As of late, my partner and I have developed the hobby of seeking out new musical talent. Either from bands that are brand new or bands that have been around but not yet publicly known. This thread is devoted to those discoveries with the intent of giving such bands the attention they deserve.

Granted, some of the bands mentioned in here may not be suited to everyone's particular musical tastes, but if you happen to like at least one, then the intention has been met.

That having been explained, feel free to post artists that you might have come across that no one else may know of. If you post about an artist or band, please give a brief discriptioin of their style and be sure to include a link so others can listen for themselves. However, please do not post about bands without an online website or bands without any links for samples of their work.

Also, this is not a debate thread. Do not reply with negative personal opinions about any bands posted by any member or flame another member for their musical tastes.


Now on with the show....


Core exchange3

In the band's own words:


Our description:
If you rolled KoRn, System of a Down, and MudVaYne into one band, this is what you would get. Heavey sound with melodic lead vocals...good guitar riffs and drum beats with a hint of synthetic tone.

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33Degree

In the band's own words:


Our description:
We aren't really sure about hearing a Deftones sound, but the rest of the desricption is pretty straight on. Note: the posted samples are only clip excerpts from songs, which is mildly annoying, but long enough to get a feel for the style.

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The Dresden Dolls

In the band's own words:


Review:


Our description:
The band's bio states the sound as a "punk caberet"...which is perfect. There's no comparing them to any other band you know of really. This is a whole new sound and style of music. It's mostly heavey piano and drums with an excellent deep-toned lead female vocal. Intitially, the sound threw us off a bit, but the lyrical content of her work pulls you in for the kill. Definitely not a sound for everyone, but if you're tired of the same old rock, this is a change of pace from the norm.

Ah yes the discovering of new bands.. always a great idea.. here is a couple from my list of less known bands...

Jack Off Jill

They do have a bit of a following in the underground but far from mainstream.. the band broke up but has been reformed with most the original members under the name Scarling..

Review by Shotgun review..

Female vocals which move from caressing to wailing, paired with dark, noisy, heavy, phasey, swirly guitars, all with a slightly gothy hue. Suffice to say Scarling. pretty much rocks the proverbial house.


Pretty accurate all and all...


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LuXt

Another band that has a decent sized underground following, but hasnt hit the radio stations or MTV.. This is in my opinion one of the best underground bands around today..

Review..
The combination of rock chords and metal aggression is tempered by the band's somewhat industrial techno-rock and somewhat goth leanings.

I really recomend this band to just about anybody.. as everyone ive introduced to it thus far has really liked it...

wow you like luxt? i had their cd, didn't like it. but yeah...*leaves thread until he decides to quit being lazy and add bands to this*

So, I'm guessing that no one else has anything to share? You lazy fuckers. Fine, I'll come up with some more at some point....and if any of you actually checked out any that were posted, feel free to comment. Fuckers.

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Except you, Azrael...you just shut the fuck up unless you have something worth while to contribute.

Haha, have a hissy why don't you ;) you may find some people aren't responding because it's been done before. I wont let that stop me adding a few now though:

Dead Inside The Chrysalis:
A strange blend of Orgy, Powerman 5000, Murderdolls, and Zeromancer, this group has an eccentric sound, usually grounded in electronic music, synth, and heavy riffs. They have just landed a deal with big shot producer Lamar Lowder ('Powerman 5000' and Australia's 'Jerk'), and I believe they were finalists in the d1 (label run by Jay Gordon of Orgy) battle of the bands recently. The release of the video for their newest song 'Future Shock' has made it to national TV in Australia on the music video show 'Rage' exposing them to pretty much any Aussie who likes music and isnt asleep at 3am.
Reccomended Tracks: Future Shock, Here Come The Clones, The Invisible.
MP3.com.au Website
Official Website

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A new hardcore industrial supergroup, they sound like what would happen if Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails and Atari Teenage Riot were spliced together in some weird insane rock-music-scientist's lab. Featuring Atticus Ross (12 Rounds, Nine Inch Nails current lineup), Leopold Ross (His brother), Greg Puciato (Dillinger Escape Plan), and Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph founder).
Reccomended Tracks: Nothing's Working, Jack The Ripper, Homicide
Official Epitaph Error Page

12 Rounds
Speaking of Atticus Ross... this band is WAY underrated... barely anyone even knows they exist, which is a disappointment because this is a band that deserves all the recognition they can get. 12 Rounds in it's entirety is Atticus Ross and Claudia Sarne. The music sounds like Nine Inch Nails on a mellow untroubled day.. similar to the rare NIN CD 'Still'... this could also be described as lightly industrial influenced chill/rock music :P However, the vocals are not at all mellow, and are actually tongue in cheek, very sharp words. They recently composed the music for the television show 'Touching Evil', but they are still little known of. Anyway, I've been having an incredibly hard time ordering in their album 'My Big Hero' from anywhere, so I've only heard what songs are available online.
Recommended Tracks: Holed, Just Another Day (with Pale 3)
Official 12 Rounds Website

Well, that was their thread...this is more of a project here. But hey, now I know how it feels when a newb gets jumped all over for duplcating a thread topic..at least you were nice about it.

Anywhore, thanks for the heads up, Mental and I will check out the bands you listed.

Muchas Grabbyass to Cold Blue Steel for this one.

If you're a fan of Pink Floyd...you seriously need to check out this band.

Porcupine Tree

They pull it off like no other band save Floyd, that I've ever heard. Excellent stuff.

My introduction was an 18 minute song called Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One).

Kickass. Thanks, CBS :)

*edit - aha! It just kicked into the transition, and this is very bluesy. I like these surprises....excellent guitar work.

Yup, very good stuff. The frontman of PT has also recently worked with Opeth - so much that they actually sound mostly like PT.

In somewhat the same category (well, to me at least) I'd suggest The Gathering

Danish band Windermere is also worth checking out. To me they sounded a lot like the british (I think) band Ride which I used to listen to a bit in the early nineties.

Yeah after becoming aquainted with Porcupine Tree a little better and watching the documentry on the Opeth dvd, Damnation seems more like an 'Opeth and Steve Wilson' release. He's been working with them since Blackwater Park, and I for one really like the influence he has.

Much like other music sluts such as Devin Townsend, Mike Patton and Trent Reznor, Wilson has produced and guested in heaps of other artists albums, has side projects and his own label (albiet just a small one for his own solo and side stuff that would be impossible to aquire otherwise) and of course has put out oodles of PT albums.

Three cheers for Steve Wilson!