Hellmouth is a Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

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 band from Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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, founded by former Suicide Machines

Suicide machines

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 singer Jay Navarro, guitarist Alex Awn (from Coalition, Varsity), bassist Jeff Uberti (from Left In Ruin, World of Hurt), and former Fordirelifesake drummer Justin Malek.

Origin

Disillusioned by the music industry after the breakup of the Suicide Machines

Suicide machines

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, Jay Navarro formed Hellmouth as a way to express his contempt. The result was a band that straddles the line between thrash metal and punk. They released their first demo in 2008 and their first album in Jan 2009.

Influences

Hellmouth blend elements of thrash

Thrash metal

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, metal

Heavy metal music

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, and punk

Punk rock

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. The band has cited such bands as Corrosion of Conformity

Corrosion of Conformity

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, Black Flag

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, and Agnostic Front

Agnostic Front

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 as influences. In their own words, the band sounds like "Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost

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 raping Black Flag

Black Flag (band)

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, while The Accused, Discharge

Discharge (band)

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, and Entombed

Entombed (band)

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 have a 'circle jerk'."

Discography

Destroy Everything, Worship Nothing
In January 2009, Hellmouth released their debut album, Destroy Everything, Worship Nothing on Ferret Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group

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. The album is split into sides, like a vinyl record. The first side is titled Apocalypse, the second Blasphemy. The album has been described as "angry music for angry people. And sadly or not, that's probably exactly what Detroit needs right now", and that "there's just not a whole lot about this record to dislike."

Track listing

1. "Pick a Coffin"
2. "Overtime In a Shark Cage"
3. "Pawnshop St. Christopher"
4. "Heathen Son In The Eyes Of Blood"
5. "Oblivion & Utopia"
6. "Blackest of Voids"
7. "Dust"
8. "Crooked Teeth"
9. "Drop Out & Destroy"
10. "Praying For Plague"
11. "God's Forgotten Children"
12. "More Fire"
13. "Blood of Pigs"
14. "The Masters Have Poisoned The Slaves"

Gravestone Skylines
On November 16th, 2010, Hellmouth released their second album, Gravestone Skylines, via Paper + Plastick

Paper + Plastick

Paper + Plastick is an indie record label, founded by Vinnie Fiorello, best known as the drummer for ska punk band Less Than Jake, but also co-founder of the label Fueled By Ramen.-History:Announced on March 21, 2008, the label launched on May 30, 2008....

.

Track listing

1. "Funeral Drenched"
2. "Desparate & Violent"
3. "Resist Control"
4. "Hands Like Spiders"
5. "The Sun Is Dying"
6. "Amen, Assholes"
7. "Spitting Blood & Teeth"
8. "Conceived Of Shit"
9. "Valley Of Armageddon"
10. "Tragedy Of A City"
11. "Exodus"
12. "Lions"
13. "The Calling - Part 1"
14. "The Calling - Part 2"
15. "Vultures & Crows"

External links

• Hellmouth's Official Site
• Label Site