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As one 1 / 2 of Portland, Oregon’s severe sound mainstay Yellow Swans, Pete Swanson provided sludgy pulsing beats and staticky tape manipulation to counter-top his partner Gabriel Saloman’s feedback-laden acoustic guitar onslaught. Yellowish Swans operated inside a violent panorama of slowed-down screaming dissonance from 2001 until they parted methods …

Although formed in Sept 1996, Saliva didn’t hit the mainstream until 2001, once the band’s mixture of angsty hard rock and hip-hop helped earn a double-platinum certification because of its sophomore album, Every 6 Mere seconds. Two of the album’s tracks had already made an appearance on Saliva’s self-released debut, …

Influenced by Scandinavian one-man black color steel entrepreneurs like Bathory’s Quorthon, Burzum’s Rely Grishnackh, as well as the ubiquitous Mortiis, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA indigenous Jef Whitehead used the nom de guerre Wrest in 1998 and soon started self-recording and liberating demos beneath the Leviathan going. Within five years, these …

Filter emerged among the most popular rings within the mid-’90s post-industrial substitute picture. Vocalist and major member Richard Patrick have been a guitarist with Nine Inches Nails through the Pretty Hate Machine and Broken eras. In 1993, Patrick made a decision to keep NIN to create his own music group. …

Unquestionably probably the most influential guitarist to emerge from the later-’70s/early-’80s U.S. hardcore/punk motion was Dark Flag’s Greg Ginn. Under no circumstances afraid to include other musical designs into his playing (specifically jazz fusion and Dark Sabbathy rock), in addition to squealing responses from his amplifier, Ginn’s electric guitar also …

Korn’s cathartic option metallic audio positioned the group being among the most popular and provocative to emerge through the post-grunge period from the late ’90s. The music group began their presence because the Bakersfield, California-based metallic music group LAPD, including guitarists Wayne “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Mind” Welch, bassist Reginald …

Korean indigenous Okkyung Lee began her career as an experimental cellist with traditional teaching, eventually expanding into areas of improvisation, noise, jazz, and prolonged technique. Lee collaborated with lots of the larger names within the sound and experimental improvisation moments, including shows and recording times with standout performers like Nels …

Inspired from the lurching riffs of Helmet as well as the soft-loud vocal dynamics of Instrument, Chicago-based trio Chevelle created in 1995 with an aggressive, heavy sound. Composed of brothers Sam (drums), Pete (vocals, acoustic guitar), and Joe Loeffler (bass), the music group began playing celebrations and outdoor occasions, which …

Questionable rapper Jahseh D. Onfroy (aka XXXTENTACION) performs fast and loose with regards to styles, often incorporating components of punk rock and roll, hip-hop, R&B, and rock. Given birth to in South Florida, Onfroy experienced something of the troubled upbringing, frequently engaging in violent circumstances; his mom couldn’t deal with …

Hip-hop-influenced metallic quintet BackWordz inject their politicized messages through music influenced as very much by Nas and Lauryn Hill as Korn and Pantera. Fronted by frontman Eric Dewayne July, the Dallas, Texas-based music group is curved out by bassist/vocalist Alex Adam, drummer Robbie Rosales, and guitarists Kevin Kerestes and Marcello …