HOW TRUSTKILL PUT METALCORE ON THE MAP: Poison The Well, Bleeding Through

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

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[@Belowone]

yo can you do a video on the Socal Skacore scene. its probably be hard since its underground and theres to many bands but i think it would make for a interesting video. its pretty dope, majority of it is a mixture of mexican/latino sound with, jamaican ska, and hardcore punk.

[@Burgee_6289]

I remember terror playing the attic in kettering, OH and my pastor (owner of the attic at the time) nearly shut the show down because things were getting so crazy and actually pretty dangerous.

[@iknowbroikno]

The tristate area is NY NJ and Connecticut where I'm from bro NJHC

[@adamhayes4728]

true, Universal owns a good portion of the assets to doctor dream.

[@WOLFCREEKBOYS]

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[@TrustkillRecords]

So awesome! Thanks Finn.

[@wolfhawk1999]

Poison the Well is probably one of the most underrated bands of all time. You Come Before You (one of the best Metalcore albums of all time imo) was unlike anything else that had ever come out before it, and to this day stands out as something beyond Metalcore. That album was deep lyrically, and instrumentally they were experimenting with new sounds and ways of writing songs. Anyone that hasn't heard You Come Before You should quit whatever you are doing and listen to that album. You can get a new job later.

[@wolfhawk1999]

@TheWellDisease hell yeah. Definitely. You Come Before You has some bangers, but some of the songs have bad connotations for me so I can't listen to them (Loved Ones and The Realist for example). Love them, though. Got to see them on their reunion tour. It was a lot of fun.

[@dragginmedown]

Nah they’re shit

[@xbarrettx83]

This right here.... ptw is in my top 5 of bands and you come before you was a big reason for that... the album front to back is solid.. it flows from one song to the next

[@christyl43077]

@@dragginmedown they are not your mother.now thats a piece of shit.

[@jonathanmaner1157]

Yep, great band.

[@Dave_Lakin]

One time back in the early 2000's, I went through a Burger King drive through while listening to PTW and the kid at the window had a Trustkill hoodie on and we both gave each other a knowing glance and a head nod.... It was sick.

[@midnighttrain7844]

That was sooo sick！

[@markschroeder2295]

I used to deliver pizzas back in the day... One day while I was out on a delivery, this kid answered the door with a Poison the Well shirt on. I had to show him that I had the same t-shirt on under my uniform...

[@midnighttrain7844]

@@markschroeder2295 wow！Hell of story bruh

[@bumzilla8586]

I was behind that guy making the burger .. I hope you enjoyed it .. I made it extra tasty

[@TrustkillRecords]

Ha! That's awesome.

[@dark___passenger7446]

that first poison the well album was so ahead of its time, still sounds amazing today

[@Jjernsberger]

Dude, Opposite of December was a life changer for me. Still gives me goosebumps. Trustkill in general was the most important element in my taste in music.

[@Jjernsberger]

Also MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD

[@realChewky]

Yeah, you can't be Nerdy. If you're in the gym and need to rip muscles from bone, Nerdy will make that happen.

[@MetinSenler]

Me: working YT Notification: "The Punk Rock MBA uploaded a new video" Me: stop working

[@lukedynamic1]

Metin Senler same bro hahaha great comment 🤘

[@jameojo578]

Man, This video took me back. I remember Trustkill being my go to label for Metalcore and Heavy Hardcore. Bands like PoisonThe Well, Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through, Throwdown, Most Precious Blood, Terror, Walls Of Jericho and It Dies Today were my favourites. This video also reminded me on how good Hopesfall were. Totally forgot Bullet For My Valentine started off on Trustkill also. Man, so many great bands came from trustkill and I really miss that label. Would be cool if you could do more videos on Labels such as Trustkill. One I would be really keen to see would be one on Ferret Music, that label had some awesome bands on it.

[@seanb50d]

Hopesfall just put out new album 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sai1417]

Most Precious Blood are completely the unsung heroes of Trustkill

[@TrustkillRecords]

@@sai1417 Got nothing but love for MPB!

[@TrustkillRecords]

Thanks Jameo!

