Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion (1997) blazin' late 90s So. Florida hardcore punk/metalcore

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Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion is the first full-length album by American hardcore punk band Shai Hulud, released on November 4, 1997, on Crisis Records. Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion received positive reviews and became very influential in the emerging metalcore scene of the late 1990s.

Tracklist:

01. Solely Concentrating On The Negative Aspects Of Life
02. My Heart Bleeds The Darkest Blood
03. Outside The Boundaries Of A Friend
04. Beliefs And Obsessions
05. A Profound Hatred Of Man
06. Beyond Man
07. This Wake I Myself Have Stirred
08. Eating Bullets Of Acceptance
09. For The World

Label: Crisis Records – CRISIS 18
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: Nov 1997
Genre: Rock
Style: Hardcore













Shai Hulud are arguably one of the hardcore scene's best groups, yet that title seems a bit too hasty considering they have only released one full-length album. Hearts Once Nourished with Hope & Compassion is a fantastic album that succinctly wraps up what the late-'90s hardcore scene had become, and provides nine songs that are all worthy of becoming anthems for the modern generation. On the surface, Shai Hulud may appear to be just a batch of musicians overdosing on testosterone and anger, yet a glimpse at the lyrical content of this album will show something quite different. Blazing with intelligence, daring the listener to actually think, Shai Hulud prove that there is integrity amidst hardcore's abundance of intensity. Anyone half interested in finding out more about hardcore should get a copy of Hearts Once Nourished for a first lesson in "Hardcore 101." While Shai Hulud may not have pioneered the genre, they certainly deserve recognition for releasing one of the genre's most exquisite masterpieces.