Black Sites

Hailing from Chicago, Dark Sites are an alternative solution metal clothing known for his or her melody-laden tunes, crushing guitar riffs, and groove aesthetics. Created by Mark Glucose (previously of metalcore music group Studies) in the summertime of 2015, the theory for the task came into being after he made a decision to problem himself with brand-new methods to songwriting, eventually looking to revisit the noises and varieties of the rings that spoke to him during his youngsters; namely acts such as for example Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, Dark Sabbath, and Motörhead. Glucose was motivated to trust his intuition and abandon the melodic loss of life metal design of his previous project and only pursuing more intensifying audio attributes after having noticed his friend Chris Avgerin (drummer of Nequient and Autonomy) perform. Avgerin have been incorporating methods typically utilized by traditional drummers such as for example John Bonham and Costs Ward into his playing design, which acted being a catalyst for Glucose to look at a different audio for his brand-new project. Both musicians met up and began composing, documenting, and demoing tips together, eventually dealing with documenting engineer Quentin Poynter to create the suggestions to a far more cohesive result. Additionally, Glucose’s ex-Trials bandmate/guitarist Ryan Bruchert and Without Waves/Immortal Parrot bassist John Picillo became a member of in the proceedings and Dark Sites was created. Over time, the foursome acquired a ten-track record on the hands, composed of acoustic, intensifying, and piano-led interludes, large, downtuned, palm-muted riffs, bombastic drums, and mighty, soaring vocal melodies. The record, entitled In Monochrome, premiered in early 2017.