[@nicholasdonin1465]

Man. This brings me back to my first car 😂

[@altoid8450]

Dude, this video made me cry. Thank you for recognizing The Opposite of December, Hopesfall, and Eighteen Visions. This is music which seems to be forgotten. I'm from Charlotte where Hopesfall is from. I remember going to all their shows at Tremont Music Hall (RIP). Thank you man.

[@ghostf4cekapta666]

Finn, thanks for doing what you do. I'm 41. I grew up a metal/ hardcore/ hip hop fan. Your words speak to me..I'm like "this dude lived a life quite like my own." I was introduced to you by my 15 year old son with your Knocked Loose video. I love that band. You nailed the generational coolness that's happening with those guys. I've been a lurker for a while now. Just decided after this Trustkill video I had to comment. This video brought back some good times. Anyways, man..just thanks. I love what you do. I have never related so much to the words of a music youtuber..ever.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Oh wow, that's super cool to hear, thank you!

[@marathonxman]

Glad Trustkill is getting recognition for helping pioneer metalcore. Trustkill was one of those labels that if I saw on a record I knew it was going to be good. One of the few true “quality control” labels in the game.

[@TrustkillRecords]

Thanks! That means a lot.

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

Absolutely agree. I discovered so many bands through Trustkill. PTW and Hopesfall were discovered through their sampler cds and their music has lived with me ever since.

[@Matt_Desrosiers]

Ah Hopesfall... The band that got me into this genre. The nostalgia is real, glad they got back together

[@noodraider]

No Wings to Speak of 😍😍😍😍😍

[@HavocFactionmusic]

Their new album is so good

[@garretpietila5812]

No thanks to Trustkill

[@Naytone]

@@noodraider I think I just discovered Hopsefall last year and I have to say, No Wings To Speak of has some of the most beautiful lyricism I've read.

[@noodraider]

@@Naytone it's as beautiful as Walt Whitman

[@DamnYouDonnie722]

Hearing poison the well nerdy changed my life in the early 2000s that song opened up so many new bands for me. RIP trustkill you def changed the game.

[@SDREHXC]

Poison the well was always a band that was ahead of their time. They basically invented the metalcore sound and then in two albums managed to transition to a sound that to this day is still super unique. Eighteen Visions also had a very southern hardcore vibe that a lot of bands later expanded on. Trustkill was definitely a super influential label for metal music as a whole.

[@TheRealOTK]

As a Floridian that graduated high school in '05, Trustkill was HUGE for my friends and I. Terror, First Blood, .hopesfall., It Dies Today, etc played Florida a bunch back then, and all those shows ruled. Fight Paris did too, and we vandalized their trailer one time and they attempted to fight my friends and I. All of these things are great memories.

[@digitaltourbus]

I loved that record from Bedlight For Blue Eyes. Always thought they should've been bigger. Glad to hear you mention them!

[@TrustkillRecords]

Agreed! Ha Ha.

[@ianmorris1187]

I was a reviewer for them, revelation records, victory records, initial and eulogy from 97-2000. I loved working with all those guys. Every month I would get promotional materials and just go crazy. Flyer the hell out of shows and run my tiny online zine. I miss those days of small diy street team advertising. Also worked with flip records and immortal records. You always make me look back and smile Finn.

[@almostfree9255]

Yeah for sure. I listened to it dies and bleeding through because of that recird label. Them tooth and nail and victory bands were what I was into in my hs days. Nostalgia man.

[@maxwelld23]

This was great. I think you really nailed it with Poison the well, all the bands we listen to and love today wouldn’t be here without them. They are legends and don’t get the respect they deserve.

[@chrisjr1247]

The Opposite Of December literally started it all for me as a young hoodlum!!!!Fucking Nerdy bro. Big thanks for another rad video buddd.

[@markschroeder2295]

"Nerdy" is me and my wife's song...

[@chrisjr1247]

@@markschroeder2295 Lyrically Lovey.🤟

[@Dubnot]

Best two drum hits to start a song ever in Nerdy. ::Boom kak:: Whyyyy?

