1995 saw the release of the final record by former Union of Uranus, shortened to Uranus, "Disaster by Design", which concluded their pioneering hardcore screamo sound.
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1995 saw the release of the final record by former Union of Uranus, shortened to Uranus, "Disaster by Design", which concluded their pioneering hardcore screamo sound.
"[They] meant a lot to us in 1995; often when bands of this or similar ilk meant a lot to us in 1995, the music doesn’t hold up, at all.
But [it] sounds as great today as it did then, and it still moves me in all the same ways; sonically, these songs can still move mountains."
02. Face Value
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1995 saw the release of the final record by former Union of Uranus, shortened to Uranus, "Disaster by Design", which concluded their pioneering hardcore screamo sound.
"[They] meant a lot to us in 1995; often when bands of this or similar ilk meant a lot to us in 1995, the music doesn’t hold up, at all.
But [it] sounds as great today as it did then, and it still moves me in all the same ways; sonically, these songs can still move mountains."
02. Face Value
"So, yes, Union of Uranus (see their incredible split with His Hero Is Gone, who Uranus guitarist Yannick Lorrain went on to join; he’s also been a member of Tragedy since their inception) established themselves with this record as a heavy hitter in this incredibly heavy-hitting scene, the band over these four sides of wax showing that something very, very heavy was brewing up north, once again."
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Retrospective: Union of Uranus’ “Disaster by Design” - Decibel Magazine
https://web.archive.org/web/20251205204315/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2018/06/28/retrospective-union-of-uranus-disaster-by-design/