Horizon Hardcore

It's funny how two of my favorite finds this year were for 7 inch comps from 30 years ago. A few months ago I discovered the Beneath the Wheel comp with Admiral and Greyhouse, and then a month or so after that I found the Horizon Hardcore comp. Both were from 1991, and I didn't even know that either of them existed until this year.

When I discovered the Horizon Hardcore comp recently, I was floored. How have I never heard about this record? The 7 inch contains some great bands from the early 90's and this record could be the kid brother to the Words To Live By comp from New Age Records. How it has flown under my radar for the last 30 years is a fucking mystery.

I first discovered this comp when the new Encounter 7 inch finally arrived in September. I started digging into their Discogs page, and was totally shocked when I looked at the page for all the compilations that the band had appeared on. What the fuck is this? A Horizon Records Hardcore Compilation? A song from Encounter named Solitude? How have I never heard this song before? Plus there is a Flagman song here that I've never heard as well? Give it to me. I don't fucking care how much it costs.

While this comp is worth owning for the Encounter and Flagman songs, the early recordings from Ressurection and Lifetime songs are pretty cool to hear as well.

I Am Not The Discography

Ressurrection were pretty big in the early to mid-90's. Hardcore kids loved them. They captured some great energy and emotion, but for me, they were always the second option behind bands like Mouthpiece, Four Walls Falling, and Outspoken. I've always felt that part of the reason why I didn't put them at the same level as those other bands was because of the poor sound they had on their records. When I heard that Deathwish was releasing the I Am Not discography, and that the recordings were going to be remixed by Kurt Ballou, I thought that it was finaly a chance for those songs to shine.

I've been meaning to pick up this discography for a year or so, and when I saw it for sale at Generation Records in NYC, I figured that it was finally time to buy a copy. The packaging looks great, and the songs sound better. Perfect for when I'm stuck in an early 90's kind of mood.

Now I'm fairly certain that at some point over the past 10 or 15 years, Rob Fish mentioned that there were a few songs that Ressurection had recorded prior to breaking up, but they had never been released. I was hoping that this discography would feature those unreleased songs, so I was disappointed to not see anything new here. Who knows, maybe I imagined reading that somewhere, and those songs don't really exist.

Red vinyl pressing is sold out, but I was content to grab the white vinyl pressing. Limited to 733.