[@kneestothechin]

easily the most influential and meaningful album of my life. i still cant get enough of it and still get goosebumps as soon as 12-23-93 starts playing..... "GOUGE OUT MY EEEEEEEYES!!!!!!"

[@bowlagrits]

Hell ya man. I saw them way back like 15 years ago at warped tour. They where awesome. You com before you is also good.

[@mattnigg1890]

Happy to hear you mention Bleeding Through

[@DEREKDESTROY]

This video brought me back. I still bump Eighteen Visions regularly, their entire catalogue. That whole golden era of Trustkill will always mean something to me.

[@cccesarrr]

Man I had completely forgotten about It Dies Today. I definitely came around in the later years but I do remember seeing that Trustkill logo all over the place. It's great to hear stories from this time in music. As a young music fan you usually start out listening to current music and then dive into really classic stuff so these videos definitely fill a big gap in between.

[@eXdXgXe4life]

I still rock PTW's opposite of December. Love it.

[@ghosttownicon2761]

same here. that album is beastly good

[@markschroeder2295]

Such an amazing album... To this day "Nerdy" is me and my wife's song...

[@altoid8450]

It's so timeless. It gets more and more relevant everytime I listen to it.

[@Raijin-RyuX24]

First time I ever got kicked in the face was at a PTW show.

[@supradoom]

Ill never forget getting to sing into the mic for sliced paper wrists at a small ptw show.

[@roversfan16]

Great video, I was a more basic metal kid through the 00's and found hardcore in 2008 so every time I watch one of these videos I end up spending an hour YouTubing all the bands that look interesting that would lie outside my normal interests. Cheers for all the content man.

[@bluenitriletouch2842]

Hopesfall! A band that certainly deserves all the love. Magnetic North is an actual masterpiece. And the album they put out last year has been one of the better “comeback” records I’ve heard in recent years. Love the vid as usual, Finn.

[@robbypost5679]

Magnetic North gets so much unnecessary hate. A-types is actual dud in the hopesfall discography. Arbiter is fucking amazing too. It's better than MN

[@bluenitriletouch2842]

@@robbypost5679 Agreed that A-Types is very 'meh.' However, the mix on Arbiter is outstanding. Turns out it was the same engineer who did MN. Tunguska and H.A. Wallace Space Academy might be some of my favorites in their whole catalogue.

[@eschalle89]

OMG. Memory unlocked: Bedlight for Blue Eyes! Loved The Dawn album!

[@TheJustin905]

I remember discovering poison the well back in like 99 hearing nerdy for the first time before the whole metalcore scene was even a big thing i was still listening to bands like korn at the time.. I showed my friends friends poison the well who were all into punk bands and they were like wtf is this...then everyone slowly started liking poison the well when you become before you came out and the metalcore scene was blowing up.....still love chris hornbrooks drumming

[@toddb3414]

I went to that Disembodied/Brothers Keeper tour for Oxymoron. Maybe 50 kids but damn, everyone there lived and breathed the scene. Hellfest DVD was a gamechanger, those 18V performances were wild, loved the onstage antics as they were nice change from bball jersey camo short tough guy redundancy. Great work, hope you drop a downset vid in the future. Cheers.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

I will def talk about downset!

[@french1991toast22]

When will you do a hatebreed video? Hatebreed alone inspired so many bands after them. True legends of the hardcore genre

[@chandlerlawson711]

Hatebreed and I would say no warnings Ill blood are the reason hardcore sounds the way it does today. I love satisfaction so much I got the Morningstars logo tattooed on my forearm

[@dragginmedown]

They just tride to copy sepultura, same as earth crisis. Lets be honest

[@ChainsawChristmas]

@@dragginmedown no

[@luciousbarber2119]

i know this video is old but i felt like commenting after just watching... my introduction to trustkill was bleeding through who had a write up in thrasher around 2004 or 2005 and i found their music on myspace and I saw they were coming to Jacksonville,FL and saw they were touring with It Dies Today so i checked them out and instantly fell in love with that sound. I still jam The Caitiff Choir in 2021. That was my first real show i ever attended and it was an insane experience and introduced me to a lot of what i like to this day

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

I'm just happy to see my favorite band (It Dies Today) in the thumbnail

[@jamrhein2]

My favorite band as well. They dont get enough love. Incredible music. Great dudes to hang out with and a lot of stage energy too. They could have came out of the era much bigger in my opinion if Nick hadn't left right after their biggest album. I hated the new guy and wasnt super fond of Lividity, which seems to be the general consensus. It's been sad over the years watching them slowly fade further in to the background to a point where I now get excited to see them mentioned anymore.

