Ampere

Ampere has been a mainstay in the Northeastern hardcore scene for the better part of the past decade. The bands features members of bands like Orchid, Bucket Full of Teeth, and Last Forty Seconds.

The early recordings lean more towards a grind-oriented, raw punk sound. As they've progressed their sound has matured into a more streamlined, ridiculously well-oiled screamo machine. Killingsworth's guitar gymnastics hardly ever dissapoint, and the rhythm section propels the whole thing forward at an alarming rate. If you haven't heard this band yet, you should probably just download everything.

Below is what I had uploaded, it should be everything. If you don't feel like downloading all the splits you'd probably be good with just downloading All Our Tomorrows End Today, The First Five Years, and the Sinaloa Split.

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Demo 7" (2002)



Ampere/Wolves Split (2003)



All Our Tomorrows End Today (2004)



Ampere/Welcome the Plague Year Split 5" (2005)



Live at Dead Air Split 11" Ampere/Wasteland/Daniel Striped Tiger/Death to Tyrants (2006)



Ampere/Sinaloa Split 12" (2006)



Ampere/Das Oath Split (2006)



Ampere/Ringers Split 6" (2007)



Ampere/Daitro Split 7" (2007)



Ampere/Funeral Diner Split 7" (2007)



Ampere/Off Minor Split (2008)



The First Five Years (2008)

The Last Forty Seconds

Well, I couldn't find a picture of these guys playing, so I leave you with a picture of one of those cute little kiddies who show off all the Ape Must Not Kill Ape releases.

The Last Forty Seconds was an emotive hardcore band that formed in or around 1999 and broke up in the early 2000's. Members of this band went on to form The Saddest Landscape, Wolves, and vocalist Andy Maddox currently fronts screamo giants Ampere. Their only output is this 12" release and a split with Sundowner (recorded by Will Killingsworth of Orchid) which I haven't been able to find a vinyl rip of (SO IF YOU HAVE IT RIP IT!). This LP features 6 solid songs that remind me of bands like Funeral Diner, Orchid, and Portraits of Past. I think that'd be enough incentive for me to download this record.

Or even purchase it from Slave Union.

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The Last Forty Seconds