Logo Torch Runner. Status Active. Formed In 2007. City Greensboro. Do you like this band? North Carolinas' Torch Runner viciously bring forth a volatile, pissed-off brew of metallic, downbeat punk/hardcore/grind, for fiends that are into filth like: (OLD).

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Oct 1, 2014 at1:40 PMby.Out this week through Southern Lord is the merciless second LP from North Carolina-based trio Torch Runner, entitled 'Endless Nothing.' Is now playing the entire album, which devastatingly forces its way through thirteen-tracks in just over twenty-two minutes (also available below).Alongside the stream, a concise interrogation of the band is posted at the American Aftermath site, giving some insight to the album's creation, an upcoming tour assault and more.In just two weeks, Torch Runner will launch a massive West Coast U.S.

Offensive in support of 'Endless Nothing,' joining a Southern Lord package tour with labelmates Baptists and Obliterations, both also supporting brand new LPs out in October on Southern Lord. Sep 20, 2014 at12:35 PMby.just unloaded a destructive new single from Torch Runner's incoming second LP, 'Endless Nothing', as Southern Lord prepares do deploy the album at the end of the month.Check out the new song 'Bound By Misery,' below, and you can also hear the previously released track 'Godlust' at.Two weeks after the September 30th North American street date of 'Endless Nothing,' Torch Runner will kick off a major West Coast Southern Lord package tour. Beginning October 15th, the band will join Excel, Goatsnake, Xibalba, Baptists and Obliterations at a label showcase in Los Angeles, after which Torch Runner will trek up the entire North American West Coast coast through the 30th alongside Baptists and Obliterations, with all three acts touring on brand new LPs. Los Globos - Los Angeles, CA Southern Lord Showcase w/ Excel, Goatsnake, Xibalba Hard To Find Space - Santa Barbara, CA Black Flame Collective - San Bernadino, CA Soda Bar - San Diego, CA The Knockout - San Francisco, CA Slabtown - Portland, OR The Highline - Seattle, WA The Biltmore - Vancouver, BC Lucky Bar - Victoria, BC Wandering Goat - Eugene, OR ^ Arlene Francis Center - Santa Rosa, CA.^ Eli's Mile High Club - Oakland, CA.^. w/ Creative Adult^ w/o Baptists.

Aug 28, 2014 at12:23 AMby.Torch Runner returns with news today of a second full-length, 'Endless Nothing,' confirmed for release through Southern Lord Recordings this September.Hot on the heels of the Southern Lord re-release of the band's debut album, 'Committed To The Ground,' Torch Runner is back with news of new LP 'Endless Nothing,' due out in North America on September 30th in digital, CD, and limited edition vinyl formats.The fifth track from the album, titled 'Godlust,' is now playing in the SoundCloud widget below. The album's track listing is as follows:1.

Bound By Misery3. Calloused Mind8. Circle Of Shit9. Endless Nothing11. All We Have13.

May 15, 2014 at1:54 PMby.Southern Lord has now released 'Committed To The Ground' from North Carolina-based Torch Runner.Previously only available in a limited vinyl run, 'Committed To The Ground' is out now worldwide on CD and digital formats as a precursory title preceding the band's recently-completed new LP to be released later this year.Stream the full album below or pick up your copy. The track listing is as follows:1. Committed to the Ground7. The Holy Are The Broken10. Pulpit Plague12. Apr 17, 2014 at12:07 PMby.Following the band's recent signing to Southern Lord, North Carolina-based Torch Runner has released a track from 'Committed To The Ground.' Rift valley definition in hindi.

Torch Runner's debut album, previously only available in a limited vinyl run, will now be made officially available worldwide on CD and digital formats as a precursory title preceding the band's recently-completed new LP, which is coming together to be released later this year.' Committed To The Ground' drops twelve tracks under twenty-three minutes, viciously bringing forth a volatile, pissed-off brew of metallic, downbeat punk/hardcore/grind set for North American release on May 13th. The album's third track 'Feeding' can be heard below, courtesy of. The full track listing is as follows:1.

Committed to the Ground7. The Holy Are The Broken10. Pulpit Plague12. Feb 5, 2014 at11:53 AMby.Southern Lord confirms the newest addition to the label's ever-morphing roster, as North Carolina-based trio Torch Runner signs on for the release of an impending second LP, which is presently under construction. The label comments:'Boasting a volatile, pissed-off brew of metallic, downbeat punk/hardcore, Torch Runner dispatched their initial nine-track Locust Swarm EP at the beginning of 2010 which tore into the underground scene, hooking fans of bands like Early Graves, Nails, Enabler, home state outfit, Dead In The Dirt and similar acts.

A split EP with Young And In The Way dropped in mid-2011, followed one year later by their debut album, Committed To The Ground, the brutalizing, morose crust attributes of the band showing through more with each new release.' Torch Runner is currently finalizing their newest works at Legitimate Business in Greensboro, North Carolina with Kris Hilbert at the control board. Upon completion, it will be fitted with original arty by Fernando Pena at No Prophet Dead Press, which is in its final stages as well, and prepared for public disbursement via Southern Lord.' Stated the members of Torch Runner from the studio: 'We all feel like we are really hitting our stride with the songs on this record. We've been a band for seven years now, and everything we're writing is stronger than ever. This is the fastest record that we've written without a doubt.

I find it a bit curious that Young and in the Way teams up with a hardcore band and the other band ends up sounding more black metal, but here we are. This is a crusty hardcore split through and through, but Torch Runner surprisingly drudges up a blackened aesthetic that YaitW decides to drop in favour of going on a balls-to-the-wall hardcore rampage. This split is short and to the point. It's not anything particularly notable in YaitW's discography, but if you're jonesing for some hardcore aggression, this is a decent fix.
Torch Runner actually sound more like YaitW than YaitW does here, if that makes any sense. Their big, sledgehammer riffing approach is quite similar and Torch Runner clings to a blackened vibe that YaitW chooses to largely ditch. While 'Pulpit Plague' is a straight ahead furious hardcore blitzkrieg, the go-hard-or-go-home blackened crusty hardcore of 'No Friend of Mine' makes up the lion's share of their side. It's heavy, aggressive, has hints of sludge and even melody and has by far the best songwriting of the split.
Young and in the Way use their side to release a quick but deadly hardcore assault. 'Rehash' kicks off with cascading toms and a menacing sludge groove before jumping off into sluggish but incensed hardcore. The embittered wails of 'I've got your name' confirm the band is out for blood. The pace picks up for 'Provenance' before the song collapses into a crusty sludge lurch complete with ominous leads. 'Death' is a really weird little oddity. It starts off as this weird lead-driven doom thing with rasps over top but shortly swaps over to ominous synth work. I feel some cool ideas are hiding in there but the song is too short and underdeveloped to leave a real impact.
Overall, Torch Runner/Young and in the Way is a neat little split, if ultimately unconsequential in the bands' respective discographies. Torch Runner take the cake here with 'No Friend of Mine', but YaitW know how to bring the rage when it comes to hardcore and the sludgy touches are a nice bonus. This obviously isn't a good starting point when it comes to either band, but checking this out can't hurt if you dig the style.