Growing up, all alone.
A rundown neighborhood, foster homes.
I had to work for what was mine.
Handing out beatdowns and committing crime.
I wanna know,
how far would you go
to protect the edge, would you take THE PLEDGE?
My little cousin, age 13,
caught her with a cigarette, I broke her fucking knees.
Had a teacher try to change my ways,
I beat his ass just the fucking same.
Raised as an orphan, no hope to pull through,
'til I was busting heads with the CROWBAR CREW...
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
TO THE STRAIGHT EDGE
TO NEVER FALTER
THIS IS MY PLEDGE
WE STAND FOR JUSTICE
WE STAND FOR MIGHT
UNDER THE X
STRAIGHT EDGE FOR LIFE.
If anyone thought hardcore was dead, Purgatory lets us know it is very much alive and enraged. What started with Suicidal Tendencies in the 80s and rose to prominence with Biohazard (and so many more great bands) in the 90s continues to rage on. I'm raging with them . . . until the war against ignorance and greed and lies and hypocrisy and inequality and all those awful, evil -isms is won. Diogenes Grief
This wild 35-track all-metal benefit album features Mare Cognitum, Panopticon, and more reinventing songs by Tori Amos & others. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2020
A new compilation series featuring cat-loving metal bands from every state donating their tracks for local animal welfare organizations. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 12, 2018