January
The heavy, jazzy, crazy, spunky,
band of fun recorded a live show in June 2004 at Fletcher's in Baltimore,
MD for a CD/DVD titled The City Is Alive Tonight- Live From
Baltimore which will be released January 25th, 2005. An under
recognized, yet highly regarded band, let this be your first music
buy of 2005!
February
A cool new band from Norway, Frantic
Bleep will be releasing their debut The Sense Apparatus through The End Records on February
8th. A delightfully heavy mix, great guitars and
harmonies, The Sense Apparatus is the device that will
alert the heavy music world this month.
March
I Am Hollywood claims North Carolina band He is Legend
via their latest album title. The I Am Hollywood release explores
the superficial glitz and glamour and oftentimes false hopes and
dreams brought about by this glorified place called Hollywood.
April
The word “trivium”
refers to the lower division of the seven liberal arts in medieval
schools, consisting of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Orlando's Trivium is a present day freethinking and artistic metal band, also
consisting loosely of grammar - the basic principles of an area
of knowledge: the grammar of music, logic - the relationship between
elements: individuals (the listening audience), principles (heavy
music), and events (CD release), and rhetoric - using language (music)
effectively and persuasively.
May
Longing for some creative, consistent,
high energy music? The Spore from Phoenix, Arizona’s Opiate for the Masses will be a fantabulous fix.
Currently on tour with Drowning Pool and soon to be on this summer’s
Warped Tour, Opiate for the Masses will not disappoint having created
one of the most noteworthy albums of the year.
June
Mood-driven synth/rock splendor.
That, in short, is the groundwork of a trio of musicians from Champaign/Urbana,
Illinois called Relenter. With their soulful debut release Through
the Mirror, Relenter harvests an emotional connection that
will effortlessly engage any listener.
July
Creating
heavy songs along the lines of Sevendust and Korn is what the four-piece
Sacramento based band Deconstruct is all about. But writing the
songs is only part of it. Getting them out to the targeted fan base
is the other part whether by radio airplay or interviews, myspace.com,
or samples posted on the Deconstruct website. Deconstruct isn’t
waiting around for opportunity, they are seeking it out with good
old fashion self promotion and the effort is paying off.
August
D.C.'s Chrysalis seamlessly couch
potent lyrics and vocal delivery within a cobweb of intricately
woven instrumentation. The musical deluge will demolish scene barriers,
uniting listeners under the debut release, the Chrysalis EP –
it's heavy, but not metal; electronic, but not industrial; dark,
but not goth; emotional, but not emo.
September
Recently off the best metal festival
tour of the summer, namely Sounds of the Underground, Philadelphia’s
A Life Once Lost is now asserting their sound all over the world.
From the U.S. to Europe to Japan and beyond, the band is on tour
displaying the HUGE, heavy sound of their latest release called Hunter. See them on tour throughout the year and into 2006.
Judging from the strength of their album, A Life Once Lost is a
live show not to miss.
October
What started as a brief gathering
and jam session on a weekend in July 2004 has turned a ride down
memory lane into much more for the four former thrash heads of a
band called Rotting Corpse. Leading the foursome,
bassist Steve Murphy.
November
Formed in 2000, The Birthday Massacre is a synth rock band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band is signed
to Metropolis Records, has an album called Violet on the
label, and has recently released a DVD. For more information please
visit Wikipedia.
December
Based in Knoxville, TN, 10
Years is an alternative hard rock band with an incomparable sound
that is destined to create an island of its own. Formed three years
ago, 10 Years created a strong underground following with their
independent release Killing All That Holds You. In 2005,
10 Years signed with Republic/Universal Records, entered the studio
with producer Josh Abraham (Staind, Velvet Revolver) and recorded
their debut album The Autumn Effect... [ more ]
