Knuckledust - Dust to Dust

It aint easy to see the things I've seen.

Album: Time Won't Heal This [3rd album]
Genre: Punk, Hardcore Punk, Beatdown Hardcore, Metal
Album Release: 2000
Length: 2:11
Producer: Knuckledust
Vocalist: Pierre Mendivil
Label: Gsr

Official Audio


Live in 2013

Charts, Streams & Sales

Spotify: 44,000 +
YouTube Music: 13,000 +

Credits

Bass, drums, guitar

Details

• Even though the straight edge (a subset of punk fans who eschew drink and drugs) would disagree, for me, hardcore is best enjoyed drunk in a moshpit, thrashing your meat about at 90 miles per hour. It's not music for the thinking man, but it is a visceral, raw, unadulterated form of pure abandon. If you've ever wondered why you don't see metalheads at the gym, it's because they go to the moshpit instead. The average person at a Knuckledust concert burns calories at a rate of around 65 per minute. To put that in context, the average runner burns around 100 calories per minute.
  
  I might start a weight loss program that consists solely of dancing to Knuckledust. Those fat people insane enough to stay would lose a significant amount of chub in no time.
  
  
• If you're interested in lyrics you've come to the wrong place. As far as I can tell the song goes "uh ah rurrh umph ror" however flashlyrics.com has them listed as "off the rails once again, pushed too far by your hate".
  
  It stands to reason that if you valued lyrics you wouldn't deliver them in indecipherable grunts. I can only assume Knuckledust are making tracks for non-English speakers as a clever way of maximising the scope of their potential audience. Joking aside, the vocals serve as another instrument in the music and convey meaning through their aggressive tone. The music is as far from subtle as a shout is from a whisper and is a high energy style that serves as a cathartic release for the listener.
  
  
• Extreme genres such as grindcore and beatdown hardcore provide an outlet for young people to express their anger in a healthy way. While a moshpit might have the same energy as a fight it's infinitely more productive. If any potential school shooter exorcised their destructive impulses in such a way there would be less violence in society as a whole, which has to be a good thing. The scene surrounding the music also provides young people with a support system that can help them feel integrated with a part of society.
  
  Even though feelings like anger are dangerous they are nevertheless a part of the human condition and should be expressed in non-harmful ways when possible. If repressed, they can fester and lead a person into a downward spiral of negativity and hatred. It's telling that, despite its reputation as Satan's music, the people who carry out random acts of violence, such as school shootings or other mass killings, are rarely metal or punk heads. It's similar to how horror fans are often nice people in real life. 
  
  
• Beatdown hardcore is a micro-genre of punk that fuses with metal to create a steady groove only to break it down into hardcore punk segments. It features a "street" aesthetic that incoporates elements of hip hop culture such as graffiti and the bands often refer to themselves as crews.
  
  Punk and metal scenes frequently have a significant portion of their fanbase that are racist and beatdown hardcore specifically rails against this. As a form of music associated with big cities, the crews have a diverse membership, which can be seen in the picture of Knuckledust above.
  
  The genre places value on traditional masculine ideals such as strength and loyalty, which are traits needed to survive a hard life on the city streets. As such, the shows can descend into bouts of fighting, which has prevented the scene from finding a wider audience.
  
  
  

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