[@noencoresclub]

Their rendition of 'Enjoy the Silence' is still in my regular rotation.

[@jamrhein2]

@@noencoresclub the entire Caitiff Choir remaster and Sirens are both still in my regular rotation lol. I have a 4mo and I usually sing Marigold to get her to quit crying lol.

[@noencoresclub]

@@jamrhein2 That's dope as hell

[@facepalmmute3619]

dude have you checked out their new song?? well..its been a couple years since it came out but still!

[@Serphwratt]

I was obsessed with Poison The Well’s Opposite of December and Bleeding Through’s Dust To Ashes during this period. I made many of trips to SF to see them and those albums still kick ass even today.

[@KevinStudent]

Trustkill has so many releases that were incredibly important for me growing up. What an amazing time that was!

[@TrustkillRecords]

It really was!

[@johnlyles1996]

I bought a Trustkill records sampler at Sounds of the Underground. Less than a year later I saw many of those bands on the Dunn and Don Vito tour

[@cROSSingth3RUBICon]

Man, that first It Dies Today record was so good. It's too bad they fizzled out.

[@Oliveea]

Ross William freak gasoline fight accident was my jam

[@thesvc2006]

they were awful live. they actually got booed of stage at the ozzfest i saw them at during their 2nd song. their singer could. not. sing.

[@M_reapr]

@@thesvc2006 nick brooks was an amazing singer but he was an alcoholic and ruined his voice. If you've never seen their hellfest video of sentiments of you you cant say shit Watch this and tell me theres a reason why they were very popular until nick fucked his voice up through a horrible drinking problem kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnzQd3ycgr99r7s

[@pillarsofserpents]

man, they didn't fizzle out in my eyes . think SIRENS was way better than Caitiff Choir. and the third record with the new singer (Lividity) was heavy and fun as hell. I wish they were still putting stuff out. not a bad record, IMO

[@thesvc2006]

@@M_reapr i mean, i saw them in person myself and he was awful. i guess it was after his drinking problem, but i heard him firsthand. i can't remember what year ozzfest it was, but they played the small stage early in the day, and it was so bad they got booed off. just telling it like it is.

[@cheezbucket]

finn, i love your videos. most of my fondest memories are from being a scene kid in upstate new york around 2002-2004. i would go to shows constantly, play shows sometimes in my own band and basically live and breath this lifestyle. watching this shit brings me back to the good old days. i still jam most these trustkill bands on my iPod to this day. I'm 34 now and none of my friends listen to this stuff. thanks to your vids i'm able to find new bands like turnstile and vein. keep it up man. i can get lost in these videos for hours.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Trustkill and ipods... it was a simpler time!

[@rowboatmiami]

Trustkill also signed Fightstar in '06-'07. Their story's fucking fascinating to me. Former boy bander gets fed up with the pop industry and starts a post-hardcore band. They had a really killer debut record too

[@TrustkillRecords]

Glad someone remembers Fightstar!! We loved that record. And Charlie was such a great guy. His story was inspiring for sure.

[@alatimorephoto]

This channel is hands down, one of the best on KZbin. Thank you for your continued content like this. And yes, I am in the same boat as you and remember this time and scene so fondly. I watched those damn Hellfest DVDs so many times, repeating bands like Poison the Well, The Hope Conspiracy and The Promise over and over again. Great video man.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thanks man!

[@krisleggett3037]

Favorite trustkill albums. Tear from the red. The truth. Obsession. The Caitff Choir. Dreamers and Deadman (who else listened to nora). The satellite years. Forever. Merciless.

