KILL ALARMED

signs of the southern cross....

2011-08-24T12:55:00.005-04:00

We're inactive but nobody gives a fuck just like ever before.
justins married and trims trees and we barely talk, andy doesnt exist, zach moved to orlando to go to full sail(i miss you my man), our new drummer chris crashed his moms ride into an old stone carriage house. subsequently got his license takin away. Im(josh) currently rebuilding the stone wall because my company got contracted for it(hmm go FUCKING FIGURE), i havent told anybody on the job that though- other than that im at work 6/7 days a week fixing your fucking stone wall or your piece of shit porch and really don't do jack shit else except try to play as much guitar as i can when im not watching American Dad(fuck you) or making love to mother nature.

Justin and I moved all the gear down to eldersburg at the rousey ranch where some seriously cool cats reside. We have jammed once in the month that all the gears been there, so- eh. It went very well though, Justin and I really do have very many skelentons of songs I wrote and that he wrote that we both know from memory. So we spent most of the time getting chad to do his thing. Uncle John played harp on this riff i wrote a few times we jammed it and i was floored and to me it was magical and i havent had a musical experience(concerts included) like that in a long time.

yeah so i guess if we're not broken up we're just fucked up (what else is new)
we'll see what we decide to do

oh yeah theres a record recorded that needs to be mastered and i know or i would assume ex-label at this point since its been 2 years since its due date for a record nobody cared about in the first place. they do not have interest in putting out unless we tour a bunch. ain't gonna happen and we are not gonna get fill ins and bull shit our way across this country in already over crowded tour route. what we write is real and personal and we will jam the fuck out and write when we have the chance. however it is 9 songs, 30 minutes...its heavier than any stupid fucking band like Bad Seed(.....jesus christ people). Unless we press it ourselves i doubt it will come out.

so cheers ya'll!!!

Elephant riders

2011-03-05T14:34:00.002-05:00

we are featured on stereokiller.com this week as a band to look out for, add us, get into it!

www.stereokiller.com

Imaginary Mirror

2011-03-03T20:38:00.002-05:00

My mind is alive, annihilate space and time!

Yo whats up! we're still illin' believe it or not. We still practice at least once a week and have been writing new songs and with the depature of Jon and subsequently the addition of Chris, honing old songs down with a somewhat changed approach in line-up. We gigged back in January and it wasn't so bad! Right now the focus has been on writing new songs and more recently urgent, getting the record out as soon as we can! Hell, thinking about that, if it had come out when we were finsihed recording we'd have been nowhere near ready to support the album. Still though, its been too long and well, we're going to do our best...stay tuned for something in carroll county regarding a benefit show so we can raise some money to put it out!

dealt the blues

2010-03-23T19:56:00.002-04:00

In order to make honest music i feel like you at least have to believe in karma or more simply put, receive what you put into this world. In modern day "society", creative substance is put together in lackadaisical fashion and subsequently has basically defeated any soul that was lucky enough to find it's way over time. To me, many people may never be willing to tune into themselves and others around them and walk blindly down their own (self)righteous path. That's fine though, that leaves plenty of what could be good karma, left to come in my direction. It provides me with an answer when times come that i continually question intentions and realities of myself and everyone around me...Proving that those (not nihilist) live in fear of the image of ourself in somebody elses mind.

Contrary to what a lot of people often times say about music these days... i can see that the sense of community is only getting greater and that all walks of musical life are being accepted into homes across the globe daily. While music has always been the "single most greatest" influences in my life i can't say that i have been affected by any one thing in an extreme sense. Even writing music (lyrics earlier on, lyrics as well as music later) i can't say that i always felt i was one hundered perecent behind what i was saying. However a few years back when we got offered to do a record for a label of course we had to choose songs to record for that because frankly, we have a lot(that we dont play haha). When we decided songs i of course took care of the vocals, lyrics, pattern, ideas, backups, etc etc.

Now here i am screaming words i wrote at the top of my lungs ... thinking a few things. First of all that im not that good at recording, second that if i'm screaming this shit that loud i better fucking mean it. I've read the lyrics to our songs through and through, i've also sang them time and time again. Now there is a very big difference between both methods of recounting your own words(singing lyrics as opposed to reading lyrics). Not neccesarily knowing what a particular line refers to is somewhat of an going theme in some of our songs. Looking back at that now, in reference and comparison has been so important to the way i have written songs. Leaving an outlined drawing on the canvas for the listener to paint. There have been a few lines from songs more straight forward that i have doubted myself over because of possible misinterpreation, but have followed through with original lyrics because i know what they stand for and you can't always take words for exactly how they're spelled out and put in order. Sometimes it requires looking a little deeper into the song, and possibly into yourself to find the real connection. ....

because you will always find a real connection if you fancy listening to our music. I endure bands that i can physically feel have no heart. I endure people that i can physically feel have no heart. The sound waves coming from our speakers may not be one hundered percent positive but it will always be real, coming straight from our fingers and throats.

.......not some fucking i-pod plugged into the PA on stage

Pull my digital leash...

2010-03-07T18:24:00.003-05:00

Hey all we're all but having things paid off and sent away for pressing... a few hundred more.
please check the myspace and any DTR merch site to buy something from us online, perhaps make a note in support of our full length? perhaps not! we are playing a few shows and planning a few toures(WHAT!!!?) We have a drummer trained and on a leash now if we can just keep him around! I created a facebook page for us, i don't want to be left in the dust of the digital world.... In other news our old drummer is getting married in 3 months, and our currently guitar player justin will be getting married this september! congratulations to both of those guys. We're trying to write some more stuff but i'm always trying to write more stuff! Who knows though!? Right now there's plans for April 22-may 1, it'll look something like this

april
23 FRI West Virginia
24 SAT Bowling Green KY
25 SUN Nashville, TN
26 MON Tupelo, MS
27 TUES Chattanooga, TN
28 WED Johnson City, TN
29 THURS Atlanta, GA
30 FRI Columbia, SC @ House Of Hardcore
may
1 SAT Greensboro, NC @ Legit Biz/CFBG
2 SUN Virginia Beach / Richmond / DC

we got our fingers crossed that the band we asked to come will come, but we'll see.

