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Emocharge? Disemo? D-beat emo?

There are many farcical ways one could attempt to describe Coliseum's debut album, which is a combination of Discharge/GBH early-80’s speed-punk hardcore and despairing lyrical diatribes about loneliness and insecurity (touching on huge franchises and those ashamed privileged kids in a couple of songs).

The first song, "Detached," quite blatantly cops its core riff from GBH's "Sick Boy," and "Pretty Situation" eerily resembles "Doomsday" by Discharge, except with more emotional lyrics. Vocalist/guitarist Ryan Patterson is definitely inspired by Cal, with a crustier metal edge in his low-mixed shouting. Of course, they do change it up a little. "Give Up And Drive" contains what could be called the album's only "breakdown" (a ramshackle and chaotic stomp), and the guitars in "Claim Control" play off of each other in an elementary, yet affective way.

That's what I find to be the beauty of Coliseum. The music is simple, yet powerful. Songs open and close with a wail of feedback from an amp. This band does what they do well, and leave the pose to the math-metal hacks.

This is what the average hardcore album should be. Combining this solid of a sound with a stunning live show, Coliseum are destined to go places in the (mothafuckin') underground, and are an interesting alternative to the other wave of American hardcore "revivalists," who seem to get way too caught up in their early-90's East Coast crap.



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    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 2:34 AM (EST)

    Coliseum's Goddamage EP is also great. Coliseum, Black Cross and Us Lions are great bands that are bringing back the Louisville sound. Remember Guilt, By The Grace Of God, Endpoint, etc...

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 10:32 AM (EDT)

    really want to hear this.... mp3?

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 12:56 AM (EDT)

    listen to venom

    Posted by notfeelingcreative on 2005-09-05 22:53:13

    "Reminds me a lot like Motorhead"

    Check out Inepsy, if you haven't already. Motorhead with a little d-beat influence!

    Posted by Russe11 on 2005-09-05 22:21:35

    Ah that was me. Forgot to log in.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 5, 2005 at 10:20 PM (EDT)

    This band owns.

    Posted by Jesse on 2005-09-05 17:49:12

    This shit rules. It's just metal and hardcore. Reminds me a lot like Motorhead.

    Posted by notfeelingcreative on 2005-09-04 21:53:44

    "No, that's not what I meant. I meant "crap" in the sense of quantity."

    Guess I should've read that before I posted below. My bad.

    Posted by notfeelingcreative on 2005-09-04 21:51:23

    Yeah, apparently Doom is also 'crap', ah well guess I like crap!

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:41 PM (EDT)

    I cannot believe I just read a sentence that contained both the word "Totalitar" and "Crap".

    -Ken

    Posted by SilentStorms on 2005-09-04 19:17:26

    Settle down there Will ... jeez.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 1:20 PM (EDT)

    "Skitsystem is crap?"

    No, that's not what I meant. I meant "crap" in the sense of quantity.

    And people trying to school me on screamo, please shut the fuck up. The intro is a joke. It's pretty funny. I admit that the names are "farcical". Maybe you should have built up your vocabulary instead of schooling yourselves in early screamo.

    -Will

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 1:01 PM (EDT)
    My Score:

    whoa! this is soooo taking itself too seriously and sucking at the same time...this is not worth your money!

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 12:45 PM (EDT)

    "Emocharge? Disemo? D-beat emo?"

    how fucking ignorant are you? just because an album has personal lyrics does not make it emo and most "real" emo bands have 10X the balls of most of the music you listen to. ORCHID? PMFS? SAETIA? totally pussy fag-shit.

    also this record blows ass, it's not heavy enough to appeal to any fans of heavy music and it's not melodic enough to form any coherent hooks

    listen to from ashes rise, they have all the same influences but totally tear shit up.

    Posted by gladimnotemo on 2005-09-04 11:22:13

    Skitsystem is crap?

    Posted by skankin_in_the_pit on 2005-09-04 10:25:24

    Doom is so fucking awesome. Coliseum rules but they'll never touch Doom. I never really got into Black Cross so it took me a while to check these dudes out. Big mistake.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 6:16 AM (EDT)

    d-beat emo? shut up. fuck you.

    Posted by etwiels88 on 2005-09-04 01:56:47

    Can't wait for the Doomriders split.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 1:04 AM (EDT)

    I'd say this CD is about a 7. It's good, but after hearing so much crap like Totalitar, Skitsystem, Disclose, Doom, etc., the sound has ceased to really affect me the same way it probably does for most kids. I get the feeling most of the people who listen to this band aren't that into "crust"... So therefor, they think this band is doing something more revolutionary than what they actually are.

    -Will

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 1:00 AM (EDT)

    d-beat emo?

    Posted by dazed on 2005-09-04 00:58:40
    My Score:

    This is a damn good album, though. I don't know about "d-beat emo", but I guess it's descriptive enough in that the band isn't another band that self-consciously tries to emulate Discharge, right down to the lyrics and guitar tone, they have their own identity and could be appreciated by fans of a lot of types of hardcore. Their new EP is pretty great, too, and they're one of the loudest bands I've seen live.

    Posted by inagreendase on 2005-09-04 00:54:53

    I can modify the score for you, just let me know what you want it changed to.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 12:18 AM (EDT)

    I didn't know I gave this a ten. It doesn't really deserve it! But oh well, it's cool, anyway!

    -Will

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