[@carlfeltis4712]

Yoooooo huge Nora fan over here. Stoked to see someone actually remembers them.

[@joshsandoval2932]

Nora!

[@verajune83]

Loser’s intuition was a way better Nora album. “Nobody takes pictures of the drummer” was life changing

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

verajune I agree. That album was iconic amongst my group of friends!

[@dylantodd9574]

I am STILL looking for that comp... That thing is so diverse.

[@higler.]

Victory Records next please.

[@johnpollaro8059]

Which sucks now

[@higler.]

@@johnpollaro8059 missing the point much?

[@JL-tj9hi]

Victory has always been anything more than a trend label. They went from producinh pop punk to ska to metalcore to emo. No real identity

[@johnpollaro8059]

higler I know exactly what you meant but I was just sharing my opinion of them now.thats all

[@TheJustin905]

@@JL-tj9hi tony brummel also screwed a lot of bands over hes had numerous lawsuits against him

[@xClaydogzx]

This was an amazing video, Trustkill did got me into bands like Bleeding Through in 08 then to Throwdown, PTW, 18V and so on and so forth, never forget the awesome records, EPs and splits this label did

[@TheReverOcelot]

Crystal Lake by Poison The Well is one of my favorite "straight to your face" hardcore songs ever. People, give this banger a listen!

[@XSUFFOKATEX]

The Opposite of December has always be my favorite album! Not only the music that was amazing, but its something about the album artwork that is just beautiful! All of the best TrustKill bands came through the Glass House in Pomona, so those were the good old days.

[@CoinOpTV]

nice recap dude - have to check out some of these bands

[@GregariousMedia]

I really enjoy historical analysis videos like this. Keep killin it, Finn!

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@DareBear2099]

Love a lot of these bands, specifically Poison The Well. Met those guys back in 2003 at a music festival in Germany. One of my buds knew the guys and met up with them backstage. We told them that there was a US Air Base close by and asked if they wanted anything from there. First thing they immediately snapped to... Taco bell, so we drove out to Base knowing that we would miss Saves The Day, Thrice and part of Boy Sets Fire, but was well worth it. The dudes were awesome to us, funny and generally good dudes. Been fans of them and their ilk since then. Trustkill had some amazing acts and they really did have a specific sound and you always knew what a Trustkill band sounded like (In a good way)

[@jonathanmaner1157]

I was bumping that trustkill sampler in high school all the time.

[@existenceispunishment]

seeing Walls of Jericho and Bleeding Through at Ozzfest '06 was my introduction to metalcore. Haven't looked back since! Another great vid!!!!

[@Raijin-RyuX24]

Suffering Brings Wisdom In my early years I was in a local band and we were asked to play with Bleeding Through but it was like a 2 hour drive and I remember not liking the band (then). That same year they took off and here we are 2019 and they are still one of the biggest bands of the scene. I don’t even play music anymore. Sometimes I find myself asking “what if we had played that show with them?” Back then Mike Hasty used to handle all the WoJ booking and we shared a stage a few times with them and Brothers Keeper. In fact, my first band played our last show with Brothers Keeper and Disembodied. Good times!

[@mikesantee2632]

Glad to see you mention it dies today. They were one of my favorite bands from trustkill

[@Lazergician]

Opposite of December

[@bernamtr]

Your video really brought some nice memories like traveling by bus from my hometown (Monterrey, Mexico) all the way to Syracuse, NY for the Hellfest 2001. Then again going to Hellfest 2002 and 2004 in Jersey. Trustkill actually delivered some great records and bands as well as the Hellfests Festivals back in the day.

[@macjbd1149]

You are a must watch. Great job, and anyone who puts respect on PTWs name is good in my book. ❤

[@SoilentGr33n]

Hopesfall's song The End of an Era still holds up. The shoegaze aesthetics in their music were exactly on point and super fresh at that time.