also early july there are shows in the north east being planned and i'm looking to take it westward from there. Look out for me interviewing peter from Bishop and doing some reviews of shows in the states for readers overseas., as well as a few other pieces(possibly from the kill alarmed blog) getting printed.

also- if you're interested in reviewing our 7" or HAVE reviewed our 7". hit us up!
bookalarmed@gmail.com we'll send you a record if youre lucky but you can definatley get the digital ep.

peace and love

2 shows for now

2010-02-19T16:50:00.002-05:00

saturday march 20th
@ cafe 661 , Frederick, MD
7pm $?

the defect
alarmed
age 16
cell mates
surf Nazis on ecstasy
more info tba

sunday april 18
@ the ottobar, Baltimore MD
tba

F*CK YOU GRAVE DIGGER

2009-06-21T08:32:00.004-04:00

1. Brainwashed
2. The Great Dissapearer
3. Power Trippin'
4. Annhiliate Now
5. No Heaven (for a free mason)
6. American Dreams
7. Chill Pill
8. Most Loved for The Most Hated
9. Dead by 27

yeah so i thunked up a name for that new jam (track 6) i think this is the order it will go, willing to put money on no one really offering up advice on the tracklist! i have 3 sogns left so just saying we were 99% done was just silly i suppose. working it out as best as i can with Joe, he's awfully kind and understanding. However a few others have not been. Not gonna let it phase me though, i was never one to really force anything out of myself anyhow. We bailed hard on our june 8th show with Decades from TX and believe me i feel like a tool for that one. Sorry guys. No one else seemed to really be bothered though! Practicing with the new drummer dude once or twice, time to buckle down and get it going if we want to make it down to Significant Fest (our first real out of state fest, we played MD metal&hardcore 2 years). Mike C has mostly finished the cover art so that leaves me finishing the rest of the layout i wish i could have derek or pete over my shoulder this time....i'm going to have to pitch to them exactly what we want so we we know exactly what the outcome will be. That's where we are now, 3 songs left, most of the album packaging on its way to completion. After that it will be time to release. hopefully soon so we can have this drop the same time as 2 of our other favorite bands are releasing records later this summer (see: Clutch & Every Time I Die) Stranges Cousins from the west and New Junk Aesthethic . Real pumped. Hopefully see you soon?

Listen to the new Sabertooth Zombie record you can buy it here: http://www.twelvegaugerecords.com/

No Quarter

2009-06-14T14:51:00.000-04:00

Its hard to wrap my head around one thought, we've got a lot up in the air right now. Still two to three days tracking and I want to do something a little special we need to get together maybe we get roll something out beings were jamming with Jon on drums...I guess I'll see what they think. A man named Mike C is doing the cover art we'll handle the rest of the package and can't wait to see what he comes up with. More once we get closer to finishing the record!

CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE

2009-05-28T22:39:00.003-04:00

The full length is about 99. something percent finished ( hurry the fuck up josh!) hahaha But bigger topics are at hand. For those who dont know , Steve ( founding member and drummer) has left the band and is getting on to different things in life. Hes getting married in the next year so big ups to Steve. They will be some big shoes to fill as not just anyone can get behind the set and slam out our tunes. We aren't bitter , we are all friends and are not taking this easy but we are taking it maturely ( ya feel me?)
With that said...... we have the open spot taken care of and we look forward to writing more and evolving as we have over the past 6 years. We are showing no signs of stopping anytime soon. The full length sounds raw as fuck and we cannot wait to release it.
Big thanks to Joe mitra at wired wrists studios , derek zipp and uncle Pete with the dead truth camp , and thank you to the select peoples who are out checkin our groove.

I dont mean to beat a dead horse but I never get on here to spit at ya'll. I just want to say thanks to Steve. I aint getting sappy on ya'll but Steve has been an integral part of the person standing in my shoes everyday. Its going to be a huge hole in all of our hearts not having Steve around even aside of his skill on the kit. We're all proud of what he's done for us and we are more proud of what he's definately going to achieve in life . He's got it going on and we wouldn't want him to have it any other way. Can't be a ramblin' man forever. Thanks Steve!

justin

wrapping up tracking...

2009-05-18T19:24:00.000-04:00

Working on recording vocals..comin in after work on some days sucks I'm so smelly, tired, dirty and just pissed so I guess that makes for a decent setting to get the vox done...got about 5 songs left to do. Joe and I are playing this by ear..he is generous enough to let that go down. Dude is lookin out for us in a big way...

As for anything else...
We've got to get new guy schooled on all of our songs for drums so we can do some touring. Right now we have plans to go down to florida and hopefully out west..sit back, stare at the clock and watch time crawl so slow...

i like the nightlife baby

2009-05-13T07:16:00.000-04:00

Damn just woke up in this wretched ass funk..everytime I reach for you it just feels like the skins pullig off my bones. That's okay because I still remember standing on these city streets and it goes through me like a shock. This life feels like a warzone, the beauty of our brashness speaks for itself these days. Just some bullshit.. I know we're gonna shiver. Just like I know this shit coming out of the speakers. Its true, honest, meaningful and a reflection of roads less traveled that maybe we all need to consider taking. Learn how to love, forget how to hate. Heading back in all day today and laying down vox tonight. J. Mitra is killing it people, watch out.

day 7 @ wired wrists

2009-05-12T20:01:00.000-04:00

Well everyones rolled out. Leaving me alone to do the vocals so I guess all I can do is try my hardest to crank this out. The songs are sweet and I'm happy alarmed has outlasted plenty of trends as well as fairweather friends. I'm beat to death exhausted mentally and physically is another story. I hope this means tonight ill get to sleep early. Before I start to ramble off...since I'm cold chillin all solo in the studio, everyone has bailed. We'll see how this goes

