Lovelorn - All for the Price of Rings

On Lovelorn’s debut album, All For The Price Of Rings, the Arkansas quartet blend together aspects of hardcore, emo, indie rock, math rock, and noisecore to create a soundscape of unmatched proportion.

Lovelorn featured Jayson Holmes, formerly of the influential metalcore band Eso-Charis. Anyone who has heard his former band will not be surprised by this bands thought provoking lyrics and emotionally charged music. Their music has been compared to the likes of Coalesce, Roadside Monument, Pave the Rocket, and even Eso-Charis.

Recorded, produced, and mixed by Matt Depper and Jayson Holmes at Caleb’s Conquest Studios.

Mastered by Kent Stump at Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas, TX.

Design and layout by Kris McCaddon.

Executive Producers: Brian Cobbel and Eric Shirey

Fun Facts: – Norma Jean singer, Corey Brandan Putnam, played guitar on “Maybe This Is How God Felt (Chronicles of the Well)”. – Current Living Sacrifice bassist, Arthur Green, performed backup vocals on “Convalesce”.

Travail - Anchor of My Soul

A classic among fans of Christian rapcore/nu-metal along with bands such as P.O.D. and Project 86, the album was originally self-released by the band 1998. After selling out of the initial pressing, the band needed help and teamed up with Pluto Records to repackage and re-release the album, this time with a previously unreleased track. The new Anchor Of My Soul was release in the spring of 1999 and was an immediate hit.

The album eventually went out of print and acquired by Metro One Records, where it was repackaged and re-released once again, this time under the title of Beautiful Loneliness.

Recorded & Engineered by Bart Rose and Chris Corley at First Street Audio in Joshua, TX.

Mastered by Shane Dillard at The Cave.

Design and Layout by Kris McCaddon.

Executive Producers: Brian Cobbel and Eric Shirey

Society's Finest - Private Conflicts and Suicides

Coming off their popular first local release in 1998, a split album with future Pluto Records’ band My Spacecoaster, Society’s Finest was ready the following year to release the Private Conflicts and Suicides EP.

Pluto’s second release in partnership with Fury One Sixty One Records, Private Conflicts and Suicides was recorded at Poyter’s Palace in Little Rock, Arkansas well known as the recording studio for such heavy acts as Living Sacrifice, Zao, and Embodyment.

Soon after the release, the band signed to Solidstate Records and made a name for themselves as a heavy-hitter in the burgeoning hardcore metal scene.

Only 1,000 CDs were ever pressed and sold out quickly after it’s release. The recording was then acquired by Solidstate Records which held the recordings until it was eventually repackaged with new songs and released by Hand of Hope Records in 2004 as Love, Murder and a Three Letter Word.

Engineered and Recorded by Barry Poynter at Poynter’s Palace in Little Rock, AR in January 1999.

Mastered by Kent Stump at Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas, TX.

Design and Layout by Kris McCaddon.

Executive Producers: Chris Hicks, Brian Cobbel, and Eric Shirey

Line-Up
Vocals: Josh
Bass: Joel
Guitar: Derek
Guitar: Robb
Drums: Phillip

Kill Ratio - Self-Titled

Kill Ratio was a four piece sludge-core monster out of Austin, TX. Infamous in the area for their slow-tempo metal mixed with fast crustpunk.

They shared the stage with bands such as Battery, Zao, Embodyment, XDiscipleX, Warlord, No Innocent Victim, Training For Utopia, Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, and more.

Pluto Records, in distribution partnership with Fury One Sixty One Records, released Kill Ratio’s self-titled debut album on February 23, 1999.

Recorded by Mike Vasquez at the legendary Sweatbox Studios (Mineral’s “The Power of Failing”) in Austin, TX.

Mastered by Kent Stump at Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas, TX.

Cover photography, design & layout by Kris McCaddon.

Executive Producers: Chris Hicks, Brian Cobbel, and Eric Shirey

Line-Up
Vocals: Mosley
Drums: Bradley
Guitar: Robin
Bass/Vocals: Jesse