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Hatebreed

Take the fierce energy of a hardcore band add a touch of metal and what you unleash is the perfect combination only known as New Haven CT’s Hatebreed. Tired with the current state of heavy music singer Jamey Jasta wanted to assemble music that would hit everyone over the head and begin the awakening. Jamey states “that was the reason we started this band.”

In Connecticut in 1993 people considered Quicksand hardcore and I’m thinking ‘no way this is indie rock.’ We wanted simple songs with simple song structures. All out brutality, 30 seconds and it is done.” The perfect description of what Jamey states rings true from the headline that reads above the band’s recent feature in Thrasher (America’s leading skateboard magazine) “Hatebreed means business, they don’t fuck around, and they don’t waste your time”.

Their Victory Records debut Satisfaction is the Death of Desire is a certifiable hardcore phenomenon. Satisfaction is the Death of Desire is a top selling release that continues to make strides and has sold more copies than any other debut in the history of Victory Records. They were in the Loud Rock Top 10 charts for over 20 weeks in 1998. “This recording has that evil, it resides in all of us. It’s what fuels us.” States Jamey. Hatebreed really started to explode after 11 dates on 1998’s Warped Tour- each performance turning into a warzone. After that day it wasn’t uncommon to find NOFX, Rancid and Deftones watching from the side of the Hatebreed stage.

Hatebreed released Satisfaction is the Death of Desire (1997) with Victory Records.

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