Day 6 @ wired wrists

2009-05-11T22:21:00.000-04:00

The songs are coming along I think were close to 50ish hours here...some nights have been longer than usual for some of us. Plenty of getting down and visitors to occupy the blank time for he who's not recording. In the studio we've been getting the sounds out of this record that we essentially always needed. The final touches on most of the guitars are being put on moving this project on to the vocal piece. J. Mitra is doing a stellar job helping us experiment and grow with our recording process. We've got some progress left to make tracking on top of mixing. There will be two songs from the e.p. Re-recorded for the full length and the rest will be pulled out of the hat for this record... We couldn't be more ready for this record to come out. We've got a lot of groove to instill in the ears of future listeners.

day2 @ wire wrists studio

2009-05-06T17:23:00.001-04:00

Didn't have a chance to make it down it in last night/ had to work and decided I'd spend majority of the time here with strings and doing vocals. So far we've recorded scratch tracks and completed all the percussion tracks, may be steves last impression on the band he helped shape! We hope not and don't think we'll lose him for good but regardless the tracklist is as follows;

(Tentative order)

1. Alarmed
2. Brainwashed
3. The Great Dissapearer
4. Power Trippin'
5. Annhiliate Now
6. No Heaven (for a free mason)
7. New song #1(unnamed)
8. Chill Pill
9. Most Loved for The Most Hated
10. Dead by 27

Joe will be helping produce this with Alarmed and were stoked. The mans got a lot of good ideas. Probably going to hit up O'sheas for Drews 22nd birthday and to slam a few guiness.

Ill update with a few pictures later!

day2 @ wire wrists studio

2009-05-06T17:23:00.000-04:00

Recording? Recording !

2009-04-15T00:01:00.001-04:00

Getting back up with joe mitra in early may 2009 to lay down what will be our debut full length...

Stay Tuned...

RECORDING IN APRIL , SUMMER PLANS , WHAT IT IS?!

2009-03-03T16:28:00.004-05:00

YO! been a minute since I've really had a chance to get on here to say anything. Then again , their has not been shit to really say until now. so anywho , we got alot of plans coming up here in the spring and summer for all ya'll. First week in april looks like the week that we will embark on the full length due out in July. If you've been out to any shows in Baltimore or caught us on the road this past fall and winter , you'll know what to expect on the new record. We're all very excited about the newer material and can't wait to get ya'll slammin your head into your steering wheel while your drivin to that shit! While we will be recording in April , we will be hitting the road with these dates and locations ( they are subject to slight change) :

may 24th baltimore MD
May 25 NJ
May 26 providence RI
May 27 syracuse/NY
May 28 clev/ohio
May 29 Chicago/peoria
May 31 IN
jun 1st parkersburg WV

Now that spring is over with..... summer time. With the full length dropping in July there will be a very extensive supporting tour to stretch from the end of july into the end of august. with who? probably nooone , ALARMED style always flyin solo , down for the longhaul! Also a week or two in costa rica are definately in the mix for the summer. Stay tuned for more updates! PEACE LOVE ROCK AND ROLL

BURY ME IN SMOKE

2009-01-15T09:17:00.002-05:00

Windows are closing
Keep me locked away
No chance was given
To find myself today
My time of aging
Wonder when I'll die
But when my time will come
I know the reason why

I have an escape
Alone it keeps me safe within my home
I have a reason
To keep me satisfied until I'm gone
Don't regret the rules I broke
When I die bury me in smoke

Under the world
I wait for my fate
My soul is resting
Beneath my blissful haze
My time of aging
Wonder when I'll die
But when my time will come
I know the reason why

I have an escape
Alone it keeps me safe within my home
I have a reason
To keep me satisfied until I'm gone
Don't regret the rules I broke
When I die bury me in smoke

......please?

upcoming area shows

2009-01-15T09:12:00.004-05:00

FRIDAY JANUARY 16 @ CCAS IN BALTIMORE-
ALARMED, PRODUCT OF WASTE(RI), REVENGE(MA), PLAUGELAND(Ex DITR) + more

MONDAY FEBRUARY 9 @ CCAS IN BALTIMORE-
SOUL CONTROL, ALARMED, DEAD MECHANICAL + more

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10 @ The MACC IN CROFTON, MD -
ADVENT, TORCH RUNNER, ALARMED + way more

WEDNESDAY MARCH 11 @ TBA IN YORK, PA
SHE RIDES, UNDER ANCHOR, ALARMED, + more

Ravens @ miami

2009-01-04T14:59:00.003-05:00

defense domination

tour update 2

2009-01-04T13:59:00.003-05:00

so we continue our story in florida. we drove down to zach's dad's house in orlando to visit and hang, ended up sitting in 6 hours of traffic for no apparent reason. so we finally make it down to ted's house and hang out, ted rules hard, always down to hang. from there we made our way down to lake worth florida and palyed at klein dance studio with soul control, i rise, like wolves, and a couple locals, one being john warden's band that we missed, sorry! all the bands played good sets, big ups to john mchale for booking the show. some trash was talked concerning the miami dolphins/baltimore ravens playoff game this weekend which is currently on (go ravens!!!) so that night was new years eve, we met up with pete and he fed us well with some vegan chilli and corn bread, so good. hung out and shot the shit with that dude and a couple dudes from forty winters were hangin out. met up with john warden and sam kooby later on at a house party which ruled until some shit started ragin out. bailed from that spot pretty quick and recooped over at pete's and caught some z's. next day we bolted on our over to tampa and played at transitions with a bunch of touring bands, big ups to JP and Tom for holding it down and helping us out. All bands played very well, sold some shit, hung out with zach's sister who lives in tampa then headed to andy's uncle's awesome house to crash out. next day andy's aunt hooked it up with some eggs and bacon and we all hung out with his fam and had a good time. left from there and headed up to jacksonville to play at doozer's pub with the same tour package. the show ended up not going down, the venue was double booked and the person who booked the show was not even in attendence so we bogarted out of that spot and strapped down for the 12 hour drive to jackson mississippi. ended up there at about 10am the next day and hung out with semmes who booked the show and a couple of his buddies, lots of dicks involved, it was wierd. i ended up sleeping in the van most of the day. we played the bombshelter with the mongoloids and mother of mercy. the venue was a super diy space which was awesome, lots of kids came out. mongoloids and MOM killed it, mongoz played a LOA cover, it ruled. so after the show we made the big drive back to north carolina and are at luke's house right now gettin down and watchin the ravens. we play in statesville tonight, home tomorrow, good ass tour. we got some local shows comin up, baltimore heads come out!

