Not Waving But Drowning ‘Liberate Te Ex Inferis Rip’ shirt
@nwbdstl may have originally broken up in 2002, but I was able to see the St. Louis
#metalcore band for the first time just the other night.
Their friend and owner of
@momrecords surprised them with 25 of these incredible shirts, printed on
@comfort_colors and paying homage to some famed merch by none other than the band’s friends and former tour mates,
@zaoband , whose songs they’d be covering that night at St. Louis’
@offbroadwaystl . The irony of my owning this shirt is that when
#Zao originally made their version of this design (accompanying their 1999
@neurosisoakland influenced opus,
#LiberateTeExInferis ), I never actually bought one, although I had plenty of opportunity to do so. Now, I own this, itself a super niche reference in so many ways, and it makes me happy.
I laughed with their guitarist,
@justintmank , who’s become a friend since we moved to STL four years ago, noting the extra irony that my first
#notwavingbutdrowning show would be one during which they never played a note of their own songs. The set was a blast, and NWBD joined a host of other local bands in raising money for
@strayrescuestl . A worthy cause, a really fun shirt, and a band that this Ohio hardcore kid never thought he’d see (in a city that he never thought he’d be living in all of these years later).
#90smetalcore #90shardcore #metal #hardcore #punk #stlouishardcore #takeholdrecords #mindovermatterrecords #prophanerecords #darkfrontrecords #throughtheseeyesrecords 
