Abhor Evil
Abhor Evil (aka “Christian Core”)
1990 Independent
Liberty, Missouri, USA
Jeremy Walla – Guitars, vocals
Jarrod Roark – Guitars
David G. Andersen – Bass
Tyson Brown – Drums
Side 1:
- Listen and Hear
- No Way
- Evil
Side 2:
- Victory
- Fight for Your Life
- Candles in the Night
- Disco King
So while writing up a review of the last Ethereal Soul tape, I went back to the Ethereal Soul website and found that Jeremy Walla had added all of the band’s old music – including demos from when the band was called Abhor Evil. So while I don’t have this tape, I gave the music a listen. The image above is not a scan of the tape cover, but something I created stitching together individual pictures from an eBay listing that had scans of the front, spine, and back. If anyone has scans of the j-card and tape, let me know. Abhor Evil was part of the Kansas City music scene that also saw bands like Dig Hay Zoose, Hot Pink Turtle, Jeff Scheetz, and many others get their start. This was their first demo, which many people called “Christ Core” because of the spine above, but the band seemed to intend for it to be a self-titled release. They later had a song on a R.E.X. compilation, signed with Blonde Vinyl, and changed names to Ethereal Soul, but I will get to that in later reviews. This tape was followed by one that was called “2” by some, but the website refers to as Generic Cover Project. While they became known for funk metal later, this demo is much more thrash. People probably thought they were incorporating “progressive” elements in the songs here and there, but knowing where they went you can kind of see the DHZ/RHCP influence of those (especially in “Disco King”). But still mostly fast and furious thrash metal.
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