tour update, so far so fucked up

2008-12-30T01:26:00.004-05:00

yo so we've been out since saturday when we made the trip to rock hill for the first show. met up with luke which got us all stoked and we were even more stoked to see the parking lot packed. tons of good bands on this show, surroundings, indifference, braindead, black birds, and our old buddies from way back iced x out. everything was going off for iced out when a fight broke out and literally the whole show was fighting, luke ended up gettin beat up pretty good and then another fight broke out outside when the owner of the place threatened luke's girlfriend and the owner ended up gettin taken out then the owner went to his car threatening to get a gun when the cops showed up. needless to say, the show got shut down, we didn't get to play, neither did luke's band, nations. check them out www.myspace.com/nationsnc so after that debacle, we went to luke's and hung out. yesterday was the wilmington, nc show at lucky's with the mongoloids, mother of mercy, troublemaker, at half mast, tons of other awesome bands. show went off well, mongoz played a good set kids went nuts. actually, so nuts that josh got moshed on, hard. he sucked it up and we went on about our shit, went back to lukes, crashed out, woke up got some taco bell and headed to columbia for the show today with soul control, i rise, and like wolves. our set went awesome, i was into it. josh was still hurtin real bad but powered through the set and we ended up taking josh to the hospital where he found out he has a broken jaw. crucial mosh casualty. he got some pain pills and some anti biotics so nothing gets infected and was told to stay on a liquid diet and ice his jaw, other than that, let it heal. so as a true man of the core would, we're stayin on tour and he's doin the rest of the tour with the broken jaw. so shitty personal luck so far, shows have been good though. so we'll see what the fuck else will happen, stay tuned

Baltimore hardcore

2008-12-15T18:00:00.003-05:00

.... is on fire right now and our city wouldn't have it any other way. everyone that comes through recognizes and respects all aspects of our scene because fuck it's so diverse it pains me to think of being anywhere else. new bands have skyrocketed their way to the front of the scene becoming a regular name when your talking about hardcore in general. and not a single person in any bands around seem to only relish in that fact, instead it just continues on and we are not concerned so much about being apart of something big as we are just being there having a good time. you can see the jealousy and enthusiasm in peoples faces when you tell them where you're from but at the same time we sometimes come off as discontent with ourselves and it takes the music and an establishment full of friends and familiar faces to realize where we reaally want to be no matter what it takes. PRODUCT OF WASTE was so pleasing to watch last night, we had the chance to play with them in providence,RI. the thing i love about the most about this bands music is i think that we may share some very core beliefs (not hardcore, inner core) about society and its pigs. they're coming back to baltimore january 16th and i'll be there. this life is a war.... What needs to be said about TRAPPED UNDER ICE, we have known most of the members of this band for what seems like since we all picked up instruments and no matter what, it still gets me everytime they play. If they weren't a band, you know damn well all of them would still be out and about keeping their hands dirty in the voluptious baltimore scene! In regards to singing along to the last song i just couldn't get it together to scream into the microphone if that makes a lick of sense...so much respect and so much love there though. Last few days i have had an internal riot going on inside my head i'm fighting to stay on top of what's trying to drag me down, rather what WAS dragging me down... and fuck i'm so glad i can turn to heavy music to make me feel good again.

SHOUT OUTS: Gavin, Radell, Dick Chuck, Dan Klippa, Jusitce, Charles, Fat Jack, Asian Ryan, those dudes in altered state, Akil wit da hash, and everybody i don't see enough

this may have been a whack post to you but fuck it i wanted to write

danielson

2008-11-22T01:04:00.001-05:00

If i ever get the time to control my laughter, much to everyone's surprise i will kill my master.

HH/BL/MONY/RUINER/LD @ blonar

2008-10-21T23:12:00.003-04:00

I went to the have heart/blacklisted/ceremony show last night at sonar downtown baltimore it was fucking awesome to see everyone from maryland there, baltimore aint nothin without its familiar faces. every band was fucking stellar. ruiner are friends of mine and those guys rage so hard on stage and rob sullivan has come a long ways in terms of his character. his approach hasn't changed a single bit but i think i like that guy more than ever. blacklisted tore up the stage with a set devoted towards the new LP and POEWOS. they're a band that fills my body up with rage everytime i see them play and i love it, i love all their releases and wish george and company 20 more album releases because i know they could manage that! ceremony, well they blister my brain into oblivion with emotions drawing from every single side of the spectrum and there are many. kids worship ceremony and it's very easy for me to see why. have heart was my favorite performance although i participated the least as i held up the wall during their set. pat flynn had many good things to say about things i have strong opinions on, regardless of HH being a straight edge outfit it is not hard for me to find some of myself in anybody especially the dark evil side we all to often welcome... i wanted to write about the show because i had such a great time and its good to know that i can have a good time at a show after playing a lot of shows and not feeling suffocated and i see a lot of other genuine cats that aren't letting being in a band stopping them from coming out to a show and raging. i love you all and i can't wait to see everyone

pleasae pre order our record @ deadtreathrecordings.bigcartel.com

youve got so far to go...

2008-10-21T23:08:00.002-04:00

The record drops NOV 4 officially pre orders up at
deadtruthrecordings.bigcartel.com props to everyone on this recent tour for helping us maintain our cool. slacking off currently at home dreading brick walls and block foundations. even hatred can be sturdy sometimes. this blog is underappreciated i've got a lot on my mind and i need to reflect instead of build it all up...our past our was a success through the eyes of a few im sure, i was happy- shit got frantic a few times over forgetting things at home and waiting to see if we are confirmed for shows. i'm really excited about the record and so is everyone else... the full length is looking to get recorded within the next 2 months we have a small amount of writing to do before we head in the studio

album art..

