Out today: COMMON WOUNDS

Common Wounds' self-titled debut EP is out today on Protagonist Music.

Stream the EP and buy it here: https://protagonistmusic.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled-11

Common Wounds is a new band from Phoenix, Arizona, featuring ex-members of Landmine Marathon and Run with the Hunted. Landmine Marathon was a Phoenix death metal band that earned the cover of Revolver Magazine in the late 2000s and played shows with Metallica, while Run with the Hunted was a straightedge band on Trial guitarist Timm McIntosh's label. In Common Wounds, the guys team up to deliver something else: a heavy, passionate, post-hardcore vibe, taking inspiration from bands like Fugazi, Unwound, Quicksand and Helmet. The self-titled debut EP was was recorded and mixed by Zachary Rippy (Power Trip, Wristmeetrazor).

"Pointed and burly, pulsing with the honesty of emotional hardcore and the swagger of noise rock."
–Decibel

"Phoenix's Common Wounds (ex-Run with the Hunted, Landmine Marathon) pull equally from '90s-style post-hardcore and noise rock, as you can hear on their caustic, towering new single."
–BrooklynVegan

"If you miss 'real' emo and post-hardcore, look no further than Common Wounds, a new band from members of Landmine Marathon and Run With the Hunted. Common Wounds is filled to the brim with burly, angular riffs and noise rock swagger. This is cathartic music."

–MetalSucks

"Common Wounds are a new post-hardcore band out of Phoenix, AZ, but its members come from bands like Landmine Marathon, Run with the Hunted, and more. That said, Common Wounds doesn't so much pull from these past enterprises as it draws inspiration from bands like Rites of Spring, Fugazi, and even Helmet. Their upcoming self-titled five-track EP does an excellent job of creating a sound that is heavy, jangly, and metallic without sacrificing their identity or their individuality."
–Invisible Oranges

"Bone-bruising... Emotionally searing."
–No Clean Singing

"This music calls to mind the street heavy DNA of Helmet and Unsane, with the meandering chaos of Lowercase and Unwound, and the passion of Hoover and Current; while any hints of influence serve the creation of their own tension-filled cacophony."

–The Tinnitist

"Common Wounds’ self-titled EP explores 90s post hardcore and emo through the lumbering, heavier lens of noise rock.  It’s a combination that works well."

–Metal Trenches

"The vocals are gritty and aggressive, commanding attention from the beginning, with the lyrics channelling feverish desperation... Not a band to be ignored."
–Distorted Sound

More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2023/02/common-wounds.html

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