Until The Ink Runs Out
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Until The Ink Runs Out is the second full length album released by metalcore
band Eighteen Visions
. It is often considered to be the bands' finest release by much of the older fans, as well as the record that gathered national attention for the band, due to the rising of Trustkill Records
.
The album was recorded in a four day session at Doubletime Studios, where they had previously recorded twice (once for a demo sometime in 1999, and once for the No Time for Love
session) for a budget of just over one grand. This was the bands first release to feature Keith Barney on guitar, and would ultimately be the last to feature Javier van Huss on bass.
Good Life Recordings 12" vinyl came out first. The vinyl had the words "Hair Dressers of the World" on side A and "Unite!" on side B carved on. It was limited to a pressing of 1000 on black and 200 on pink. Trustkill the released the CD version which first came in digipaks, but in pressings after 2002 it was released in jewel case. The CD version combined the songs "Elevator Music" with "The Nothing" (while on the vinyl they are actually on different sides of the record), and "Prelude to an Epic" with "Flowers for Ingrid".
The album featured a multitude of film references, including the intro from "She's a Movie Produced Masterpiece" being taken from Back to the Future
(1985) and an intro and outro from "Champagne and Sleeping Pills" from The Shining
(1980). The intro from "That ain't Elvis playing Piano" is from The Dorsey Brothers "Stage Show" recorded in 1956.
It is during this era and touring that the band defined themselves and created the style of "fashioncore", which at the time was simply to be different from the over done dressing of the metalcore scene (sports jersey and baggy jeans). For the tour, the band painted the amps and mic stands of gold paint and set up various doll heads around the stage, which were written and drawn on by James and Javier, who were finishing up beauty school. The tour proved to be somewhat disastrous for the band at this time, first missing a total of 9 shows within a month, mostly due to van problems, and the cold fronts building up between Javier and the rest of the band. In fact, directly after the return home from the 18 Visions/Throwdown tour, Javier was told by a friend of the band that he was being replaced by Mick Morris of the band xClearx, which the band had played some shows with earlier.
"Prelude to an Epic" was later re-recorded as "The Epic" for a bonus track on their self-titled
album.
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions was an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, United States. Formed in October of 1995, the group was one of the first practitioners involved in the metalcore genre...
. It is often considered to be the bands' finest release by much of the older fans, as well as the record that gathered national attention for the band, due to the rising of Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records
Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...
.
The album was recorded in a four day session at Doubletime Studios, where they had previously recorded twice (once for a demo sometime in 1999, and once for the No Time for Love
No Time for Love
No Time for Love was the first release on Truskill Records by Eighteen Visions.Vinyl releases were as follows:* 5 Test Press* 100 Black/Yellow Swirl* 100 Translucent Yellow* 1795 Black...
session) for a budget of just over one grand. This was the bands first release to feature Keith Barney on guitar, and would ultimately be the last to feature Javier van Huss on bass.
Good Life Recordings 12" vinyl came out first. The vinyl had the words "Hair Dressers of the World" on side A and "Unite!" on side B carved on. It was limited to a pressing of 1000 on black and 200 on pink. Trustkill the released the CD version which first came in digipaks, but in pressings after 2002 it was released in jewel case. The CD version combined the songs "Elevator Music" with "The Nothing" (while on the vinyl they are actually on different sides of the record), and "Prelude to an Epic" with "Flowers for Ingrid".
The album featured a multitude of film references, including the intro from "She's a Movie Produced Masterpiece" being taken from Back to the Future
Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure film. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson. The film tells the story of...
(1985) and an intro and outro from "Champagne and Sleeping Pills" from The Shining
The Shining (film)
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. A writer, Jack Torrance, takes a job as an...
(1980). The intro from "That ain't Elvis playing Piano" is from The Dorsey Brothers "Stage Show" recorded in 1956.
It is during this era and touring that the band defined themselves and created the style of "fashioncore", which at the time was simply to be different from the over done dressing of the metalcore scene (sports jersey and baggy jeans). For the tour, the band painted the amps and mic stands of gold paint and set up various doll heads around the stage, which were written and drawn on by James and Javier, who were finishing up beauty school. The tour proved to be somewhat disastrous for the band at this time, first missing a total of 9 shows within a month, mostly due to van problems, and the cold fronts building up between Javier and the rest of the band. In fact, directly after the return home from the 18 Visions/Throwdown tour, Javier was told by a friend of the band that he was being replaced by Mick Morris of the band xClearx, which the band had played some shows with earlier.
"Prelude to an Epic" was later re-recorded as "The Epic" for a bonus track on their self-titled
Eighteen Visions (album)
Eighteen Visions is the eponymous fifth and final studio album by Eighteen Visions that was released on July 18, 2006. It was the band's only album released on Epic Records. It is also the bands only album to carry the "Parental Advisory" sticker. This album saw the band take a step away from its...
album.
Track listing
- "She Looks Good in Velvet"-3:35
- "She's a Movie Produced Masterpiece"-5:10
- "Champagne and Sleeping Pills"-6:14
- "Who the Fuck Killed John Lennon?"-5:24
- "Elevator Music/The Nothing"-5:29
- "Wine 'Em, Dine 'Em, Sixty-Nine 'Em"-3:47
- "That Ain't Elvis Playing Piano"-3:48
- "Revolutionizing the Sound of Music"-3:46
- "Prelude to an Epic/Flowers for Ingrid"-6:27
Credits
- James HartJames Stephen HartJames Stephen Hart is the lead singer of the band Burn Halo and was the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Eighteen Visions.-Eighteen Visions:...
- vocals - Brandan SchieppatiBrandan SchieppatiBrandan Schieppati is the singer of metalcore band Bleeding Through. He is Straight Edge and lives in Orange County with his wife Nicole. While best known through his musical career, he was also a late-round draft pick for Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos out of high school, around 1998...
- guitar - Keith BarneyKeith BarneyKeith Barney is best known as the original singer of Throwdown and the guitarist of Eighteen Visions. Hailing from Laguna Niguel, CA, he began his career as a musician by playing guitar in Adamantium. While a member of Adamantium, he formed Throwdown, and played guitar for Death By Stereo...
- guitar - Javier van Huss - bass, piano, keyboards
- Ken Floyd - drums, keyboards, cowbell, album layout
- Jeff Forrest - producer, keyboards
- Troy Peace - artwork and logos
- John Golden - mastering