2008-07-01T21:00:00.003-04:00

came to post the cover of the record for anyone interested, won't be posted anywhere else until it comes out so check it here...

alarmed - s/t 7"

summers here, what the fuck are you gonna do? 5 YEAR ANNIVERSERY UPDATE

2008-05-24T12:29:00.003-04:00

Approaching our 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY that's right.. 5 years!!! 4/5 of the band is 21 right now so that takes us back to being 16 years old, and zach being about 13 years old.......knowing only people we had been friends with , not knowing a single soul within the realm of hardcore or heavy music, only bands locally like 'stars turn cold', 'roma delenda est', 'charly horse', of course good ole jean mills, the full catastrophe and the spark were the names that were familiar to us, the names of bands that we'd played along side and watched grow like we were trying to. sticking out like a sore fucking thumb at a constant pace both individually and as a band from the inception well into the duration of the band. we managed to keep our cool and never get to influenced by one particular topic, sound, genre, style, band... you get it. we ARE and will ALWAYS will be off the charts, but not above or below you, definatley right there beside you in a sense that again.. we were never run of the mill. you never knew what to expect out of us. on night we'd cover american nightmare(among a lot of other covers that none of you gave a fuck about), the next night we were groovin' our life away with the heaviest shit we'd ever written. we definatley set the bar for ourselves really high with some of the first touring we ever did. our eyes were wide the entire time and we were rolling our jaw's back up in awe at the reaction out of state we had never once received at home in Maryland. Thus... our LUST for the road became a fucking REALITY. the road began to lust for us and we have put ourselves in the position to be able to play shows out of state as OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. this was the time 2005-2006 when bands like diamonds in the rough, carol, on broken wings were what was up! we've played and attended said bands shows but we never felt like we fit the mold. our first show at ten car pile up was out there... of course after our set countless people saying "you guys were fucking awesome, why wasn't anybody moving around" well...ask your fucking self that, i'm sorry the band's got you in a fucking daze and all you can do is stand there and try to figure out what the fuck is going on, on stage and in your head. FAST FORWARD TO 2008, WE ARE STILL FUCKING HERE. we have provided the same attitude all of these years in that we do not apply ourself to one demographic. and for the kids that are in it for the soul swallowing hardcore stylee you can go fuck yourself because hardcore is apart of you, you are not apart of hardcore and you weren't around for us before so don't come around for us again. we've made a lot of friends and we couldn't be more happy to feel apart of the history in maryland, baltimore and literally all surrounding areas(YES YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DRIVE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES TO A SHOW). relationships are growing as the band see's friends joining other bands and playing out and getting heard, this was never a popularity contest and i don't really think anyone see's it that way.. there will be no ass kissing or dick riding, we were never fucking about that, the proof is in the pages of our story that we're here to stay. that we never sold ourselves short with the up and coming. we invested all we got into what we know that we firmly love. rock and fucking roll baby.

WITH THAT BEING SAID...... we have a few upcoming shows and our friend Sean Thorton , of Berkely school of music FAME(lol but seriously) will be filling in on the beaters(for your squares thats the DRUMS). and hopefully joining us in our two week treck of the south and the northeast while we stop home to play the cold world/iron age/trash talk tour. Steve is out of surgery and is currently layin sloppy style on his bed hooked up to a machine all zonked out to keep him from realllly feelin' the surgery. look for his presence in mid july as he'll be around but he has to attend physical therapy in order to keep himself tip top.

i'm doing guest vocals on a song called "FUCK JUNKIE" thats going to be on the newly recorded BISHOP record. and our record will be dropping in august so look out for a release date and a release show to be announced....

oh yeah, summer's here what the fuck are you gonna do?

no title

2008-05-19T00:06:00.002-04:00

we're finally rounding 3rd entering the final stretch to get the record out. mastering is being worked on and the art will be put together and sent off once approved for an august release date.... once we get word we will post a new song. check our list of shows we have A LOT of good shows coming up, there are also a lot of worthy shows going down in the baltimore area soon so expect to see us playing as well as coming out,
PEACE

FUTURE TOUR DATES......

2008-05-19T00:04:00.001-04:00

prior to the FULL US tour we will be doing a 2 week run in july:
july 6 - charlotte, nc*
july 7 - atlanta, ga*
july 8 - wilmington, nc*
july 9 - va beach, va*
july 10 - johnson city, tn
july 11 - louisville, ky / cincinatti, oh
july 12 @ parkersburg, wv
july 13 - cleveland, oh
july 14 @ the talking head, baltimore, md
july 15 @ championship, harrisburg, pa
july 16 -rochester, ny
july 17 -boston, ma/ providence, ri
july 18 -hartford, ct
july 19 -new york city, ny
july 20 -philadelphia, pa

* - with moral dillema(VA BEACH)

