I Scream Records will release "The Wounds That Never Heal", a reissue of the STIGMATA albums "Hymns For An Unknown God" and "Do Unto Others", on June 9, 2009, the year STIGMATA is doing a few reunion shows to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The band officially stopped performing in 2001 (although they played two exclusive shows in 2005 and one in 2008) and STIGMATA alumni have gone on to make big musical waves with the likes of SHADOWS FALL, MURDERERS ROW, GREAT DAY FOR UP, DEAD RABBITS and CRISIS, to name a few.
"The Wounds That Never Heal" is a collection of two hard-to-find albums with a total of 20 solid, in-your-face, no-holds-barred hardcore tracks, and one extra bonus track, all for the price of one CD!
STIGMATA ruled the Upstate New York hardcore and metal scene with its street smart, musical urban warfare and has developed a strong and loyal following in the underground hard music scene.
STIGMATA's original lineup will play at BOGIES ALBANY NY SAT. JULY 18 2009 along with MERAUDER " God As I " CD RELEASE!
In 2009 Stigmata will celebrate 20 gut-punching years, this hardcore/metal ensemble has defined aural aggression and musical mayhem at the underlying backbone upon with the Upstate New York hard music scene has been built. This is meant literally, not figuratively : Stigmata alumni have gone on to make big musical waves with the likes of Shadows Fall, Murderers Row, Great Day For Up, Dead Rabbits,Crisis, the Clay People, Ill Remembered, and Burning Human among many, many other bands and artists. Since founding his first band Displaced Aggression in the mid 80's, Bob Riley has been the guiding light of the Stigmata franchise. Within two years of its inception, D.A. was forced to change its name to Cranial Abuse as a necessary tactic in order to get back into clubs after the band's allegedly 'too violent' following had gotten them banned. C.A. was to be short -lived as well, for all the same reasons that D.A. had to be dissolved. But as the 80's became the 90's the Riley/Mike Maney outfit became STIGMATA - named after the marks of Christ's suffering that myst eriously appear on some believers' hands, heads, and bodies in the depths of their religious fervor. It was a disturbing name. It was an ominous, confrontational name. Ultimately, it was a lasting, legendary name, given the ever-growing legions of supporters, fans, and collaborators that joined the band in their travels through the nineties.
The 90's were when the band became the mighty machine that it is today. Early in the decade saw the release of two hard-to-find CD's, 'The Calling of the Just'and 'The Heart Grows Harder' both on fledgling , now-defunct labels. Without the agony of defeat settling in, the band gained a new lineup (most of whom still remain) and released an epic album for Too Damn Hype Records called 'Hymns for an Unknown God'. This album represented what the right lineup could accomplish. At this time the band consisted of Riley, lead guitarist Mike Maney, bassist Dan Walsh (both of which had been around since the C.A. days), guitarist Jason Sunkes joined in late '92, and drummer Jason Bittner arrived in early 1994. This is the same lineup that exists today with the exception of Walsh, who was replaced by Buddie Armstrong in 1996.
Alas, the inevitable lineup shift would come again when Maney decided to leave the band to pursue tattooing full-time in early 1996, but the band pushed onward as a 4-piece releasing the 3-song 'Redemption Songs'demo which eventually landed on Too Damn Hype's East Coast Assault. After this recording, Bittner left for a year in mid 1997 to record and tour with then Metal-Blade recording artists, Crisis. He later returned to the band in 1998 right in time to record the bands live album 'Pain Has No Boundries' which also included studio tracks with drummer Pete Vumbacco who had replaced Bittner during his tenure with Crisis.
As we enter the new Millenium, founding guitarist Mike Maney had decided to return to the band in the summer of 1999. This new spark has ignited the band to complete what is to become their strongest effort to this day. The year 2000 will mark the release of their brand new album 'Do Unto Others' followed by a tour of Europe this coming summer. So while clubs may close and records may sell out of
So while clubs may close and records may sell out of their initial stock, we all rest secure in the knowledge that one thing will will remain when we, the roaches, and the rats are gone: STIGMATA.
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My favorite stigmata show was in 95 at the Q when you guys did "The Heart Grows Harder" after so many years of not doing it. Seems so weird that I am 30 now, and that back then I hated 16 & up shows because I couldn't get in. Man how the time went. You guys kicked ass in the capital district for years. I'd love to see you guys do some more local shows.
kick ass, your music makes me want to eat the skin off of someone's face, and then puke it up and wear it as my own face, so keep rocking;] Hope to roll with you on some concerts!
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ACCELERATION OF KNOWLEDGE Regarding our human evolutionary learning curve, the supply of information on the planet is growing far faster than the population.
Here’s a fact according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
From the time of our oldest known human civilization, the ancient Sumerians (circa 3800 B.C. ), continuing for almost 5800 years until about A.D. 1900, a certain number of bits of information had been collected, a certain number of so-called facts that were added up to determine precisely how many things we knew.
Fifty years later, from 1900 to 1950, our knowledge had doubled.
That means it took 5800 years to learn a certain amount, then it took fifty years to double it—amazing! But then in the next twenty years, by about 1970, we doubled it again.
It took only ten more years, to about 1980, to double that! Now it’s doubling every few years.
(from "The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life" by Drunvalo Melchizedek)
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