AFI Members Create Straight-Edge Hardcore Band, XTRMST
AFI’s Davey Havok and Jade Puget have taken a break from their longstanding punk collective to explore an edgier side. 
Introducing: XTRMST, a straight-edge hardcore collective.
“Jade and I have been talking about starting a straight-edge hardcore band for years,” says Havok. “We started writing and recording in early 2012 and chose the name XTRMST because it expresses the messages represented on the record. The straight edge movement is not one of moderation. It’s based in undeniable objective truths.”
The album, which will also be titled XTRMST, is set for a November 18 release date through Dim Mak, the record label owned and operated by renowned EDM artist, Steve Aoki.
“I got into straight-edge hardcore when I was a teen. It was my community, it was the reason I picked up a guitar, it’s the reason I was in bands, and ultimately it was the reason why I started Dim Mak,” adds Aoki. “I met Davey a while back and we bonded over our shared experiences in straight-edge culture. We found a lot of kinship there, and so it made sense for us to release an album that represents the spirit of what originally birthed Dim Mak.”
Even though the base of this project is that of hardcore, the sound of XTRMST also lends itself to more of a metalcore vibe.
Offets Puget: “I wanted these songs to be chaos, at times difficult to listen to, the wild architecture difficult to understand, but with a taste of the hardcore we grew up on thrown in. The vocals are raw and the main vocal in every song is the first take.”
XTRMST Tracklisting:
1. “Words For the Unwanted”
2. “Conformist”
3. “Social Deathplay”
4. “Merciless”
5. “Exterminate”
6. “Sharper”
7. “Extremist”
8. “The Breed”
9. “Humanity”
10. “The Way”
11. “Swallow Your God”
12. “Dirty Nails”
13. “Juliets”
14. “Coward Bow Your Head”
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