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The Fists of Time
The Fists of Time is the debut extended play by American melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. It was originally released by Belgian record label Good Life Recordings on July 13, 1998, on compact disc and 10" vinyl. American record label Doghouse Records reissued the release, under the expanded title The Fists of Time: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Non-Fiction, on compact disc, 12" vinyl and digitally, with new artwork and two additional songs, on June 22, 2000. In promotion of the release, As Friends Rust toured the United States, United Kingdom and Europe several times between June 1998 and September 2000. The bands that accompanied As Friends Rust on these tours include Discount, Dillinger Four, Strike Anywhere, Grade, Ensign, Ignite, Good Clean Fun, Garrison, Glasseater, Mid Carson July, The Agency, Purusam, Fast Times and Keith Welsh.
While promoting the release, As Friends Rust also performed at notable festivals like Hellfest in Syracuse, New York (two years in a row), Wilkes-Barre Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (two years in a row), Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium (two years in a row), Gainesvillefest in Gainesville, Florida, Krazy Fest in Louisville, Kentucky, Detroit Fest, in Eastpointe, Michigan, More Than Music in Columbus, Ohio, Tin Can Full of Dreams in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Midwest Florida Punk Festival, in Sarasota, Florida, Mixed Messages in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pheer Festival, in College Park, Maryland, The Copper Sun Indie Records Winter Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium, Festival Hardcore in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands, TurboPunk Festival, in Poznań, Poland, Transmitter Festival in Hohenems, Austria, Complete MADness Festival in Potsdam, Germany, Good Life Winter Festival, in Kortrijk, Belgium and Good Life Midsummer Hardcore Festival in Kuurne, Belgium.
Though most of the touring in promotion of The Fists of Time featured the same core members, the majority of the material contained on the release was recorded with an earlier and much different line-up. The band would later go through an almost completely new line-up following the EP's touring. Four of the songs contained on The Fists of Time were recorded by the band's original line-up, with lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez and drummer Matthew Crum. Moyal later reformed the band and recruited guitarists Gordon Tarpley and Joseph Simmons, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Kaleb Stewart and drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick to record a single new song for the release; Tarpley departed immediately afterwards and was replaced by Peter Bartsocas who toured with the band for most of 1998. Bartsocas was ultimately replaced by James Glayat, who recorded another new song with the band (included on the reissue) and did most of the touring during the next two years, until he was briefly replaced by Bartsocas for the final month of touring. Moyal also suffered voice problems during the final tour in September 2000, leading Stewart to sing at a handful of shows and Bartsocas to switch to bass guitar. Kirkpatrick, Stewart and Glayat all quit the band in September 2000.
As Friends Rust formed in September 1996 when vocalist Damien Moyal (formerly of Shai Hulud and Morning Again) was invited to a band practice in Davie, Florida by guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez and drummer Matthew Crum. The band recorded six songs, "Encante", "Ruffian", "Broken Brain", "When People Resort to Name Calling", "The Only Point" and an untitled instrumental acoustic song, at Wisner Productions in Davie, Florida from November 19–22, 1996 with producer James Paul Wisner.
Three of the songs recorded, "Encante", "Ruffian" and "Broken Brain", were used on a well-circulated demo tape that the band shopped to record labels. Some of the record labels that received copies of this demo include Doghouse Records, Equal Vision Records, Revelation Records and Jade Tree Records; none were interested in signing As Friends Rust. By February 1997, As Friends Rust had fallen apart as Moyal dedicated more time to his other bands Culture and Bird of Ill Omen, which led Olmino, Gomez and Crum to continue playing together but renaming the band Red Letter Day with a new vocalist.
Moyal eventually reformed As Friends Rust after moving to Gainesville, Florida in June 1997, recruiting guitarists Stephen Looker and Gordon Tarpley; all three were then-members of Culture. In September 1997, Timothy Kirkpatrick (formerly of the emo band Roosevelt) joined both As Friends Rust and Culture. Looker quit As Friends Rust and Culture simultaneously to join Morning Again in March 1998. Moyal quickly asked ex-Morning Again and ex-Bird of Ill Omen guitarist Joseph Simmons to join both Culture and As Friends Rust, and recruited Kaleb Stewart as As Friends Rust's new bass guitarist.
With an intact line-up, As Friends Rust recorded the song "Home Is Where the Heart Aches" at Goldentone Studios in late March 1998 with producer Rob McGregor. Stewart invited three close friends, members of Hot Water Music Chuck Ragan, George Rebelo and Chris Wollard, to provide backup vocals on the recording.
"Home Is Where the Heart Aches" was combined with four songs from the 1996 recording session; "Encante", "Ruffian", "When People Resort to Name Calling" and "Broken Brain"; to make up the band's debut EP, The Fists of Time, released by Belgian record label Good Life Recordings on compact disc and 10" vinyl on July 13, 1998. Good Life Recordings had previously released material by Culture and Morning Again, so As Friends Rust was a natural fit on the record label. The cover art and most of the booklet art for The Fists of Time was designed by Moyal, with other illustrations provided by Mike Taylor and band photographs taken by Mark Murrmann.
