The Eight Arms Around You is a new, creative metallic hardcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden that features members of Scraps of Tape, Smackdown, Anchor, Dead Vows, and One Final Breath. I think the incredible (and vastly different) Scraps of Tape is the only one of those bands that I've heard before, but it's because of that fact that I got to discover The Eight Arms Around You, as Johan Gustavsson from Scraps of Tape (and now The Eight Arms...) sent me an email asking me to check out the band and see what I think. I was way into it—they remind me a lot of early Burst (when they were at their absolute best, in my opinion), with some stuff like Catharsis and His Hero is Gone thrown in (though The Eight Arms... seems to be heading in a darker and perhaps more personal direction in some ways)—so I offered to help them out by posting a track from their recently recorded five-song EP to see if anyone out there might be interested in releasing it. I've only heard two songs, but they're both fuckin' killer, and these guys really seem to be efficiently fusing a shitload of different influences together, so... here's an advance track to check out:
The Eight Arms Around You "Guilt Ridden"
If anyone reading this is interested in releasing this EP, or knows someone else who might be, please either pass the word along or get in touch with the band on MySpace and see if you can make it happen!
Comments
incredible band - played with them at their 2nd show in gothenburg and my jaw was on the floor most of the time. One of the tighest and most raging hardcore bands I’ve seen in a long time and lovely guys too, somebody should release this asap!
4.27.2008 | By Mikey
Yeah this is good. I’ll follow them. Have you checked out Fall of Efrafa, it’s in “top Friends” on their myspace. That’s another fucking awesome retroemometalcorecrustypunx band. With a message and a view.
4.28.2008 | By stevhan.ti
Fall of Efrafa might just be the best thing around nowadays. I saw them in gothenburg at the same show as mikey did and they were just incredible. The weight of the music and emotion made time stop that evening. Check them out!
4.28.2008 | By j
starts off on a somewhat familiar note, but once that “break” kicks in, and what with those screwdriver-to-the-head riffs at the end (i lack the proper lingo), it becomes evident that this is some pretty intense and creative shit. awesome vocals too. i wonder if they named themselves after the similarly-titled album by veruca salt.
4.29.2008 | By chris
weird, I bought that scraps of tape CD a while back… this will be interesting to hear considering what they sounded like
4.29.2008 | By wes