain discogs/soulseek user for ripping me their copy of the split with nineteenhundredandtwelve.

Split with nineteenhundredandtwelve

My Heroes Have Always Killed Cowboys 7"

Hearts Spark Arson

Demo (From the Terminal Escape blog)

Bear Garden

From Duluth, MN, and active late mid-late 2000's. Most of their official releases are quite easily found on the internet, and they seem to be overall fairly popular of a band. I was lucky enough to just recently have someone send me their discography, which includes some stuff that I had never heard about/didn't even know existed. This discography seems kind of official, so I'm guessing it has all that they've recorded. It also includes some videos as well. Definitely check it out if you like Bear Garden.

The Last Bearmitzvah - Discography

Kidnapping Theory

All I have for this is their description on last.fm...

brian, justin, and pat.

3 dudes playing crap.

they are from southern jersey.

I'm guessing they were active early 2000's, based on the date of their demo. It's pretty rough stuff. Kind of more on the grind/power violence spectrum, with the second demo being more grindy than the first.  High pitched vocals, and short songs. Check it out if you're curious.


Demo 2k2

Another Demo