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2008 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Fri Aug 29 PHILLY/NY/NJ
Sat Aug 30 CONNETICUT/WEST MASS
Sun Aug 31 BOSTON/PROVIDENCE
Mon Sept 1 MONTREAL, CAN
Tues Sept 2 OTTAWA, CAN
Wed Sept 3 TORONTO, CAN
Thurs Sept 4 ROCHESTER, NY
Fri Sept 5 NEW JERSEY OR PITTSBURGH
Sat Sept 6 BALTIMORE, MD
Sun Sept 7 PARKERSBURG WV/PITT, PA
Mon Sept 8 CLEVELAND, OH
Tues Sept 9 DETROIT, MI
Wed Sept 10 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Thurs Sept 11 CHICAGO, IL
Fri Sept 12 MILWAUKEE, WI
Sat Sept 13 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Sun Sept 14 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
Mon Sept 15 DENVER, CO
Tues Sept 16 SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Wed Sept 17 BOISE, ID
Thurs Sept 18 SEATTLE, WA
Fri Sept 19 VANCOUVER, CAN
Sat Sept 20 PORTLAND/MEDFORD, OR
Sun Sept 21 SACRAMENTO, CA
Mon Sept 22 SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tues Sept 23 FRESNO/BAKERSFIELD, CA
Wed Sept 24 LOS ANGELES, CA
Thurs Sept 25 LAS VEGAS, NV
Fri Sept 26 PHEONIX/TUCSON, AZ
Sat Sept 27 EL PASO/ODESSA, TX
Sun Sept 28 SAN ANTONIO, TX
Mon Sept 29 HOUSTON, TX
Tues Sept 30 DALLAS/FW, TX
Wed Oct 1 JACKSON, MS
Thurs Oct 2 JONESBORO, AK/MEMPHIS, TN
Fri Oct 3 ST LOUIS, MO
Sat Oct 4 NASHVILLE, TN
Sun Oct 5 BIRMINGHAM, AL
Mon Oct 6 ATLANTA, GA
Tues Oct 7 PANAMA CITY/TALLAHASSE, FL
Wed Oct 8 GAINESVILLE, FL
Thurs Oct 9 TAMPA BAY, FL
Fri Oct 10 MIAMI, FL
Sat Oct 11 MIAMI, FL
Sun Oct 12 ORLANDO, FL
Mon Oct 13 JACKSONVILLE, FL
Tues Oct 14 CHARLSETON, SC
Wed Oct 15 CHARLOTTE, NC
Thurs Oct 16 WILMINGTON, NC
Fri Oct 17 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA
Sat Oct 18 RICHMOND, VA
Sun Oct 19 WASHINGTON, DC

check this out awhile...

2008-04-20T16:21:00.002-04:00

PRODUCT OF WASTE - pissed off, play fast or gtfo, living the american nightmare(as opposed to the american dream)
www.myspace.com/productofwaste
LIE AND WAIT - texas has honed it's own fucking style and it is my FAVORITE
www.myspace.com/lieandwaithc
COPTIC TIMES - read above, not as fast, more bl'ast/obscure blackflag'ish
www.myspace.com/thesearecoptictimes
LION OF JUDAH - these guys are my fav, always the best shows whether it's a projection of various mind altering images behind them while they perform or adding a 3rd guitar player in the mix for a show at a venue that barely holds 4 piece bands
www.meowmeowloj.com / www.howsyouredge.com/loj / www.myspace.com/lionofjudahdc (nothin ever gets the update!)
CLOUDS - rock and roll lives, mix it up a little and let this one jam out awhile
www.myspace.com/cloudsrock

posted this on theb9.com , figured i'd post it here as well... the record is in it's final mixing stages and will be sent off in 2 short weeks with a release date tentatively slated for AUGUST 5TH. artwork, flyers, banners, hype. all that very soon. stay tuned.

Diamonds in the rough(no, NOT jack's old band!)

2008-04-02T13:15:00.004-04:00

So joe has sent us the first mixes of the 5 new tracks we recorded with him a few weeks ago and i am ecstatic. i knew they sounded great because we heard them in the studio and we dont really need heavy mixes/producing to carry our sound so it's just the very fine tuning we will be paying attention to, like drum hits and standout parts, etc! Joe Mitra did an EXCELLENT job at recording us and all around just being able to handle and deal with Alarmed in a manner to enable us to record equally as excellent. I'm really pleased with Huge Leaps & Mouthbreathers - two relatively old songs that we breathed some life into and i'm very happy we did so. at first we were skeptical about putting Huge Leaps on the 7" but much like the story to that song, it's ended up rearing its fierce head over the course of it's existence. Mouthbreathers was given an intro/interlude almost and adds variety. I'm stoked on these fucking recordings....without giving too much away i just wanted to talk a little bit about the shit you think you will hear when you listen. I am still working on the layout and some shirt designs. Getting around to posting pics soon

Josh

Recording and the record that's coming out..

2008-03-31T11:41:00.005-04:00

So we spent approximately 4 days with Joe Mitra at the makeshift wired wrist studios(new location tba!) Joe is simply fucking AMAZING to work with, we have only worked with about 2-3 engineers in our day and i use that word loosely because some were just dudes pressing the record button and the rest was all self recorded which can be kind of tough. Joe Mitra was as excited as we were about what was coming out of the speakers which in return made us very very stoked. We recorded 5 songs for our debut self titled E.P. i've concluded that this IS our debut 7" and that we have put out plenty of demo's and while they haven't flopped, they were all self released with zero distribution so if you weren't a pal of the band you probably have never even heard it. (unless you bought a copy on tour, i believe we sold 90 out of 100 on a month long summer gig tour).

ALARMED - alarmed
dead truth recordings 08

a side
1. the moon life
2. chill pill
3. huge leaps

b side
1. mouthbreathers
2. brainwarshed

this should be due out the first of the summer if not earlier... album art work will be done by yours truly, don't expect anything crazy, just a very good looking modest first contribution to record collectors everywhere. you will also be able to acquire this digitally. i'll post a few pictures soon.

'08 TOUR Re-CAP (part 4)

2008-03-05T12:36:00.012-05:00

so before all of this slips away, i really need to finish. if i don't finish i will be pist. We were supposed to be recording the remanider of this week, however the engineer's MAC power supply blew up. We are reschedualing as soon as humanly possible. Now for the rest of the shows, BREIFLY AND LESS OPINIONATED.

