Skyharbor is a djent/progressive metal band formed in New Delhi that started out as a simple bedroom studio project by guitarist Keshav Dhar. The band received a lot of buzz surrounding the band's first ever performance at the Bacardi NH7 Festival in Pune, India, where they played to over 1,000 people and were one of the weekend’s highlights. They released their debut album, Blinding White Noise : Illusion and Chaos, in 2012...
There are two artists called The Contortionist. 1) A progressive deathcore band from Indianapolis: Bottom heavy open chords that resonate strong enough to shake the core of the earth. Skyrocketing bursts of oscillating guitar leads layer an ominous and dark undercurrent of rhythm. While hardcore punk may be the sound that rules the day in The Contortionist hometown of Indianapolis, it is the band
Chromosome Needle is a London (UK) based heavy metal band. Musician/producer Robin Fencott began the project as a collection of raw down-tuned riffs, poly-rhythms and experiments with harsh post-digital guitar processing techniques. While Robin saw potential in his ideas, he needed a new source of inspiration to transform the rough recordings and sketches into full songs. In December 2009 Robin recruited Hungarian death metal vocalist Imre Torok, after being impressed by his brutal vocal performances and intense stage presence.
There are two artists under the name of Mark Hawkins 1.Mark Hawkins is a technical metal guitarist/producer who hails from tallahasee 2.Mark Hawkins is in the vanguard of the new wave of new wave UK techno. Beginning his career in 1999 with a split EP with Michael Forshaw on the latter's much loved Chan 'n' Mike's label, Hawkins was soon noticed by Saskia Slegers for whom he has now recorded 6 eps on her well known Djax Up Beats imprint. He has also released on, amongst others, Pro-jex, Mosquito and H
Hailing from Milton Keynes in the UK, FELLSILENT incorporate fierce polymetric timings with tuneful but raw vocals and powerful riffing to concoct their own unique style of hard nosed metal. This killer six piece have played shows across the UK with the likes of Skindred, SikTh, Bring Me The Horizon, Architects and Cult Of Luna, as well as recently co headlining UK tours with Enter Shikari, Exit Ten and Devil Sold His Soul, which has helped garner them further shows with the likes of Textures and Akercocke.
Darkane (formerly known as Agretator) is a Melodic Death / Thrash Metal band formed in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998. The name Darkane is a portmanteau of the words "dark" and "arcane". The first album featured Lawrence Mackory, who had a much more death metal influenced voice. After 1998's Rusted Angel, Andreas Sydow was recruited, and handled vocals on the next three albums, Insanity, Expanding Senses, and Layers of Lies. He decided to leave the band in 2007 and Jens Broman (Construcdead, The Defaced) took his place for Demonic Art.
There is more than artist with this name: 1. An occult death metal band from Brisbane, Australia (formed in 1998, disbanded in 2004). Released a split album with fellow countrymen Stargazer in 1999. Shared members with Portal. 2. A progressive/polyrhythmic math metal solo project created by Tom Still, formed in Milton Keynes, England. Heavily influenced by experimentation within audio recording and the likes of Periphery, Tesseract, Fellsilent and Meshuggah...
(Taken from TSA Facebook Page) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Forming via a viral pipeline in 2009, The Schoenberg Automaton comes to life. Rhythmic and surging, an eclectic mix of spasmodic pulses and mechanical grindings coming from the minds of a few hidden within the River City, featuring members of Empyrean, Function Cease, and Cross the Lips of Grace. Saturated in a dark and contemporary noir The Schoenberg Automaton are preparing to unleash what can only be described as a modern, devastating and violent audible assault.
Mixing video concept and experimental metal, this band from the south of France gives birth to a sinuous atmosphere drawning between poetry and violence. "They lead us into a music so deep, at the frontier between despair and madness", "deviant and pessimistic for sure"... "the band knows no limit in composition, inventiveness, and will of perfection..." , "a real masterpiece" official website : http://www.hypno5e.com/
Meshuggah, whose name is taken from the Hebrew and Yiddish word for "crazy", are a five-piece band from Umeå, Sweden, founded in 1987. Their style is most easily described as extreme/technical metal with some jazz influence. They use extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh vocals. Their lineup has always been consistent, apart from bass which has been handled by many people since the band's conception.