In conjunction with Bandcamp’s waiving of their usual revenue share, Bindrune Recordings released Overgrow to Overthrow, a compilation that directly benefits Black Lives Matter and Life After Hate. Overgrow to Overthrow features various different artists providing new original music or covers, in addition to remixes, live versions or re-recordings from others. Participants include Doom, Obsequiae, Panopticon, Falls of Rauros, Thou, Dawn Ray’d, Woe, Ripped to Shreds and nearly two dozen others.
Bindrune made an official statement alongside the announcement of the compilation.
“Mark Duggan (2011), Michael Brown (2014), Eric Garner (2014), Tamir Rice (2014), Sheku Bayoh (2015), Walter Scott (2015), Dalian Atkinson (2016), Philando Castile (2016), Alton Sterling (2016), Rashan Charles (2017), Stephon Clark (2018), Stewart Kevin Andrews (2020), Ahmaud Arbery (2020), George Floyd (2020), Chantel Moore (2020), Sean Monterrosa (2020), Regis Korchinski-Paquet (2020), Erik Salgado (2020), Breonna Taylor (2020).
“Too many of us have sat back and watched, or looked away, as faces in our communities were wiped from history; disproportionately affected by police violence and systemic racism. Too often we have seen our Black, Brown, Native American and First Nations brothers and sisters killed through unnecessary police violence. While this has become an international issue in the last few months, racism has been a fact of daily life for millions around the world.
“Voices from across the Metal and Punk spectrum have united to not only speak out against racism and in support of those who are in the streets actively demonstrating, but work to actively support a fight all of us must take on.
“We feel that the time has come for members of the Metal and Punk scenes to offer material support to the struggle against racism and for equality, engaging with our brothers and sisters in the streets who are out in front of the conversation against pervasive prejudice and systemic racism. While many of us are in the streets supporting these causes it became apparent that we could amplify the voice of those who are most at risk by using our platform as musicians.”
Overgrow to Overthrow is available via Bindrune’s Bandcamp. It is a digital-only compilation. To learn more about Black Lives Matter and Life After Hate, please refer to their linked websites.