January 13th - Southgate, MI @ The Modern Exchange

On this day we sat around and watched NCAA basketbal in Findlay, OH with some friends. It was raining and weird outside. Showed up to the gig after getting lost for only a few minutes and the place is rather chill. First band is already playing, this band is All Hype from Detroit, Michigan. Detroit has a lot of suburbs that prefer you call them by the name, for what i guess is to not feel shame and say they live in Detroit city. I know that we played next and it was raining so we were figuring up load in. The place had a bay to back into and they closed garage like door and we were inside a building unloading. Shout out to Plague Years for the PBR. We played and i fell alot, i mean a lot- more than i've fallen probably on a month+ long tour. At least 3 times within a few minutes. I don't really know why. From what i heard i looked like a total idiot on stage, whatever i was "feelin' it", suck me. Kids went off and had about as much fun as i did, not a lot of bands seem to look like they're feelin that way when they play these days(blah blah blah)Plague Years played, i liked it. Show over, went out to eat, i stayed and did vocal practicies in the van for about 30 minutes(no homo?) my throat felt shitty and i dont like not being able to talk after shows because i am down for conversation. Got a hotel room, crashed out.

January 15 - Normal, Il @ Das Fun Haus

3 band gig, with Waster and Surroundings. good to see Gavin, Josh and Joe from back home and hearing about stories from out west. Shout out to tim and joey for the amazing hospitality and to the dude who made coffee in the morning. The kids were real good here and from what i heard from a few people usually the place has twice as money people but i don't know how that was a small space. We played decent kids were nice, i know were a little harder to stomach than the norm. Surroundings played after us and gavin had fucked up his leg and actually went to a hospital in CA i believe to get treated. Needless to say he was still doin the damn thang. We slept at the house and bailed the next morning.

January 16 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Borg Ward

CANCELED! can't have shows in below zero weather with no heater

January 17 - Minneapolis, MN @ The N.E.L.C

This show was awesome, shout out to COWARDS and LUMBERJACK. We should enough shirts to make us happy this night. We were able to eat applebees.

- - after this we hopped on the counting the days/hollywood weekend due to our shows going under. Hollywood dropped we took their place. We played Chicago, Detroit & Columbus. All the show's were great and turned out very nicely, although playing The Trap House without a heater was devestating, Triceratops dudes holla!

'08 TOUR Re-CAP (part 3)

2008-02-19T00:58:00.004-05:00

Jan 1 - Richmond, VA @ Juice Tyme Basement

So the shows for the previous 2 days bombed and are now irrelevant to this blog as it's a tour update not a , lack-of-tour update. Through poor planning and probably a lot of laziness New years eve and new years eve eve were spent on the road without a show either night. We had planned the tour up to the 4th of the month but never got around to it. Packing up at lukes and driving really slowly to richmond is pretty much what went down. On the way we felt our show was in jeopardy because of a lack of P.A. or something of that nature. The show was schedualed at Ramakin's, however there was a house show down the street with Harms Way from chicago and richmond locals Juice Tyme. We played first, this dudes basement was small, we have played some small basements, but this shit was crazy small. Lane and I made our way to the corner store liquor spot right around the corner, i was thristy so i grabbed a 24oz of red stripe. it was really cold out in richmond that night. we played solid as possible, sounded crazy in that little room. all i remember is me trying to turn on the ceiling fan during our set and it didn't work. Our richmond homies Original Sin played after us and the hard pressed, solid. Goodtimes seein those dudes around. All i did after our set was freeze my ass off. Our house to sleep at fizzled out and we went to a sit down Sheetz with Paul white and the dudes. First time ive experienced sheetz with a dining area, this is the next best place if Wawa isn't around(holler!) Drove home to maryland that night, don't remember much from the drive. Shout outs to Steve "drive all motherfuckin' night" Barker.

We played one local show Jan 4th with Miami's Thick As Blood, shout out to Scott for that one. You weren't there.

January 12th - Cleveland, OH @ The Brothel

Was stoked for this show, clevo is not far surprisingly. Rolled up to an area bordering a great lake in the winter time. It's rather chilly as we arrive. Roll up in the cut to this place called the Brothel, DIY space that just opened up with the help of some dudes living upstairs. right off the bat i see a lot of shit i like. i see an awesome ass blacklight weed poster on the back of the bathroom door, more like bathroom gate. Peeped in the stalls with no doors, checked out some nice nudes on the wall, strictly lesbo. Then i look up and i see Pauly boy from Meltdown fame.. we have played a few shows with this dudes' band. Don't front though we've had some sick shows with these guys, with bands like trash talk back when nobody was comin' out. So fuck you, slacker! Dude was there with Attitude/Forfeit catchin' a ride home to syracuse in a couple days. Pauly is a good dude and it's nice to see him around(and to what you said yo, hardcore is not dyin!) check his band out. All in all i dug this place and was way into it. 1 or 2 bands played before us that i dont remember the name of. right off the bat we waste no time playing, as every band should. I draw blood within minutes on my hand, it's pretty fucked up i dont know what happened but whatever i think zach and I had been drinking in the van prior. Clevo's fuckin liquor stores, WOOOO-O. had zach stay with the van for that one. I think 1 dude moshed hard but we we're recieved decently and nevertheless it was all good in the hood. Forfeit played next, good solid heavier vowel-howeling melallic stuff. They had some new shit that was off the hook, total Sabbathy slow groovy shit, it was word. Attitude played, we packed our shit up and got the fuck up out of there, it was late as hell and we had to drive about 2 hours to the place we were staying. We ended up getting there at 3am, partied until about 6 and couldnt fall asleep too much because girls that snore are somethin' else. Thanks for letting us crash though, and making us pancakes. Today we played detroit, it was weird outside.

post more later

NEW E.P. THIS SPRING

2008-02-13T13:38:00.003-05:00

Alarmed has signed a deal with Dead Truth Recordings to be released this spring and then everywhere this summer. We will head into the studio to record with Joe Mitra on March 5th to lay down 4-5 tracks that will be on the as yet to be named release. Following the release we have 3 show's schedualed in March with more on the way. The record release party will be in May and the date will be announced soon.