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The Fists of Time
The Fists of Time is the debut extended play by American melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. It was originally released by Belgian record label Good Life Recordings on July 13, 1998, on compact disc and 10" vinyl. American record label Doghouse Records reissued the release, under the expanded title The Fists of Time: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Non-Fiction, on compact disc, 12" vinyl and digitally, with new artwork and two additional songs, on June 22, 2000. In promotion of the release, As Friends Rust toured the United States, United Kingdom and Europe several times between June 1998 and September 2000. The bands that accompanied As Friends Rust on these tours include Discount, Dillinger Four, Strike Anywhere, Grade, Ensign, Ignite, Good Clean Fun, Garrison, Glasseater, Mid Carson July, The Agency, Purusam, Fast Times and Keith Welsh.
While promoting the release, As Friends Rust also performed at notable festivals like Hellfest in Syracuse, New York (two years in a row), Wilkes-Barre Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (two years in a row), Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium (two years in a row), Gainesvillefest in Gainesville, Florida, Krazy Fest in Louisville, Kentucky, Detroit Fest, in Eastpointe, Michigan, More Than Music in Columbus, Ohio, Tin Can Full of Dreams in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Midwest Florida Punk Festival, in Sarasota, Florida, Mixed Messages in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pheer Festival, in College Park, Maryland, The Copper Sun Indie Records Winter Festival in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium, Festival Hardcore in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands, TurboPunk Festival, in Poznań, Poland, Transmitter Festival in Hohenems, Austria, Complete MADness Festival in Potsdam, Germany, Good Life Winter Festival, in Kortrijk, Belgium and Good Life Midsummer Hardcore Festival in Kuurne, Belgium.
Though most of the touring in promotion of The Fists of Time featured the same core members, the majority of the material contained on the release was recorded with an earlier and much different line-up. The band would later go through an almost completely new line-up following the EP's touring. Four of the songs contained on The Fists of Time were recorded by the band's original line-up, with lead vocalist Damien Moyal, guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez and drummer Matthew Crum. Moyal later reformed the band and recruited guitarists Gordon Tarpley and Joseph Simmons, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Kaleb Stewart and drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick to record a single new song for the release; Tarpley departed immediately afterwards and was replaced by Peter Bartsocas who toured with the band for most of 1998. Bartsocas was ultimately replaced by James Glayat, who recorded another new song with the band (included on the reissue) and did most of the touring during the next two years, until he was briefly replaced by Bartsocas for the final month of touring. Moyal also suffered voice problems during the final tour in September 2000, leading Stewart to sing at a handful of shows and Bartsocas to switch to bass guitar. Kirkpatrick, Stewart and Glayat all quit the band in September 2000.
As Friends Rust formed in September 1996 when vocalist Damien Moyal (formerly of Shai Hulud and Morning Again) was invited to a band practice in Davie, Florida by guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez and drummer Matthew Crum. The band recorded six songs, "Encante", "Ruffian", "Broken Brain", "When People Resort to Name Calling", "The Only Point" and an untitled instrumental acoustic song, at Wisner Productions in Davie, Florida from November 19–22, 1996 with producer James Paul Wisner.
Three of the songs recorded, "Encante", "Ruffian" and "Broken Brain", were used on a well-circulated demo tape that the band shopped to record labels. Some of the record labels that received copies of this demo include Doghouse Records, Equal Vision Records, Revelation Records and Jade Tree Records; none were interested in signing As Friends Rust. By February 1997, As Friends Rust had fallen apart as Moyal dedicated more time to his other bands Culture and Bird of Ill Omen, which led Olmino, Gomez and Crum to continue playing together but renaming the band Red Letter Day with a new vocalist.
Moyal eventually reformed As Friends Rust after moving to Gainesville, Florida in June 1997, recruiting guitarists Stephen Looker and Gordon Tarpley; all three were then-members of Culture. In September 1997, Timothy Kirkpatrick (formerly of the emo band Roosevelt) joined both As Friends Rust and Culture. Looker quit As Friends Rust and Culture simultaneously to join Morning Again in March 1998. Moyal quickly asked ex-Morning Again and ex-Bird of Ill Omen guitarist Joseph Simmons to join both Culture and As Friends Rust, and recruited Kaleb Stewart as As Friends Rust's new bass guitarist.
With an intact line-up, As Friends Rust recorded the song "Home Is Where the Heart Aches" at Goldentone Studios in late March 1998 with producer Rob McGregor. Stewart invited three close friends, members of Hot Water Music Chuck Ragan, George Rebelo and Chris Wollard, to provide backup vocals on the recording.
"Home Is Where the Heart Aches" was combined with four songs from the 1996 recording session; "Encante", "Ruffian", "When People Resort to Name Calling" and "Broken Brain"; to make up the band's debut EP, The Fists of Time, released by Belgian record label Good Life Recordings on compact disc and 10" vinyl on July 13, 1998. Good Life Recordings had previously released material by Culture and Morning Again, so As Friends Rust was a natural fit on the record label. The cover art and most of the booklet art for The Fists of Time was designed by Moyal, with other illustrations provided by Mike Taylor and band photographs taken by Mark Murrmann.