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New York rock music group Hittman were assembled in 1984 by music artists who had recently defected from various other local rings: guitarist Jim Bachi and bassist Michael Buccell had played jointly in Attila, second guitarist Brian Good originated from Alien, drummer Chuck Kory started in Takashi, and vocalist Dirk …

After playing for a couple of years in the “directly” music world as an associate of the distinctively virtuosic Washington, D.C.-centered metalcore band Reflux, seven- and eight-string guitar wizard Tosin Abasi was asked to record a single album from the group’s then-record label, Prosthetic Records, after the group disbanded. Initially, …

The origins of instrumental rock group Level the Summit day to 2004, when guitarists Chris Letchford and Travis LeVrier met as students in the Los Angeles Music artists Institute, then arrived to connection with fellow scholar and drummer Pat Skeffington, before completing their lineup with bassist Jordan Eberhardt almost a …

Probably one of the most technically advanced and uncompromisingly challenging rings in rock background, Rochester, NY’s Lethargy created music too ambitious for some earthling ears to handle. But despite the fact that this designed for a short and mainly unheralded career beyond muso circles, it eventually bore fruit in a …

Tampa, FL’s Purchase of Ennead was forged in 2007 in the shards of a youthful group called Council from the Fallen, which acquired released a set of progressive loss of life/black steel albums previously in the 10 years, and also highlighted vocalist/guitarist Kevin Quirion, bassist Scott Patrick, and drummer Steve …

Albany, NY’s Ironweed arose in the remnants of many longstanding local rings, primarily Greatdayforup, whose Mike Vitali (electric guitar), Brendan Slater (bass), and Jim Feck (drums) got factors under method in 2007. Obviously alluding towards the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by William Kennedy, that was occur their hometown, aswell as their …

Seattle-based art rock-band Obscured by Clouds took their name from Red Floyd’s 1972 album from the same name, and their sound also shows the spacy, electronic-induced psychedelia of this era — but with contemporary sound reinforcements and technical digital improvements. William Weikart may be the human brain trust and creator …

LA, California’s Chingalera is made up of Dave Gibney (acoustic guitar, vocals), Ben Shirley (bass) and Tommy Holt (drums), and their debut recording, 2007’s In the Darkness of the Dark Hand Tree, melds such disparate affects while the Melvins, Helmet, Device, and Dark Sabbath, right into a long-winded, slow-moving, even-slower-resolving, …

A collaboration between well-respected guitarist Mick Barr (of Orthrelm and Ocrilim) as well as the equally well-appreciated axeman Colin Marston (of Behold… The Arctopus and Dysrhythmia), Krallice are an greatly technical — however somewhat restrained, in comparison to a few of Barr’s additional endeavors — dark metal task whose music …

L.A.’s suitably called Ancestors are conversant with all types of “basic” hard rock and roll and rock influences, which range from the primordial doom of Dark Sabbath, towards the futuristic space rock and roll of Hawkwind, as well as the progressive mentality of Ruler Crimson — which are after that …