07-08' TOUR Re-CAP(part 2)

2008-02-12T10:57:00.000-05:00

Dec 29 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ The Sound Garden

I don't really remember a lot about this day but i know we drove from Charlotte, which didn't take very long at all. I also remember it raining a bunch on the way to Conway and the windshield fogging up a bunch which was pissing us off/putting us in danger haha. Showed up to the lower warehouse to a few kids, and a band that half their shit set up. Hard Pressed arrived before we did but hadn't loaded in yet. I do remember being somewhat groggy by the time we got to the show. Tossed the pigskin around a little bit, stretched my limb's and felt good to go. Saw a few dudes carrying the P.A. out the door and being the stand-up dude i can be i asked what was up because people got curious. Apparently the fucking sound guy didn't have a microphone, and pretty much has defeated his own purpose by his lack of responsibility, what a fucking step backwards that was. He is the resident sound guy for the lower warehouse as well. All that bitching about ethics aside...i had my own microphone AND cable with me, (as any/every person that may have to use a microphone during their own bands set,) should have. I started bringing my own for a few reasons.

1. to prevent incidents like this from happening
2. to be prepared faster
3. i caught a staff infection from using a previously designated mic, wherever it was we were playing i'm not sure
4. so if i break shit, at least it's my own(or a fellow bandmates shit, which will less likely result in serious conflict in extreme cases)

moving on, the sound guy packed up his shit and ducked out with his tail between his legs pretty much. if it were my guess it was because he forgot shit and felt very embarassed, or at least he should have. as a result of this, in short, i bugged one of the other bands that were looking to get on a show in myrtle beach and hard pressed and us ended up able to play. the show was going to be a late show at the club since one was going down already. the name of the bands playing escape me but i know someone else from the band knows. Super cock rocknroll covering foreigner, journey, the crue and the like. both those bands did. the later band's vocalist/guitarist was talented in the perspective he could scramble around the fret board with ease but his stage presence made me tune out and head for the door. we played first i think and it was pretty solid. our roadie lane was buying shot's at the bar all night. it's still weird to be 21 at a bar. All i remember after our set was it being about 1:30 in the morning and that it was pretty cold outside when i passed out in the van. Woke up at like 6:00am and freaked out, i didn't know where i was. called everybody trying to find out which fuckin' house i'm gonna finish up sleeping at.

another one later today...

'07-'08 Tour Re-CAP

2008-02-02T23:45:00.001-05:00

I'm going to Forge a few posts here by doing a recapture of the last tour. We had initially planned to venture out west this January, but steve got into a serious accident and in order for everything with him to turn out O.K. he has to follow through with some physical therapy visits. We cut shit down into reality and did what we could with the amount of time we had between visits...
Went like this-

December 27 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Gil's Bar&Grill

At this point we pretty much were expectation-less for lack of better words since we only played from now until New Years day. We showed up forty-five minutes before the show started but it was an hour and a half past the designated load-in so all the other bands went through 5 boxes of fucking pizza. Assholes. Gil's is a decent place to have a show if there's nowhere else to get down. This literally was my first bar show being 21(be surprised how many non bar venues ACTUALLY exist eh?) i was stoked. Ordered a 'weiser since there was no Blue Moon or High Life. Moutheater & Moral Dillema played first check both bands out, our bud Ben plays drums in the 2nd band. We played next, solid set, i tripped and fell i think only once but i got an anonymous tip that we pummeled through I Rise & Maintain's merch table. Either way, i saw a circle pit, i was into it. We played solid i was really stoked and shit, i wish justin was there. I am always too burnt after we play to watch probaly the next 2-3 bands, i did manage to enjoy Ruiner's set from a chair in the back though. It was there first show of their winter tour as well. We got somewhat shorted but i think we had the best reaction of the night. Went back to Ben's and made way to much sketti, talked some shit and then fell asleep.

I will update the following days soon, the first day is usually the one involving most thought...i'll get to the other dates soon.

Dec. 28 - Kernersville, NC @ Creations Skatepark

So after we tied a make-shift cock&balls to the back of Ruiner guys' trailer and put a few pieces of smutty porn on their windshield we rolled out of Ben's house and we needed to get our oil changed so we headed to our Wal Mart...where we and i think a lot of bands stop to buy whatever the fuck it is that we might need...(if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! but for real fuck wal mart). Got our oil changed and bought a bunch of fucking doughnuts for no reason and they were all delicious. We paid to get that oil changed and peaced out. Got to the venue, it was raining but not too bad, until we decided to bring equipment in when it started pouring. LOJ dropped the show and joey said they went to south florida to kick it all week before this is for you fest. Hard Pressed, the band we were doing the dates with played before us, i hope it wasn't because we were running behind. Dudes played solid...heavy balls, they covered "Into The Void" - by Black Sabbath and i couldn't believe that shit, all i wanted to do was headbang. I was so fuckin syked. We played our best set @ Creations we've ever played and we have played there 3 times before. Sounded real heavy some kids looked confused, some kids felt it. Some kids just played dumb. Either way had a good time, cut the set short because Hard Pressed went over on time, no sweat though! I don't care, we dish out tardy behavior left and right so we can deal. Triac made me feel like my brain was exposed to direct source of hatred. Ruiner did well and i saw a lot of kids faces that looked like they were getting really emotional. Bugged them enough to get a free limited run poster. Didn't stick around for Pulling Teeth's seti went to the liquor store to try and get some captain morgan but you can't buy liquor past 9 in North Carolina... drove back to lukes. settled in for like 10 minutes and then right back out the door a few roads over to party at Grant and Muchods house. Lots of nonsense, satanic airhorns, played some cards, shot the shit. chilled out and ended up walking back to Luke's and then taking anothet trip up the block out to the YMCA bus yard to piss all in the back of bus, throw empty beer cans everywhere and smoke the place out. How fucking ignorant.

FIRST POST

2008-02-02T23:23:00.000-05:00

I've decided to start a blog over this band, in an attempt to bring news and information about Alarmed from the minds and eyes of the band. post's including, but not limited to; tour highlights, people we've met, reviews of bands we feel neccesary, links to exclusive serious internet business, studio updates and all that jazz. Just something to keep track of this band, so we can put ourselves in check later down the road of how it's really going down.