[@pensdrawblood]

THANK GOD FOR TRUSTKILL! I found “The Opposite Of December” clicking around on Amazon back in the early 00s and the rest was history. I was so happy to find this whole genre/scene because the radio was so saturated with pop punk that it made me feel OLD even though I was only in my 20s. I spent most of the 00s listening to stuff like this and underground rap from Rhymesayers.

[@MauricioMirapalhetaSound]

I haven't watched it yet, but I already think it's dope

[@alexandersokolov4992]

i bet you also pre-order EA's games, mate? 8)

[@MauricioMirapalhetaSound]

@@alexandersokolov4992 I don't

[@philavise6607]

Wow! This was a great vid. I remember being a freshman in high school and sneaking onto the ptw website in 05. A pretty cool site for the time....great memories

[@summeronio9751]

I've been waiting on this trustkill records video for months thanks a bunch Finn

[@TrustkillRecords]

Thanks Joey!!

[@jow7976]

So happy Hopesfall have popped up on one of your videos!

[@RichardJanvrinMusic]

Wow. I’m 26 and just now learning The Poison was on TrustKill. Gimme that Emmure video! Ha. Thanks for the content as always.

[@hamimabd]

Yeah me too. I don't even know The Poison on Trustkill

[@manichispanic999]

Thanks for the kind words about Fight Paris. 14:35

[@dillonmattern3848]

I loved TK records! I preordered ‘The Caitiff Choir’ from It Dies Today my senior year in high school in my Digital design class. It was DOPE. PTW was another huge band in my area (south Florida) along with NFG and a smaller but amazing band called DKLIMB I think kind of shaped the local/bigger music scene from that time frame. Finn, I’d LOVE to see a video like this on Eulogy Recordings.

[@ryanpuliafico197]

Shoutout from Cleveland. Poison the Well really got me into hardcore in 2000/2001. Loved the Trustkill bands and really expanded my music catalog. Need a video about Integrity and Ringworm!!

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Clevo clan rules the land

[@lukealdridge4407]

I love Hopesfall. So much. And It Dies Today. And Eighteen Visions. Scratch that, I love all these bands. This was late middle school and early high school for me. So glad Hopesfall is putting out new material, I wish It Dies Today would reunite

[@MisterAutist]

No Wings to Speak Of might be my favorite EP ever made.

[@benheiss]

I was so happy to hear you mention the almighty Affiance! My all time favorite band. Wish they would come back! Great video, as always! Bleeding Through is what got me into hardcore/metalcore back when they opened for BFMV in like 07. Great times!

[@gregoryking4796]

Jesus... I laid my hands on many of those flyers... gonna go cry now.

[@lahippiepunk]

This one was really good. It was like a time machine for me. I had just started listening to harder music in 2000 when I discovered a lot of these bands you mentioned. The two that stuck with me were Eighteen visions and It Dies Today. Both forever changed my taste in music and other aspects of my life.

[@GregKerr301]

The Caitiff Choir still goes so hard!

[@Hubcityhap]

Absolutely a classic

[@nicholasdonin1465]

That took my heavy virginity.

[@hardcorepunk8645]

Absolute killer album

[@thecolfaxkid]

I love your videos and the insight into these genres which have shaped my life. seriously eye opening and beyond interesting to me. Keep it up my friend

[@kevinknabe7252]

This is perfect. I feel sorry for the kids that didnt get to experience this growing up in the tristate area in the 90s and early 2000s. 🤘

[@ci3rrahxxx]

Trustkill was my gateway label and I had all the Hellfest and Bleeding Through dvd. Super stoked you coved this. Also, Most Precious Blood was a big favorite who doesn’t get the hype they deserve in my opinion.

[@rdubya4911]

You need a vid on From Autumn To Ashes and how they changed the game.

[@fearforger]

They were good and influential, but I wouldn't go so far as to say they changed the game

[@tobiascore]

Yah PTW changed the game. Plus FATA does not hold up at all. @@fearforger

[@Raijin-RyuX24]

One of my favorite shows of all time were FATA and Throwdown when they toured together.

