State Of Grace!

Hands down my all-time favourite New Zealand Hardcore band and the band that inspired the name of this blog.
I only saw them a few times before they called it a day but they made a huge impact on my growing interest in New Zealand Hardcore and the shows I saw (including the set recorded for the Live Hardcore CD)are still some of my favourite shows to this day.
The first two tracks below come from the 'All we have is metal comp' on Kafuey Records released in '98 or '99 a comp that showed the heavier side of New Zealand Hardcore at the time. These are, to the best of my knowledge, the only recorded tracks State Of Grace released.
The second part of this update is the 4 tracks taken the Live Hardcore CD, one of the earliest 1157 Records releases. The release documents the last Balance and State Of Grace shows. Obviously i am bias towards this release beacuse it is a recording of one of my favourite NZ Hardcore shows and the actual night was an awesome farewell to these great bands.


State Of Grace - All we have is metal tracks
Right Click (PC) or Ctrl Click (Mac) the cover pic above to save a high res version of the lyric sheet.
Downloadable tracks (as above Right/Ctrl click to download):
1.Lease of life
2.All we have is hardcore


State Of Grace - Live hardcore tracks
Right Click (PC) or Ctrl Click (Mac) the cover pic above to save a high res version of the insert.
Downloadable tracks (as above Right/Ctrl click to download):
1.Walk among the enemy
2.Take it back
3.Acceptance
4.Lease of life