skycamefalling was a metalcore/post-hardcore band from Long Island
City that formed some time in . Playing as a quintet, skycamefalling released a
four-song cassette demo in ; half of these songs would be
re-recorded for their first “real” album, “…To Forever
Embrace the Sun”, which was released . For their debut and only (if you don’t count
“…To Forever Embrace the Sun” as being a full-length)
full-length record, skycamefalling signed with New
Jersey label Ferret
Music to release “10.21” in . skycamefalling disbanded in , but left Ferret Music with two rough
recordings that did not make it onto “10.21”; these recordings were
released as “skycamefalling” in . Several of the band’s members went on to form a band by the name of
The Sleeping, and skycamefalling later reunited as a quartet in
.
“10.21” is usually considered one of the masterpieces of the metalcore genre. The most obvious point of comparison would be
Salem, Massachusettsmetalcore outfit Converge (cf. particularly the
contemporary and even more influential “Jane Doe” ()), but where skycamefalling may have
lacked the technicality and crushing
brutality of Converge, they made up for it with
their willingness to experiment texturally, with varied vocal styles and
extended instrumental pieces that make use of disparate instruments like tabla and piano — as well as their own
form of brutality. This has led to skycamefalling being more closely
associated with the post-hardcore genre, at least more so
than Converge. Their posthumous EP, “skycamefalling” (), reflects much of the same style seen in
“10.21” (understandable, as these two tracks were scrapped material
that would have ended up on “10.21”), but also interestingly
displays some of the band’s more pop metal side as
well.
![cover art for “A Penny For Your Confessions [demo]”](a-penny.jpg)
![cassette [1]](a-penny-cass-1.jpg){kind=link}
![reverse side of cover [1]](to-forever-reverse-1.jpg){kind=link}