[@McYates24]

so glad i found this channel, as someone who got into metalcore and surrounding genres in the mid 2000's its very interesting and informative to hear how it came about and what influenced it all :)

[@chrisgregoryt9672]

I like that you brought up Walls Of Jericho. They where on of those bands that I saw dozens of times in shitty little venues. I was pretty mind blowing to then see them play at Ozzfest and see their videos on MTV just a few years later.

[@maddizzle1776able]

Shit holes like pharoah's

[@corychecketts]

Thanks for making this video. I saw Roses Are Red open for Millencolin a week before I graduated high school in 2005. Their performance was electric and they were the band that introduced me to Trustkill. I got really into It Dies Today, too. I still listen to The Caitiff Choir regularly. Keep up the awesome work.

[@aaroncaswell211]

PTW's "Apathy is a Cold Body" was my emo anthem back in '06

[@wolfhawk1999]

What a fucking song!

[@___717.]

You try so damn hard to be... so happy

[@markschroeder2295]

Great song/ great band...?

[@jayybirdberg6545]

Is that the " I apologize ..Apologize..." song? I love that song

[@___717.]

@@jayybirdberg6545 that's The Realist. same album (you come before you)

[@WOLFCREEKBOYS]

I really loved this era. Hell of a video, I still have my hellfest dvds and a shit Ton of old trustkill releases in storage. Awesome work

[@doubleXnickel]

Great piece, I listened to a lot of trustkill bands late 90s early/mid 00s, Harvest, Nora, Most Precious Blood, etc. I get why a lot of people didn't like Brothers Keeper but I loved them.

[@chrisAITN]

I named my dog Nora after the band. She died.....I shouldve sent flowers.

[@chandlerlawson711]

BKs vocals are rough but everything else was great about them

[@jordanseymour3714]

It Dies Today, and Hopesfall are for sure two of the most underrated Metalcore band in the 2000's

[@joythief]

I skipped out on my High School Prom to go to Hellfest '03 with my friends. Trustkill was seemingly at the top of the world at that time. Great to see coverage of the bands from that era.

[@TheReverOcelot]

Great story, bro!

[@TrustkillRecords]

NO RAGRETS! Ha Ha. That's great.

[@gordonasaur]

Awesome video Finn - really appreciate all of the historical and behind the scenes looks at a lot of the I enjoyed in my younger days. Opposite of December and Tear from the Red were two really influential albums for me and my friends in the early 2000's. Both records are still getting lots of playing time to this day. Keep up the great work.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@ChrisStroud1]

Would you ever do a video on Coheed and Cambria? Coming up in the woodstock/NY hardcore/emo scene up to making some of the most ambitious prog projects around?

[@Celicagame13]

Chris Stroud this guy has the right idea

[@tobiascore]

I saw them in 2002? with Shai Hulud, Unearth, Underoath and Zao. Finns dream show. Needless to say, the show blew my mind. @@Celicagame13

[@LandofOZena]

I remember street teaming for trustkill throughout Puyallup & Spanaway here in Washington. Various bands..Throwdown, 18 Vision's, Bleeding Through. So much time spent at Kinko's making copies & cutting full sheets. GOOD TIMES!

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

My mom is from spanaway/parkland

[@joshgrabelle9285]

Thanks man! Much appreciated.

[@threeper2105]

You should do a video on Atreyu, I feel like they don't get enough recognition for their contribution to the sound of metalcore

[@richardfarnie3830]

Threeper210 atreyu 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dcfromthev]

Yeah their first record was incredible, second one was pretty good too. They really shit the bed after that unfortunately.

[@Xfilesx]

Killer vid my guy! I had no idea about the early years of trust kill. Just the last decade 2000-2010. So cool! Insane how influential all of those bands are on hardcore/metalcore.

[@nathan9755]

Do a video on Victory Records! Atreyu, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, among many others. Huge hardcore/screamo label who would also give you a sample CD with different songs from bands on their label. Great marketing concept!

[@boixgenius]

yes! victory records!!

[@shanetrain90]

Victory did get a lot of great bands out there, but they sure screwed a ton of them bad such as Hawthorne Heights and A Day To Remember

[@rebel107]

Dont forget 'The Bled'!!

[@dntinker]

How Victory ruined themselves?

