PALE

Location: Split, Croatia

Year active: 2000 - 2002/2014 - 2015

Members: Karmelo Marin (bass, backing vocals), Luka Krstulović (guitar), Mišo Popović (drums), Petar Jurić (vocals)

Related bands: Anita, BIZON, Breed, Crvi, Dispro, Essence, Giht Shasie, Kadet, Kastritis, Leut Magnetik, No Comment, Tihi Sadist, TO, Wizard of Stone Mountain

FFO: Kwisatz Haderach, early Converge, Lady in the Radiator, Essence, A New Kind of American Saint, Inkwell

Pale was among the earliest obscure screamo acts to emerge from Split’s local hardcore scene in the early 2000s. Active initially between 2000 and 2002, the band recorded several untitled session tracks and a full-length simply titled LoFi 2001. Their material also surfaced on the 2003 split between Anita and Breed (released by CarpeDiem Records), where Pale’s recordings appeared as bonus tracks packaged as a CD inside a DVD case - originally tied to plans for a split that never fully materialized.

After more than a decade of silence, Pale regrouped in 2014 and released the EP Rejoice The Event Of Witnessing Your Illusions Meltdown, issued through Guranje S Litice, before once again fading out the following year.

Musically, Pale blended screamo with post-hardcore and early metalcore, drawing comparisons to the raw chaos of Converge’s debut Halo for a Haystack and, at moments, the emotional edge of Inkwell. The early recordings are distinctly lo-fi - muddy, cassette-like, and rough around the edges, but that very texture reinforces their DIY authenticity. By contrast, Rejoice… presents a tighter, more forceful sound, revealing a band that had matured without losing its intensity.

In retrospect, Pale remains one of the more overlooked and elusive screamo acts to surface from the early 2000s ex-Yugoslav underground - brief, scattered, but historically significant within Split’s hardcore lineage.

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Pale je bio jedan od najranijih opskurnih screamo bendova koji su se pojavili iz splitske hardcore scene početkom 2000-ih. Prvobitno aktivni između 2000. i 2002. godine, snimili su nekoliko neimenovanih session pesama i dugosvirajući materijal pod jednostavnim nazivom LoFi 2001. Njihove pesme su se kasnije pojavile i na split izdanju bendova Anita i Breed iz 2003. godine (u izdanju CarpeDiem Records), gde su Pale snimci uključeni kao bonus trake na CD-u upakovanom unutar DVD omota - prvobitno vezano za planirani split koji nikada nije u potpunosti realizovan.

Nakon više od decenije tišine, Pale su se ponovo okupili 2014. godine i objavili EP Rejoice The Event Of Witnessing Your Illusions Meltdown za Guranje S Litice, da bi se već naredne godine ponovo povukli.

Muzički, Pale su spajali screamo sa post-hardcoreom i ranim metalcore elementima, često poređeni sa sirovim haosom debitantskog albuma Halo for a Haystack benda Converge, a povremeno i sa emotivnijim izrazom Inkwell-a. Rani snimci su izrazito lo-fi - mutni, kasetnog karaktera i grubi - ali upravo ta tekstura pojačava njihovu DIY autentičnost. Nasuprot tome, Rejoice… donosi zategnutiji i snažniji zvuk, otkrivajući bend koji je sazreo bez gubitka intenziteta.

Posmatrano unazad, Pale ostaje jedan od zapostavljenijih i teže dostupnih screamo bendova koji su se pojavili na ex-YU underground sceni ranih 2000-ih - kratkog daha i fragmentarne diskografije, ali relevantan u kontekstu splitske hardcore linije.