[@CRAIGCHRIST83]

Awesome video! It brings me back to the late 90s when I was living in Vegas and my band played a bunch of shows with some of these bands. We played with Throwdown and Bleeding Through at the Sanctuary and Eighteen Visions at Tremors.

[@octopuskid8406]

i remember the day the sun went out it halted all progression with all its beauty it just sacrificed we fell apart.

[@kneestothechin]

As I ask Why ask these questions? Sincerely yours I've disowned you

[@jayking6360]

This was a very well put together video. My favorite to date. Good job!

[@thehurrytheharm]

Do a "How Hydra Head Records Changed the Game" video! I think that would be interesting

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

They were a brilliant label

[@joshuaread6838]

It's 2022 and hopesfall is back baby! They are doing a show in SC with Advent and Stretch Arm Strong. It's gonna be too damn good.

[@dicksoutforharambe9547]

I don't know if you read comments, but I am a similar age to you. I was growing up in my parents house when Trustkill Records had a functioning website and had bands such as Eighteen Visions, PTW, hopeskill on their label. I remember saving up my money and buying PTW CDs and posters, I can't remember what else I purchased. They sent me either a free pin, cd or poster. Wow, my memory is terrible. It's great that you made this video. Its highly nostalgic for me. I remember singing Nerdy in the hallways of my high school.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

I read all of them!

[@jacobgrondy8464]

I would search hellfest on limewire every single day when I was in middle school.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

The only search that matters tbh

[@lukatomas]

Poison the well was a big band for the label, and for me. Checking the trustkill website for new bands, releases, downloading the videos from pukrockvidz or whatever that ripping site was called. remember ordering the hellfest 2003 dvd online, i was primarily into thursday and the emo stuff but got exposure to a bunch of bands through the dvd and eventually getting more involved in the local scene and playing in bands. Lent the dvd to a friend back in the day and of course never got it back. Greetings from Croatia!

[@donkeypoo99]

Some members of Brother's Keeper are in a new band called Human Animal. Highly recommend 👍

[@bobward6185]

You know where I can find any of Brother's Keeper's music? Not on Spotify :(

[@youtubechannelname188]

Bob Ward it’s on Spotify for me

[@Yoshizoid]

Thank you for talking about Poison the Well. I asked in a comment once for you to touch on them and was really happy when I heard you talk about them! I remember also mentioning HORSE the Band in that comment, and even though you already discussed the whole trancecore thing in that Attack! Attack! video, and gave a shoutout to Enter Shikari, I would be interested in a video on why Nintendocore never took off. I was a 15-16 year old kid in Romania that was really into retro gaming when I first heard HtB and the gimmick really clicked with me. And that band kinda got me into metalcore (at the time I kinda only knew about nu metal being a thing). That made me wonder if other oddball/gimmicky/novelty/niche bands, like iwrestledabearonce, Okilly Dokilly, etc have acted as entry-level bands into hardcore/metal/heavy genres in general, for other people?

[@Yoshizoid]

Here's a topic: what were your people's first bands that got you into certain genres? Like, my first skramz band was Circle Takes the Square. An older high school friend told me about them, saying they were a real emo band lol. That band then got me into Converge, which got me into Dillinger Escape Plan. On the metal side of things, Mastodon and the band Isis got me into sludge metal/post-metal.

[@jbasti227]

You should one of these on how Solid State Records impacted heavy music, it ties in w/ your Christian metal/hardcore/metalcore and it still a pretty major player to this day

[@caffeinatedinsanity2324]

Oh why not? Also a lot of these Solid State bands also appeared on a game, Killing Floor 2. That would be a nice idea!

[@TheBLEGHrWitch]

Solid State is one of the best labels out there

[@JulianAlvarado777]

18v still rocking my everyday playlist as well as posion the well! Dude that was a sick age for the music!

[@endlessjerry2202]

Awesome video that brought back a ton of memories! My friends and I went to HellFest in 2003 and had a great time seeing a ton of bands over the course of 3 days. We even randomly made it onto that years DVD,which was a cool surprise!